Novelty by Celine Song (past lives) has Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in Triangle Amo and hits theaters on July 31
If the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman Created the concept of liquid loves to describe ettere relations in postmodernity today would be amazed at the age of filtered love. In applications like Tinder, Bumble, Happn, among others, relationships start with clear requirements: minimum height, salary range, ambition, sign, compatible hobbies. The search for the soul mate has become a curated process – almost an emotional job interview – where only those who fill the right boxes.
In this context, genuine love, romantic chance, inexplicable chemistry seem increasingly rare. The romantic comedies of the 1990s told another story: imperfect, unlikely and clumsy people found a way to love each other – despite the differences. For the director Celine Song (Past), this fairy tale does not exist. In Materialistic lovesyour new movie, love only survives if everything is negotiated.
The film starts from an uncomfortable but essential question: To what extent can love resist real -life pressures? Because between a sweeping passion and the choice of a stable, reliable and financially compatible partner, there is an abyss. And it is in this abyss that the feature is installed, refusing to give easy answers. Instead, Song It builds a narrative where the relationship is treated as a type of contract: it involves affection, but also involves strategy. Love here is not a leap of faith, it is a risk calculation.
The director shows that you can no longer separate the emotional from the financial, the desire from the social context. Lucy, interpreted by Dakota Johnsonfrom Fifty shades of gray and Madame Teiayou know that better than anyone. Cynic, she is a matchmaker (as if it were a kind of modern matchmaker) that gets involved in a complicated love triangle. Are you in love? Perhaps. But what counts is if this love fits in the equation of your life. Around it, two men who symbolize opposite sides of this dilemma: Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger) embodies the novel of the past: intense, beautiful, but unfeasible for financial reasons; Pedro Pascal (Fantastic quartet) represents the security, as much as possible, albeit less idealized. None of them are the “perfect pair”. And then lies the biggest truth of the movie.
If the romantic comedies of the 1990s made us hope that two opposites were attracted and the fate of this force, Materialistic loves It makes us look inside and think: What am I demanding from who I love? What am I willing to give in? What are my priorities and how much are my feelings worth? The feature doesn’t want to make crying, but it doesn’t want to make it laugh either. What he offers is something rarer: a break to think.
Materialistic loves It also dare to touch thorny themes that rarely appear in traditional romantic comedies. There are discussions about abuse, invisible trauma, how much we shape us to please – or survive – in our relationships. These layers add density to the narrative, and make dialogues even more painfully real. Song He writes conversations with a rewarding genuineness: with hesitation, silence and uncomfortable truths. No one there says sentences taken from lucky cookies, they talk to try to understand the other (and themselves).
At the end, Celine Song It shows that love may even survive, but not without negotiation, not without discomfort, not without the weight of the choices we make. Materialistic loves It does not propose an idealized ending – this happy ending face can fool – he proposes a reflection: loving, nowadays, is a conscious act, almost an emotional and financial management project. Among unexpected encounters, silence dinners and painful decisions, the feature reminds us that even under pressure, love can still exist. Only it comes with clauses and risks. What do you have to negotiate in the name of love?
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