) uses it as an opportunity to dismantle the "heavy morning silence" of their domestic life.

Viewed today, the film feels remarkably quaint. In a world of OnlyFans and influencer culture, the idea that a family would need a "video camera" to document intimacy seems archaic. Yet, the core thematic question— Can you institutionalize sexual transparency without destroying love? —remains potent.

Heat and cicadas that act as catalysts for suppressed desires to boil over.

Unlike traditional domestic dramas that treat sex as a subplot or a hidden secret, this film places it at the absolute center of the narrative. The "French new" wave of the early 2010s often sought to de-stigmatize physical intimacy by portraying it as a functional, communicative, and sometimes mundane part of daily life.