Please love to be true

Jakayla 2022-01-18 08:01:24

First of all, I don't agree with this view of love, and this is a romantic love story from the director.

As the daughter of a well-known private detective in Paris, Ailian played by Audrey Hepburn has come into contact with all kinds of extramarital affairs, which in her heart are all caused by love. Among them, the young and innocent Ailian is full of curiosity and even admiration for the famous American golden bachelor Frank. In order to prevent Frank from being killed by a marriage victim who wants to retaliate with a gun, Ailian has the first close contact with Frank. At the same time, Aileen also knew Frank's attitude towards true love-love is just a game. You only think of love as a game, and I can also pretend to be a love player. The secret file of the detective's father became Ailian's bargaining chip in this game, and the stories borrowed from each became his own love experience with a little modification. In order not to be noticed by his father, returning early has become a mystery in Frank's eyes. For Frank's truly romantic opponent, he was finally tempted by such a bright and moving opponent. In the end, Frank approached Ailian's detective father in order to know more, and then he knew that Ailian's true identity was a bit melancholy and left. It should have ended like this, there is no reason why love based on lies can last until dawn. But the ending of chasing the train at the time of parting and then hugging each other tightly is the ending that romance movie viewers hope to see, because love always makes people want to think better, no matter whether love comes true or not.

If we think about it, the future problems of this embrace. Is it because Frank has changed his mind to be a good man who is loyal to love, or is Ailian continuing to attract Frank's love in all kinds of ways, I don't even want to use the word "love". The first type is more impossible, and the second type is more unnecessary. Then the better thing to face is to get together and to disperse, and the bad one may hurt each other. So back to what I want to say, please love the truth, but in fact, what I want to say is, please love the reality. For such a romantic and pleasing love story, you may not need to think so much. If you want to create a beautiful dream for you, why do you want to break the dream into pieces for you to see.

Alas, I feel more and more that I am a pessimist.

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  • Samson 2022-04-24 07:01:22

    Three and a half. Although the film is deeply imprinted with the director's consistent narrative style, the actors and story do pale a bit. The best performer in the film is the husband of the cheating wife, and Audrey Hepburn still can't surprise anyone.

  • Morris 2022-04-22 07:01:48

    "Men and married women are in the same room, and husbands come with guns. I dare say there are at least 40,000 rooms in Paris every night." "Of course I know you, Mr. Franken, art student. Know Picasso?" Mean to the extreme Billy Wilder, every line in almost every scene in the first 1/4 is trying his best to ridicule the romantic city of Paris and its idiots. After entering the main line, the plot has hardly changed: the innocent girl Hepburn pretended to be a love veteran, made up a group of wild bees and butterflies, and actually deceived the real love veteran Cooper. In Wilder's romantic comedies, the mother is often absent: "Dance in the Palace", "Dragon and Phoenix", "Love at Twilight" are all father-daughter partners, probably wanting to show an old-fashioned straight male father who does not understand the heart of a girl gap. The jokes in "Love at Twilight" are too poor, and the love scenes are nothing new (only Hepburn's poor cat-like ending is a bright spot), which is obviously a bad performance by Wilder. At that time, Cooper was about twice as old as Hepburn. I don't know what kind of brain hole the director department had to think of putting these two people together.

Love in the Afternoon quotes

  • Monsieur X: When a man sweats in the morning it's either because he's had a very good night, or a very bad night.

    Monsieur X: Personally, I've had a very good night.

  • Claude Chavasse: You do realize that this is cold-blooded murder.

    Monsieur X: I do.

    Claude Chavasse: And that you might spend years in jail?

    Monsieur X: I may.

    Claude Chavasse: Is there nothing I can say to dissuade you from this foolhardy scheme?

    Monsieur X: Nothing whatsoever.

    Claude Chavasse: In that case, Monsieur, you leave me no choice. I must insist on being paid as of right now.

    Monsieur X: Oh, how much?

    Claude Chavasse: 60,000 francs... It should really be more because with Mr. Flannagan removed, there will be a sharp drop in my business.