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The Golden Coach holds an interesting place in Renoir’s body of work. It was his second film in colour and the first of his films to represent a departure from his more naturalistic style, yet it retains the director’s thematic depth, visual artistry, and humanist sensibilities.

I’m more allured by that demure woman who mostly lurks in the shadows of the off-stage, with garlands of wildflowers in her hair and brook water dripping off her clothes. I speak, of course, of Ophelia

Obsessions with tragic romance and the tortured feminine ideal has shrouded social media platforms, the music industry and the film world for everyone to enjoy miserably.