Today's dinner reminded me of a French movie I saw on the bus ride to Madrid called Ensemble, c'est tout. The lead role is played by Audrey Tautou, the actress who was also Amélie. The main plot line was a bit too...plotless, for lack of a better word, but there were some elements that I loved. For example, Audrey's character Camille invites her clumsy but sweet neighbor for dinner. The curly-haired, scarf wearing, corduroy blazered man shows up with his grandmother's old picnic set--complete with dainty porcelain dishes and clinkling glasses. Anyways, he finds her place to be an attic room, and they have nowhere to eat besides on the ground beside her bed. But the scene is so cozy: two neighbors in a little attic eating on the floor with silverware. Makes me want to eat all my meals in the context of a fancy picnic.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Asparagus soup for dinner
Today's dinner reminded me of a French movie I saw on the bus ride to Madrid called Ensemble, c'est tout. The lead role is played by Audrey Tautou, the actress who was also Amélie. The main plot line was a bit too...plotless, for lack of a better word, but there were some elements that I loved. For example, Audrey's character Camille invites her clumsy but sweet neighbor for dinner. The curly-haired, scarf wearing, corduroy blazered man shows up with his grandmother's old picnic set--complete with dainty porcelain dishes and clinkling glasses. Anyways, he finds her place to be an attic room, and they have nowhere to eat besides on the ground beside her bed. But the scene is so cozy: two neighbors in a little attic eating on the floor with silverware. Makes me want to eat all my meals in the context of a fancy picnic.
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yummmm where'd you eat asparagus soup?!
ReplyDeletei liked amelie for the most part, but i think i was too young to even understand what was going on.
Let's watch it together this fall!
ReplyDeleteAnd this was homemade soup; we ate it at the dining table.
But yeah, because Spaniards use cloth table clothes all the time, I always feel like I'm eating at a restaurant, haha.