"The Three Faces
of Eve" is adapted from a true story. The film involves the concern and treatment of patients with schizophrenia, which is rarely seen in early Oscar-winning films. . The protagonist of the film is a young woman named Eve White, who often does things inexplicably without knowing it afterwards. What's more, she almost strangled her own daughter to death, so she was sent by her husband for treatment. Through understanding, the doctor found that Eve in a normal state is a typical family woman. She acts submissive and cautious, obeys her husband, always strives to play the role of a good wife and mother, and feels deeply for her "illness". pain and shame. And whenever at night or at certain times, she would call herself Eve Black, go out and go in bars, karaoke bars and other places, dress avant-garde and full of eroticism, and her demeanor and conversation also become frivolous and dissolute. feel contempt and disdain for thinking and acting.
Through treatment, her condition was initially controlled, but at this moment, her husband somehow asked her to stop treatment and move to another city with him. Eve rejected her husband's request on the grounds that she had not recovered and was afraid of hurting the child again. The husband was instantly annoyed and slammed away, but it happened to inspire another personality of Eve. She put on a fashionable dress and followed her husband to a hotel. At first, the husband expressed disgust at him, saying that she was not his wife, but soon he lost his appearance as a gentleman, and was fascinated by the coquettish coquettishness of his wife's other personality, and gave her material satisfaction at her request. . However, he soon found out that the purpose of this self-proclaimed Eve Black personality was just to tease him. He finally got into a fight with his wife and chose to divorce her. Eve, who was alone, thought about suicide, but finally found a doctor and chose to continue treatment. At this time, the doctor found that no matter what kind of personality it was, Eve said that he had no memory of what happened before the age of 6. Doctors are keenly aware that this may be the key to a cure and give it hypnotherapy. But inadvertently gave birth to Eve's third personality - this time, she called herself Jane. Not only is Jane fully sane, she also knows the other two personalities very well, including what they think and do. Jane told the doctor that they are like three souls who have been together all the time, living together on a body, when the personality that is controlling the body becomes weak, the strongest of the other two will control the body. do what you want to do. The doctor gradually discovered that Jane's personality is actually a normal woman who truly conforms to social moral standards. She knows the general and etiquette, and is neither obedient nor frivolous. Finally, through the treatment of Jane, the doctor finally found the crux in her heart - it was when she was 6 years old, at her grandmother's funeral, because her mother thought that kissing the dead body would make them forget about each other, although little Eve. Frightened and reluctant, the mother still hugged her and forced a kiss with the dead, thus leaving a shadow on her mind. (It's not clear if it's far-fetched, but that's what the film explains.) In the end, Jane recovered, she managed to get back custody of her daughters from her ex-husband, and found someone who truly loved them. Mother and daughter, start a new life.
In my opinion, the so-called "triple personality" actually represents the three social image positions of women in a general sense. Eve White represents the image of a "little woman" who only wants to be a good wife and mother, and overly abides by the so-called "little woman". Three principles and five constants, when one's own needs deviate from the needs of the husband and family, they will basically choose to sacrifice themselves in exchange for balance. And Eve Black is at the other extreme (you can tell by the last name), the so-called "slut" category. It is usually an indulgence of one's own pleasure and desires, with no regard for everything else. And Jane's personality is very moderate to reflect the truly excellent women in our general sense - knowledgeable and reasonable, at the same time neither humble nor arrogant, generous and decent. (Of course, these three types of women are not in the minority in real life, and which lifestyle they pursue is their own choice, which will not be discussed here.) According to the development of the film's plot: Eve White, a married wife, has been severely punished by her parents since she was a child Control, after marriage, she has been shrouded in the shadow of her husband's strength. The shadow of childhood and the desire for a more wonderful life after marriage gradually gave birth to the opposite Eve Black. After returning to White, he was ashamed of what he had done. He was caught in the entanglement of two personalities and couldn't extricate himself, while the husband he had always relied on couldn't really help. It was precisely after the divorce that, without the strict control of her husband, with the help of doctors, Jane, a normal personality generally considered by society, emerged and gradually occupied the high ground. She is Jane, a real self, neither Under the control of her parents (Black) and her husband (White), she can have her own thoughts, pursue her own life, and actively cooperate with doctors for treatment, and finally she can truly recover.
In fact, looking back, there are three kinds of "forces" in everyone's heart, one is too timid, the other is too aggressive, and the other belongs to the normal category. They alternately occupy our bodies due to emotions and times , is indeed a common but slightly miraculous thing. Perhaps only when you are clear about what you think, control yourself reasonably, and neither repress or indulge too much, will you not be entangled in the contradictions of personality and achieve a real balance. But having said that, I think the overall evaluation of this movie is just normal, and the handling of many places is a little impatient and compact. For example, the doctor said to Eve White during treatment, I want to talk to Eve Black, can you let her come out, you go back first. So the heroine closed her eyes, lowered her head, raised her head and opened her eyes again, and completed a personality transformation within a few seconds; during hypnosis, the doctor only counted three numbers and did not match any other words. Hypnotize the restless heroine.
Of course, this is indeed a big test for acting skills, and it is also a requirement of the script, but it seems that it is somewhat nonsensical. The film's performance at the Oscars was also unsatisfactory, and it only won one nomination for Best Actress. It can be seen that the Academy's overall evaluation of the film was not particularly high at that time, but it was directed at the performance. Despite the difficulty of the performance, Joanna Woodward appropriately shows three different styles of personalities, especially in some scenes, two or even all of the three personalities need to be converted in an instant, the contrast It's pretty obvious, and it's well done. And in the final stage of treatment, the heroine was caught in the entanglement of painful memories of childhood and cried hoarsely for that scene, and the instant explosiveness was quite amazing (I don’t know if it was performed smoothly or edited by the editor, but the overall effect is really good). Joanna Woodward was also said to have won her only golden man so far without any suspense, nearly 30 years earlier than her famous husband, and thus achieved another legend of this star couple.
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