black eyes looking for light

Maximo 2022-10-30 07:24:13

The first time I watched Fellini's movie, the heroine was very interesting, not particularly beautiful, but her eyes were beautiful, black and bright, and she was very emotional. Just like her two names, one is Cabiria, the other is Maria, under the name of Cabiria she is strong and not so easily injured, but at that time it was superficial, a hard shell used to resist the ugly hostility of the world, under the name of Maria It is soft, open, and she can be said to be Maria in three moments, one when she meets a kind-hearted philanthropist that resonates with kindness in her heart, and the second when she is hypnotized by a magician and fantasizes about being immersed in In the world she longs for, the third one is that she is on the way to "watch the sunset" with the liar man. In the forest, she picks flowers for her lover, as if it were a reenactment of the scene when she was hypnotized.

The last scene is very classic and has a sense of dream. A group of young people sings and dances around the heroine. Their hearts are happy and comfortable, but the heroine has just suffered an almost fatal inner blow, so they also move forward together. (You can imagine how far away people walking on the same road are, and they don’t know what each other has gone through. It’s really hard to disturb them.) Later, the heroine seemed to be infected by them, and laughed with tears, but I It's hard to feel a reason to laugh. Although her nature is optimistic, straightforward, and loves singing and dancing, this time she was deceived so thoroughly. Although she was careful, she was deceived. The love in her heart was once again in vain, and all the savings she had earned through hard work and humiliation also disappeared. , the house has also been sold, she has always been proud of it, and even the home she bought as a shield is gone and homeless, so she wanted to escape from that life, seeing her dream come true, but she was stripped of nothing by reality and threw it back . (It is also the main reason for giving 4 stars that such a sincere and kind heroine is so miserable. At first, I felt that the second liar man was a bit too designed. After watching the drama, it was such a big scam to cheat money. ? Later, I thought that a liar had to be accurate, so I saw the simple and kindness of the heroine, and she mentioned that she had her own house, and after testing it, she made a decision.) It may be that she feels that she is still young and can start over. ? The happiness of the people around her made her believe in the possibility of happiness again, thinking that she might be able to pursue it? But it still feels a little far-fetched, after all, being tricked so badly. But how else can I shoot, so that she will give up on herself later? It was too cruel to see any light, at least from her shining dark eyes, she could feel that she would continue to look for light.

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Nights of Cabiria quotes

  • Heavy prostitute with leopard spots: [in Italian, preening and admiring the shadow of her own full figure on the wall] Look how classy I am!

    Long-haired prostitute: [in Italian, disparagingly] You look like Moby Dick!

  • Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: [in Italian]

    [to Alberto holding up boiled lobster]

    Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: And what's this? I saw it in a movie once.