Not who she belongs to, but who belongs to her

Lon 2022-01-16 08:02:17

This is the first French film in the 1980s that I have come into contact with. I don’t know if it’s because of watching it during the review season. I am particularly patient. I feel that the whole film gives me a sense of alienation and closeness that is far away there. Not to mention too much, after all, there is no research on movies. But as a detail observer, I feel that the details of this film have something to praise. However, there are many things that have not been scrutinized, such as the survival of the theater.

However, there is one detail that I like very much.

The last new play, the background outside the window at the end, was dynamic at first, and the light outside was very natural. Two men stretched out their heads to talk, and there were many patients lying around, calmly and peacefully; then by switching the angle, outside the window The background of "turned into a drawing, and the patients around were no longer there, and then there was a curtain call.

The former is reality, and the latter is drama.

Come to think of it, the last new play is based on Mrs. Steiner as the prototype, Bernard finally admitted her and his feelings. At the final curtain call, the wife and Bernard held hands and whispered for a long time. They didn’t leave until Bernard picked up Mr. Steiner; and, Mr. Steiner’s half-face hidden in the dark, staring at the other two for a long time. His eyes and contemplative silence, facing the audience's call slowly: He has already noticed that she knows his wife's emotions, tacitly agrees, in a certain sense.

Ironically, this is exactly his presence on the stage when he was originally in the cellar; afterwards, he was in the sun and succeeded on the stage.

The three of them stood on the stage, and their wife naturally stood on Bernard's side, which also proved their direct feelings. And when the wife took the initiative to stand in the middle, took the hands of the two of them, and called the curtain together, it was a curtain call for the dark and frightening days. But this is not the end.

Happy ending, love, or new love; the original marriage and hiding, the present light, guidance, love and family affection.

These two men are unspeakably important to her. This play, through these two men, sets off the toughness of this beautiful woman.

The ending has nothing to do with who she belongs to, whether she is a threesome or not; but, she is her and who belongs to her.

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  • Camylle 2022-04-22 07:01:48

    Bonus points for the last scene. The front is too trivial and messy

  • Dominique 2022-03-24 09:03:20

    Finally watched this movie, it was not as good as I expected, even the Truffaut I liked.

The Last Metro quotes

  • Jean-Loup Cottins: This is Arlette Guillaume, our set and costume designer. Bernard Granger. He'll play Carl. You must have seen him on stage.

    Arlette Guillaume: I don't think so. Wait. Yes, now I recall it.

    Jean-Loup Cottins: At the Grand Guignol?

    Arlette Guillaume: No, it was in something more ordinary. He played a man cruising the streets.

    Bernard Granger: You can't judge me by that part. I was improvising.

    Arlette Guillaume: Yet, I could have sworn you knew this role by heart.

  • Nadine Marsac: You read palms?

    Bernard Granger: Oh-la-la-la-la.

    Nadine Marsac: Go ahead. What do you see?

    Bernard Granger: I see...

    Nadine Marsac: Yes?

    Bernard Granger: I see that there are two women in you.

    Nadine Marsac: That's true!