Entre Nous A1
Aron Eugine
Based in a small cottage, Entre Nous is relatively "new" to Old Pasadena and offers classic French delicacies like escargot, salmon tartar, and filet mignon. Entre Nous French Bistro's owners, Mathias Wakrat and Jean-Christophe Febbrari, hail from the French Riviera. Entre Nous, which translates to "between us," features a menu with dishes and flavors reminiscent of their homes in Provence where both men originate. The wine list offers the usual French varieties along with a selection influenced by their time here abroad in the States. and also features selections from across the globe, including California, New Zealand, and a ros from Wakrat's hometown, Saint-Tropez.
Reservations are accepted by email at entrenousf...@gmail.com or by phone at (626) 844-4500. Reservations will be held for 15 minutes. After the 15 minutes, the table is no longer guaranteed but best attempts will be made to accommodate the party. A 24-hour cancellation notice is greatly appreciated.
After the war, she marries Michel, the guard (Guy Marchand). In civilian life, he opens a garage, where he works hard to support his family. He is a typical French husband of the period, and he believes that his wife's place is in the home. But Lena is not a typical wife, and the war has left its mark on her. On the one hand, she is eager for the sort of security that marriage provides. On the other hand, the war has forever broken her image of a sheltered bourgeois life, and she dares to see herself in other roles.
She makes a friend named Madeleine (Miou-Miou). They share their secrets and dreams. They have a meeting of the minds that neither one has ever really had with a man. But their friendship enrages Michel, who sees it as a rejection. He can really only relate to women in two ways: protectively, or with hostility. He feels that since he provides everything at home that Lena could possibly desire, she has no need for other friends. Alone with Madeleine, he makes a sexual advance so crude it is insulting. Then he decides that the two women are lesbians.
Meanwhile, the two women open a boutique. They go to Paris to buy stock. They become something more than just good friends, although the movie is deliberately ambiguous about whether they have a sexual relationship.
Back home again, in a scene of startling violence, Michel tears the boutique to shreds with his bare hands. And now both women must choose between their visions of themselves and the roles society would force upon them.
Huppert and Miou-Miou are especially good at suggesting the different ways they relate to each other and to men. With each other, they are informal, off-guard, unstudied. With men, they always seem to be either playing a role, or testing a new role. That is sometimes a dangerous game to play in a society where few things between a man and a woman are truly entre nous.
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