It is adapted from the French New Wave master Chabrol's work "La Femme Infidele" (literally translated as: the unfaithful wife),
is a classic full of Hitchcock-style suspense.
In 2002, it was adapted into a movie by the world-class erotic master-director Adrian Lane.
Maybe the director's name is not familiar to you, but the world-famous "Lolita", "Peachy Deal", "Love You Nine and a Half Weeks", etc. The title, you must know.
"Infidelity" is an "infidelity" movie just by listening to the title.
Although infidelity is an action verb, it is also a term that contains a lot of inner drama.
Edward and Connie are enviable A couple, the
male lead, Edward is well-behaved, slightly old-fashioned, running a company,
In the heroine, Connie is gentle and virtuous, takes care of the housework, and maintains it very well.
Eleven years of marriage, life is peaceful and happy.
If it wasn't for a heavy rain, Connie would not have "fallen a duel" in the wind of fate.
On the stormy street, Connie injured her knee.
Connie hesitated again and again, but finally agreed to the French handsome guy's invitation: go to his house to wrap it up briefly. At this time, Connie
firmly believed that it was just an ordinary help.
pure fire,
However, Connie, who has seen strong winds and waves, is by no means good . She
does not have some extraordinary courage and insight, and she will not have the happy life she has now.
Connie knows what to do and what not to do,
so she got up and said goodbye.
The handsome Paul is a man that no woman can refuse. He is
young, handsome, polite,
with long brown hair and strong male hormones all over his body. He
is a bookseller, well-read, literary and passionate.
He will also say: There is no mistake at all, it is all up to you whether you like it or not.
After the storm, the plain and warm life continues,
making breakfast for the husband and children, watching the husband and children leave...
Liu Ruoying once said: A
woman is lonely not because there is no man, but because she has no outlet for herself.
The surface is still so calm, but Connie's heart has long been turbulent,
she has a kind of longing, it is not a longing for a certain person, but a longing to ignite life.
Qian Zhongshu once said:
A woman has the unique intelligence of a woman, and she is as light and lively as her actions.
Compared with this kind of cleverness, talent learning is nothing but scum.
Connie is that kind of woman.
Her "enchanting and alluring lust" seemed to Paul to be a kinship with drugs.
I still remember the gust of wind when Connie and Paul first met. In the
gust, snow-like pieces of paper were swirling around Connie,
and the middle-aged woman in the shot had messy hair, and her frown and smile were beautiful.
What should have happened still happened,
And it is extremely intense
. Against the backdrop of a peaceful marriage, the long-lost romance and passion are deadly poisons for women.
Husband raised his innocent son over his head,
Paul raised a sexy little wild cat over his head, the
film editing technique is excellent and excellent, and
the large-scale mixed editing mixes the normal married life with the passionate life after cheating
. In the ordinary days of vinegar tea, the love of extramarital affairs is violent and turbulent, which can make people dizzy.
Connie couldn't give up her tenderness and was tortured by morality.
She is conflicted, both addicted to Paul's passion and sexual novelty,
and regretting her family betrayal and marital infidelity.
And the thoughtful Edward, as a successful man who has experienced ups and downs,
how could he not know all this?
Once, Connie and Paul had sex in the corridor, indulging in self-indulgence,
They didn't know that at this moment, the husband was wandering by the street outside the door.
After the sex, the wife sneaked away, and the husband thought about it and went upstairs.
Then comes the climax of the film: Edward and Paul have a positive contact,
one is a middle-aged man who is forbearing and calm, the other is a young and enthusiastic young man;
one is burdened with the pain of his wife's betrayal, and the other is at a loss by the visit of his lover's husband;
Then, tragedy happened...
From here on, it became a thriller, a suspense film, a perverted murder film,
Cheating for a while, stealing the crematorium.
After the murder, Edward heard the breakup message his wife left Paul, which was
really mocking.
The irony is still behind.
Afterwards, Edward and Connie embraced at school to watch
their son perform.
When the police arrived, they concealed each other, exposed each other, shielded each other, and confessed to each other.
Edward finally said to Connie bitterly: I want to kill not him, but you!
Connie finally broke down!
Romain Rolland once said:
In marriage, everyone has to pay a price, and at the same time they have to take something back. This is the law of supply and demand.
As the director of the master of eroticism, he expresses ambiguous eroticism in a low and tactful way,
and he wants
to talk about it.
The whole body exudes irresistible desire and sexiness, and the performance is textbook level.
The movie is not just about desire. In addition to desire, there is also a "midlife crisis".
Middle age, loneliness, desire, responsibility.
People cannot simply do what they want to do, they have to choose and endure.
Desire is always going forward and can end up destroying a person.
But no matter whether it is accidental or inevitable, there is no room for regret in the end.
At the end of the movie, there is a replay of the scene:
if Connie left in a taxi that day, they were just passersby who met by chance;
if Connie just wiped the wound that day, they would have no contact other than thanks, and there would be no future. Tragedy;
if, if, if, there is no if!
Some people say that
the flame of desire should be pinched out when it is born, and waiting for it to catch fire is the beginning of your depravity.
Some people also say that desire is the light that drives human beings forward.
When there is no desire, everything will be tiring, and desire is a tool that can make you fly.
It's hard to say which is right or wrong and which is biased.
All I can say is that as an adult, I
don't want to be happy,
nor can I just be happy.
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