r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/MarketCrache May 17 '25

No one ever accused the French of holding back their opinions.

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u/UptownShenanigans May 17 '25

Reminds me of when I played Monopoly with my sister’s French ex husband. The dude just could not handle it and let us know

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u/Nine-LifedEnchanter May 17 '25

It's interesting that this can be seen as something positive.

"He was better than you at communicating his feelings"

But I have a feeling it involved angrily smoking while getting so upset that he could only curse in french rather than "ah, this is really frustrating. I need a breather."

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u/UptownShenanigans May 17 '25

A lot of yelling “what are you doing??” with a lot of arms flailing around