The greatness of Tolstoy does not need to be expressed in words, but why he ran away from home before his death and died in the unknown station within a few days is a mystery. His wife is considered to be the main culprit responsible for Tolstoy's sudden illness and death, but after all, it is not the result of historical confirmation, and there are many theories. It takes courage to choose such a piece of history to make a movie. Without more circumstantial evidence, it is likely to become the answer in people's minds.
Looking at Tolstoy's life, he experienced too many revolutions and historical events, which also made him full of contradictions and self-questions. The works of Tolstoy in different eras represent different viewpoints, and even self-criticize the previous words. Abandoning his complicated past, just from the time period told in the film, you can clearly see the two contradictions surrounding him. As his wife and the person in charge of maintaining the family, he hopes to use his writing in exchange for money, whether to keep the family or leave it to future generations; while his followers hope that he will be a noble person and dedicate his writings to the country. , to match the ideas in his article.
Although on the surface the two contradictions are very fiercely opposed, no matter which side, the premise is the love and worship of Tolstoy, rather than deliberately destroying anything. In fact, in his later years, Tolstoy was also very contradictory about the utopia he created. After all, it was just a state of mind, not the whole reality. It feels that he finally hopes to live a quiet, peaceful, and worldly life, where he can enjoy family happiness with his family and is no longer disturbed by the world. But he is so great that such a vision is impossible to achieve.
The film records Tolstoy's last days from the perspective of a third party. Love always accompanies the couple, and no amount of contradictions will affect their deep feelings for each other. No one is right or wrong, we can only say that the contradiction between these two concepts also sums up the life of the great man, who always lived in contradiction.
After Helen Mirren was recognized by the Academy at an advanced age, Christopher Plummer should really be given a lifetime achievement to make up for the old man's decades of regrets, starting from "The Sound of Music", I really enjoyed watching his play .
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