As the symphonic overture of the comedy "The Marriage of Figaro" appears in front of the camera, the underlying ideas of the film are closely connected with the classical composer Mozart, and then the camera cuts to overlooking the vast Russian forest, The musical transformation leads to the unique musical style of the Russian national music school, which is broad and heavy with sadness. At the same time, it is contrasted with Mozart's comic opera, suggesting that there are dissonant motives behind the joy.
A train is moving through the jungle, and the story of two tragic characters begins on the train. Four Russian military cadets eat the lovely bagels and amuse the beautiful American woman, and then one of the students is called Andrea's lad, locked in a woman's car by his three mischievous companions. Helpless, he didn't feel shy. He opened his big clear eyes like a child and happily shared his bagels with the woman and drank the red wine that the woman gave him. The woman's name is Jane, and she chatted with him happily. It seemed that she liked this handsome Andrei, perhaps because the angel Andrei was singing the aria "No More" in "The Marriage of Figaro" for her. To be a lover". That blond hair made her look like a pretty doll. That was their first acquaintance. There was no sadness but unspeakable joy.
The assassin who murdered the MP that Andrei let go later proved that he was just A kind child. So I think the director takes Andrei as a model of a standard Russian. Because I think all the greatest personalities should be childlike. There is Dostoevsky's unfinished Karamazov There is Alyosha in Brothers. There is Jia Baoyu in Cao Xueqin's writings. There are three kinds of evolution proposed by Nietzsche. The ultimate is the child. There is the child that Laozi said. From this, we can see that there is no evil nation, only the evil has power and A person who exercises evil thoughts for personal gain.
Jane is a courtesan as Jane said she is "the kind of woman your mother is wary of your careful touches". Andrei fell in love with her without any scruples. Russian love is broad and deep Just like their vast land is like a forest with no end in sight. To foreigners, they are stubborn and extreme. Like inventing the stupid Russian roulette. But sometimes this stubbornness is a symbol of truth. They have Strong beliefs have a passion for devotion to ideals. They don't adapt. They don't cater to them. So the romantic tragicomedy was performed in that romantic era. All the great Russian writers and artists did not hate the land when they were abandoned and ostracized by the national government. Rachmaninov could not make good music when he was expelled from the Soviet Union. He said: "I am in There is a field of lilac flowers in front of my hometown in Russia. I can only make beautiful tunes by looking at it." Tarkovsky never returned to China until his death, but he used his nostalgia for his homeland and his amazing talent to shoot the beautiful "Nostalgia".
Andrei later duel with his good friend for the goddess Jane in his mind, he has no regrets, because his heart is so pure that no one can make any insults to his goddess, so when he heard Jane He fainted when I told him the truth. At this time, the pain he suffered was no less than the injury he suffered in the gladiatorial fight, and Jane used her body to soothe his wounds and truly fell in love with him.
Andre sang the comedy opera happily (although it was a farce with little skill), but despaired when he heard that Jane had deliberately lied in order to get the magistrate to pardon him. Misunderstandings were sometimes more terrifying than sins, and he ran outside aimlessly, ignoring Jane, who was begging for repentance. He shrank in a corner and let the rain and sweat leave on his face. Only those clear eyes remained unchanged, and he didn't know what was hidden behind those eyes, because it was so pure at the moment. At this moment, he could directly communicate with the earth and the forest. Conversation and no one can feel that power. Suffering makes greatness. When suffering can't destroy a person's purity then he truly evolves. He rises above everyone and is willing to go down to the bottom of the earth only because of his eyes It reflects the will of the heart.
He returned to the stage and sang sad music. When the diagnosis touched the bottom line of his soul again, he straightened his back like a hero, jumped from the stage to the audience seat and beat his rival with a bow. In Poison, Ouyang Feng once said, "Anyone can become vicious as long as he has tried what is called jealousy". His friends witnessed the tragedy with their own eyes. Everyone knows that Andre's life was ruined by this act.
Andrei was exiled to Siberia. Before leaving, Jane went to see him off. She shouted with all her strength and was drowned in the crowd. At this time, Andrei turned his head and looked expressionless. Andrei heard the singing of his friends, and he happily sang the baritone chorus "Don't Be a Lover Again", but the great suffering in his life made him unable to sing the highest note fluently. , he painfully dropped an octave in the high pitch. At this time, Jane was shouting, and the maid who had always loved him was shouting. His good friends hugged in tears, and the symphony reached its climax at this time. People can't help crying.
Many years have passed, Jane's son has grown up, he is just a copy of Andre, with that stubbornness. For Mozart's greatness, he is willing to put on a mask and compete with the superior. Only the truth can convince people. In the end, the commander was influenced by him and realized his superficiality. Little Andre took off his mask and had a face almost the same as Andre.
Jane found Andre's place. The humble house was integrated in the deep forest. She saw his picture and knew that he was married and had children. Jane knew that she lost him forever.
Andre was like a beast crossing the river and crossing the jungle. Just because he smelled the scent of his former lover, he was completely unrecognizable at this time, and the years of vicissitudes made him no longer handsome. He didn't pursue the love he once had, but just watched her leave silently, and all his thoughts flooded into his heart in an instant. He closed his eyes sadly. The lover's carriage disappeared into the horizon. Quietly lit a cigarette.
Little Andrei in the sunset ran happily, running...
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