The male protagonist peeped into the lives of others in the name of literary creation, while the Chinese teacher blurred the boundary between reality and illusion after reading, leading to his own life tragedy. In fact, there is only a thin line between peeping and being peeped, reality and illusion. Ou Rong is indeed a director who is very good at telling stories, with fascinating narratives, plots intertwined with reality and fiction, and dramatic endings.
This is a film with multiple meanings of prying eyes. Director Ou Rong is above the audience, but deliberately leaves a window to satisfy everyone's desire for prying and voyeurism.
The main line of the film is quite clear. With this taboo story about creation and fantasy between a high school teacher and a genius student, Ou Rong fully reveals the entire process of an artistic creation, but he shoots the wonderful suspense like a Hitchcock movie.
The French Republic director Ou Rong’s new film really uses his camera to drag the audience into the lives of several The French Republic families, peeping and experiencing the desire and jealousy, loss and tenderness in it.
This is François Ozon's best film since 2003.
