Our good fortune allowed us to feel a sadness that our parents didn’t have time for. And a happiness that I never saw with them.
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Finally back home tonight, we watched and really loved Beginners.
And if I occasionally thought that Mélanie Laurent was a bit too cloyingly adorable, too wide eyed, too precociously French, it was only a cover for my jealousy of her unfailing loveliness.
Every movie ought to leave you with a handful of sadness and a handful of sweetness. You can barely enjoy one properly without the other.
Erica U. watched Beginners tonight, too!
