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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  • Taxi Dance Hall Manager: What are you doing? Dancing with a blind man! You will disturb the other guests.

    Todd Jackson: You try and stop us.

    [says something in Chinese]

    Taxi Dance Hall Manager: You will disturb the other guests.

    Sofia: If you have any objections, kindly go to hell.

  • Todd Jackson: She is the countess Sofia Alexeyevna Belinskaya. She has everything that I wanted for this place. She has the allure, the tragedy, the weariness. She knows that history has no place for her kind anymore. She is perfect. My centre piece.