In 1964, a French diplomat in China met and fell in love with a Chinese opera actor. The two fell in love and "bred" a "Chinese-French half-blood".
In 1982, the actor followed the diplomat back to France;
In 1983, after the two were detained by the French security services, Chinese opera actors confessed for the first time that they were male, which was difficult for diplomats to accept.
Both were convicted of espionage by French authorities and jailed...
This is the main plot of the movie "Mr. Butterfly", and the WeChat platform (Juzhuangshi Audiovisual Museum ID: zhenzhuangshi818) can share resources.
origin
In 1964, the French ambassador to China, René Gallimard ([sound] René Gallimard, translated as Gao Renni in the film), met Song Liling, a Chinese actress swaying on the stage at a banquet.
During the conversation, Song Liling said that she was a Chinese opera actor, and invited the white-skinned crooked nut to come to the theater to listen to her singing.
After singing the very mysterious Peking Opera "Drunken Concubine", sitting among a group of old Beijing uncles and aunts, the western face in suits and leather shoes was admired by the never-before-seen, gorgeous and slightly drunk beauties on the stage. convinced.
The amazed diplomat Gao Renni went to the backstage to look for this beauty after the curtain ended, and also received a wave of attention from the troupe;
After all, in Beijing, China in the 1960s, the foreign faces of foreigners were not common.
Song Liling, who took off her costume, talked to Gao Renni through a looming curtain. Under the dim light, Song Liling with her hair loose became more and more beautiful;
A pair of smart big eyes just looked at this foreign face like that, with eye movements and expressions.
love
Later, the two people who were familiar with each other confirmed their feelings for each other;
They kiss, hug, linger,
They go on outings, outings, chatting...
It's like a couple who are in love all too often.
More than half of a movie, the actor Zun Long, who was originally a male, has never been dressed as a male in the film;
In addition, when Song Liling left the country, when facing Gao Renni, she was completely a shy, traditional, and submissive oriental female image; the point is that women's sweet feelings for their sweethearts are displayed just right through Zunlong's delicate expression and behavior. .
It can't help but make people think that Zunlong is just a woman.
difference
Until, Song Liling's house came to a woman in blue clothes;
She asked Song Liling a question, which involved serious issues that had risen to a certain level in China and Vietnam, China and France at that time;
She dresses neutrally, behaves neutrally, and the only thing that makes her a woman is the unattractive fringe on the back of her head.
She took a small notebook and sat at Song Liling's house, recording Song Liling's answers one by one;
During this process, the woman in blue clothes and trousers swept over several foreign fashion magazines spread on Song Liling's bed with a slightly contemptuous look; and questioned why Song Liling kept this sassy look when Gao Renni was away Sample;
Song Liling's answer was watertight, making it impossible to refute.
With the development of the relationship between the two, Gao Renni unconsciously had Song Liling's presence in the process of drinking and bragging in social situations;
However, Gao Renni unknowingly catered to the mainstream cognition of the West, mixed with the established comments of the Western society on the Orientals;
However, Gao Renni's words just fit the basic concepts of the Westerners present.
Gao Renni returned to Song Liling's house drunk in the middle of the night and scolded Song Liling loudly. The two had an argument;
But Song Liling told Gao Renni at this time that she was pregnant;
The quarrel stopped, Song Liling chose to let Gao Renni come forward to buy tickets and send herself back to her parents' house to raise a child;
Before leaving, Gao Renni expressed reluctance but could not accompany her. Song Liling firmly stated that she would definitely give birth to a son for Gao Renni.
If the plot continues like this, it will also be a moving story to show the bumpy love of a pair of idiots and resentful women who fall in love with each other but can't stay together under the background of the big era.
After all, Zunlong, who has clear facial features and is charming and bright, has no sense of disobedience even if he plays a woman through and through.
change
However, the story took a turn;
Song Lizhen, who looked free, and the blue cloth woman who was holding a small notebook to record at any time were walking by the bridge. Song Liling asked the blue cloth woman to find a "Chinese child with yellow hair" to come back;
The blue cloth woman is embarrassed, and Song Liling claims that there will be no more intelligence after that; the blue cloth woman compromises.
At the end of the conversation, Song Liling, with her hair in a hairpin, asked the blue cloth woman slightly melancholy, "Why are the female characters of Peking Opera always played by men?"
Song Liling has her own answer.
After Song Liling left Beijing, Beijing gradually became "lively". Gao Renni saw the crowd wandering on the street, the costumes of the opera were burnt down, and the elegant courtyard where Song Liling lived was mixed with everyone...
At the same time, Goreni was sent back to France;
Song Liling was dragged to dig soil and undergo labor reform.
reunion
Returning to France, Gorenni lived a poor life and was no longer a diplomat.
Alone, he will miss the days in China and miss his lover in China.
One day, after the knock on the door, there was a shadow outside the door of Gao Renni's residence: Song Liling;
After the reunion, the relationship between the two remained the same. With the encouragement of Song Liling, Gao Renni took up a job as a postman; Song Liling did her own performance career, and the French audience was very interested in that unique oriental charm.
Later, their peaceful life was broken, and the French security service arrested them and investigated the "truth".
Song Liling admitted in court that she was a man.
Gao Renni, who was also in court, had slightly cloudy white eyes, and his eyes showed disbelief but mixed with self-doubt;
He wanted to see what Song Liling had deceived him, but he was incompetent and almost collapsed in the face of this large-scale scam.
Seeing this, one has to admire Jeremy Irons' performance. From now on, there is no silent friendship in Gao Renni's eyes when looking at Song Liling.
After appearing in court, the two were detained in one place;
At first Song Liling wanted to sort out the fact that she was a man to Gao Renni,
But Gao Renni has collapsed, falling into doubt and self-blame, and even unwilling to see Song Liling again;
Song Liling took off her suit and tie, naked and looked up at Gao Renni;
But even though Song Liling's expression was still the same, charming and bright, she couldn't get back Gao Renni's heart.
After being imprisoned, Gao Renni performed a play in prison,
He wiped his red nails, put on good show makeup, wore a wig, and wore a toga;
He played "Mr. Butterfly" played by Song Liling when he and Song Liling first met;
In the last scene, Gao Renni quietly put the lens of the vanity mirror on his neck, and came silently for a while...
In the film, Gao Renni committed suicide, and Song Liling boarded a distant plane. Since then, the two have separated and have no interaction.
The movie is over, tragedy is no doubt.
Song Liling is charming and charming, his eyes are always bright when he looks at Gao Renni, his eyes are full of expectations for him, and he even wants to give Gao Renni a son;
However, Gao Renni's feelings for Song Liling changed, from the initial "bright spot" to the later treasure... Until the end, he complained that Song Liling had deceived him, and also made the whole France for this episode. People laugh at the past and feel ashamed.
Under the special background of the times, the cultural differences between two people from different countries are too great; together with the two people, they cannot communicate with each other in real time, and there is no benign result.
Importantly, the discussion of gender identity and the meaning of gender to both people's minds have not reached a consensus.
Therefore, under the influence of "The Great Lie" under the "Spy Case", Gao Renni accepted the incompetence of the series of shocks that Song Liling brought him.
At the beginning of the movie, there is a sentence saying that the movie is based on a real person; many people don't believe it.
Drama often has creative skills and screenwriting routines, but the tension and ingenuity of real life is even more amazing.
In the film, the main story presented is basically the same as the real thing;
The prototype of the story is Shi Peipu, a Chinese Peking Opera actor, and Boursicot, a former French diplomat in China;
*According to Shi Dudu's confession in the French trial court, he was originally from the Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang, China. He was poor and was bought by Shi Peipu for 3,000 yuan.
In May 1986 Shi Peipu and Boursicot were sentenced to six years in prison.
In April 1987, the French president pardoned Shi Peipu, who suffered from a heart attack; in August of the same year, Boursicot was also pardoned for not stealing any valuable information.
On June 30, 2009, Shi Peipu, who had been living in France, passed away in Paris at the age of 70.
Bursico told the media that Shi Peipu called him a few months before his death to confess: I still love you.
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