{"id":28992,"date":"2025-05-23T12:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/?post_type=movies&#038;p=28992"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:43:48","slug":"ari","status":"publish","type":"movies","link":"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/movies\/ari\/","title":{"rendered":"Ari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike with the protagonist of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montparnasse Bienven\u00fce<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ari\u2019s detachment is a little painful. The third feature by L\u00e9onor Serraille follows a man in his late 20s who can\u2019t quite get a grasp on life. Living in Lille, he has dropped out of teacher training and ended a romantic relationship. Tired of living with his adult son, Ari\u2019s father asks him to move out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The themes of incompleteness and experimentation run through the film in more ways than just through the sad-eyed protagonist. The narration is in part based on improvisation, which manifests as documentary-like leniency. The sensitive hand-held cinematography adds to the sense of immediacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ari is a companion piece to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montparnasse Bienven\u00fce<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, although Serraille deals with the themes of detachment more discreetly. However, the lightness of the narration is not of the light-hearted kind. Even though the protagonist may be fired up by conversations with his old acquaintances, there is a silent despair to his aimlessness. The hypnotic lead actor Andaric Manet is like melancholy on two feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ari unwillingly defies the norms. Through his friends, he tries to discover the secret of living, but upon meeting them he realizes that none of them have found it either. 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