The story takes place in the early days of the British Industrial Revolution. The south is still a leisurely and comfortable way of life, while the north has begun a vigorous industrialization. A large number of farmers lost their land and became textile workers. Every day, some people starve to death in the slums, and some people because The cotton dust in the lungs coughs day and night, and the capitalists compete with each other and unite against the unions. The south in the lens is always sunny and picturesque, while the industrial town of Milton in the north is full of white cotton wool factories and crowded, dirty and chaotic streets.
Margaret, the heroine from the South, is the daughter of a priest, kind, rational and independent. When I first came to Milton, I hated it deeply and felt that there was dirty blood flowing everywhere. The first time she met the hero, Mr. Thornton, happened to be beating up a worker who was smoking in a cotton factory. So prejudice inevitably arises. Mr. Thornton is stern, unsmiling, determined and arrogant, but unlike Mr. Darcy's innate pride because he was born in a wealthy family, Thornton's pride comes more from firm belief and self-struggle. business success.
The climax of the conflict in another main line of the film is the strike of the workers. Margaret, who treats all people equally by nature, has made several friends among the workers and has deep sympathy for the proletariat. Mr. Dayton was clearly on the opposite side.
However, as Margaret's time in Milton grew, she gradually realized that both employers and employees had their own principles and market rules. Thornton was attracted by this girl who was different and independent from the beginning. Although he was angry with her at the beginning, he always kept an eye on her every move in private. And this icy city of machines also revealed more and more brilliance of humanity. Finally, after the death of her parents, she returned to her long-lost southern town home, but found that she could no longer tolerate the local people's attitude towards life that regarded ignorance and primitiveness as fun and was completely unimproved. At this moment, she suddenly felt very Miss Milton, and North is no longer a derogatory term.
Although the film's handling is inevitably a bit idealized, the labor-management relationship in the early days of the Industrial Revolution was resolved in Mr. Thornton's factory, but the main line of love and the sub-line of the relationship between the supporting characters in the background are flawlessly combined. Can't forget that at the very beginning of the film, Thornton stood tall among the white cotton wool flying in the sky with a resolute look, reigning over the world, beautiful and stunning; also can't forget that at the end of the film, he didn't wear a black dress jacket, and he didn't play. Bow tie, loose neckline, wearing a loose white shirt and a small black vest, Thornton appeared haggard at the train station, but when he saw the heroine in front of him, he showed a heartbreaking smile for the first time in the film.
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