Moderato Cantabile | Characters
Unlike The Square (1955), some of the characters in Moderato Cantabile have names: Anne Desbaresdes, Chauvin, and the music teacher Mile Giraud. The recalcitrant child, who takes piano lessons from the severe Mile Giraud, remains only "the child." The absence of a name may signify his somewhat unreal existence. Anne says, "Sometimes I think I imagined you," and later expresses the same idea to Chauvin. Once again, the child is a catalyst, this time bringing Anne and Chauvin together. Anne accompanies the child to the dreaded music lessons every Friday, and takes him for a...
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