Gene away watching the rugby tonight so taking a break from fashion i watched the most adorable film on the rialto channel called "My best friend"
It tells the story of François Coste,
A Paris antique dealer , a buyer and seller of beautiful things...
He is handsome and rich and has a devoted lover, but....
The relationships in his life although there.. are distant and unfulfilling. He suddenly finds himself.. middle aged and completely inept when it comes to doing the one thing that he really wants to do.. Make a friend. He becomes consumed with learning how to beguile ( sp?!) and draw people in... and along the way learns some valuable life lessons about what true friendship really is.
The movie was funny and touching.. and as with so many french films that i watch i came away thinking about things that i could take from it. Francois was a sad picture of how most of us live today.. So caught up with work and being gracious to all that he actually hadnt formed any real and true friendships..
I certainly could spend a little more of my time with the friends i do have.. A little bit of unselfish fun time.. I miss those crazy high school relationships where every thing is just a crazy laugh and you take risks for each other all the time..
There was this great line in the movie where francois says to another man " you have everything.. you can make friends with everyone" and the guy says " being friends with everyone is the same as being friends with no one"
Nothing matches a real friendship.. if you have one true friend that will go above and beyond for you and you for them then i think you are doing better than most. I think ive lost that BEST FRIENDS FOREVER thing that comes with youth.. why do we start seperating our time and give less time to more people? its kind of dumb when you think about it. Lets find one best friend and give them it all.. so that you can call that person at 3 in the morning if you needed to..
Watch this movie.. I totally recommend it.. and i know gene would too.. at least i think he would.. He usually loves french films.. Although he can be slightly annoying as he cant do two things at once.. So if hes eating he misses the subtitles and is always asking for the storyline.. Argh.. so stressful when you are actually trying to continue reading and whilst explaining the last bit you miss the next bit etc etc.. but no really.. he would have loved it.
So next rainy day trapse on down to the video store.. again its called
" My best friend" from 2006.
bonsoir ( i think? goodbye in french if i remember rightly)
XX fee
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