Teacher
Decision
The movie “Mademoiselle Chambon” by Stéphane Brizé examines, according to Stephen Holden in the Times, “a possible love affair and its consequences.”
A father falls in love with his son’s teacher, or perhaps it’s better to say, the high school teacher falls in love with him.
But the adultery itself is almost omitted.
“Mademoiselle Chambon” is not about lust, and the teacher, mademoiselle Chambon, played by Sandrine Kiberlain, is so fragile, her face covered with freckles, that one has the feeling that too much lust would kill her.
Near the end of the movie there is a beautiful scene at a train station. Mademoiselle Chambon is going back to Paris, she hasn’t boarded the train yet because her lover had told her he would join her. But the lover, Jean, realizes the consequences of his decision and instead of going to the platform he is waiting in the tunnel for the train and mademoiselle Chambon to leave.
After that he will return to his pregnant wife and his son.
Having an affair is the art of postponing decisions.
Poor mademoiselle Chambon.
@Monique G
Poor?No, why? they are plenty of "free" men in the world!
Why take another woman's man?
Arnon
Yab Yum is for sale. After the wonder balm, the freud wine, you could start Yasha's Yab Yum.@Mieke
"schone kopermet een smetteloos blazoen"
klopt wel met AG inderdaad
http://www.express.be/joker/nl/platdujour/yab-yum-staat-te-koop/124311.htm
but I do recall Arnon was looking for a snackbar or shushi-bar. Am I wrong?
Francette
f p
Shushi ? Isn't that raw fish/ meat? You could argue that in Yab Yum raw meat is the trade.What does moral have to do with art?
@Jeanette p, @Mieke
@ JeanetteWhy don't you ask Arnon first : what have art to do with "having an affair"?
@Mieke
I agree
I happen to enjoy Arnon's last line, moral isn't mixed in there, so I was (and am) curious about your thoughts of connecting the two.
F P
Art4 a skill at doing a specified thing, typically one acquired through practice : the art of conversation.
"Art' is in the entry above a synonym for "skill".
@ Arnon
amazing! I was just searching for English words (in my dictionary) to answer Jeanette when your remark popped up with the very words I planned to type...I was just joking with Jeanette !!! I know you mean "skill" in this context.
Merci quand même :-))
Francette
Now that Arnon has answered your question can you answer mine?
grtz
How about Jean?
It seems you right away blame the single woman.
"My" question???
anyway, for an answer: see Arnon's, please
@ Monique
I'm not sure: who is Jean?
The lover of mademoiselle Chambon! The man with the pregnant wife.
@Monique
According to Arnon's synopsis I understand he was the one who took the right decision.Your question:
'what have art to do with "having an affair"?'
Arnon's answer to that question isn't answering my question to you.
If you don't like to answer it: no problem.
@Jeanette
Hello, JeanetteI never had a question here.
My process of thought was: as far as you ask me “What does moral have to do with art?” you could also have asked Arnon: ”what have art to do with "having an affair"?
Not a real question I was asking...
Just to make you think.
In the expressions “the art of postponing decisions.” and “the art of taking right decisions” art means skill (see also Arnon @fp)
voilà,
fp
this is what you made me think:
she's practicing the art to avoid answering a question
that's a very useful skill for having an affair....
It's a bit of a halfhearted decision, isn't it? From Jean, I mean.
I think Ms. Chambon shouldn't take the train to Paris,
but walk directly to Jeans place and tell his wife: I came to share your husband.
Monique
Really?Is that what you did last week?
No, of course I did not. I had only once an affair, but I am afraid I am to fragile for this kind of liaison.
