Two pairs of melancholy eyes

Garry 2022-01-22 08:03:06

Because this is the opening film of the Shanghai International Film Festival, I thought it was a political film or a war film. wrong. This is a purely "petty bourgeoisie" film. A frustrated British diplomat and a fugitive Russian lady met in war-torn Shanghai. They know each other, know each other, love each other, everything is light, the so-called eroticism is just a soft kiss.
In the context of the war, they are in love with each other. They see their past lives and shadows in each other, and there is more sympathy and pity besides love. Most of the middle-aged people's love affair is reserved, and theirs is the same. They didn't realize how important the other party was to them until they might say goodbye forever.
A noble, spoiled, living in a hut in Shikumen, Shanghai, makes people feel funny and bitter. And her relatives are still thinking about her daughter, which is even more pitiful. In order to "live", man, how much dignity has to be lost!
The film outlines the style of old Shanghai. This is a foreign director's eyes of ten miles of foreign markets. There is still a bit of charm.
Two pairs of melancholic eyes, I will always remember.

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  • Yessenia 2022-04-20 09:02:25

    The bars back then were not a rank higher than they are now. .

  • Dejah 2022-04-20 09:02:25

    618 I really like watching translated films on TV. No matter how lukewarm the film is, I can keep watching it and still think it looks good. . The charm of TV

The White Countess quotes

  • Todd Jackson: Why aren't you at home in your bed?

    Sofia: There is no bed for me till morning. My daughter... Sorry, I was forgetting our agreement.

    Todd Jackson: I told you, there is no agreement. I just once thought that we'd get on best if we confined our friendship to within these walls.

  • [first lines]

    Grushenka: Another punishment is waiting for her. Such disgrace. Who would have thought when my son married her, she would one day bring such disgrace to his memory. Even now she's in there, putting on that powder. God's watching her. God will punish her.