The Z-Hen House

I remember watching this movie (Talk to Her) when I was a sophomore in high school. I was utterly moved by the song, the scene, and the way the protagonist was moved by it.

My date, a boy I had a crush on, was horrified after we walked out the theater. I asked him how it was. He thought about it pretty long and hard and spit out one word “Disgusting”.

In that moment, I realized we were fundamentally different, that eventually I will only fall in love with a man who has such a unique sensitive soul that will allow him to appreciate emotions portrayed in long musical numbers in strange foreign movies.