Using the POV (Point of View) narrative, Lucino Visconti used the five brothers of the family: Vincent, Simon, Locke and Rocky and Luca as perspectives, and spent three hours telling the changes in the family. His social class, but helplessly trapped by the torrent of society, can no longer return to the sad story of the past.
I saw a symbol in a film review: "Traditional Vincent, Simon the Fallen, Saint Locke, Quirrell, the incarnation of justice and reason, and Luca the hope of the future." I thought it was right, director Viscon Di hopes to coordinate with this social environment through the different perspectives and methods of five people, and ultimately create the thickness of the film. It was the involvement of the prostitute Nadia, which more dramatic caused the conflicts between the brothers, set off the theme of the movie, and aroused people's reflection.
In the movie, the two most impressive shots, one of them comes from Nadia. She concealed the fact that she had been in love with Simon, but turned and fell in love with Locke, and even fell in love with Locke deeply, thinking that he had saved her life. Nadia is a woman of the wind and dust. After reading the warm and sad world, she said to Simon, "You ruined the best thing in my life", which made people feel sad.
Perhaps when we are very unable to understand what Locke did to save Simon in the movie, and even crowned it as "The Mother of God", then Visconti told us from the perspective of Rocky:
In those times, the five brothers of a family who came to Milan from the poor south to seek a new life are united and have deep love for each other. For those who think that they are fallen, Saint Locke chooses to save and redeem with everything he has, while Rocky the Wise chooses to make the best choice for the whole family in the most wise way and seemingly ruthless. And this seems to be very similar to the various methods we might imagine in our hearts when we encounter difficulties in real life.
Let's take another look at the speech of Quirrell sober in the world:
Perhaps it is precisely because it is in an era of social transformation that Visconti’s film has received the resonance of many people who are confused at the level of class transition. In the end, he also expressed his helplessness through a dialogue with his little brother Luke, which seems to be the voice of many people:
If people who are trapped by the current of the times cannot choose to be alone, they must live hopefully and wisely.
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