ELLE life kisses me, I kiss back

Deon 2022-10-05 13:39:48

emmm there is no doubt that viol, that is, rape, this type of crime is not allowed to be issued, change it

Looks like "Historical Records • Assassin Biography"? There is a cloud: "Guess that the prince is unavailable: Xia Fuxueyong's face is red in anger; Song Yimaiyong's face is blue in anger; Wuyang's bones are brave, and his face is white in anger. Ke, the brave man, angered but not changed." Michèle may be "angry but not changed" - faced with this fucking life.

"Dealing" with viol (= rape) neighbors, weak sons, incompetent ex-husbands, lover who only treats her as a tool person, and a girlfriend who values ​​friendship more, put her face on the face of the raped female NPC, and A selfish mother who threatens her with affection and takes it for granted, a mother Xiao Xiancé who speaks ill of her, a murderer father who is afraid to meet her and commits suicide, and a cat that eats the injured bird while watching her rape.

She treats all injustice, malice, anger so calmly. In other words, the "normal women" in the film all deal with this fucking life calmly: Michèle, the heroine boss, her best friend (the same boss), and the female neighbor (Catholic). In the film, all the men and the heroine's mother, the girlfriend of the heroine's son appear to be either incompetent or weak or abnormal?

She doesn't believe in the "protection of the people" by public power (if it can only be punished after the fact, it is better to take revenge by enduring bureaucratic formalities to expose her own scars), and she is fed up with the media's proud public opinion and Its nature is profit-seeking, and it wants to eat the flesh, skin and blood of people who are "the focus of the public" (childhood shadow elle en a marre).

She has her own judging system, and her indifference to the "incredible evil of life" is precisely because she is calm and self-controlled under the iceberg - everything depends on solving the problem - not everyone can do it, how many women are homeless in the restaurant? The harassing man will be furious after dumping food scraps on his body instead of finishing it casually 4⃣️, how many women can a murderer father - vampire mother - weak son - incompetent domestic violence her ex-husband (divorce because of «tu m'as frappée » ) under the environment of breaking through, and teaming up with girlfriends to form a game company to become the domineering president la patronne succeeded?

Why is the main character a woman? If the protagonist is a man, it is easy for the audience to fall into a "mid-life crisis": in the cliché stereotypes such as economic downturn, family discord, etc., the part that makes the audience think deeply about "evil in life" is naturally missing - everyone Busy empathizing with their own experiences and reflecting on the meaning of life. But Elle, a woman, a single middle-aged wealthy and hard-working elite woman, is a paradoxical combination of the physically vulnerable and the spiritually strong. The rapist hurt her body, the little fresh meat raised by her mother used her past events to speak ill of her after her death, her son called her a slut, and the male subordinate thief called to catch a thief to destroy her reputation... but they couldn't really hurt her spirit and soul. Cautious about her behavior, I think my own anger is shallow.

When I watched "Instinct", I felt that Paul Verhoeven could meet and maintain the gimmick and rhythm of commercial films, while expounding what he wanted to express from multiple angles. In other words, readers could interpret from multiple perspectives. The ELLE I saw; this is not a judicial film, calling for justice (instead, don't give a shit to justice), not a revenge film, the heroine counterattacks Shuangwen to punish scum, but a person who has experienced life. After the evil, give the middle finger to life?? Then continue to live. Life kisses me with pain, and I kiss back with pain?? How long does it take to cultivate such an independent and steady soul?

If the teacher allows, they all want to do a law or French graduation thesis on the topic of gender equality or the comparison of the various judicial systems for viol crimes and sentences. Sometimes the love or anger towards a certain thing is not the same as the contribution to the driving force of people and the inspiration that stimulates the flow of ideas.

In terms of freedom of speech, the film was supposed to be shot in the United States, but the degree of freedom in the United States is also very poor (also??), so it was shot in Europe. Europe, the land of literary films?? Thank you for your presence

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Elle quotes

  • Richard: Struggling to get by builds character.

    Michèle Leblanc: Trouble is, he's dating a psycho... The wacko won't tolerate struggling.

    Richard: Psycho's the word. Often though, that kind of woman is good in bed.

    Michèle Leblanc: What does that mean, "good in bed"? I never knew.

  • Michèle Leblanc: Richard, would you say I'm tight for a woman my age?

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