I don't know what words to use to describe it. Shock, the word is too vulgar, and more than that.
The original thing was that in the 1990s, a prostitute in the United States killed six men in a row, including a policeman. It was called "the first serial female killer in the United States" and was described as a freak. The film is anti-heroic, "trying to record peacefully the last few months of free time that happened to Wonos" (director Patty Jenkins), and the whole film does not see a bit of the deliberate performance that is common in movies now Or deliberately exaggerated habits, but very convincingly showing her life state and psychological changes, so real that it is almost cruel.
This is not a movie for people who live in warmth, nor is it inspirational, nor is it a critical, ethical, or horror film. There is no excessive exaggeration about any bloody violence or warmth, but the truth contains the greatness of life. warmth. How strong and rough the heart will tremble for it.
The star Theron was originally a very famous beauty, but in "The Devil" successfully concealed her true face, playing a freckled, slack cheeks, "as strong as a professional boxer". Prostitute Erin. The corners of her mouth twitched, direct and vulgar. Her recklessness seemed like a kind of social maturity. The worst thing is that this kind of maturity is only honed by the chaotic bottom life, and it has a simplicity without knowing it. So she is strong, but in fact extremely vulnerable.
She was by no means gay, but she was deeply in love with Shelby and couldn't extricate herself. Hilby was not good-looking, short and somewhat like a little girl. But she buys Erin a beer, because the thoughtfulness and attention expose her to a whole new world on the brink of despair. Erin resolutely jumped in. Shelby, a little girl whose parents objected to her sexual orientation, said, "I don't have any money." She said, "I'll pay." Shelby said in surprise, "Remember your promise."
Erin stopped cars on the side of the road to pick up passengers all day. But at night she encounters a pervert, and in a panic of extreme humiliation and danger, she shoots him to death. Hilby waited until it was dark, and Irene didn't come. She went home disappointed, but heard Irene knocking on the window in the middle of the night. She was persuaded by Irene to escape and live with Irene despite her family's objections.
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At the end of the film, Irene finds out that one of the people she killed was a policeman. She and Hilby plan to kill another person and take a car, and the two escape together. But Irene found that the person she planned to attack turned out to be a good person. When she planned to get out of the car to find another person to attack, she was seen by the other person with a pistol and had to kill the person who shouldn't be killed. Under the long-term pressure and extreme disappointment with herself, she was not as strong as before, and wept bitterly. She finally puts Hilby on the bus and bids farewell to the object of all her love and life. But Hilby promises to come back for her.
Then, Erin was arrested and imprisoned. But the police have no real evidence. At this time, Hilby called, and they chatted a few times with forced smiles. Hilby cried: "I just want to live a happy and peaceful life... You ruined me..." Irene seemed to understand: "What about the money I gave you?" Shelby said, "Money? What money?" Irene understood completely, she said to the phone, "I did it all by myself, I admit." Shelby was beside him The plainclothes police recorded everything they talked about.
In court, Hilby pointedly testified against Erin with her fingers.
This is a sad ending, but it cannot be summed up simply as betrayal. Erin and Hilby are both naive in a way. When Erin found out that she had killed a policeman, she actually said to Hilby, "Let's go and bring some beers." To her, this was the most important thing for the boss, and her humble joy rested on these On the most common and lowest level of life. And Hilby has always been a naive, even cowardly child. A long time ago, her mother said, "She's a whore, she's just taking advantage of you." She had suspected Erin's motives. Later, her mother also said: "If you don't understand what you do, there will always be serious consequences..." She has always acted only by feeling, never knowing it.
But human nature does not belong only to the noble and rational. What Irene couldn't stop was the Sayuri who tried her best to give her a little warmth; Hilby originally planned to break up with Irene, but when she knew that she had been violated and had to kill someone, she did not take the opportunity of Irene to confess. Throwing away this murderer who may bring endless calamities, instead he felt sad for Irene from the bottom of his heart, comforted her, and decided to start a new life with her.
There is no light of reason, no perseverance, no consistent sacrifice... But only in such cruel reality can people feel the value of a little sympathy, harmony, and acceptance, no matter how simple it is It can't stand the test, but it is very real and unpretentious.
At the end of the film, Irene showed her true nature as a shrew as always. After the verdict was announced, she stared at her round and somewhat terrified eyes, and still scolded: "Thank you the judge! You people, go to hell! How can one let one Women die!"
At the beginning of the film, Erin recounted in the tone of her memory in prison: "I have always wanted to act in movies. When I was a child, I was convinced that one day I would become a big star. Or just beautiful, beautiful Rich and like a woman on TV. Really, I have a lot of dreams. But I think you think it's unrealistic. I think the dream will come true one day..." The little girl who goes up, although she is also a little silly, is not beautiful.
Human nature does not belong only to the noble and rational. Like all little children, she has had beautiful dreams.
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