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Amélie Boukhobza (Clinical psychologist)
Love for 3, do you believe it? If in the film “Caprice” the main character falls in love with two women at the same time, we asked a psychologist what she thought about it. And here is his answer.
It’s a theme often explored by directors, without us ever getting tired of it: the famous love triangle, treated by Emmanuel Mouret in “Caprice”. The main character, a modest schoolteacher, falls in love with two women. A question then burns on our lips: is it possible, in real life, tolove two people at once ? Here is the answer from our expert psychologist.
Caprice, a romantic comedy where love is combined in the plural
“Caprice”, a romantic comedy written and directed by Emmanuel Mouret, is centered around three characters: Clément, a schoolteacher (Laurent Stocker), Alicia, a famous actress (Virginie Efira) and Caprice (Anaïs Demoustier), an excessive and overflowing young woman. .
However, if Clément proves fulfilled when Alicia, an actress he admires to the greatest extent, falls in love with him and becomes his partner, he loses his mind when his path crosses that of Caprice, a sparkling young actress. Clément’s life then becomes complicated. Alicia meets all his expectations but despite everything, Caprice, through her innocent candor and her excessive feelings, manages to create new ones for him.
How, in this case, can we get out of this love triangle? Should Clément follow his desires or be content with an already happy daily life?
Emmanuel Mouret approaches love here in an existential way, adding charm and wit. It poetically gravitates around the three characters, inviting the viewer to ask the right questions. If a Caprice came into our lives, what would we do? Could we fall in love with two people at once? This is the whole subject of the film. However, we can only wonder about the viability of the characters’ relationships, fragile because they are made more complex by this three-way romance…
Falling in love with two people at the same time, is it really possible?
On a chemical level, when you fall in love, the brain activates and produces three hormones in large quantities: dopamine, adrenaline and norepinephrine.
Dopamine produces a feeling of euphoria, while rapid heartbeat and insomnia are linked to the production of adrenaline and norepinephrine. Our entire being is then focused on the other; emotional and physical dependence sets in.
However, in “Caprice”, the main character, Clément, is in love with Alicia. But he also develops feelings for Caprice, which continue to grow as the days go by. A possible reality or a fictionalized work? According to Amélie Boukhobza, if all patterns are possible, it all depends on what we put behind the word “love”.
“It is a subject which touches on all human complexity, and where the answers are not Manichean. Love is not always linear or exclusive, as much as we would like to believe it is. There is an element of ambiguity in love, sometimes elusive, where desire and attachment intertwine. she recalls.
Some will tell you that yes it is possible (to fall in love simultaneously), others absolutely not. Otherwise it’s not love…
“But really, what are we talking about? Deep love? From the state of love? Desire? What does falling in love mean? Falling in love with two people at the same time, what does it mean for each of them? One can nourish a more soothing, reassuring side, while the other awakens a more passionate, more unpredictable side… But is it really love? From a psychological point of view, it is often the expression of multiple desires and a search for balance between security and excitement. reveals the practitioner.
A quasi-philosophical theme therefore, which deserves to be explored, again and again…
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