237min, four hours of film, took three days to watch.
This kind of unstable, fast-paced film is the unique temperament of modern poet directors. Sono Ziwen's films are full of twists, grotesques, absurdities, satire and even some perverted quirks.
His excavation of human nature is often more cruel and naked anatomy, but there is no lack of warmth in the sharpness.
The film explores propositions about religious belief, about the original sin of mankind, about sex, and about love. The progression of the story is presented with a lot of twisted and perverted details. Castration, sexual assault, masochism, sadism, murder, transvestites, brainwashing, stalkers... full of meaningful metaphors. A priest who is fascinated by an unrestrained woman struggles with the entanglement of the priesthood, the persecution of his son, the guilt that cannot be alleviated by constant repentance, and finally wants to break free and escape.
The priest's son, You, avoided ants even when he walked. He was a pure-hearted boy who pursued the Holy Mary. He was forced by his father to repent of his sins every day. Until Yu went to secretly photograph the bottom of women's skirts, the priest forgave him for his sins, and because of his own sins, the priest could not bear the most unbearable crime of lust, and beat Yu out.
Destruction has only just begun. In other words, a miracle is about to happen (You's Miracle Countdown). Holy Mary - Yoko appears, and Yuu is asked to disguise herself as a girl to kiss a girl because she lost a bet. This encounter is also a very delicate arrangement. Yoko hates men because of being violated by her father, but falls in love with the female image that Yu pretends to be. The boy also got his first erection when he met the image of the woman in his dreams, Maria. This also became an important main line of the story later until the end of the movie. Another character is Gu Chi, her appearance is like a shadowy edge ball. It was not until the confession of the space montage that the original form was revealed. A boy who castrated his father and tortured and killed a boy who confessed to himself, a dark and twisted girl with a weird smile. The Church of Zero, which she leads, is also of abstinence. After Yoko was brainwashed by the Zero Church, Yuu tried his best to save Yoko. In the end, the whole person collapsed and was put in a lunatic asylum. Of course, what can be imagined here is to travel through the madhouse, and the scene where You ran out of the madhouse, and a large group of people chased after him suddenly made people feel relieved.
The hatred of men is deep-rooted, and it is difficult to accept the fact that Zuo Suli and Yu have overlapping identities, and the thirteen chapters of the Bible read are Yoko's inner voice and desire for true love. And Yu's love for Yoko is desperate, and this love is the main line of pure love in the movie.
It should be said that I have been watching Sono Ziwen's movies before, but I didn't pay special attention to the director. When I watched "Cycle Suicide", I watched a lot of horror movies, and I was very impressed. "HAZARD" was picked from Oda Kirito's film, and I liked it very much, but it took a long time to write it out. Then there are "Kiko's Dining Table" and "Terror Outbreak". "Mysterious Circus" was recently found. The film is relatively short, because it is an early work, and it is full of tentative play.
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