Phoenix

Coby 2022-01-15 08:02:38

The film about World War II has a special perspective. It is about the heroine who survived the concentration camp but has changed beyond recognition. The cosmetic surgeon gave another woman's face again. The heroine then looked for the spiritual support-the husband of heart and soul, but when she gradually discovered When her husband betrayed her and prepared to embezzle her property, she has become another herself. War not only disappears material, but also annihilates human nature, and crushes the beauty of love, faith, etc. It is also a post-Nirvana rebirth. Only after regaining faith and emotions can abandon the past to live again. The overall film is relatively depressive, the rhythm is too slow, and it swings between narrative and freehand brushwork.

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  • Jermain 2022-03-20 09:02:34

    What a forbearance and sorrow is this. She tried her best to go back to the past, but in the end she found that everything was just false fantasy and lies. The unaware husband trained her as if everything had never happened before, but how could the life and death and tribulations experienced be erased. The story unfolds slowly, the small pattern under the big background, unforgettable Lenny's words: rather than living, I think more about it. In the end the truth came to light, I don’t know if the husband is confessed or ashamed.

  • Corene 2022-04-24 07:01:21

    In order to survive, you can sell your wife during World War II; for inheritance, you can find someone to pretend to be your wife after World War II (the person you find is precisely his wife after plastic surgery). Nice ending.

Phoenix quotes

  • [first lines]

    Lene Winter: [arriving at the border]

    Soldat an der Brücke: Passport... Nice car. Where did you get it from?

    Lene Winter: It's from Switzerland.

    Soldat an der Brücke: Just like you?

    Lene Winter: Like me.

    Soldat an der Brücke: [whistles to the gate] They're from Switzerland. The girl too.

    [to her passenger]

    Soldat an der Brücke: I want to see your face.

    Lene Winter: Can I talk to you?

    [gets out]

    Lene Winter: Come on, she's not Eva Braun.

    Soldat an der Brücke: Of course not. The bitch got killed by her husband.

    Lene Winter: She's from the camps.

  • Nelly Lenz: I no longer exist.