One of my absolute favorite movies which I’ve seen ever, and one which bears watching over and over again is Paris, je t’aime.
Eighteen gifted and experienced filmmakers create 18 shorts all set in differing regions of Paris and all bearing the theme of love. Some are sweet, some are puzzling, but the whole is well worth watching.
The clip I am linking here is a must see. It paints a picture that is a sermon I want to preach to any man or woman who decides that he or she is no longer in love.
Enjoy it, and then rent or buy the whole movie, sit with someone you love, watch it and let me know what you think. You will laugh and you may cry, but every minute will be worth your time.
UPDATE: Just noted – I’ve not seen Prince Caspian, waiting rather to rent it, but those who have will recognize the husband in this piece, Sergio Castellitto, as King Miraz from that film.
Rebekah
I wanted to see this, but haven’t managed to yet. Your description of this particular vignette sounds like it might be like the Bruce Willis / Michelle Pfeiffer movie “The Story of Us,” which is somewhat inappropriate at points, but is really, really good and is, as the name indicates, the story of a couple who drifts apart and decides that they aren’t in love anymore.
Andrea Rowe
This is my favorite part of “Paris, je t’aime”, and I think teaches a very good lesson about loving people. It actually teaches a good lesson about sanctification, if you think about it….we grow into the role God created us to play as we act it out. That might be a jump, but the lecture from my seminary class this morning is still in my head….
Randy Greenwald
Wow, Andrea, that’s great. I don’t think that that’s a leap at all. That’s a great observation. Don’t let those classes get OUT of our head!And Rebekah, I’ve somehow missed this movie. Tell me it has a satisfying and happy ending and I’ll put it on my list of movies to see!
Rebekah
It does have a happy ending, I think! It’s not only a great lesson in interpersonal relationships for marriage, it’s a good lesson for interpersonal relationships in general (I took it for the class “Interpersonal Relationships.”)
Geoffsnook
Randy,Wow, what a powerful picture of love. Sometimes we do have to take steps (behavioral) and the emotional will come later. Same thing goes sometimes with personal disciplines.