She falls in love with a local chef who lives next door. Maybe more accurately, she falls in love with the world the chef creates with her when they are in each other’s company. When we stay in a love relationship with someone, the love is not simply about how we interact and are drawn to the other person. Over time, the love thrives because we fall in love with the environments we create in each other’s homes, activities, and social circles. We don’t just fall in love with the person, we fall in love with the world they’ve created around them in the company of their familiars.
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The movie suggests how we treat our “enemies,” the people with whom we have strong conflicts of interest, probably says as much or more about us as how we treat the people we care about and with whom we are not in conflict. If you want to know someone more fully, investigate how they have treated their enemies and the people from their previous relationships.
http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/private-property-a-film-review-a-long-days-journey-into-the-next-day/
