Something that struck me about Mademoiselle's suicide is that, after learning the Truth, she chooses to strip herself of everything that she feels makes her, her; what makes her feel human and willingly takes it all away: her makeup, her "nice" clothes, her jewelry... superficially erasing her "humanity".
And it's not surprising that her "sacrifice" for the Truth is so vapid and shallow. Mademoiselle's cult seems to be filled with white, privileged, cruel, one-dimensional zealots whose quest for knowledge and enlightenment is painfully insincere.
The Truth was either so magnificent that Mademoiselle was driven to gain it prematurely in a quick and violent fashion, or overwhelmingly barren and meaningless, leaving her existentially unable to live with the knowledge.
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Probably my most unpopular opinion: This movie was better than the original. You can read my full review on Letterboxd.
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Martyrs
2008 • R • 1h39m
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
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La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer / Martyrs (2008), dir. Pascal Laugier
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