"Italian Divorce", established in a real social environment, presents an absurd surrealist style. Under the premise that divorce is not allowed by religion and law, a man who wants to marry his cousin will do everything possible to kill his wife. It is conceivable that this film caused such a big wave in Italy that year. The director's torture and irony of marriage rose to the law and religion that restricted its freedom. Even if you watch this black humor movie in the early spring when everything is growing, you will still feel the oppression of the cold sword invisibly.
The husband of the down-and-out nobleman planned to kill his wife and marry his cousin. After he carefully calculated his steps to make his wife cheat, he finally had a reason to kill her. With the help of an orator-like lawyer, he obtained the sympathy of the law and was sentenced to only three years or even half of the pardon. After he was released from prison and married his cousin, he never expected that the green hat on his head was not over yet...
Italy bears the brunt of the difficulty of divorce in European countries, because it is a Catholic country where divorce does not exist in the Catholic Code. Even if it is compelling, there is only the saying that "marriage should be revoked" or "marriage should be forbidden." In the ninth chapter of the "Sacrament of Marriage" in the Catholic Code, the first section 1141 on the separation of husband and wife states: "Except for death, no human power or for any reason shall be allowed in a completed and completed valid marriage. Lifted". There are separations and remedial marriages in this chapter, but the cancellation of marriages is basically concealed before the other party refuses to be baptized or insults the other party’s beliefs, or before marriage. All in all, divorce in Catholicism is extremely difficult
In terms of law, Italy did not allow divorce until 1970, and the cumbersome divorce process forced many couples to flee to Romania, Spain, France and other countries for divorce. In Italian law, both spouses should file a separation agreement with their lawyers before divorce. After three years, the lawyers can prepare the formalities and file a lawsuit with the court, followed by a long process of acceptance. If there is no separation agreement, after 5 years of separation, the court will hold hearings or debates to determine who is at fault, and reach an agreement on property distribution, child support and other issues, and then a divorce can be judged. It is understood that there was a couple who could not reach an agreement because of the fact that the lawsuit was fought for more than ten years and the divorce was not successful.
The film was released in 1961, because of unreasonable legal provisions, many couples who seemed to be divorced were miserable. The peculiar thing is that the law usually prohibits it only on wrong things, such as murder, robbery, theft, etc. to harm others or the public's physical and mental properties, and divorce is forbidden, whether it is the person who writes the law or the person who writes the religious code. We all know how hard a long-term marriage is. It can be said that a painful marriage is no less than any physical penance, so we simply banned it drastically. The more I know the hardships of struggling marriage, the more I must sing the praises of long-term marriage. This kind of inhumane regulations is like a parent who doesn't care about your inner feelings under the banner of "good for you", selfish and naive.
The film tells this bizarre story with a combination of reality and fantasy. The silent visual effects under the fast camera highlight the anxiety of the characters. Who could have imagined that the handsome guy with big eyebrows and big eyes in Antonioni's "Night" turned up so thoroughly in this movie: the squinting glance contains imperceptible frivolousness, and the determination and care when planning to kill his wife is calm and calm. It is even more treacherous under the concealment. The obscure eroticism and the chaotic entry of "Sweet Life" show the hypocrisy of the entire male society in dealing with love, especially in the film, a father who discovered that his daughter was in love after being beaten and abused wildly while quietly pinching her breasts, and the elderly with relatives She will spy on her to sleep every night, and the scolding for flaunting her morality and identity is completely inconsistent with the true hope in her heart. It's one thing that people can't stand the temptation of depravity. It's another thing to not allow people to think about depravity. To be suppressed for too long is bound to be stupid and perverted.
The film also contrasts the inequality between men and women: the woman who killed her cheating lover was sentenced to eight years, while the husband who killed her cheating wife was sentenced to three years and half pardoned. In the matter of women killing men, men’s attitude was shocked, while women spurned or disdain, and men killed women, both men and women showed amazing unanimous agreement. It can be seen that under the long-term malformation of religion and law, social ethics and universal values are more biased towards men and belittle women. The wife in the film was killed by the whole unfair public opinion, and the childless woman could not even get sympathy from either party.
The erotic desires of women are suppressed and misunderstood, while the erotic desires of men are admitted and understood. It is not surprising that any strange things happen in this life under such tacit rules.
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