i be amaze at ozon insight into loss . when death be so sudden there can be the illusion of life continue and particularly when a couple have grow together for so many year . we be lead to see everything from marie point of view to the point that even her best friend and amanda and seem unsympathetic . when marie do attempt to move away from jean memory and the new lover and after only one night and be already volunteer to help her with her problem . the brief scene with mother in law be superb . the allusion to virgina woolf be also key to understand . for me and it be the sympathy give by ozon to the character of marie and the one who have to cope with loss and which give this film such power . without a hint of indulgence and we see a strong character attempt to survive an experience which have shatter her life .