This scene takes place at the end of the film, where everything seems to be ‘on track’. Adrien is going to turn it all on its head in an instant, without even meaning to, by behaving in an unforeseen way. This flip isn’t due to a rationalised decision nor to a change in character, but due to a three pronged problem.
On the spur of the moment Adrien decides to go off on a three day romantic adventure without consequences with Haydée, ignoring his commitment to stay faithful to his fiancée. Haydée sits beside him in the front of the open top Citroën Mehari. The first prong of the problem emerges: As they cross the village of Gassin one of the roads is closed off by a delivery truck, blocking the narrow street. The second prong follows on: Going the wrong way in their open top car, they happen upon two of Haydée’s friends. She goes to say hello, leaving Adrien alone in the car for a moment. They make the most of this chance encounter and suggest that they come with them and head to Rome to go and visit a friend. The third prong of the problem is that another driver, keen to be on their way as they are held up by this random encounter between friends, honks their horn insistently to get them to move on. Adrien pulls out to let the annoyed driver past, intending to pull in further up the road where he can wait for Haydée. The coincidence of having to put his car into movement spurs Adrien into making a choice that flips the situation entirely 180 degrees. He chooses not to stop and just keeps going on his own towards the villa, deciding on the spur of the moment to abandon Haydée and go and join his fiancée.
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This scene takes place at the end of the film, where everything seems to be ‘on track’. Adrien is going to turn it all on its head in an instant, without even meaning to, by behaving in an unforeseen way. This flip isn’t due to a rationalised decision nor to a change in character, but due to a three pronged problem.
On the spur of the moment Adrien decides to go off on a three day romantic adventure without consequences with Haydée, ignoring his commitment to stay faithful to his fiancée. Haydée sits beside him in the front of the open top Citroën Mehari. The first prong of the problem emerges: As they cross the village of Gassin one of the roads is closed off by a delivery truck, blocking the narrow street. The second prong follows on: Going the wrong way in their open top car, they happen upon two of Haydée’s friends. She goes to say hello, leaving Adrien alone in the car for a moment. They make the most of this chance encounter and suggest that they come with them and head to Rome to go and visit a friend. The third prong of the problem is that another driver, keen to be on their way as they are held up by this random encounter between friends, honks their horn insistently to get them to move on. Adrien pulls out to let the annoyed driver past, intending to pull in further up the road where he can wait for Haydée. The coincidence of having to put his car into movement spurs Adrien into making a choice that flips the situation entirely 180 degrees. He chooses not to stop and just keeps going on his own towards the villa, deciding on the spur of the moment to abandon Haydée and go and join his fiancée.