In this tragic film, Rennie is the quintessence of the whole movie. In the ending of the movie, his monologue in prison, his tragic suicide is the ending of the tragedy, bringing the whole movie to a climax. The director is benevolent from a certain point of view. Under his camera, Song Liling is not a ruthless Chinese spy. Whether it is the beginning or the end, the eyes he looks at Renny, his words, his every action , tell us very clearly that he loves Rennie. In court, the judge asked him, "Does he know that you are a man?" Song Liling said, "I never asked." Maybe he is afraid, afraid of broken dreams, because he actually knows very well that Rennie loves "her", and "she" is a lie for 20 years. I think he had a little hope in his heart, hoping that Rennie knew he was a man but still loved him, and for their love they locked themselves in a beautiful woven dream, and no one wanted to wake up. I too agree with the director that Zunlong's androgynous performance is the best. This makes it more sarcastic. The more flawed Song Liling's female identity is, the stronger the dramatic conflict. The more it can reflect Rennie's pure and profound love and a little hope in Song Liling's heart. In the prison car, Song Liling brutally revealed the truth to her lover. He hoped that Rennie would love him, love him as a person, regardless of gender, just love him as a person. However, Rennie refused to even look at him. When Song Liling knelt in the prison car to hide her face and cried, his tragedy had already been shown. Rennie had never loved him, he only loved the oriental person in his mind. Gentle, pure love "Mrs. Butterfly". The tragedy of Renny is that it took him 20 years and his heart to discover that "I am a butterfly, you are a king". The real-life Bursico is far more complicated than Rennie. I don't think he is as pure as Rennie, nor is he a French diplomat who was played by Chinese men, deceived for 18 years, and ridiculed for treason by the French as he showed to the media in his later years. He was originally a homosexual, and he had sex with male classmates during his school days, but even French society at that time had a very low tolerance for homosexuality. He expressed in his diary that he hoped he could fall in love with a woman. But later facts proved that he obviously couldn't. In the years when he was separated from Shi Peipu, he also had a male partner, and he has been living together. So I don't believe that he really went to court to find out that Shi Peipu was a man. It can only be said that he is more willing to believe that Shi Peipu is a woman, and deceived himself into believing that for 20 years, because then he can fall in love with him for granted and at the same time realize his wish to fall in love with a woman. Shi Peipu is very good. Both his looks, temperament and talent are attractive enough to attract Boursicot. I believe they have fallen in love with each other. It's just that I don't think Bursico is worthy of Shi Peipu's love to the last moment of his life. I think Bursico said in court that he had no idea that Shi Peipu was a man. On the one hand, he was at a loss and unwilling to believe that the truth that had been hidden for 20 years was revealed. On the other hand, I think he was in Shirking the blame, he didn't have the courage to face it, whether it was his own feelings or the judge's trial. So he casts himself as a victim. Later, he also believed that he was a victim, so he felt resentful when Peipu was released early. When Peipu tried to contact him, he refused many times. Said he didn't feel anything. But he also said that he has always missed China, and even hopes to return to China to spend his last time there. So, in his nostalgia and reluctance, will he miss the love decades ago and the guilt he felt for Mr. Shi in his heart? He felt resentful that Pu was released early. When Pei Pu tried to contact him, he refused many times. When he learned the news of Shi Pei Pu's death, he also said that he felt nothing. But he also said that he has always missed China, and even hopes to return to China to spend his last time there. So, in his nostalgia and reluctance, will he miss the love decades ago and the guilt he felt for Mr. Shi in his heart? He felt resentful that Pu was released early. When Pei Pu tried to contact him, he refused many times. When he learned the news of Shi Pei Pu's death, he also said that he felt nothing. But he also said that he has always missed China, and even hopes to return to China to spend his last time there. So, in his nostalgia and reluctance, will he miss the love decades ago and the guilt he felt for Mr. Shi in his heart?
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