Based on the novel of the same name, the film tells the story of art teacher Hart and a 15-year-old student having an escapade, and a series of events about jealousy, sex and friendship.
Sheba, a 40-year-old female teacher, cheated on her loneliness with a 15-year-old boy, his student. Her old maid colleague Barbara stumbles upon the secret and uses it as a threat, hoping to get more than friendship from her.
This is a series of events triggered by a scandal. Although the story is simple, it is deeply moving.
This story structure is something I like and appreciate. Not only about teacher-student sadomasochism, homosexuality, but also the hidden feelings between women...
The relationship between female teacher Hart and students is based on the sprouting of boys' youth. The female teacher's family is stable but bland. The husband is old, but it is difficult to satisfy the passionate life he desires. The feelings of mutual admiration and attachment between teachers and students...
Barbara is a writing recorder. She has all these scandals in her book. Everything stems from the sharpness of words. This notebook bears witness to the development of their story.
The word scandal develops from the beginning to the end, and the scandal becomes the fuse and triggers the climax of the story. Before the scandal was exposed, everything was calm, teachers and students were in chaos, friendship was broken after the scandal was exposed, and the school dealt with fouls according to law.
Barbara's original purpose was simply to have an extraordinary friendship with the beautiful teacher Hart, an elegant old woman with such a heavy taste. Lonely and affectionate, she yearns for a true love and love, and Hart is her object. They seem to have a long-term love and talk about everything, but no one knows that their relationship is based on scandal as a bargaining chip and threat. In order to maintain a seemingly normal relationship, she has done everything she can.
Hart finally asks: Do you want to have sex with me like my lover? The words are shocking. Barbara's love for Hart is too possessive and eager, and she will always do many things that are unimaginable for ordinary people. What she wanted to say, however, was that it was nothing more than a holy friendship between two women, not a sex deal.
After reading it, I couldn't calm down for a long time, and it seemed that I understood the meaning of fate better. Whoever wants to do this will be forced to be helpless and desperate.
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