Simply Sacred

with

Gary Thomas

A French-German film conveys a fundamental truth: as soon as you make a commitment, it will be tested. Your marriage is more precious than you could realize. Knowing how you’ll respond before you see “the girl on the bicycle” is a valuable life skill. 

A French-German film production portrays the intriguing story of a tour bus driver who gets engaged to his girlfriend of three years. Shortly after the engagement, he’s driving his bus when a beautiful woman pulls up next to him on her bike. She smiles his way at the stoplight, and he’s smitten. He tries to follow her, but he’s leading a tour, so she “gets away.”

In real life, that would be the end of it. The movie takes place in Paris, after all, home to hundreds of thousands of cars and even more bikes. But this isn’t real life, so of course he sees her again, loses her again, then sees her again, and then…runs into her. She’s injured and their lives become intertwined.

Along the way, the bus driver confides to his best mate how taken he is with the bicyclist. His mate isn’t surprised—he’s a guy, and he knows how quickly men can be smitten by physical attraction—but he tries to bring in some sensible perspective. After all, his friend just got engaged. After three years. To a wonderful, emotionally healthy, and attractive woman.