Alicia Vikander as a ballerina. Ex Machina. That role involves quite a complicated physical performance where you are playing a machine, but you don’t want to telegraph that you are a machine

Alicia Vikander as a ballerina. Ex Machina. That role involves quite a complicated physical performance where you are playing a machine, but you don’t want to telegraph that you are a machine

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Natalie Portman: a woman who was maybe known first for being a wife, but then became someone who could be recognized on-on their own merits, just... just as Jackie

Natalie Portman: a woman who was maybe known first for being a wife, but then became someone who could be recognized on-on their own merits, just... just as Jackie

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le théâtre fou et solitaire de l’imagination amoureuse | Todd Haynes, Roland Barthes, Carol

le théâtre fou et solitaire de l’imagination amoureuse | Todd Haynes, Roland Barthes, Carol

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so she went on to the nature of reality, which led her to truth, which in its turn led to Love, Friendship, Poetry | Pippa Nixon reads 'Orlando' by Virginia Woolf

so she went on to the nature of reality, which led her to truth, which in its turn led to Love, Friendship, Poetry | Pippa Nixon reads 'Orlando' by Virginia Woolf

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Winterbourne was almost grateful for having found the formula that applied to Miss Daisy Miller | Ellie Kendrick reads 'Daisy Miller' by Henry James

Winterbourne was almost grateful for having found the formula that applied to Miss Daisy Miller | Ellie Kendrick reads 'Daisy Miller' by Henry James

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le Désir incarné d'Albertine qu'Andrée était pour moi | la matérialisation devant moi de ce qu'elle portait dans sa rêverie amoureuse

le Désir incarné d'Albertine qu'Andrée était pour moi | la matérialisation devant moi de ce qu'elle portait dans sa rêverie amoureuse

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I have left her en l'air | Henry James, Isabel Archer, The Portrait of a Lady

I have left her en l'air | Henry James, Isabel Archer, The Portrait of a Lady

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Jane Campion : l'excitation de découvrir la vérité des choses et des êtres, et le désir d'être aimée. Deux compagnons difficiles à concilier

Jane Campion : l'excitation de découvrir la vérité des choses et des êtres, et le désir d'être aimée. Deux compagnons difficiles à concilier

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Ksenia Ovsyanick & Nancy Osbaldeston | Libra | George Williamson

Ksenia Ovsyanick & Nancy Osbaldeston | Libra | George Williamson

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Henry James: my young woman’s extraordinary meditative vigil | the best thing in the book: CHAPTER XLII | The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James: my young woman’s extraordinary meditative vigil | the best thing in the book: CHAPTER XLII | The Portrait of a Lady

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Henry James, Isabel Archer, Gilbert Osmond: his hatred of her when he finds that she judges him, that she morally protests at so much that surrounds her

Henry James, Isabel Archer, Gilbert Osmond: his hatred of her when he finds that she judges him, that she morally protests at so much that surrounds her

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the young and prideful Aglaya Yepanchin, and the fallen, tragic Nastassya Filippovna | the romantic and innocent side, with the insolent and daring side

the young and prideful Aglaya Yepanchin, and the fallen, tragic Nastassya Filippovna | the romantic and innocent side, with the insolent and daring side

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C'est le film qui, en naissant, donne vie aux personnages, et non les personnages qui donnent vie au film | Robert Bresson

C'est le film qui, en naissant, donne vie aux personnages, et non les personnages qui donnent vie au film | Robert Bresson

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