In Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days, the audience first sees the character of Esther (Lou Roy-Lecollinet) through the eyes of young Paul Dédalus (Quentin Dolmaire), the film’s titular first person and Esther’s soon-to-be boyfriend. The…
Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days (2015) opens with the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer. The protagonist, Paul Dédalus (Mathieu Amalric), cavorts in his Tajikistan apartment with his Russian lover before the audience is whisked back to his…