{"id":34879,"date":"2020-07-08T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=34879"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:26:13","slug":"lodorat-a-sense-finally-honored-at-the-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/cinema\/films\/lodorat-a-sense-finally-honored-at-the-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"The sense of smell, finally in the spotlight at the movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cinema Wednesdays - Jonas Follonier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne Alberg (Emmanuelle Devos) is what we call a \u00abnose\u00bb. Her job is to smell scents and create perfumes. In the past, perfumes in the literal sense of the word, eau-de-toilette. Dior's \u00abJ'adore\u00bb, that's her. But that was before. Before she lost her sense of smell. Anosmia is an all-too-familiar phenomenon, and it's interesting to see it make its way into a film plot. It's not the most important part of the story, and this subtly introduced fact serves the real purpose of the film: the world of scents, of smells, of the shapeless reality that tickles our nostrils and what's in them. Les parfums is above all about the relationship that develops between this haughty lady and her new chauffeur, Guillaume (Gregory Montel), a slightly awkward but brave fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Emmanuelle Devos and Gregory Montel in \u00abLes Parfums\u00bb \u00a9 JMH Distributions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Needing to earn money for his pretty daughter, he agrees to drive Madame - no, Mademoiselle - Alberg, but doesn't give in to her inflated demands. Taking her suitcases up and down, changing the sheets in her hotel room... After a while, it's all right. But Guillaume's honesty will please his client, who will ultimately learn a lot from him - and vice versa. In short, the film isn't very innovative. Untouchables<\/em>, we know, thank you. But there's more to a film than its summary. It cultivates its nuances in the same way as a scent declines its aromas. It inspires characters and viewers alike to associate ideas as they appear to us. And which will seem obvious to us, because they are private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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