A courtesan encounters love

Monroe 2022-04-21 09:03:33

I was attracted to watch this film purely because of Audrey Taotou's breakthrough performance in this film. I really wanted to see how this French angel with big elf-like eyes could interpret a coquettish courtesan in the upper class.

Elle played by Audrey Taotou is a high-class prostitute who deals with rich men. The five-star hotel is her hunting ground. Countless men bow down to her pomegranate skirt, and she also enjoys it all because her material desires are satisfied. The appearance of Jean, the hotel waiter, made Elle mistakenly think that he had found the next prey, but the truth was quickly revealed. Elle was abandoned by the old rich man who was about to get married, so he started walking with nothing. On a new hunting journey.

In order to spend more time with Elle, Jean finally gave his all, when he took out the only 1 euro left in his pocket and asked Ellle to spend 10 more seconds with her, at this moment, I was moved. Because I have been looking forward to this kind of resolute love, no matter what the outcome, no matter the cost.

The end of the film is dramatic, and Elle is gradually moved by Jean, falls in love with Jean, and finally gives up a life of riches and easy luxury for him.

Elle in the play is well-dressed and swaying, but it never surprises me. After all, our angel has always been vaguely exuding a natural fresh breath and a little bit of the unique worldly dusty smell of "high-level prostitutes".

The ending of the story is that the romance is as good as ever, but what about the actual ending? Or the director can only arrange for the film to end when Elle returns to Jean's arms, because the director also knows that in real life, such a story will never continue. Elle is a woman who knows what she wants. She is used to spending money, luxury goods, and haunting high-end restaurants, hotels and social places. It is her professional nature to use men to achieve her goals. . And how will a poor-born man who is a hotel waiter take on their future life and satisfy her endless material desires? Neither you nor I are expecting a change in Elle's nature, because you and I both know it's impossible.

The reality is always so cruel, and when a beautiful love encounters real problems, it will eventually become vulnerable, so sad, yet so helpless. So I admire Jean's courage when he took out the last 1 euro, which is infinitely poignant. In reality, we have rarely seen this kind of resolute love. People's awareness of self-protection is getting stronger and stronger. We are all afraid of being rejected, afraid of being hurt, afraid of taking risks. . In the face of reality, we finally retreated step by step, and love also died prematurely...

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  • Jean: Referring to the expensive watch Madeleine has bought for him: "That's not a watch. It's a treasure chest." In French "C'est pas un montre. C'est un coffre."

  • Irène: I love Italian food. You don't expect much, so you can never be disappointed.