Oublie-moi (1994)

Oublie-moi (1994). Oublie-moi: Directed by Noémie Lvovsky. With Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Emmanuelle Devos, Laurent Grévill, Emmanuel Salinger. Nathalie is together with Antoine, who really loves her, despite of her obvious tendency to get away from him. Eric, the former partner of Nathalie, does not want to be with her anymore, but she can not accept this. In her dispair she tortures herself, Antoine, and Eric. She even suggests Eric to get married. However, she must accept that things are as they are, even if you don't like it, and finally tries to get back to Antoine.

“Ever heard of Roman Polanskiu0026#39;s film u0026#39;Repulsionu0026#39;? In it Catherine Deneuve plays an insanely attractive unused-looking young insane woman who attracts people although she canu0026#39;t stand people, especially men and their physical touch. Now u0026#39;Oublie-moiu0026#39; is about an insanely needy woman (in need of physical contact with men) who is a bit rougher-looking than Deneuve but nevertheless channels Deneuveu0026#39;s u0026#39;Repulsionu0026#39; character. She doesnu0026#39;t really have a problem attracting men, her problem is that for some reason she canu0026#39;t stand being loved and desired but canu0026#39;t stand being alone either which result in her feeling either lonely because of rejection or in feeling too wanted by a certain person to want to be with him. One way or the other a relationship with that woman canu0026#39;t work, she is doomed. And so she goes through a series of odd sexual adventures à la Harvey Keitel in u0026#39;Bad Lieutenantu0026#39; (in whose case it wasnu0026#39;t just sex, of course). Sort of a strange comparison but thatu0026#39;s what I was reminded of and his character too was desperate and not exactly right in the head. The movie starts off like a typical French art-house love triangle drama with a whole lot of talking and u0026quot;nothing happeningu0026quot; which would have been fine enough by me, I generally like such talky crap with the charactersu0026#39; constant reminiscing about love and life, but gradually I realized that this woman was pretty twisted. Then there was another movie I was reminded of, Cronenbergu0026#39;s u0026#39;Crashu0026#39;. Why, because of the moody music. The visuals are utterly bland but the music does the trick.”