A look of admiration caught by mistake
A seemingly passing touch
A child’s face when they want to convince of you of something
The smell of autumn when the wind starts to blow, in October
The feeling of sweetness and childhood, given by the fragrance of jam roses
Rain drops on a cheek
The smell of warm sweet bread on the block’s hallway on Christmas eve
The spark that ignites between two special minds who meet
The epidemic energy you feel around two lovers
The slight rustle that takes place in the space between two people who seem to avoid looking at or touching each other because they know that, if they do, they can no longer be separated from each other
The joy given by the sun’s reflection in the sea and the entire world of the eternal vacations that the light encompasses
The feeling you get from reading a book quote in the Pleiade edition, as you touch it with great care, like the fine skin of a most beloved one
The taste of sea water and of hot sand, on the skin
The feeling that time stood still, on a late evening when you cannot get enough of talking to someone
All of those were delicately suggested by several directors over the years. Claude Lelouch is one of those who managed, in my opinion, to capture the ineffable, in his film, ‘Un Homme et une femme’. Michael Curtiz captured such moments in Casablanca.
What such moments can you add to the list?