Just like the name of the movie, the actor and actress Kitty and Walter always seem to be separated by a vague veil, and they have never walked into each other's hearts. From acquaintance to union, they have never experienced the running-in of love. Katie is a typical British girl, vanity, fragility, and fantasies. She is tired of the silence and restraint of her husband Walter, and she has fallen into the vortex of extramarital affairs with the married Charlie...Unexpectedly, Walter took the extreme after discovering it. The method of revenge-took his wife who was abandoned by his lover and took his wife away from home to a small Chinese town where cholera is raging.
Maybe most people are the same, and they will never meet the heart-stirring love like "Titanic" in their lifetime. The love in "The Veil" is not a rich and colorful rendering, but closer to the gentle flow of water. From indifference, estrangement, and rejection of each other, Watt and Kitty's understanding, touch, and attachment to each other in a remote environment in a foreign country all happened in a delicate and plain manner. This is not a love movie in the traditional sense, and even compared with its profound historical background and complex characteristics of the times, the element of love seems insignificant at first. The director caught the humanity disclosure in Maugham's original work, and used Hollywood-style lenses to express the Chinese society at that time. Therefore, the film has a special exotic flavor. The ending abandons the almost cruel reality of the original, and is more in line with the audience's psychological expectations. At the time of life and death, the two finally unlocked the veil of emotions and discovered the true meaning of love. Kitty also completed the purification and sublimation of the soul.
Some commented: "The Veil" has raised the realm of Maugham's original novels, and transformed the rigorous nobility into sincere passion." I will not comment on this, after all, novels and movies have very different methods. Maugham believes that good novels can speak on their own, without the need for others to add vinegar or highlight meaning; movies use various methods such as sound, light and images to leave concrete memories in the hearts of the audience. All the insights finally came together into a picture: After Watt died, Kitty left the place where they once loved and depended deeply on each other with their children. "The sun rose, dispelled the fog, and a rugged path appeared in front of you. It passed through the rice fields, over the creek, undulating over the vast land, extending to places invisible to the eye—perhaps all she did. The wrong things are stupid, and all the hardships she has endured are not all meaningless—it will be a path to peace." A
woman will not fall in love with a man because of his noble morals, with a veiled face, You can never get close to each other, unless you see yourself clearly, including the ugly heart. The complexity of human nature and the cowardice of the soul are precisely reflected in the attitude towards love. Water Mingming loves his wife deeply, but he doesn’t express emotions, let alone knowing what the other person needs. It is a cowardly expression; while Kitty, whether she is married to Water or attracted to Charlie, is unwilling to face reality. His psychology is also motivated by cowardice and selfishness. Throughout the ages, the most beautiful love is to let you know who you are and to go on more bravely.
"Beside the clear spring water, I am strolling; the spring water is so beautiful, I bathe by the stream... Sing, Huang Ying, sing for the love in your heart. You are full of joy, but my heart is crying. I love you already For a long time, never forget." When the theme song "By the Clear Spring" sounded, the movie returned to its beautiful and soft melody. The story of him and her has fallen into the depths of time with the music...
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