First of all, what we saw is that the background of the film is the Spanish Civil War. The damage caused by the civil war in the film is simply symbolized by a few dilapidated buildings. In fact, the real situation is more serious than this! Because half of Spain died during the civil war. The pain it brought has continued to the present. In just one conflict in the left-wing camp, four hundred people died and more than one thousand were injured. This conflict can be seen everywhere in the country. It is a literary and artistic description of people’s living conditions during this period. There are countless works, such as Picasso’s "Granica", the Spanish film "La lengua de mariposa", a child and his enlightenment teacher were very good before the civil war, the two can be regarded as a year-end relationship, but at the end of the film, when the teacher was When Franco’s army took the truck (because he was an atheist), this kid chased the truck and threw stones like everyone else and yelled at his teacher as a rascal and shameless person! The distortion of human nature has reached this point...
With this background, let's take a look at the characters and plots in the movie. The colonel is undoubtedly a cold-blooded and cruel person, full of pursuit of family reputation, no affection for his wife, and only uses her as a fertility tool, let alone his attitude towards ofelia and the enemy. He is obviously the representative of the Franco camp, and Mercedes is the representative of the left-wing camp. The role of ofelia is very special, representing the pursuit of freedom and peace for the entire Spanish nation. She is a human character, kind and innocent. She just wants to escape this terrible reality and go to a perfect world that Fauno promised her. For this reason, she has experienced all kinds of difficulties and obstacles. She climbed into the dirty and dark tree hole to get the golden key, and entered there. The devil’s palace went to get the golden dagger. After these sufferings, the last level was the hardest. He gave up the choice of using his brother's blood in exchange for his crown, and replaced it with his own blood. This is the climax of her entire film, and it also symbolizes that the Spanish nation has renounced cannibalism and exchanged the blood of brothers and sisters for their own interests. Death means another rebirth. Ofelia’s death in the human world brought her happiness in the underground kingdom; and Spain’s “death” in the civil war in exchange for the present life of New Spain, that is, Spain's left and right hands are tightly held. Moments in history.
The function of reflecting on history is to examine the reality and look forward to the future. Of course, the film has not developed to this point, but it does not affect the overall quality of the film. In short, it is worth seeing!
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