What is VACANCES, if not a one big - huge - FUCK YOU to all things capitalism.

People were actually, vraiment, gone from the city. All profits that were to be made out of selling, catering, continuing, were zeroed down into a blank annulment. I could not have imagined it, not as intensively at least. Never before have I known of this specific concept, neither its counterpart - La Rentrée. I welcomed the returning crowds with blushed cheeks. Some might call it September First, but it is so much more. It's about people coming, going, coming back. It's a communal experience that is utterly secular. It is a season made up not by nature, but by humans.
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Conte d'été was the first Rohmer film I watched as an adult. First, I was blown away by the style: the t-shirts, the relaxed pants, the sweatshirts ~ elevated Normcore that is completely unduplicatable. Then, came everything else.
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Now that the song of summer is quietly wrapping itself up, preparing for its big sleep, the sound should be that of a tender disco whistle. The smell in the air, salty somehow, salty and serene. And the color is sweet Lilac.