I discovered this original Korean movie "Red Rose in the Rose" because of the American movie "Uninvited". When I first saw the title, I had a desire to watch it, "Red Rose in the Rose" - bright and worried. What kind of story is this? Mention of this film had to go back to the roots and find the original Korean folklore of "Roses and Red Lotus". According to legend, South Korea once had a pair of good sisters, named "Rose" and "Red Lotus". After the death of their mother, one day, their father brought back a new mother for them, starting the tragic life of the two sisters. The stepmother Xu regarded the two as thorns in the eyes and thorns in the flesh. In order to get rid of them, she skinned the mice and placed them in the blankets of the two sisters, so as to falsely accuse Rose in front of her husband Pei Zuoshou, saying that this was proof that she had an adulterous pregnancy and a miscarriage. The stepmother's own words convinced the father of the nonsense, and Rose was forced to send her to her grandmother's home. On the way, the son Zhen Shou, who was instructed by the Xu family, was pushed into the water and drowned. Gulian learns that her sister was killed for no reason, and she despairs of life. Under the guidance of the blue bird, she found the pond where her sister had drowned, jumped, jumped into the water and followed her sister. Just after that, bright red lotus blossoms bloomed in the pool, spreading ghostly to the entire pool. The ghosts of the two sisters stayed, and they went to the head of the county to redress their grievances. The head of the county saw the ghost and died immediately. Since then, several county chiefs in the area have died because of seeing the two souls. The matter was finally known to the court, and a brave and shrewd county guard was sent to accept the case. After the county guard accepted the justice of the two souls, the truth came to light, the murderer Xu Shiling was executed, and a monument was erected to comfort the souls of the rose and the red lotus. Through this Korean folklore, the stories and meanings contained in this film gradually emerge. In addition to the conflicts between the stepmother and the two sisters, what is even more impressive is the deep friendship between the sisters. In addition, there are lingering here. Sadness and regret in a relationship.
"Rose Flower and Red Lotus" is sad and desolate, because it is a record of a person's repentance from beginning to end. That person compiled a deep nightmare for himself, and staged a self-directed and self-acted in self-punishment and self-redemption. One-man show. At the moment of waking up, everything disappears, leaving one person alone and sad.
At the beginning, the black car drove through the golden reeds, drove past the sunset of the sunset, and arrived at a secluded and secluded villa in a leisurely speed. Father got out of the car and asked, "Don't you want to get down?" Although it was "you", two girls got out of the car, one in red, elegant and calm, and one in rice shirt. Dim, quiet and lovely. In the joyful waltz, the two sisters crossed their eyes, reached a certain understanding, and rushed to the river bank with a smile.
All the joys became depressing and heavy the moment the sisters stepped into the villa. In the interlacing of light and shadow, the stepmother slowly stepped forward, with a creepy smile on her dignified and graceful face, and the seemingly concerned greetings seemed fake. At this moment, the film pulled out the main contradiction of the whole story: the contradiction between the stepmother and the sisters. The younger sister Xiulian is timid and weak, and the older sister Xiuwei is more mature and strong. She has played the role of protector many times in the confrontation with her stepmother. She shows her doting and affection for her sister several times with a glance and a smile. However, it is this "deep sisterhood" that makes people think that sister Xiuwei wants to grasp something that has passed away, because only if it is lost will she cherish it. And the stepmother’s neuroticism filled the whole villa with a weird atmosphere. First, he talked awkward childhood fun at the dinner table and laughed wildly, and then because of a dead bird that resented Shuran everywhere, until finally the killer was pained. Break it into pieces. Sister Xiuwei is crazy because of this, and she gets entangled with her stepmother and vows to avenge her sister, thus pushing the film to a climax. "I said earlier that you would regret one day... the most painful thing for people is when you want to forget one thing but you can't forget it." The stepmother raised the porcelain and said coldly above Xiulian's head. . This sentence ignited the implied meaning of the whole film: everything is because of that unforgettable regret. The late autumn was sad and sorrowful. It was the day when her mother committed suicide in Xiulian's closet. It was the day when Xiulian pulled her mother and was swallowed by the closet. It was also the day when Xiuwei should not quarrel coldly with her stepmother. "One day you will regret your being unreasonable to me today." Compared with the rush just now, the stepmother at this moment is calm and terrible. Amidst the yellow reeds, Xiuwei drifted away, seemingly aware, and looking back at the villa, the stepmother standing on the second floor coldly and simply closed the wooden door. At the moment when Xiuwei quarreled with her stepmother, Xiulian gradually lost her strength, and finally returned with her mother who hanged herself in the closet. This is the most desperate and self-blaming regret that remains deep in Xiuwei's heart. When she returned to this villa again, her younger sister reappeared in a rebirth posture, and her stepmother returned again in a vicious image. She played the role of a triangle by herself, constantly staged a previous family struggle, and kept wanting to be in The dead lives are saved in this family struggle. When the real stepmother stood in front of her, everything disappeared. She entered the square white wall again as a mental patient. Even though she was here, the tears in the corner of her eyes never forgot her fault, and she whispered, "Xiulian." The dark yellow images are shown again and again.
———— Regarding the "mother" in the film: In Xiulian’s split personality, the mother has always appeared in a terrifying role. The mother was in awe and resentment, because if her mother had not committed suicide in Xiuwei's wardrobe, there would be no subsequent incidents. To some extent, she believed that it was her mother who took her sister's life. As a result, the mother who turned into a "ghost" appeared in Xiuwei's life time and time again. She was afraid of her mother. On the one hand, she feared that her mother would take Xiulian away again; on the other hand, she was afraid that this would lead to real events that had happened in the past. Regarding the "Electra complex" in the film: Xiuwei loves her father. She splits into a stepmother at night to seduce her father with makeup. It can be seen by touching his face when her father is asleep in the living room because of embarrassment. On the other hand, Xiuwei's love for her father deepened her resentment towards her stepmother. So why does she love her father so much? Undeniably, because in her subconscious, her father is the only relative alive.
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