Mona Lisa's smile

Janick 2022-04-21 09:02:12

Mona Lisa's Smile is good at using the plot to make hints and comparisons, which reduces the difficulty of the audience's understanding of the film. The two factions in the film have completely different results at the end of the film: the opposition is influenced by the teacher and resolutely follows its own path. The centrists instead retreated to the "marriage and childbirth" route. This kind of role arrangement and comparison is a common technique in many films. "Mona Lisa's Smile" reflects the theme of new things challenging old traditions. But at the beginning of the film, in order to show the characteristics of the era in 1953. From sets to props, from wallpaper to headwear, from weddings to balls, from the TV series "I Love Lucy" to the camel cigarette commercials, these all reveal a strong nostalgic atmosphere, which also makes the film's external form consistent with The themes presented do not match.

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Extended Reading
  • Georgianna 2022-03-24 09:01:55

    "Mona Lisa's Smile" can be said to be the female version of "Dead Poets Society" in terms of plot settings. However, after digging deeper, it is still slightly worse than "Dead Poets Society". Even so, in terms of education, the two films still have many similarities. They also adhere to their own ideals and beliefs, opening up another world for students!

  • Therese 2021-12-11 08:01:34

    The same is the theme of the spring wind and rain, but the biased theme is the understanding of women's rights and women's autonomy. It may be hard for people to imagine now. At that time, women’s biggest goal in life was to have husbands and children. Female teachers taught students to have their own judgment and the courage to pursue what they wanted, regardless of the past, present, and future. This kind of ability is always owned by a few people, because it is really limited by reality and involuntary!

Mona Lisa Smile quotes

  • [about Charlie Stewart]

    Connie Baker: We spent last weekend at the Cape! A little hideaway he knew about.

    Betty Warren: Operative word, 'hide'. Men take women to the Cape in the winter when they're embarrassed to be seen with them. He's using you.

    Giselle Levy: He's not using you if you want to go. Come here, don't listen to her.

    Betty Warren: I love you, and I swear I'm not saying this to hurt you. Charlie's promised to Deb McIntyre. She wears his pin. Giselle, you know it's true.

    Giselle Levy: I don't know anything about a pin.

    Connie Baker: Are her parents named Phillip and Vanessa?

    Betty Warren: You know them?

    Connie Baker: Only from a distance.

  • Betty Warren: Have you seen Spencer?

    Connie Baker: [in tears] No. But I did see Charlie Stewart. And he told me that he and Deb broke up last summer. And you told me that they were together when he invited me to the Cape.

    Betty Warren: Oh Connie, I don't keep track of his dates. They've been on-again, off-again for the past few years.

    Connie Baker: No, no apparently they've been off-again for a while. For quite a while.

    Betty Warren: So?

    Connie Baker: So you made me believe that he was hiding me! Either way, why couldn't you let me be happy?