Delphine had to hit rock bottom before her great revival began. But that means one more section that ends with her crying. I feel like apologizing for that. I’ve taken my non-existent cinematic audience on a fairly dull, somewhat depressing ride so far.

I could blame Delphine for that, but for a character who seems to lack all personality, she has a surprising amount of self knowledge — she’s aware of her deficiencies. In fact, I get the sense through much of the film that Delphine is somewhat baffled about how to be a human being. But she knows this and is trying to cope the best she can.

So this segment begins with Delphine swimming out in the ocean by herself. We then see her pull out of the water into a sea wall and walk towards her new friend, the Swedish blonde with a proclivity to walk around topless as much as possible.

This part of the film gives Delphine her first real opportunity to explain herself. That’s because the new friend is non-judgmental, fun-loving and an active listener. We do find out a bit about her as well — she has a fiancé, but she doesn’t travel with him because she finds him too jealous and annoying. She has more fun when traveling alone. She checks out lots of men and talks about trying to pick them up.

This is a good person for Delphine to be around because she’s basically inert. She can’t explain the type of guy she wants, other to say that she likes romantic men. But she can’t really explain that type. The conversation exposes why Delphine has such difficulty meeting anyone — she doesn’t engage with people, keeps a distance and hopes to be approached, and even when she does meet men, she is usually disappointed by them.

The new friend suggests that they throw out the playbook and go dancing that night, just try to have fun and not force anything. She tells Delphine that she prefers to play games with men, to not reveal her feelings, have fun with them, then see if they reveal anything.

It’s at this point where the young woman asks Delphine about things she likes, her feelings, nothing all that specific, and Delphine finally breaks down and admits that she has nothing to offer, that men aren’t interested in her because she has nothing to show them.

This is absolutely true. I find the actress who plays Delphine attractive enough, but I couldn’t imagine spending any real time with her, she doesn’t seem to have any real interests or any desire to engage in conversation with anyone. I’m actually kind of surprised that she gathers friends at all.

But we should not despair for Delphine. The next scene will begin with the two women beginning a conversation with a couple men who are lurking nearby. And soon enough, Delphine’s fortunes will turn.

I guess I should feel happy for her, but having slowly walked the path of her journey for more than a week, I’m beginning to wonder why any of us should care what happens to her.