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June 17, 2009

Voynaristic: The Relativity of Relationships

In Etienne!, the shy and socially awkward Richard has his most meaningful relationship with Etienne, his dwarf hamster. I wrote of this film the other day in a blog dispatch that I found it overly long and problematic, in spite of the sweetness of its story idea; after sitting on it for a couple days, though, I've warmed up to the film overall in spite of those flaws. It's interesting to me that director Jeff Mizushima chose to make Richard's pet a dwarf hamster, which normally have a lifespan of maybe two or three years, as opposed to, say, a dog or a cat.

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Posted by kvoynar at June 17, 2009 10:55 PM

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