The end of "Adventure" reflects real human nature
Some people may not like the ending of the film "L'avventura" (L'avventura 1960), and even "disgust" the director's other works because of it. In fact, I think the ending arrangement of this film is the embodiment of the director's insightful humanity. The last behavior of the male protagonist, in our opinion today, is indeed quite "scum", especially for women, it will be very uncomfortable to watch, and even blame the female protagonist Claudia for not choosing to forgive. If we could take a closer look at the final scene, and think about it in some detail, we might come to a very different conclusion.
(1) Is the male protagonist really that "fussy" and "scumbag"? To answer this question, you have to think carefully about the tears of the male protagonist in the last scene. The male protagonist cheated on a dewy lover, and was caught by his current girlfriend, the heroine of the film. After he caught up with the heroine, he even cried. This is a little strange. If he is really a scumbag and gets caught, even if he is not angry, he will definitely not be able to shed tears. His tears were meant to be ashamed, and more likely because of grievances. The most direct grievance is that the heroine cannot give him definite love and cannot maintain a true love relationship with him. As long as Anna is alive and dead, the heroine's moral sense is to prevent her from establishing a further relationship with the hero. Even if she is happy with this relationship, she has never made it public or dared to go overboard. And for attractive men, such a secretive, titular relationship is very painful. Of course, the male protagonist and he must bear all the responsibilities as Anna's ex-boyfriend. This responsibility also made him exhausted, and the key point was that it became an obstacle for him to continue to make friends, making his life into an unsolvable dead knot. Coupled with other disappointments in life, it is understandable for the male protagonist to find other ways to vent.
(2) Why did the heroine choose to forgive? In this kind of matter, if you don't understand it, it is impossible for the female lead to forgive the male lead. I think the heroine should choose to forgive for the following reasons. In addition to the above-explained neglect of the male protagonist's emotional needs, there is also the fact that she understands that her friend Anna deliberately disappeared. This is implied in the film during the later search. Play disappears, in addition to not wanting to face the breakup with the male lead directly, another point is that Anna doesn't want the female lead and the male lead to get together. For Anna, the sensitivity of women should allow her to feel the female protagonist's goodwill towards the male protagonist, but women's instinct seems to be reluctant for her best friend to take her place after she disappears. Therefore, although Anna hinted at the beginning that she would break up with her boyfriend, she still deliberately opened the door to show her affection in front of the heroine. Coupled with the fact that Anna took the initiative to send clothes, lied schemingly, etc., the heroine should be able to feel that Anna deliberately designed all this. In addition, the heroine is actually aware of her neglect of the male lead's emotional needs. Otherwise, why did she hurriedly search for the male lead when she didn't return overnight, and had a premonition of the male lead's derailment? Obviously, the heroine also realized part of her responsibility at this point, which is one of the reasons why she chose to forgive. (Text/Slate Planting Flowers Monday, April 20, 2020)
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