Georges and Annie, their 80-year-old wife, went home from a student's piano recital, and found that the gentleman Liang Shang was patronizing them, and their little unhappiness did not affect their mood; Annie, for fear of being a burden to her lover. Everything is on display, this is a warm and moving "Golden Pond" in the 21st century.
Viewers who knew Haneke a little bit had an ominous feeling that the situation might not be so simple. A great director who has filmed "Benny's Video", "Delicious" and "Piano Teacher", who ruthlessly shows the true colors of life and is known for shocking the world, will focus on family sketches?
Life is so cruel, its beauty is conceived in its cruelty. If there is no birth, old age, sickness and death, how can our next generation grow up? Where can they live when they grow up? As a retired music teacher, her children and students are all successful in their careers and should have no regrets. However, it was the visit of the invincible students that made Annie more unbearable for her pain and aging. She told her wife unmistakably. : "There is no reason to continue to live. I know that my situation will only get worse. Why should you and I suffer this kind of torture? I don't want to continue, not for you, but for myself."
As her condition worsened, Annie, who was reluctant to meet guests or go to hospitals and nursing homes, became more and more reliant on Georges' care. She used to be so graceful and considerate, she was tortured by illness and years to lose her human form, sometimes sober, sometimes babbling nonsense, making people worry.
The shot of Georges catching the pigeon, on the one hand, highlights the loneliness of the character, on the other hand, it also naturally shows that he has difficulty even getting up when he falls to the ground. After all, he is an old man in his 80s. He needs others to take care of him, but he has to take care of a hemiplegic patient from morning to night. Which one is better, stick to each other or forget each other?
The scene in which Georges killed Anne, the first thing that reminded me was not the movies that face euthanasia such as "Sleep in the Deep" and "Doctor Death", but the French business card "37°2". In 1986, 22-year-old Atris Dale perfectly portrayed a cynical, wind-sharp and free beast girlfriend with her aggressive eyes, sexy mouth, and true-to-life wild performances. Even in the romantic capital of France, the film caused a lot of controversy back then. The opening scene is male and female love, and there are also oral sex and full frontal nudity of the male and female protagonists in the middle. Betty fell into irreversible depression and madness like a bunch of flames in the air, gouging out one of her eyes.
In the 20th century, Carmen was ultimately unable to overcome fate. 37°2, only slightly higher by 0.2°, just can't suppress the anger at mediocrity and hypocrisy. God has no choice but to watch his carefully crafted stunner go to ruin. The world is too dirty and imperfect, even if Betty doesn't ask for much. Falling into a terrible depression from a failed pregnancy, the breakdown is inevitable, and the flames that make Rose blaze with rage and arrogance begin to consume herself. As her boyfriend said, the world is too small for her.
How can you bear the torture of leaving your lover who is worse than death in the hospital? In order to end Betty's pain, her boyfriend disguised himself and sneaked into a mental hospital, killing her, who was better off dead. Georges did just that, winning the Palme d'Or, and "37°2" only got a huge controversy, and it can only be said that the latter was born at the wrong time. In 1993, the Netherlands passed a bill that "patients with no hope of being cured have the right to demand their own lives" and became the first country in the world to pass euthanasia legislation; in November 2012, the latest poll showed that 86% of French people Support the legalization of euthanasia.
Human beings are inherently mortal, either lighter than a feather, or heavier than cutting a cake. We all know that the lesser of two evils is the right one, but if a loved one falls ill, it will be a severe test for anyone. For the kind of person who, regardless of whether others have the meaning of life and the dignity of life, completely goes against the will of others, and makes others struggle and suffer in the abyss of pain in the name of love, perhaps, love is colder and more cruel than death. (Xinmin Weekly)
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