If Day's boarding school was a world covered in eggshells, then Feyama was the one who broke the eggs, the light she brought, and the cracks she brought.
In front of the camera, the boarding school appears to be little different from the schools most students in China live in, if not more liberal. The students have a lot of activities, such as swimming, trampoline, and a cosplay after the lights are out. There is also a drama that seems to be a must for every school. The film guides us to find the person who will lead these children to freedom, this The person is Miss G.
Miss G is obviously the goddess in the eyes of students, especially in Dai's small circle. In the eyes of Dai and the others, she is enthusiastic, unconventional, and broad-minded. What Miss G says is what makes them spiritual strength and idols. Miss G knows this well and enjoys it.
The arrival of Feiyama broke this closed circle. As an aristocrat, she has super-high diving skills, follows her father to travel around the world, has a high literary literacy, is familiar with novels and can even recite them. The most important thing is that she is also kind-hearted and assertive. She is a true goddess!
Although Feiyama's integration into the small group was not smooth sailing, after several twists and turns, she finally won the approval of the small group, especially Dai. The most memorable scene is the girls swimming naked late at night. Under the moonlight, the water waves glowed blue, and the girls embraced and played, forgetting the previous contradictions and differences. It was also that night that Miss G confirmed her love for Feyama, and she felt that they would become "good friends". The whole film seems to be relaxed but very depressing. This is a rare and truly comfortable scene in the whole film.
Later, Feiyama gave Dai her own perfume and asked Dai if she could treat her better as long as she was kind to Miss G. After Dai agrees and turns off the lights, Fei Yama and Dai's affectionate glances can be regarded as the real reconciliation between the two, and also lays the groundwork for Dai's departure.
Miss G is the most hypocritical person in the whole article. From the very beginning, like Dai, I fell into the trap of this beautiful Miss G. It's so clever to have Eva Green in such a role. At first glance it can grab my attention, and finally destroy such a beauty. Her entire early character image is false, she has not traveled the world but read other people's novels, trains the swimming team but never lets the girls swim. Feyama asked her why she didn't leave, and the film gave us the answer, because she couldn't leave. She was sent to a boarding school since she was a child. She had no social experience and was scared to go out to buy bread. Her world could only be here, in the boarding school, in the worship of girls.
Miss G soon fell in love with Feyama—a kind of adoring love, because she was who Miss G dreamed of being, who she pretended to be. She kept suggesting this sentiment to Feyama, but Feyama knew the truth and her hypocrisy.
Miss G told the children that the most important thing is desire. She has desires but only realizes her desires in her dreams. She said that as long as she is willing to think that her dreams will eventually come true, she never dares to change the slightest. Even at the end of the film, she destroyed an angel with her own hands, and she wanted to return to the original appearance; even when she was kicked out of school, she went straight to the bakery she had been to before and imprisoned herself again.
From the beginning to the end of the film, Dai is portrayed as a competitive bitch, who is a typical school bully. Personally, I feel that the character's initial portrayal is a bit thin, and of course, it is also in line with the setting of a closed boarding school to a certain extent. It's another character that gives the film hope, and it's Dai and not Miss G at the end that makes the whole movie less depressing. All of Dai's beliefs were built on Miss G, and this belief collapsed (seen with her own eyes), her runaway was from this closed world, from Miss G's lies, she was brought from Feyama out of the gap.
Feiyama's death is something I didn't expect, although watching this movie has always been on my nerves and felt the emotional fragility between them. The director is extremely ruthless and shows us the process of Fiyama's struggle on the brink of death. But her death is necessary, only her death can pierce Miss G's mask, and only her death can make Dai make a change. Miss G knew she couldn't be her without her, she would rather let her die, otherwise she would expose her daydreams. She knew that if she didn't die, the girls would leave, and the girl's departure meant the collapse of her own world.
Regarding Miss G's feelings for Feyama in this movie, I don't think it's a kind of love, even if in the end Miss G has a temper on Feyama. The reason why the camera has been suggesting the relationship between the three women, I think, is because the story takes place in this ascetic boarding school, and there are no men. Miss G pinned her emotions on Feiyama, and Dai pinned her emotions on Miss G, both of which turned from worship to love.
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