Sans toit ni loi is a film masterpiece directed by Agnès Varda. Regarding, a wandering woman died on her wandering road.
The term tramp seems to be as old as humans themselves. People will not be too surprised when they see a homeless man, but a homeless woman is different. A woman who does not look bad, is not stupid or lazy than others, is willing to make herself dirty and smelly. She is indifferent to everyone, and she will not be so much if she gives her food, drink and shelter. Thank you. If you turn your face, you turn your face, don't long for love or be loved, or how could she get herself into this field. Although she occasionally leaned on a man’s shoulders and shrank in his arms, it seemed to be just to keep warm in the winter. It’s okay if she didn’t, otherwise she would not leave anyone anywhere. There is no nostalgia. She said that she wanted to have a piece of land to plant some potatoes to survive. I didn't think she was telling the truth at all. As expected, someone immediately gave her a piece of land for her to plant. She was bored in two days. The shepherd who took her in and expected her to live well was right:
She blew in like the wind,no plans,no goals,no wishes,no wants.We suggested things to her,she didn't want to do a thing. Wandering, that's withering. By proving she's useless, she helps a system she rejects. It's not wandering, it's withering. If I were to translate it, this would be a wandering, this is looking for death.
All she wants is the feeling of moving, on the road. As for the situation on the road, it's ok. But on the day she was about to die, she was sick, hungry and cold. She was really hungry and cold. Wrapped in a dirty blanket, she went to the town to find something to eat, but was attacked by a strange mob and frightened and fled. Zhong was tripped and fell into the ditch again, and fell into the mud on the ground. She cried and didn't want to move. She turned over. When she was found the next day, she was in the same position. She didn't know whether she died of illness or freezing. At that moment, did she remember the life before the wandering? Did she regret that she shouldn't choose such a life? Yes, she doesn't have no choice. She can stay in many places passing by, work hard, love others, and have children. why not.
The director didn't talk about why vagrants wandered, and we couldn't figure it out. Many people are forced to become prostitutes because of their daily lives, and they have almost never heard of becoming street girls.
It is unavoidable to see a young woman dying on the road in such a poor state. But in fact, don't most people have to die on the road of life in the end? How many people can make it to the end and say that they died willingly without regret. No matter how miserable the life of a wandering girl is, it is the result of her own choice. It seems that it is better than some people who are so depressed and unhappy that they can still live a life of improvisation. Anyway, about life, probably everyone thinks their way of living makes the most sense, except when they regret it.
Some people say that wandering is an anti-social behavior, which is another topic.
A conversation between the tramp Mona and the shepherd:
Shepherd: I know what it's like to be on the road.
Mona: Were you on the road?
S: We move with the herds.
M: With a wife and a herd, it's different ,more like moving house.
S:Not the same kind of road as yours.We've all got to do our things,don't we? That's how it is.
Do you travel alone? You don't get lonely?
M:It's good to be lonely ........
I don't care.I move.
S:Maybe you're freer than I am .Good for you .I choose a middle road between loneliness and freedom.
M:People bugged me for a long time,but it's all over now.
S:You choose total freedom but you got total loneliness.The time comes when if you go on ,you destroy yourself,you head for destruction.
If you want to live,you stop.My friends who stayed on the road are dead now,or else they fell apart:alcoholics,or junkies.Because the loneliness ate them up,in the end.
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