This film truly reproduces the hardship life of the Vietnamese people from the 1930s to the 1940s, and the historical process from awakening to fighting. Therefore, in France, which has always been arguing about the historical merits and demerits of colonists, this film is like a blockbuster, and its release provoked fierce controversy. French right-wing forces, especially military figures concentrated in Nice, Cannes and Marseille, always believed that French colonists brought science, civilization, order and prosperity to the backward countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America, especially Algeria and Vietnam. After the withdrawal, these countries immediately fell into war and famine. The left-wing intellectuals tried their best to criticize the crimes of colonial rule. This film made the extreme right violent, and French youth with a strong sense of justice expressed great interest in this film, and there was a long queue in front of the Paris cinema.
However, "Indochina" is far from being a political film. Like "The Lover" written by Marguerite Dura and directed by Jean-Jacques Arnault, Indochina merely provides a geographical background and historical atmosphere for the protagonist's love entanglement. The protagonist of the film Li Li'an is smart, beautiful, capable and strong. Although successful in her career, she is a deserted emotionally. A sudden love affair, such as a long drought and nectar, but it is a passing moment. The lover began to fall in love with herself, but turned to empathize with the righteous woman. How can she not hate it? Wanting to retaliate, the righteous daughter Camille, who is dependent on her for life, also goes with her. The huge house seemed even more empty. In the end, he took the responsibility of raising the fruit of love between his lover and his righteous daughter. Fortunately, the child finally recognized her as a mother. How could she not have tears in her eyes with mixed sadness and joy?
The film shows that she is annoyed and loved by her lover Jean Baptiste, and she wants to be reserved but can't control herself. A set of scenes is unforgettable: the lover who lives with her at home is being driven out of the house by the sudden father. Earlier, I said an insulting remark to my father, because his father advocated that she marry the governor, but the young officer was impoverished, so the officer asked his father how much her daughter was worth. The young people who left angrily saw Li Li'an and the Governor's eyebrows at the Governor's Cocktail Party, even more furious. When he followed Li Li'an out and jumped into her car, he didn't say a word, hugged her and kissed wildly, and in front of the Indian driver, he had to take off her clothes. So Li Lian had to shout: "Stop!" The word "Stop" has the meaning of asking the other party to stop and silence, as well as the meaning of stopping. The Indian driver heard the hostess shouting "Stop" and thought he was asked to stop, and immediately stopped the car. Looking back, the hostess was about to make out with the officer, quickly opened the door of the car, put up the umbrella, stood in the rain more than ten meters away from the car, and glanced at the car from time to time, waiting for the mistress to be done. Li Lian was half pushing and half pushing, seeing that the driver had gotten out of the car, he simply threw himself into the carnival, but from time to time he looked at the driver standing in the rain holding the umbrella. They happened to meet each other's eyes. This look embarrassed each other and seemed to be complicity.
The main reason for the film's sensation lies in the excellent performance of the heroine's actor Katerina Denov. This star, who was named "the world's first beauty" because of his French perfume advertisement on American television, successfully created the image of a smart, capable, and frosty pioneer. On the surface, she is serious and devoted herself to the plantation and rubber production she manages, but she is so passionate that she has no way to tell. The Camille she adopted has become her entire spiritual sustenance. Who would have expected her beloved The righteous girl has become her rival in love, and for the young officer Jean Baptiste, all this is natural and reasonable: Since the milf’s mother has turned him away, her hair is beautiful. Ruyun's daughter has already embraced her, why should she give up her happiness in consideration of an affair with Li Li'an? Catalina Denov accurately grasped the character's social status and the complicated psychology of motherhood, hated and smashed, wanted revenge, and cast a rat. In the end, the decision to exile her lover to an isolated island and marry her righteous daughter gave her a lifelong regret.
When talking about the role of Li Li'an, director Reggie Vanier said: "This is a role with a dual personality. As far as I know: Denov is the only actor capable of this role. François. Truffaut has long said:'She is a dream-like actor, she has two identities, two realities. She projected two kinds of life on the screen: one is the superficial life, the other is the secret life. "For this kind of secret life, Catalina's protection of it far exceeds the private life of ordinary people." She said: "When I play a role that does not require acting, I feel the most scared, because this role and me The most secret thing in the individual's heart must resonate." Fortunately, every real big actor has a little bit of madness. As long as he appears a little absent, this fear of being stolen will disappear.
In October 1943, De Nuovo was born in a family of actors in Paris. In 1964, he became famous for his role as the protagonist in "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" directed by Jacques Demi (which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival). Her performance has a kind of sad humor and a kind of passion from the heart. When some mediocre lines are spit out from her mouth, the plot will suddenly shine. She has successfully played a psychologically complex role. For example, in Polanski's "Disgust", she portrayed the various complex psychological reactions of the beautician. As I thought about it, the characters appeared on the screen. She played a blind girl in Gamuu's "Song of the World" and a dumb girl in Varda's "Natural Stunner" (1965). Bunuel gave full play to her subtextual and ambiguous acting style, allowing her to play the indifferent Sevelina in "Beauty of the Day." The audience's dreams and Denov's personal style are integrated and become a masterpiece. In 1968, in "Wild Wheat Ridge" directed by Terrence Young, she played Mary Vertella so convincing and is still well-known in film critics. In today's film and television industry, it is still rare for actors to have such a broad drama.
In 1985, the graceful and pompous Catalina Deneuve was chosen as the prototype of Mariana, a symbol of the French Republic. The number one French actress who is nearly half a century old recently talked to the press about her experience of acting as an actress: “As an actor, we have to be like athletes who constantly challenge their physical limits, and constantly dig out our best. Deep stuff." "Someone asked me the secret of success, and I said that there is only one: choose a good script and choose a good director. Reject bad scripts and reject bad directors. Because there are only bad directors and no bad actors." In fact, from her From the day when she married with Vadim, she has only collaborated with world-renowned directors to make films. Truffaut's 20th film "The Last Subway" was written for her. When the film was released in 1980, she won the Caesar Award for Best Actress. From this film onwards, Catalina's roles are often these kind of images of middle-aged women who are shrewd and capable in career and romantic in life. Almost every film has been a big success.
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