Why this kind of story can sell well in France, because this is a middle-class story, and the exploration of human nature is very deep. But in China, the young class of Chinese audiences has not risen to that level, and the audience is still in the post-85s-00s generation, so discussions about mid-life crisis and marital status have not been so enthusiastic. In addition, although the Chinese audience has grown rapidly, they have not come to a level of exploration that can accept profound human nature and profound views on marriage. Taking films such as "Love Saint" and "Hong Kong 囧" as examples, it can be seen that although the mid-life crisis and the Marriage themes can be discussed, but still have a very strong comedic packaging and very stylized genre films to convey the point.
Going back to the movie, it's interesting in terms of the characters and a few plot points. In a marriage from a female perspective, if the marriage is tragic, then it is best to maximize the tragedy and the badness of the marriage. In this case, the setting of an irresponsible man in love can give the greatest blow to the view that "marriage requires responsibility and self-discipline". Then, if the woman is still indulging in the goodness of this man, the tragedy of the marriage will be magnified even more. So the screenwriter wisely used the "greatest common divisor" to get the greatest resonance from the audience: a scumbag, who ignores the responsibilities of marriage and family; a stupid girl, who has been married for ten years and still recognizes romance but not conduct.
In the setting of the plot, the screenwriter also closely explained the difference between marriage and love. Their encounter was dramatic, as French should be, and soon they were living together and getting married. A man hugs a woman and shyly says that I want to have a child with you. I believe no woman will say no. Then it all started. Men taking care of ex-girlfriends, hiding large debts, taking drugs for a long time, unable to bear the arguments of women and hiding, then two people quarreled, separated, reconciled, separated again, embarrassed in front of friends, had sex, and quarreled... Week by week. In fact, both of them are treating marriage as a joke, getting married and having children, and then laughing and getting divorced, without any understanding, just because of love and madness. This is the result that audiences can all hope for. Then, their marriage came to an end, when their love revived from the wreckage of their marriage, and they started making love again, laughing, traveling happily, and playing with their children. This is really interesting. When men and women are freed from the various torments of marriage, they both let go of the shackles of responsibility and commitment to each other, and beauty is born from freedom and unrestraint. Immediately afterwards, the man tried to get the woman back, trying to prevent her from starting another marriage. The two began to quarrel wildly again. The woman finally couldn't bear this kind of torture, and chose to ski crazy, even if she hurt herself. The scene at the end is the Huazhang of the whole film. The woman has gone through so much, and she still likes this man very much from her heart. Even if he has brought her so many years of pain, she can still quietly and infatuously appreciate the love she has always loved. man. It seems that all the past is incomparable to this moment. But when the man left, he only left a cold look in his eyes, and he didn't even say goodbye.
The film uses knee pain as a metaphor for this marriage. The woman's knees are getting better, partly because she's reminiscing about her marriage to digest the pain; more importantly, she's playing with a group of young men who she finds interesting - so Years have passed, and she has become a wife, but nothing has changed. She is still attracted by those romantic things, just as she will still fall into the gentle village of men in an instant ten years later.
This is the beauty of the title "My King", in such a relationship, the man is the king and the woman is the subject. As long as one day she doesn't think clearly about the difference between love and marriage, she will sink into this relationship between monarch and subject to the point of being unable to extricate herself, and she will not be able to truly be the master of love.
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