But it's clear that "The Virginity of a Killer" is more direct, sharper, and colder than "The Taste of a Cherry." Also a little weirder. Gay movies, killers and writers, innocent killings like "City of God", and the philosophy of killers in "Seven Deadly Sins" also pervade the film...
The story takes place in Colombia, a somewhat unfamiliar South American city. Medellin, the city of anarchy, is like Sodom in the Bible. It is chaotic and depraved. Same-sex prostitution is made public, and street shootings are commonplace. Duo returns home and unfolds the story with his two young teenage gay gunmen.
First shooter: Ellis. Handsome, immature, pure and impulsive, violent in his contradictory display. Abandoning his impoverished family, he wandered the streets between killing and being killed, occasionally selling his body for a living. He is a metaphor for "virginity", sensual adoration and love for Finado.
In front of Ellis, Finado is rich, bohemian, a lot of age, still paranoid, and has his own unique and dangerous outlook on life. In a way, he is a reflection of a certain reality in Colombia. He subverts moral and social rules, and believes that those who are poor and handicapped, those who are indifferent and stubborn, should die early in order to find relief.
Such a dangerous philosophy has actually become a life creed for Alice, who has not yet been deeply involved in the world. When violent thoughts happen to encounter a pistol of unknown origin from Alice, killing innocents indiscriminately has become a fun game for the two of them. Under the imperceptible influence of Finado's thoughts, Ellis became more brutal, wantonly constantly wielding his sword to kill: taxi drivers, punk youths who disturbed their sleep by beating drums in the middle of the night, innocent middle-aged people who quarreled on the subway...
gun. Sex (and homosexuality with a vaguely pedophilic nature). Death - an eye-catching movie element, hidden behind the cold and slow rhythm of the movie, brings people a kind of deep thinking. When Finado, an unbeliever, frequently brought Ailes to and from the church. At that time, he finally revealed his inner crisis unconcealed - he needed redemption more than Ellis.
Ellis inevitably dies in the street. With a sad face, Finado buried Ailes and prayed for his dead in the church. Soon, the old man met another handsome young man on the street. In addition to having the same charming eyes as Alice, he was stronger and stronger than Alice, and his body radiated the heat of youth. Manchado seemed to see the shadow of Ailes in the eyes of the teenager, he took him away, and the two quickly fell into the caress of the flesh. But the old man never imagined that the young man he had deeply loved was the murderer who shot Ellis.
The deliberate dramatic character structure is meant to accentuate the film's absurd themes. So—
one day, an emergency call called Finado to the police station. The teenager had been shot by another group of people, and his young body was lying there, and the old man was speechless again. The question was raised again bloody: Who was the virginity of the gunman sullied by? Why is the life of the gunman so fragile and despicable?
What I'm interested in is the setting of the characters in the film. Teenage gunmen who advocate violence and drugs are like lost lambs, unable to extricate themselves in the abyss of sin. If it represents a kind of original sin, then Finado should have represented a kind of "justice" force.
However, the film does not portray Finado as the incarnation of traditional moral forces, full of righteous preaching, on the contrary, he is evil, even his own evil, which leads to the direct death of Ailes.
Evil thoughts inspired violent tendencies, which in turn led to the collapse of traditional morality, religious beliefs and outlook on life. By the time Finado realized his regrets, he had no control over the progress of the situation. The appearance of the second teenage killer who wore the same clothes as Alice is a metaphor for the "past". He brought Finado back to the past, to relive the beauty, and to cherish the hope of life, but this hope was quickly destroyed— —The symbolic meaning of the film is so vividly expressed.
- This is the film's answer to its own question. The virginity of the killer was tainted by the traditional society represented by "Finaldo" and "Finaldo". The chaotic and terrifying social environment sent the teenagers to hell.
An irreparable fault, an irreparable sin.
Finished.
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