The film describes Antoine's married life in a cheerful atmosphere. There is betrayal between husband and wife, and there is weakness. There is joy and there is pain. It can be seen that the director expresses his thoughts deliberately in the shooting plot, and also brings the characters' emotions into the two people's fights and quarrels.
The character setting is very clear: the debtor, the neighbor who is always waiting for the opportunity, the neighbor who loves to talk about right and wrong, the parents of the wife.
The three favorite parts of the whole film: 1. Antoine and Kyoko met for the first time. The director very deliberately used a half-screen close-up jump cut for the two to hint at the plot that will happen later.
2. In a surreal way, Christine discovered Antoine's extramarital affair. The tulips from Kyoko opened in an unnatural way, and then the note she wrote to Antoine fell, representing a failure of the matter. Christine then appeared dressed as an exaggerated Japanese woman, with tears streaming down her heavily powdered face. Everything seems to be a coincidence, but it is inevitable.
3. The jump in the final timeline and the semi-open ending. In the final scene, the two reconcile and live the life of the next-door couple. The husband always waits impatiently before leaving the house and throws his wife's coat and purse down the stairs. This is dramatic repetition. In the end, the neighbor's wife ended with a meaningful sentence "Did you see, dear, they are deeply in love now." and three deliberate expressions of the neighbor's husband.
In addition, during the endless last meal between Antoine and Kyoko, Antoine and Christine had three phone calls and returned to their seats. A note left by Kyoko (with the first delivery The notes in his flowers are of the same color, implying the end of the relationship). It is written "good gathering and good dispersal", which also makes Xingzi's character more full.
The overall tone of the film is very bright and comfortable. The composition is also beautiful. like
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