In the film 23 years ago, the protagonist of the story was a housewife who worked hard for the family. And the group of "crazy housewives" in the American TV series have so many acquaintances, they all indulge and kill people. But this Spanish housewife is different from American middle-class housewives. Her story begins because of the oppression of life.
The housewife
cheated : Gloria came to the dojo as a part-time cleaner today, and a group of men wielding bamboo swords made her look fascinated. When everyone left the dojo and she went into the locker room to clean the floor, she found that there was another man taking a shower. The man saw the middle-aged woman's fascinating eyes and bend his fingers. Gloria couldn't resist the temptation of the strong man, so he hugged the man, and the two began to make love under their shaved heads. It's a pity that Gloria woke up from the crazy loss of control, because the man didn't lift it. Gloria, who was wet all over, ran to the practice field, learning how those men wielded the bamboo sword, she wanted to wake up herself: she was a woman with a family.
Housewife's House:
Gloria started a series of housework when she got home. The mother-in-law had opinions on everything about her, but she didn't bother to care about the old guy. But the eldest son seems to be closer to his mother-in-law. Husband Antonio finished his day as a taxi driver, and he lost his temper as soon as he came back. For these, Gloria is used to it, just as the neighbor upstairs is always trapped in the elevator, and the prostitute who lives next to it will always come over to borrow some strange things. And she is accustomed to counting her family expenses while having sex with her husband.
The mother-in-law and the eldest son found a lizard nearby and took it home.
The prostitute introduced her to a part-time job to do housework at the house of a writer's brother. And this writer was known to Antonio, and he wanted her husband to help himself to read a book, because Antonio would imitate other people's handwriting, and the writer wanted to make a fortune from it. But the husband did not agree to the deal.
Gloria wants to buy an electric hair curler, but she doesn't have that much money to buy it. The youngest son is home. He has just returned from another man's house. He is a male prostitute. Gloria took him to the dentist. The dentist was obviously quite "interested" in the young child. Gloria agreed to the dentist's adoption exchange terms, and the son was very excited about the wealthy man and readily agreed. . Gloria finally has the money to buy her hair curlers.
A visitor came to the prostitute's house and wanted Gloria to help him be an audience. The man was thin and arrogant, taking off his clothes seductively while showing off his sexual abilities. The prostitute had sex with the guest on the bed, and Gloria, who was sitting by the side, was rather depressed.
Antonio had quite a big opinion about his wife's visit to the prostitute's house all day long. When the two began to argue, the phone rang. It was Antonio's former employer and his former lover, and she wanted to come to Spain. In fact, this is a conspiracy of the writer, who wants his lover to come forward and ask Antonio to cheat himself. Housewife love killing:
The sudden change of her husband's temperament makes Gloria angry when she sees it. She knows that her husband still thinks of his lover. On the day of the lover’s arrival, Gloria’s dissatisfaction in her heart broke out, and Antonio, who had always been hot-tempered, slapped his wife severely. On the lizard. Gloria smashed a fleshy bone in her hand and hit her husband's forehead. The husband fell backward and hit the back of the head and died. Gloria was a bit at a loss, and soon she came back to her senses, she wanted to give evidence of her alibi. She went to the wife upstairs.
The housewife fell: The
police came to investigate the case, and the police officer turned out to be the man who fooled around with him in the dojo. The police could have traced the murderer through the blood on the back of the lizard, but he was trampled to death by the wrong foot. Gloria, conscientiously reproached, wanted to confess his guilt to the police officer, but he didn't believe it. The police officer wanted to treat his impotence through a prostitute. The lady downstairs left her daughter to Gloria to look after. The little girl had always resented her mother, so she often teased the mother and used her super powers to stop the elevator carrying her mother suddenly. Gloria was taken aback by the little girl's superpowers. It would have taken a lot of effort to put up the wallpaper in a blink of an eye.
The eldest son accompanies his mother-in-law back to the country, leaving only Gloria alone. Looking at the empty house and facing the densely packed houses, Gloria wanted to jump off the balcony. At this time, his young son appeared downstairs, and he returned to accompany his lonely mother.
As in the past, I watched Almodovar's films, but I couldn't understand why. It's not that I don't understand what he wants to say, but I don't understand why his story is like this. There are many words in it, such as the dojo, lizards, fleshy bones, and densely populated residential buildings... in expressing reality and describing the lives of middle-aged women, you can think of "Forty Women". The two cultures express the same subject matter. Almodovar focuses on women's loss of control under the pressure of reality, while Xu Anhua praises women's strength. "Forty Women" expresses the theme through stories and shots, while "Why" expresses the state of the characters through details and shots to turn to the theme. Of course, this comparison is not appropriate.
For the details in the film, to be honest, I can't understand why, but I do know Gloria's pain as a housewife. She worked hard for the family, but she couldn't get the understanding of her family, and her husband even went to see his lover. When the husband died in the kitchen, it was full of resentment. It was the resistance of the women to the men in the family. Many viewers have said that lizards are a touch of magic in the film. The many appearances of lizards are indeed undeniable, but what kind of words are on their backs? Not yet known.
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