The talented pianist, the Holocaust, the German Nazi officer, and "The Pianist", which focuses on the tragic Nazis to the Jews, "Budapest Love" is definitely a romance film. The director did not intend to express the depth of this history, but more to give a moving love story to the "Hungarian Suicide Famous Song" "Gloomy Sunday".
In fact, this is the emotional entanglement story of a woman and three men. Restaurant waitress and prospective proprietress, restaurant owner, restaurant pianist, restaurant repeat customer - German. All the characters and stories revolve around one main scene - the restaurant.
The first meeting of the heroine Irina with the pianist Andrach and German Hans was in the restaurant. As for the first acquaintance with the boss Sabo, we can also assume that it is the scene of applying for a waiter in the restaurant. At the end of the film, Hans was murdered in the restaurant, and Andrach committed suicide by the piano before. The boss Sabo also tried to commit suicide by taking poison in the restaurant. Elena is still washing and cleaning everything in the restaurant.
Three men fell in love in the restaurant one after another. The beautiful and famous song was born in the Sabo restaurant. Out of the pianist's love, it contained a special message, which made people addicted to it and couldn't extricate themselves, and finally said goodbye by suicide. world.
As the first group of listeners, the German guy should have jumped into the river to commit suicide after being rejected by Irina, but was rescued by the kind restaurant owner, which led to the later story. Although in the end, the Germans still did not escape the fate of accidental death. Died of mother and son joining forces, dying of a vengeance.
Elena, the restaurant owner, and the pianist are in a triangular relationship of checks and balances. Jelena and the restaurateur are mutually beneficial lovers and ideal life partners. Elena and the pianist are romantic lovers at first sight and spiritual companions. The owner of the restaurant helped the pianist become famous, and the pianist made the restaurant famous. The two men each have half of Irina, which looks twisted, but is portrayed very harmoniously by the director. Competition and jealousy are just right, a perfect balance that is neither life-threatening but always fun and dynamic.
The intervention of the Germans broke this balance. Jealousy of two men out of lust for Irina. The Germans destroyed the romance and spirituality of Eastern Europe with mechanical thinking and behavior.
The suicide of the pianist is directly related to the Germans. The melancholy and sensitive pianist has been deeply disturbed that his wealth is based on the death of others, and the message conveyed by the piece has knocked his heart again and again. Irina asked him to promise not to do stupid things, and he said that with you, I would not.
The night before the pianist died, the German came to the restaurant for dinner as usual, but played the piano a few times, just like his first appearance. It was only then that the pianist, who was very sensitive to this, immediately showed his displeasure and anger. But this time, when he heard someone touch his piano, the pianist who came out hurriedly saw a German guy. Facing an invader, he couldn't do anything on the surface, but his heart was already turbulent.
Moreover, before that, he had misunderstood twice that the German and Irina had a relationship. The hateful German not only touched his beloved woman, but now he is touching his piano! Jealousy, disappointment, betrayal, and humiliation deeply hurt the pianist's young and sensitive heart. It's no wonder that when the German asked the pianist to play "Gloomy Sunday", he finally couldn't bear it anymore and looked at the pistol. He was woken up by Elena's singing, maybe at that moment he had completely understood the message of the song. So he shot himself.
The owner of the restaurant played the role of Mr. Dong Guo once, but was bitten back with good intentions. At the beginning, the boss sends the German guy on the train to the new life, and at the end, the German guy watches the boss get on the death train. Taking advantage of one's own rights to possess women and destroy rivals in love is a popular routine.
As for the kid, emotionally, I prefer to believe it is the owner of the restaurant. One is out of sympathy for the boss, and the other seems to be smoother. Because of the surname Sabo, the restaurant name has not changed. Because the father was directly killed by the German, so he showed the tension before revenge and the pleasure after. The decades of preparation and waiting, and the determination to hide deep revenge, are all expressions of revenge for killing his father. In addition, judging from his behavior and speech, it seems that he has inherited the excellent business acumen from the restaurant owner, rather than the genes of an artist.
As for saying that the child is a German, that is too dark and twisted, and Elena should not let her son do the thing of murdering his father.
Another small detail, the pearl necklace that the German lady was caught and damaged should belong to the crying Jewish woman. The action of the wife picking up pearls after the German fell down is enough to show the precious value of this necklace, and it also hints at the unfortunate marriage of the German.
The film's tone, style, the beautiful tune and the beauty of the heroine make up for the slightly thin plot of the story. The pacing is just right, and it's a good movie.
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