Ugh that ending left me so heartbroken. The film has some really nice camera techniques and dialogue. Some of the conversations that happen in this film, don't show the characters face. Basically forcing the audience to really pay attention to what the characters are saying and how they are saying it. Nana is on this journey of finding meaning in life, looking for happiness, and most of all just trying to be free and live life. While also diving into the prostitution business in need of money. The story is pretty straightforward and the film is more so a character study told in chapters. The characters aren't the most complex but you get scenes where they get full philosophical. Definitely a film that needs a rewatch to fully grasp the context of it. This is purely just my first impression. I can definitely see why people are divided on it as it's kinda hard to connect with. Definitely a very alienating film between the viewer and the main character. Whether that's on purpose or not It's just a very experimental film for back then and even now.

Ugh that ending left me so heartbroken. The film has some really nice camera techniques and dialogue. Some of the conversations that happen in this film, don't show the characters face. Basically forcing the audience to really pay attention to what the characters are saying and how they are saying it. Nana is on this journey of finding meaning in life, looking for happiness, and most of all just trying to be free and live life. While also diving into the prostitution business in need of money. The story is pretty straightforward and the film is more so a character study told in chapters. The characters aren't the most complex but you get scenes where they get full philosophical. Definitely a film that needs a rewatch to fully grasp the context of it. This is purely just my first impression. I can definitely see why people are divided on it as it's kinda hard to connect with. Definitely a very alienating film between the viewer and the main character. Whether that's on purpose or not It's just a very experimental film for back then and even now.

Manusia itu bebas. Tapi kebebasan itu berarti kita harus menanggung sepenuhnya hidup kita sendiri. Pada akhirnya, hidup ini adalah hidupnya sendiri untuk dijalani.

Manusia itu bebas. Tapi kebebasan itu berarti kita harus menanggung sepenuhnya hidup kita sendiri. Pada akhirnya, hidup ini adalah hidupnya sendiri untuk dijalani.

“why must one always talk? often one shouldn’t talk, but live in silence. the more we talk, the less words mean.”

my first review of march, and honestly a really bleak one that is totally out of my comfort zone, and probably not something i’d usually watch. it follows a parisian woman who has a husband and a child, but dreams of something more than what she has, and tries to pursue a career in the film industry. she tries to work in a record to store to afford to survive dealing with poverty and her failing marriage - her life starts to descend into sadness after she turns to prostitution to make ends meet. ‘vivre sa vie’ is definitely to me a harder film to put in words, but anna katrina as the prostitute protagonist brings some true sympathy to the character, nothing seems to work out for her - especially in the ending scene (which i’ll talk more about later). she brings a certain emotional intensity to the film - with her weeping while watching ‘the passion of joan of arc’ really humanises and makes you feel sorry for her. while her performance was clearly the best part of the entire film - i also liked how it is structured, with the experimental 12 chapters of this woman’s life: making it almost seem like a documentary on how this woman turns to sex work, and also a detached melodrama. this film was fully experimental - to the point where i think it deserves a couple more watches for me to truly appreciate it (especially considering i watched this straight before persona, which probably massively overshadowed it). but, i do love how it’s shot very much like a documentary - the camera is constantly lingering behind the protagonist, almost following her around everywhere. this increases intimacy, and probably effectively humanises the character as you almost feel like your there with her. this films also philosophically strong, with the protagonist debating philosophy with this random man, stating the meaningless of language and words. throughout the film, we can see the woman slowly being dehumanised around her - as she struggles to survive, showing the exploitative side of capitalism. like i said before, this movie ends totally bleakly - the woman escapes prostitution for love, yet the man betrays her and sells her to another man - and she’s untimely murdered. it’s not dramatic, there’s no closeup: it just kinda happens, showing the almost disposable nature of her life in the perspective of others.

“why must one always talk? often one shouldn’t talk, but live in silence. the more we talk, the less words mean.”

my first review of march, and honestly a really bleak one that is totally out of my comfort zone, and probably not something i’d usually watch. it follows a parisian woman who has a husband and a child, but dreams of something more than what she has, and tries to pursue a career in the film industry. she tries to work in a record to store to afford to survive dealing with poverty and her failing marriage - her life starts to descend into sadness after she turns to prostitution to make ends meet. ‘vivre sa vie’ is definitely to me a harder film to put in words, but anna katrina as the prostitute protagonist brings some true sympathy to the character, nothing seems to work out for her - especially in the ending scene (which i’ll talk more about later). she brings a certain emotional intensity to the film - with her weeping while watching ‘the passion of joan of arc’ really humanises and makes you feel sorry for her. while her performance was clearly the best part of the entire film - i also liked how it is structured, with the experimental 12 chapters of this woman’s life: making it almost seem like a documentary on how this woman turns to sex work, and also a detached melodrama. this film was fully experimental - to the point where i think it deserves a couple more watches for me to truly appreciate it (especially considering i watched this straight before persona, which probably massively overshadowed it). but, i do love how it’s shot very much like a documentary - the camera is constantly lingering behind the protagonist, almost following her around everywhere. this increases intimacy, and probably effectively humanises the character as you almost feel like your there with her. this films also philosophically strong, with the protagonist debating philosophy with this random man, stating the meaningless of language and words. throughout the film, we can see the woman slowly being dehumanised around her - as she struggles to survive, showing the exploitative side of capitalism. like i said before, this movie ends totally bleakly - the woman escapes prostitution for love, yet the man betrays her and sells her to another man - and she’s untimely murdered. it’s not dramatic, there’s no closeup: it just kinda happens, showing the almost disposable nature of her life in the perspective of others.