"People should obey fate, no matter what Where does it lead."
"Even if it leads to disaster?"
"Even if it leads to hell."
Above, Jacqueline, one of the heroines, was treated by her lover Simon Doyle by a beautiful lady named Linnet. After the snatching, a conversation started between Andrew Pennington and Jacqueline, Linnet's legal property adviser, when his lover and rival went to Egypt for their honeymoon and followed for eternal revenge.
This picture is set on a ferry on the sparkling Nile River. Compared with the warm and humid and rainy days of the British Mediterranean coast, Egypt, in a tropical desert climate zone, is full of a unique exotic atmosphere. Scenes of detailed scenes: colonial hotels, traveling camels, donkeys and goats, full of wind and sand, tourists’ white clothes, labyrinth-like temples, pyramids, and little kids mocking foreigners on the banks of the Nile. Kind of immersive feeling. It is matched with the gorgeous costumes of each character in the picture when they appear on the scene. The ladies wear large European sun hats obliquely, wearing fluffy gowns, with red lips, teeth and white makeup in the lobby of luxurious ships on the Nile River. When dancing tango lightly, a subtle sense of uncompromising harmony emerged from the bottom of my heart. The collision of foreign cultures, the encounters and exchanges of the upper-class people of various countries, the perfect fusion of aristocratic temperament and ancient Egyptian heritage, every contact feels like a glass of clear ice water poured on the roots of a cactus in the endless desert. The tenacious roots that drew a little bit of water grew desperately, and then bloomed an immortal flower in the desert, stopping the noisy sand and dust flying under the scorching sun.
At this point, apart from watching the movie's name Death on the Nile, you can get the most basic death information. There is no picture that can show me even the slightest clues before the tragedy. I still think that this is just a simple pursuit of love. story. The heroine’s lover was robbed by another woman. It may be because of the beauty or wealth of this woman, or because the hero is a bad-hearted man, no matter why this man named Simon abandoned Jacqueline and got married. Linnet, who has only met a few times, got married, but so far, I have only seen a woman's loyalty and sincerity in love. Because of her love, she can come to Egypt from England and complete the initial agreement with her lover. Now, the person who accompanies the one she loves the most is not herself. Because of love, everything can be done, even if fate leads her to hell.
However, this calm picture is just the tranquility before the storm. As with all theatrical effects, contradictions are usually necessary to promote the development of the storyline. When I saw this conversation, I had a faint feeling that the hot and unbearable sandy weather is about to usher in the rainstorm season. Unfortunately, the desert areas where there is no grass will only be It will make the flying sand settle into one piece and turn the "sand city" into a "mud city". There is no salvation. After entering, it will be like a swamp, only the point of being occupied.
The turning point of the story takes place on a cloudless sunny day. The detective Poirot and his assistant Colonel Reis, the crazy female writer Mrs. Otterborn, her gentle daughter, and a loyal capitalist hatred communist, steal Mrs. Fan Scully and her nurse Bowers, Simon, Linnet, Linnet’s maid Louis on their honeymoon, everyone in the story gathered under the ancient Kanak Temple, waiting for the sun The illuminated temple exudes a dazzling brilliance, waiting for the sad sound of the idol under the setting sun before dusk. Because of the extraordinary amount of assets, everyone's eyes are focused on the young lady Linnett and her current husband Simon, as if the charm of money can be ignored by the irritability of the tropical desert area, like a panacea. Magnets firmly attract everyone around them. When everyone was temporarily scattered to visit the temple, a square stone with a history of hundreds of years fell from the sky, and with a heavy blow, it almost hit Simon and Linnet under the stone pillar, causing a murder case. Then they saw Jacqueline, who was severely abandoned by Simon, in front of the crying idol, echoing the wailing in the gust of wind, speaking loudly without marginal words, breaking into the world of the newlyweds anytime, anywhere, With his own unique posture. Since then, the story began to fall into the first mystery.
Then the dialogue at the beginning of this article appeared. When the lady’s legal counsel, Pennington, found Jacqueline who was following her, she gave him this advice. "Since there is no result at all, why not give up? The road ahead is long, and the difficulties and dangers are not worth experiencing." However, the stubborn Jacqueline would not give up, she said, even hell, I have to go on. Even if this is a road to revenge, it is also an eternal and endless long march.
The story has progressed to the present, and it is the time for real doubts and surprises.
With a vengeance, Jacqueline couldn't stand the betrayal after having a bad conversation with Simon. She shot and wounded Simon with excitement. Simon, who had a serious leg injury, and Jacqueline, who was too frightened, seemed to have gone through all kinds of obstacles on this night. Everyone on the boat had a hard night with their hearts in their hands.
However, unexpected things happened.
Simon's wife, Jacqueline's rival in love, the most eye-catching focus of the whole story-Linnet was murdered, and the bullet passed through her head, almost scorching her wound. A big "J" was written on the wall where she was shot.
Perhaps rich people are always on the cusp, but not necessarily at the cost of death. Then why would she be murdered? Who killed her? What was the purpose of this murder? All doubts will be revealed slowly.
The case fell to the great detective Poirot and his assistant Colonel Reis. They began investigating, questioning, and visiting everyone on the ship, looking for doubts, and summarizing and eliminating them. All people can be the perpetrators of crime. Is it an old doctor whose reputation has been destroyed by the lady's dislike and reprimand? He may have been hated because of the long-term abuse of the lady's language and the damaging of her reputation, so when Simon was injured and caring for him, he picked up Jacqueline's gun and secretly shot the lady. Has it been Mrs. Sculler who has coveted the lady's necklace for a long time? In order to get the necklace, you must succeed without fear of death, so it is logical to get the necklace for murder. Was it Mrs. Sculler's witty and rigorous nurse servant? Because of the history of struggle between fathers and generations, in the business field, his father was ruined by the noblewoman's father. In order to take revenge, he carried out this murder case. Is it Mrs. Otterborn or her daughter who is crazy about sex culture and sex culture? In order to prevent the ladies from accusing them of failing to pay taxes and debts on time and committing this murder, they just took action for fear of being punished by law. Or do you not get used to the life of the wealthy in the upper class, and are bent on overthrowing the bourgeoisie and advocating common prosperity for communists? Because of the differences in beliefs and cultural barriers, they committed themselves to adherence to communist beliefs. Or, is it Linnet's maid? The first person to find the body and call. She might have quietly bought time to kill her master, just to get her dowry and salary. Everything is a mystery and has not been explained yet.
Simon and Jacqueline were excluded from the discussion at the very beginning. How could a guy who was seriously injured by a gunshot in the leg and a woman who was mentally fragile, raised his gun and murdered Miss Linnet?
What happened next was something I didn't really think of.
The female writer Mrs. Otterborn and Linnett’s maid were both murdered.
When Mrs. Otterborn was about to expose what she had seen to detective Poirot and tell him who was the real murderer, she was shot in the forehead halfway through the conversation and was killed on the spot. The real murderer was not exposed, and the most important witness was lost.
The poor and greedy maid, Louise, also fell in a pool of blood the next night, holding a small corner of a thousand francs bill in her hand.
I began to think about every aspect of the detective's reasoning, thinking about the scene when he had all the people in a private conversation. Almost every scene was vividly visible. When I thought of their conversation with the maid, I realized that something was wrong, and this might be the crux of the case.
"Of course, if I can't sleep, if I'm on the deck, maybe I will see the murderer in and out of my wife's cabin." This is what the detective said when he met the maid. She did not use an affirmative tone, but a tone with hypothesis, all weird words guided by "if". Is she suggesting something? It implied what I knew, but I couldn't say it clearly, so I used this kind of statement. Who does she want to hint to? Are they the detective and Colonel Leis? But what is the significance of this? Suddenly, I remembered the interview that day. Apart from the maid, the detective and the colonel, there was only Simon in the picture. He looked at the crying maid and told her, "Don't worry, I will take care of you." Is this really just a simple conversation? Is there really no solution to the matter? Why was the maid brutally cut off the pipe with a blade one night after she had an interview with the detective and got her master's promise?
Thinking about the corner of the one-thousand-fiat bill in the hand of the maid when she died, the detective suddenly realized that it must be blackmail! Because the money-greedy maid saw the whole process of the crime, but she just wanted to get a sum of money, so she wanted to imply the murderer, she knew the truth, wanted the murderer to give her a hush money because she was afraid of being exposed, so she said something. Strange words. Her death confirmed the authenticity of the "what if" statement, that is, she was indeed on the deck and saw the murderer enter and exit her wife's cabin.
Has the murderer been determined? Who on earth is it? Let us continue to look down.
In the process of handling the case, the detective asked the captain to help and recovered the murder weapon from the bottom of the Nile, where the fish were fished every day. A small pistol with a caliber of 22mm, a piece of cloth stained with red ink, and a piece of heavy marble, all of which were wrapped tightly in a large and expensive square, were thrown into the Nile River. There are two bullets left in the 4-round pistol.
The detective began to ponder, where did he go wrong? Everyone’s suspicions, why can’t we get an accurate result, and killed two other innocent people? Then, he suddenly realized a little bit, and he knew where the situation was.
He began to explain his reasoning. "On the night of the accident, I slept very heavily, not as alert as I am usually. Why? Because the person who didn’t want me to show up added anesthetic to my favorite red wine. That’s why Colonel Reis asked I complained about the cause of confusion. Then I discovered that the gun that Jacqueline threw in the cabin after injuring Simon had mysteriously disappeared, and since Jacqueline was to be implicated, why not leave the gun in the expensive What about the woman’s cabin? So inevitable, this gun will come in handy again in the future. When the doctor examined Linnett’s body, he found that the brain wound was almost charred, which must be close to her. The gun fired in the head. When we found the gun from the Nile River, the gun was held in a satin shawl. Obviously, the gun was shot with several layers of satin, in order to make the gun sound dull and not cause too much There will be no burn marks on the lady’s wound. Therefore, in addition to the two shots that wounded Simon and killed Linnet, there must be a third shot! For this third shot we I didn’t know it, but there were only two bullets missing in this gun. Another peculiar sight happened in the cabin of the lady, where there were only a few drops of nail polish that said "rose red", but it was not pink but It was bright red, and the smell of nail polish was replaced by vinegar, and it was filled with red ink. Then another thing happened that made the case clear. The maid Louis was killed because she tried to attack the murderer. Blackmail. That's why the maid behind said strange words, she said, "If I saw it", in fact, I did see it. Would you like to give me a sum of money to keep me secret? And this time, The other person in the cabin is Simon!"
"Recall the real situation at the time. Miss Rosa saw Jacqueline fired and the housekeeper Doyle Simon fell to the ground. So she went out to find someone, and met Mr. Ferguson who heard the sound. When Mr. Ferguson saw it. When Mr. Doyle, he was holding a blood-stained handkerchief over his leg. However, this judgment was wrong. In fact, Doyle was not injured. Later, Doyle insisted that someone take Jackie Lin was sent to the cabin and had to be accompanied. Later, Miss Rosa went to Miss Bowles to ask her to help take care of the frightened Jacqueline, so all activities were concentrated on the starboard side of the ship. It was at this time, when both of them were After leaving with Jacqueline, the fake injured Doyle quickly ran to the port side of the ship, entered his wife’s cabin, shot and killed Mrs. Doyle. Then, wrapped the pistol in a satin scarf, and again Loaded a bullet, really fired a shot at one's leg, and then threw everything out of the window, causing the weapon to sink into the Nile. I thought things could go on smoothly, but all of this The servant on the deck saw Louise. She wanted to blackmail a sum of money, but she died because of greed. She gave a hint and exposed the fact that she knew the truth, and was then killed. Many people were actually shot. Il obviously couldn't send out to kill the servant again, so all the rest was done by the accomplice Jacqueline. She tricked Louis with a thousand fiat money, and then brutally cut off her throat. The female writer accidentally saw Jacqueline. Lin’s murder scene was brutally shot when she was exposed. In this way, one case was killed three times, and the tragedy happened one after another. “The first person excluded from the perpetrator was Jackie. Lynn and Doyle, who proved that the murderer was not Doyle? It was you, Jacqueline’s shot. Who proved that Jacqueline was not the murderer? It was you, Doyle, that you insisted on having someone all night. Accompany Jacqueline to create false evidence of her absence. And you, former lovers, are still.’ Jacqueline planned to let her lover Simon kill his wife and inherit the property. First, torturing Doe. Mrs. Er, Simon pretended to lose his temper. Then, Miss Rosa was chosen as a witness, all of which was to pave the way for shooting and exaggerated hysteria. When all this was arranged, the action really began to be implemented. The lady was killed. It was within the plan. The killing of servants and female writers was outside the plan. In this way, the murderers of the three murders were Simon and his lover Jacqueline!"
This is the truth of the matter. After the detective's clear explanation step by step, Simon and Jacqueline's faces became paler and desperate. They knew that everything was over. In the end, the worst tragedy happened. Jacqueline shot and killed Simon while embracing and kissing her lover. She also shot herself.
The case ended in this way. The tragedy has occurred, but it is also in the past tense. Each side will never see each other again.
The last scene is a dialogue between the detective Poirot and Colonel Reis’ assistants. They stood on the returning ship Class A, leaning on the railing and lamenting that the case was finally over. In the last sentence, Inspector Poirot was deeply contemplative and said: "Molière said,'A woman's greatest wish is to make people love her.'"
Then, the camera slowly zoomed out, and everyone began to shrink and change. It's illusory. The ship is far away, the Nile is far away, the exotic Egypt is far away, and the difficult case is far away. The sun is still shining on the earth, everything seems to have never happened, the world is still so peaceful, as if there is no essential difference between one less person and one more person, at least it can't affect your life.
And that sentence, "A woman's biggest wish is to make people love her", still echoing in this open field, hits the heart of every viewer, making them think about it every time they see this sentence The history is in the destination scene.
A woman desperate for love, under the scorching sun of Egypt, climbed to the highest stand with her lover, feeling the enthusiasm of this tropical desert country. Love is as clear as ice water, moisturizing her dry heart a little bit.
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