After the death of his father, Arnaud and his older brother, Manu, plan on spending the summer hoping to save the family business. Running a carpentry business where they specialize in building sheds, Arnaud finds his peaceful summer interrupted when he meets Madeleine, a tough, yet beautiful woman. Madeleine is quite the peculiar soul, spending nearly every waking moment training for the upcoming apocalypse, practicing survival skills in an effort to make sure she is strong enough when the time comes. Madeleine latest act of training centers around joining the army boot camp in an effort to hone her surival skills, making sure she is ready for the upcoming worldwide collapse. Arnaud couldn't be more docile, expecting nothing to come from the world around him, but he is intrigued and captivated by Madeline, signing up for the boot camp himself. Thomas Cailley's Love at First Fight is a charming and unique love story centered around two individuals who coulnd't be more different. LIke any good love story, Madeleine and Arnaud are two individuals with very different perspectives. While Madeleine sees conflict and challenges around every corner, Arnaud is a character who goes with the flow. The boot camp itself is harder on Madeleine than she ever imagined, not being as intensive or survival focused as she expected. She continously butts heads with those around her, with Arnaud being the only person who routinely keeps coming back. Love at First Fight is an interesting film that takes a characters existential crisis in Madeleine, and uses it to capture the slowly evolving young love between two characters. Madeleine's obsession with survival has made her a character with a 'me against the world' mentality, with Arnaud being the person who slowly shows Madeleine she isn't alone. It's interesting how Arnaud and Madeleine are essentially the opposite of typical gender roles, as Madeleine's toughness and independence and Arnaud's sensitivity and compassion are typically traits associated with the opposite sex. I wouldn't go as far as to say the film shatters societies social expectations when it comes to feminism and masculinity, but it does feel refreshing nonetheless. Love at First Fight isn't a film that is going to sweep you off your feet, but the film's romantic relationship that develops between the two characters does feel very organic, though slight, with the film taking its time to develop their evolving relationship.
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