A terrifying love may be the most footnotes and interpretations of this movie. But is it really love?
In this chase game between Paul and Jeanne, I saw loneliness and struggle, rebellion and anger, escape and healing, confusion and redemption. I just can't be sure if I see love.
Paul's relationship with Jeanne takes place in an empty apartment, an artificial absolute space cut off from the real world outside. Here there is no past, no future, no names, no social relations, just one man and one woman.
Jeanne, who was pure and enthusiastic, tried to get close to Paul, she poured herself out, and she wanted to get as much information about Paul as possible. Paul indulged in his own emotions, escaping from reality and everything in front of him, and refused Jeanne's approach. The closer Jeanne got, the more Paul wanted to escape. Jeanne announces that she is in love with Paul, who disappears out of thin air. Jeanne had no hope of giving up and returned to her boyfriend.
If it ends here, it's just a story about a romantic girl falling in love with a mysterious uncle. Ironically, when Jeanne is determined to return to her normal life, Paul takes the initiative to appear in front of her, declaring that this is a new beginning and that he loves Jeanne. He took the initiative to reveal his information to Jeanne and took her into his real world. In this game, control has shifted. From you chasing me and running to you running away from me, until a gunshot ends the game.
In the relationship between Jeanne and Paul, their feelings have never been synchronized. I am alienated when you are in, and you are fleeing when I am in. Their so-called abnormal love is not intolerant of morality and ethics, but a one-man show of two people in an insane chase game.
Life is lonely, others are hell. All three of the intimate relationships in the film are failures.
Paul and his wife Rose. Paul was humbled and rejected by his wife. In a cry to Rose, Paul says that even if he understands the universe, he doesn't understand you. He even communicates with his wife's lover to get more knowledge about his wife. The decisive and tragic death of his wife was also devastating to Paul.
Jeanne and her fiancé Tom. Jeanne is passionate and romantic, while Tom is obsessed with his own film creation, ignoring Jeanne's feelings and unable to respond to Jeanne's emotional needs.
Paul and Jeanne. From the beginning Paul was extremely rude to Jeanne, and later Jeanne rejected Paul ruthlessly. They were also never good partners.
The whole film is shrouded in a chaotic and gloomy atmosphere, and the director happily depicts the dark side of human nature and the unpredictable life of life. But can others be salvation?
Paul reappeared in front of Jeanne and danced a weird "tango" with Jeanne, his face was the sun shining brightly after the dark clouds had cleared. At this time, Paul must have believed that he was cured, just like us in front of the screen. Jeanne saved his terrible life.
However, no!
The new beginning he thought was just the last tango of his life.
The director rejects the possibility of us being redeemed by others with an almost conceited attitude. The director said to himself that he firmly agreed to the trial, and then walked away, refusing to discuss.
The women portrayed in the film have few positive images. Paul's wife, she is insincere and plays with men. She is ruthlessly ruthless, mysterious and unknowable, a dramatic neurotic being. Even death is a shadow that never dissipates in Paul's life. Paul's mother-in-law was fragile and cowardly, unable to fight back in the face of Paul's anger, and even relied on and extravagantly hoped for Paul's comfort. As for Jeanne, she was a superficial, impulsive, romantic young woman. She is too beautiful and frivolous, and is only suitable for being admired and watched, don't expect to communicate with her in depth. She is fickle and indecisive, vacillating between her fiancé and Paul. Still ruthlessly sinful, she rejected Paul and shot him.
With all these things, it is not unreasonable to charge the director with "misogyny".
On the contrary, did the director give too much sympathy and tolerance to Paul, a middle-aged man. He was obviously wretched and irritable, cowardly and evasive, but the director tried to portray him as a victim and a rebel. He blamed others for his misfortune, his parents' indifference, his wife's betrayal, and Jeanne's abandonment.
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Occasionally I want to stay at home and watch movies and dramas,
But I don't know what movie is good?
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