French director François Ozon completed his 2016 remake of Franz, which ends with the film's heroine, Anna, sitting on a bench in an exhibition hall at the Louvre Museum in Paris. At that time, the German girl was staring at the painting "Suicide" by the French Impressionist painter Manet. Manet's "Suicide" does not have the atmosphere of his more famous work "Luncheon on the Grass" at all. In "Lunch on the Grass", Manet let the sun shine through the trees on the male and female models sitting on the grass for lunch, thus making the picture warm. And what about Suicide? The man in white shirt and gray trousers is lying on a messy bed, the gun in his right hand and the blood on his chest echo the title of this work.
Such a gloomy and cruel picture made Anna, who was looking at the painting, show an expression that I think can only appear when facing "Lunch on the Grass": tranquil and relieved. What makes the moviegoers even more confused is that the movie picture is in color at this time.
Ou Rong, who is well-known in the world of film circles for "Eight Beauties", always likes to present his spark of thought through film means in his works . Therefore, a "Franz" is suddenly in black and white and suddenly in color, Ou Rong's fans know that it is not the director's tricks. The most superficial explanation is that when Franz is shrouded in gloomy mood, the picture is in black and white; otherwise, it is in color.
Here comes the problem. When Anna faced Manet's "Suicide" again, the vague feelings between her and Adrian had turned into a bubble as Adrian's wedding date approached. In fact, he came to verify Adrian's emotional quality. At this time, he deliberately walked into the Louvre again to face "Suicide". How could Anna's expression suddenly become clear?" Lang? How could Ou Rong allow the picture at this time to be colored?
Have to start from the beginning.
Anna is Franz's fiancée. If it wasn't for the outbreak of the First World War, Anna and Franz's wedding would probably have taken place. However, the war broke out with the will of the little people. When the war was approaching, Franz's fathers believed that a man should go to the battlefield and be ready to die for the country at any time. Therefore, Franz's father, doctor Hans, sent him to the front line without any reason. Franz, who failed to return home, was just a hole in the cemetery of his hometown, and he stayed in France forever. Franz left his elderly parents with endless thoughts and his fiancée Anna who lost both parents. Perhaps, one day Anna will agree to a suitor to marry someone else's wife, but for now, she just wants to accompany Franz's parents to live a peaceful life to help a kind-hearted old man survive the calamity. How could Anna expect to meet Adrian at Franz's flower-only grave!
At first, we believed, like Anna and Franz's parents, that the French boy met Franz on the battlefield and became friends who played the violin, read poetry, and went to the Louvre to admire famous paintings. If Adrian's confession is true, Anna, who plays the piano and likes Verlaine's poetry, and Franz, who also likes poetry, will come together with the friend Franz met on the battlefield after returning to the earth. It is also a good story.
However, Adrian lied. Adrian, who had only met Franz once, raised his gun at Franz in panic the moment he faced Franz. After the shooting, there was no winner, Franz died, and Adrian was stunned by shame. This frail French boy from a rich family had to find Franz's hometown to find his way out.
What is fragility? It was Adrian, who mustered up the courage to tell Franz's family the truth all the way from Paris to the German town. When he saw Anna and Hans, he only dared to tell a lie; what is vulnerability? Seeing that Anna and Hans had already chosen to accept the so-called truth in their lies, Adrian could not bear the heavy truth or told Anna the truth.
In other words, Adrian, who played Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor with Franz's violin set up at Franz's parents' house, was the murderer of Franz? Anna, who has gradually returned to calm, has troubles in her heart again - I didn't expect that the Frenchman who likes Rilke's poetry is the murderer of his fiancé. How can Anna feel so bad?
After subconsciously hiding the truth from Franz's parents, Anna went to church. "What will happen after telling the truth?" The obvious answer made Anna hold the truth of Franz's death in her heart. However, how can a weak woman who has just lost her lover bear the weight of the truth? Anna, who was overwhelmed by the truth, thought of suicide. If it weren't for the rescue of the suitor, Franz would not have ended like this: After blessing the newly married Adrian and returning to Paris, Anna walked into the Louvre again to face Suicide. As the picture changed from black and white to color, Anna's expression became more and more calm and composed.
From committing suicide in a lake to being able to let go of Manet's "Suicide", what did Ou Rong make the German girl Anna experience?
After the letter to Adrian was returned as agreed, Anna left the town and went to Paris at the urging of the Hans and his wife who did not know the truth. She wanted to see the Paris that Franz had mentioned in the letter to her before her death. To find Adrian to test his weight in the other person's heart.
From the moment the train from Germany to Paris entered France, Anna felt the atmosphere that the war had ended but the shadow still lingered. The conductor asked: "Are you German? Why are you going to France?" How could Anna not understand the implication? A girl from an enemy country, what are you doing in France? In a bistro in Paris, Anna felt this kind of hostility more directly and strongly: Anna, who was sitting at the bistro, was looking around to experience the Parisian style. After seeing several French soldiers coming in, suddenly, the bistro in the bistro The noise changed, and a French man stood up with a "hoo" and said aloud a sentence praising the French soldiers' performance in the war. A Frenchman sang along, and a whole room of Frenchmen sang along... In "Marseilles", Anna left with embarrassment. She must have remembered what Franz's father Hans said in a small German town tavern, "Who sent them to the battlefield? Who provided the bullets and bayonets? It was us, their father. Whether it was us This side or the French side, we are all responsible. When we kill thousands of enemy sons, we drink beer to celebrate our son's victory. When our son is killed by them, they drink to celebrate. We all A father who raises a glass to the death of his children." Of course, she also remembered the attitude of Adrian Hans when he first entered the Hans's house. The war turned the people of the two countries, who were living in harmony, into inexorable enemies. But as long as there is Adrian in Paris, Anna feels that France will tolerate her in the same way that she and the Hans have tolerated Adrian, and besides, she has planned to love Adrian as the Hans hoped, and like Franz. install.
How could Anna think that when Adrian found Adrian after all the trouble, it was Adrian's wedding approaching . Originally, I thought I could have someone to accompany me to see Manet's paintings, but in the end, I was the one who faced "Suicide". The audience outside the screen was already dejected for Anna, but Anna's face on the screen changed from doubt to calmer and calmer as the color of the screen changed.
The violin is sobbing and playing the sound of autumn / Desolately cut all kinds of emotions. / The bell is alarmed and the face is ashes / The past is unforgettable and tears are drooping. /When the autumn wind rises, the heart is broken/The soul is lonely and who knows?/Wandering all day long, it is difficult to settle down/The fallen leaves are falling and returning to the west!
Sitting in front of Franz's favorite Verlaine's "Autumn Song", Anna, who was sitting in front of "Suicide", decided to come out of Verlaine's "Autumn Song". She believed that Paris would treat her, a German girl who planned to live in Paris, as kindly as she and the Hans treated Adrian .
"Franz" is not long, so bid farewell to the audience. As the name of the film's creator slowly came up, a thought occurred to me: It's time to watch Ozon's Franz again.
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