Geometry of love: 7 films about love triangles

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Soft skin

François Truffaut, author of the legendary 400 Blows and one of the fathers of the French New Wave, created one of the most uncanonical love triangle dramas in 1964. The story of the relationship between a successful literary critic, his wife Franca, the grand dame of secular Paris, and the young stewardess Nicole, whom he met during one of his business trips. At first glance, this seems like a classic love story about a broken marriage and a young lover who appears out of nowhere. But gradually the story focuses on the women who have become victims of this tragedy of feelings: Franca is looking for justice and revenge, and Nicole is looking for emancipation and freedom from unequal relationships.

You can watch the movie in the Lecture Hall of the Garage Museum April 9th.

Reality bites

The directorial debut of Ben Stiller, best known for 2000s romantic comedies and rare but memorable roles in American independent films. Texas, mid-90s, the heroine of Winona Ryder, an aspiring director, is torn between an old friend, a charming gouging musician Ethan Hawke, and a successful employee of a television company, Ben Stiller. A cult indie melodrama for the generation of the 90s about the most difficult choice – what should you listen to, mind or heart?

Third Meshchanskaya

Scandalous melodrama of Abram Room during the NEP. The questions of building a new progressive society excited the artists and directors of the 1920s, including whether a new family could be “non-proprietary”, consist of more than one couple? Printer Vladimir and his wife Lyudmila decide on an experiment and let Alexei, Vladimir’s old front-line friend, into their couple.

Difficulties in translation

Sofia Coppola’s most high-profile film, receiving four Oscar nominations and winning the award for best original screenplay. Two Americans, the famous actor Bob (Bill Murray) and the newly-made wife of the famous photographer Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are looking for salvation from loneliness in a strange and cold Tokyo. Both of them are married and both are unhappy. Chance brings them together, and the inexpressible platonic feelings that have arisen between them protect them from an unsightly and joyless habitual life.

red rocket

A black comedy by Sean Baker, nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes International Film Festival. A daring picture about the love affairs of the unfortunate porn star Mikey Davis. After 20 years in the adult industry, he returns to his hometown, where he rekindles a relationship with his ex-wife and simultaneously starts an affair with a young donut vendor, Strawberry.

big splash

Luca’s Hot Italian Drama Guadagnino about the fateful meeting of a rock star played by Tilda Swinton, who lost her voice, and her young lover, ex-lover and his young daughter. They will spend several days in a villa in Sicily, relations between them will become extremely confusing, and only a terrible event will put everything in its place.

ground under your feet

Sensual melodrama by Carlos Marquez-Marset about testing feelings for strength. A pair of bohemian girls, Eva and Kat, live carefree on a barge drifting through London. Soon Roger, their friend from Barcelona, ​​is staying with them. Kat, who has long dreamed of a child, decides to invite their new neighbor to become a father. The three experience many facets of feelings and disappointments, but in the end they all find a place for themselves in this union.