Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
如果影片在1小時33分鐘艾米麗說完那段話就結束的話，也許值得再加一星。最後一幕過於理想化而顯得有些假，不過既然是法國影片那就能稍微理解了。（ps那隻狐猴還蠻上鏡的耶
爱情和生活往往是脱离的，过起日子时到处是问题。
2022.3.20 法国文化中心 “我不同意”想到“我偏要勉强” 一个文青恋爱脑散发的火花，太耀眼了，足以治愈“幽闭恐惧症”
作家出场太晚，女主又自由奔放了将近一个小时，我都没注意到她陷入爱河。最后半小时和前面也甚至不像一部电影。不过最后半小时是精彩的。看到阿娜伊思终于开始伤心，好像败下阵来，我心想她的火焰到底也不过如此，可是最后……
开头很美，结局很“理想”，其实都是过客和当下罢了。
1/88·这种对生活充满激情的人真的学不来啊，热情坦荡不放弃，活该人家拥有牵手接吻做爱的甜甜恋爱，哪怕是幻觉，不也要冲一下嘛！蓝配绿，好看，大海，好看，沙滩做爱，好看，幽闭恐惧症牵你走进电梯，真好看。一切也就止于好看，幻想过后，生活如旧。她整个夏天都在想她，而我的想念在冬天，也止于冬天，从这以后，再也没有无端幻觉，春日会来，我一定不要腐烂在冬天。
这是只有在法国才能拍得这么浪漫随意的电影吧，女作家这该死的魅力
不要挥洒它，用它做点什么。
阿娜伊斯 阿娜伊斯 永远不要停下脚步，克制的爱打动的是别人（Always,克制和犬儒只有一线之隔），阿娜伊斯永远追随自己，“我不同意”，我就是要爱你，何况你也爱我。这当然不是最后的结局，但此一瞬间已是永恒
“恢复感情的复杂性”导演做到了，爱情终究是虚幻的面具
某种法式生活流电影（？）年轻女孩生活里存在着的蹩脚的、滑稽的小刺伤…/羡慕Anaïs，因为她拥有的是明确且轻盈的爱情关系。
看完加一星，名列我的les cinema top 2
我以为会发生点什么的时候，什么都没有发生；我以为应该没啥可发生了的时候，竟然发生了。这不是Anaïs爱情，这是Anaïs秀场，一路从巴黎撩到北法，开始那幕捧花小跑戏有赎罪内味了…
从恐惧幽闭到回到幽闭，阿娜伊斯终于遇到了一段让她成长的爱情，即使只有一个短暂的夏天。
怎么做到跟《世界上最糟糕的人》共享同一种女性形象的？带着满身幻想横冲直撞却搞不清楚自己到底想要什么，尽管难免遭人嫌、惹人烦，却也葆有青春的天真与烂漫。
要不是最后反转了一下就太俗气了 但是我还是不喜欢anais 太后现代了
No matter love or illusion, catch what you can grasp
女性之爱，沙滩的桥段真美，对成熟的女性可能也很难抵抗吧，结局印证了那句“C’est la vie”
“我不同意。”
所有美好都发生在夏天
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