"Carol" is adapted from Tricia Highsmith's novel "The Price of Salt" published in the 1950s, about a story that happens between two women. love story between.
In those days, homosexuality was a taboo, not accepted and recognized. Same-sex lovers are not only imprisoned and kidnapped by traditional morality, but also despised and condemned by society. Holding on to same-sex love also means paying a huge price.
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Through the first shot of the film, an iron underground air outlet fence, the theme of the film's "imprisonment" is hinted for the first time. If you pay attention, you will find that in this film, director Todd Hines uses a lot of walls, doors and window lattices as cages, and then places the characters in the story to repeat and emphasize the film. the imprisoned theme.
Following in the footsteps of a middle-aged man who had just stepped out of a train station, we stepped into the streets of New York in the 1950s. The man, Jack, bought a newspaper and turned into a restaurant. In the restaurant, Jack finds and recognizes one of his female friends sitting with another woman, ignoring each other.
Jack stepped forward to greet his female friend, and the woman across from him got up and left after greeting him politely. Jack's appearance not only broke the silence of the two, but also disturbed a relationship that was at the most critical moment.
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Her name is Therese (Rooney Mara), young, beautiful, pure, kind, and a shopping guide in a toy store. Her name is Carol (Cate Blanchett), elegant, charming, mature, steady, and a wealthy middle-class housewife.
On Christmas Eve, Carol and Therese meet in the toy store, amid a surging crowd. They will never know that in this seemingly ordinary Christmas, each other will be the best Christmas gift from God to them.
Whether they realize it or not, the moment they notice each other's eyes, they are hopelessly in love with each other. Sometimes, loving or not loving is as simple as that, it just happens for no reason.
Before leaving, Carol told Therese, "I like your Santa hat," and left her brown leather gloves on purpose. With these gloves, Therese and Carol gradually walked together. Time together is always fun and comfortable—sometimes it’s comfortable even if you don’t talk to each other. There's a quiet scene in the film that illustrates this point: Therese plays the piano, and Carol sits barefoot not far away, smiling as she prepares for Christmas.
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One of the great pleasures or enjoyment of watching "Carol" is to see how Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara convey the infinite love hidden in their hearts through details such as a look, a sentence or an action . It is not difficult to find that a large part of these details are full of all kinds of erotic teasing or sexual innuendo, but isn't this the root of the reason why love happens?
The entire viewing process of "Carol" is a process of witnessing how a sincere love converges bit by bit into a surging river.
When the two first met, Therese was in a loveless relationship with a boy, while Carol was on the verge of a marriage breaking down.
Working a job she doesn't like, falling in love with someone she doesn't like, and living a life she doesn't like, Therese's misfortune stems from not being able to find her true self. While she was talking to her boyfriend about what she really wanted to do - come up with a photography portfolio of her own, her boyfriend was concerned with their European trip. When it comes to same-sex love, she believes that love is simple, but her boyfriend scoffs at it, "same-sex love must be tricky", and more and more differences make them drift apart.
Also troubled by not being able to find himself is Carol. After more than a decade of marriage, her husband has been trying to change her, trying to make her revolve around him, around his life, family and career. He never thought for Carol what kind of life his wife really wanted. As a result, with endless suspicion and quarrels, their marriage burned out, and all that was left was endless torture and pain.
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Carroll has been distressed by her husband's attempt to take custody and custody of his daughter from Carroll after the divorce. She asked Therese to temporarily leave this sad place and drove to Chicago to relax.
Discovering each other and being attracted to each other brightens their otherwise bleak lives; the harmony and happiness they get along with each other fill their lives with hope. Once again, the sun shines in their lives again, and smiles quietly creep back to their faces.
On New Year's Eve, in the hotel room, in front of the dresser, Carol stroked Therese's shoulder and said, "I've never spent a New Year with my husband, he's always busy socializing and drinking," Therese Also told Carol, "My New Years were spent in loneliness, and although there were many people around... I no longer feel lonely today."
The collision of the two souls made Carol and Therese affectionately kissed together. In this paragraph, the pictures of the film are suffocatingly beautiful - this makes people feel that love is so powerful and beautiful.
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Unfortunately, the subsequent plot took a sharp turn, and the ugliness of reality and the beauty of love formed a sharp contrast.
In order to obtain full custody of her daughter, Carroll's husband even invited a private detective to follow and secretly film his wife's so-called "immoral behavior" as a threat.
In the presence of lawyers on both sides, Carroll announced a decision that shocked everyone. In order to take care of the audience who have not seen the movie, no spoilers are given here, you should watch it for yourself and experience the surging emotions contained in it.
Before leaving her husband, Carol said sincerely, "I've always wanted you to be happy...we could have given each other more...why are we going so hard to keep each other away..." It's that simple to be happy with each other. When love becomes complicated, it may not be love anymore.
Echoing the opening scene full of "imprisonment", the film gives director Todd Hines' answer to the question of how to face "imprisonment" in the ending scene. It is this answer that draws a warm and perfect ending to the whole movie. As for what the answer is, it's up to you to find out for yourself.
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"Carol" reminds me of another famous film about same-sex love from two years ago, "The Life of Adele." Although both are about love between women, the focus is different, "Adele's Life" focuses on embodying human loneliness, while "Carol" focuses on appreciating the courage of love. Both films almost perfectly present the purity, sincerity and enthusiasm of love, but compared with the gloom and sadness of the former, the latter is undoubtedly delicate and warm.
Food without salt has no taste, what will life without love be like? Tricia Highsmith uses "The Price of Salt" as the title to veiled her question: How much are we willing to pay for love?
After watching the movie, I think I know Carroll's answer to that question, which is - all of me, all of me, all of me.
I dedicate this text to those who live for love.
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