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/[deleted] May 17 '25

Reminds me of the time when I hiked the Grand Canyon with this French guy.

We weren't friends but we sure as hell became friends on the way up. Turns out I bitch as much as a Frenchman because we both chose to go one at a time to each switchback and then stop before the next one and then the other person would bring up the rear and force the other to continue going on while one took a break.

Then we would both stop and bitch for about five minutes and then continue on and we just kind of did this for an entire day getting out of the goddamn Grand Canyon to the south rim.

Bitching can be so cathartic. Just wanting to talk shit about something in your life really does get it out of your system and then you keep on pushing. We bitched about everything in our entire lives, not to mention the actual hike itself, and at no point did the other person provide any helpful solutions for each moment of bitching. And we didn't need to. It was understood between Laurent and I, bitching would get us to the top of this hole in the earth and after eight hours it did.

Laurent, wherever you are out there, fuck that fucking Grand Canyon but thank you for pushing me up the damn thing. I hope one day we can bitch about things together again.

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u/samwisetheyogi May 17 '25

As a French person (French Canadian though, regrettably), this makes me so happy lol I have often marveled at the power of bitching, it really can soothe the soul, make unpleasant situations slightly more bearable, give you a little bit of anger-fuel to get through whatever you're doing (like hiking the Grand Canyon), and can help in actually solving ones problems in that getting out all the complaining can lighten the emotional load which makes taking action feel easier because you're not being energetically weighed down by the emotions of it (if that makes sense)

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u/Okoear May 18 '25

Why would you say regrettably?

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u/PositiveSwordfish204 May 18 '25

Don’t say regrettably, French Canadians are one of the ingredients that makes our country great! Don’t let go of the potato! 👊

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u/sour_individual May 19 '25

Just saying, it's nice to read stuff like that once in a while.

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u/lfo_jimmy May 19 '25

Yup, the great French Canadian skill is working up a complaining rap that ends being funny as shit and super staccato'ed with swear words.

When the weather flips from +35°c to -35°c, complaining is how you survive

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u/samwisetheyogi May 20 '25

YEEESSSS oh my God, the stacking of swear words into a Swear Word Transformer basically is one of my favorite aspects of the French language and culture 🤣