Jan (JAN), who is disabled due to an accident, hints that BESS (BESS) can find a lover, and Beth comes to church in pain to have a dialogue with God. Is God really with her? In fact, Bess split herself into two people and had a dialogue with her own heart. Through this dialogue, Beth thought she had received a divine answer and understood the hint that her husband wanted her to find a lover. As Young's condition worsens, Beth turns to God, determined to dedicate herself to her husband and to love. At this time, Beth's religious beliefs and beliefs in love can almost be equated.
Beth comes to Richardson's house, intending to have sex with him. The upright doctor rejected Beth, but in front of Young, Beth weave a story with lies. Young sees through her and hints at Beth's next move. When the bus came, Beth murmured: This is my bus. Beth teases a strange man on the bus and returns to the hospital to tell Young, who miraculously improves. This dawn made Beth ecstatic. So, she sacrificed herself and came to the billiard hall as a prostitute, hoping to save her husband by this sacrifice. Beth believed that she had a great power to save him, and that power was the love sacrificed for each other. Beth splits in two and talks to her beliefs.
Beth's escapades are discovered by the minister. Her "degeneration" was intolerant to the local people, who expelled her. The doctor also forces Jan to sign the paperwork to send Beth to the mental hospital, but Beth manages to escape. At this time, the meager power of faith allowed Beth to continue to return to the village. Beth found herself being avoided and spurned by everyone. Even the children chased and abused her, and the door of her house was closed to her. At this time, her faith had a crisis, and she called to God, but it was not as effective as it used to be. Beth goes to the boat where the prostitutes do business again. On the way to the big ship, the two voices sounded again, and Beth was pleasantly surprised to have a dialogue with her God, and the body and spirit played the role of separation again. She asked, are you with me now? The voice replied: Of course, you know. Beth's sacrifice was fatal this time. A murderous client stabbed her several times, and she was dying. Before she died, Beth said: It's all wrong (IT'S ALL WRONG.) Before she died, Beth seemed to doubt the power of faith, the kind sacrifice she made for her lover, and she failed to see the effect.
As the coroners investigate, Dr. Richardson speaks up for the good Beth. The elders of the church are finally forced to agree to allow Beth to be buried, but insist that her soul be thrown into hell at the funeral. "Into Hell" is the same situation that occurs in the first half of the film, which seems absurd. Churches, as defenders, do not have the courage to recognize another mode of life when their morality is challenged. This makes me think, when we judge someone or something, are we limited by our own experience and cannot be tolerant and open? The church represented Beth's devout god, but the god condemned her dead soul to hell. It makes one think that Beth's own God has never appeared, and that her beliefs are self-deception at best, vulnerable to a single blow.
When Beth was buried, Jan miraculously got up from the hospital bed. With the help of his partner, Beth's body was stolen and sent into the embrace of the sea overnight. Early the next morning, Yang was awakened by the noise outside the cabin, and there was a resounding bell in the distance. It was the church bell, perhaps representing the voice of God; for the first time it echoed in the wind between the sea and the heights.
The bell made Yang laugh with relief, but Beth had long been unable to hear it. For Beth, the god (love) she believed in came too late.
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