When I met her, I saw a world that was invisible in the past. (contains spoilers)
It has been 13 years since the two collaborations between Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth were put on the screen. The eye contact between the two is unforgettable as long as you watch it. They are the perfect pair of CPs that the author is most fascinated by (there is no one), and I believe that they are also difficult for many movie friends to give up.
Strictly speaking, for the author himself who has not studied film professional knowledge, this is not a film review, it is purely an afterthought. I also hope that you can follow the footsteps of the text and relive this love that is "unreasonable and chaotic". story.
Amina (Sheetal Sheth), a career woman who pursues freedom, dares to challenge the traditional concept of restricting women, abandoning traditional women's skirts and wearing men's oversized shirts and overalls; she opposes apartheid and opens a home in South Africa Restaurants, defying the hegemony of white people, have put up an umbrella for people of color, providing them with a haven of laughter and a black-and-white gray area.
Miriam (Lisa Ray), a demure and conscientious wife, who used to be a lady who read poetry and books, but now lives in a traditional marriage family where a man is in the lead and a woman is in the lead, dedicating everything to the children and to her husband. Obedient and submissive, facing her husband's neglect, cheating and even domestic violence, she still swallows her voice and lives in depression and loneliness for a long time.
The encounter between the two is destined to collide with sparks and produce a subtle chemical reaction.
Love is the call of smiles and the response of eyes
Everything starts here.
Amina's sunny confident smile and Miriam's electric eyes met for the first time in a restaurant.
When talking to her sister-in-law about Amina's dress, Miriam didn't find it strange and defended her. She looked at Amina with admiration and shyness between her brows.
But the ripples from this brief encounter soon disappeared. Miriam, who moved with her husband to live in the country, is saddened because she knows it will be a cage of isolation.
By chance, Miriam's husband's sister invited them to meet in the city, and she felt the letter thoughtfully. This was a rare opportunity to reconnect with the outside world.
Miriam met Amina again at the restaurant, her smile still bright and confident. Amina promised Miriam's husband to help build a vegetable garden. Miriam was overjoyed. Maybe she didn't even realize that the seed of love had sprouted quietly.
In this social ethos where a woman is ignorant and virtuous and a depressing and indifferent living environment, even a smile is regarded as a luxury by Miriam. She was "hit" by Amina's words, and she was caught off guard by Duan Century's confession (umm). , the author firmly believes that it is a confession), leaving a blank-faced Amina in the wind.
Yes, Amina has been the first person to smile at her for the past 8 days. That night, as the two of them talk to each other, Miriam learns what a brave girl Amina is.
Love is because each other sees the previously invisible world
Amina never thought about enjoying family life, and Miriam never thought about anything other than family. Love is complementary, what you have is just what I don't have, because of each other, we can see the world that was invisible before.
The exchanges between them made Miriam think a lot, and she was also reading poetry collections at night. She read the poems and found a trace of spiritual comfort, and even took the initiative to send Amina a poetry collection with love words.
Knowing that Amina's grandmother died, Miriam urged her husband to attend the funeral, which was the first change in her attitude, and she no longer obeyed.
Taking this opportunity, they met again, Miriam said for the first time what she had never dared to say before, and Amina's approach made her heart skip a beat.
Amina invited her to be an Indian chef in a restaurant, but she was rejected because her husband said she could not drive. Under Amina's challenge and Miriam's aggressive approach, her husband promised Amina to teach Miriam at home every week out of face. drive.
The interaction between the two in the car can be called the most beautiful mutual teasing in history. The two approached and flinched, probing back and forth, kissing carefully, and the moment their fingers crossed, Miriam shuddered like an electric shock.
Miriam's panic in the aftermath contrasts sharply with Amina's composure. In the face of Amina's enthusiasm and frankness, Miriam seemed at a loss, and the traditional shackles bound Miriam firmly, restrained, struggling, contradictory, and uneasy.
But love goes both ways. On one side is her husband's neglect and betrayal of her, and on the other side is Amina's love and pity for her. The balance in Miriam's heart has long been inclined towards Amina's side, and she knows that she deeply loves the woman in front of her.
Amina wanted Miriam to take her baby away with her, but the answer was naturally "no". Faced with the situation that she and Miriam are in love but cannot be together, Amina can't help but feel sad and even want to escape.
Despite this, the appearance of Amina subverts all traditional concepts of Miriam, who has always been in a weak position in the relationship between men and women, and allows her to re-understand her true self and listen to her inner call. Love gave her the courage to break through barriers, and Miriam decided to give it a go, starting with the fight for a family voice of equal status.
Miriam went from a cowardly wife who was obedient to her words and did not dare to fight back when she was raped, to a strong woman who dared to argue with her husband, and completed the transformation from a weak position to equality. The metaphor of the rise of feminism is meaningful.
At the end of the story, it echoes Miriam's eyes and Amina's smile when the two met. It is not difficult to find that after all this, they have all changed, that is, the eyes full of love and the smile full of anticipation.
Although the author also likes "Carol" very much (the one I watch on my knees every time) , but compared to the plot in the film "Carol" that turns sharply as soon as the climax reaches the climax, the author prefers the story arrangement of this film, the characters of each character The emotional undercurrent and the coincidence and mystery of the unfolding of events, everything happened naturally and smoothly, not abrupt and easy to accept, and then followed the characters deeply into it.
The author believes that this is a feminist film in a political cloak, and although it is a story of both men and women cheating, the woman finally won an equal opportunity to negotiate (applause here). Furthermore, although there is no love between the two as a catalyst, Amina's daring to be the first will still make Miriam change, but Amina's love for her has given Miriam unprecedented courage, even daring to be the enemy of the whole world.
This is a story set in South Africa in the 1950s, when apartheid prevailed. The whole is full of contradictions and conflicts: (1) racial struggle (the invincibility of whites, the survival of Indians, the dying struggle of blacks, the apartheid system (2) equality between men and women (the struggle between men’s rights and women’s rights); (3) traditional concepts and anti-traditional consciousness (priority of sons and daughters, traditional marriage of men and women, and homosexuality), etc., with strong political and moral blending colors, It makes for an intriguing story.
Back to reality Throughout history, it seems that human beings have never stopped striving for equal rights, and we are still the same in the 2020s. Fight for love! Love wins!
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