Ochi Chyornye (Dark Eyes)

 Les Emotifs Anonymes (2010)

 

 his gentle comedy begins with the heroine, Angélique, singing a French version of Maria's "I Have Confidence In Me" from The Sound of Music while on the way to a meeting of "Les émotifs anonymes" (the film's original title), an Alcoholics Anonymous-style organisation for shy, inhibited people. She then gets a job with a gourmet chocolate company headed by a nervous boss, Jean-René, undergoing analysis for his emotional hang-ups. The company, ailing in the present economic climate, gets a high-sugar fillip from a new line introduced by ace-chocolatière Angélique, though her and Jean-René's edgy relationship remains a few bonbons short of bonheur. It is a pleasant little film, reminiscent in tone of the 1930s comedies of René Clair and Jean Renoi

 

  octave gnarl parasite boketto muscle nightmare
 peal leash nullify graveyard misrepresent negligence 

Wordle # 188 MLMM 



for a hermit
socialising is a nightmare
worse than spending a night in a graveyard
facial muscles gnarled and grimaced are misrepresented
as being  characteristic of an impolite person

his negligence in not paying the restaurant bill
is part of his bonkers boketto condition and nullifies
his valiant attempt at vocalising peals of 'dark eyes'
trying to seduce the lovely Angelique

missing the high octave  was unfortunate
his rendition sounding more like a
howling dog left at home alone on the leash
but it was a start

his parasitic psychiatrist who had been
fleecing him for years seemed pleased
at his progress