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S1039B

A Bright Room, 7F
Meursault

A waltz... is a dance of two different but interlocking movements. The dancers must keep a close eye on their partner's moves, and step accordingly.

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Full synchronization isn't a waltz. It's a line dance.

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In a waltz, the dancers must twirl in opposite directions from their partners and let their movements express contrasting sensations.

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... Jeanne.

Meursault

With 300 million customers who see the same red as you do, and shadow your dance exactly as you waltz...

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There should have been no reason to turn from them and long for someone who understands you as I do.

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What you want is not a carbon copy of yourself... but an "other" who can understand you.

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And the only ones who can be understood, or understand, are the strange, unfamiliar beings with an alien gaze.

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That is why... no one, as long as they remain a resident of this world, will understand you.

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Because, like someone once said, they are but buoys floating along the currents of your waltz.

Jeanne

.......

Jeanne

Then let's think about it this way, ma puce.

Jeanne

Think about a world that belongs to you, the only one who understands me.

Jeanne

A Sisyphe built from a blueprint you drew yourself... wouldn't that be different?

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.......

Jeanne

Close your eyes, cover your ears... but neither can stop your mind from forming an image.

Jeanne

This room is so empty that even the smallest perception can fill it whole.

Cinéma Sisyphe
Jeanne

A cinema.

Jeanne

"Cinéma... Sisyphe." It's a nice place. Dark, cozy, yet refined, just like you.

Jeanne

So, care to share your thoughts?

Meursault

When the movie begins, the countless people who fill the cinema immediately become indifferent to me.

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That spellbinding moment on the screen captures their gaze, like... chains.

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... It is quiet. And therefore relaxing.