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...themselves almost exclusively with "principles" above personal affairs. One is Irene's lover Jacques, who, though a member of the Resistance, has no concern for other individual 's lives and tells Irene that he would willingly kill her husband to secure their happiness together. The other principled characters is Benoit Weizman, a young Jewish communist and aspiring Resistance fighter whom Sophie meets when travelling from Portugal to London. These who characters and their relationships with Irene and Sophie respectively, illuminate both affinities and distinctions between the diva and accompanist...
...Both Benoit and Jacques, the two women's "lovers," are, however, willing to risk themselves for the principle of freedom, not for the love of a single woman. This similarity corresponds to a similarity in the personalities of Irene and Sophie. Irene assert during one of her first meetings with Sophie that "Your eyes show you can be very tough. That doesn't bother me; I see the same look in the mirror every morning." The face of the individual, important throughout, here forces audience and characters to recognize internal likenesses. Indeed, one is made to realize throughout the movie...
...There was a lot of champagne involved and I wound up with my best friend's date," says Eric P. Benoit '95, while the friend in question, Paul C. Kang '95, giggled beside...
...date had a party after the formal, and my date had gone home. People started leaving, and eventually my friend moseyed on, leaving me and his date alone," Benoit says...
...with recurring flashbacks of the music from the concerto, she cannot forget the tragedy that was her past life. Throughout the film different people seek her aid. These include Lucille (Charlotte Very), an erotic dancer who lives downstairs from her, and Olivier (Benoit Regent); Patrice's former associate and a one-time fling of Julie's. Refusing to be drawn from her self-imposed solitude, Julie only concedes to help when an emergency arises with Lucille and she must go to the strip club where the dancer works...