"Love has limits." "It should not."
This is the story of a down-and-out aristocratic girl who climbed onto the dragon bed by scheming . Although there are all kinds of secret contests about war, taxation, and power in the film, in fact, most of the writing in this film is still used to describe feelings, so this is indeed a (later) palace fighting drama.
The film won an Oscar for Best Actress. In the end, he won only this one of the eight Oscar nominations, and won more in various British film awards, including best British film, screenplay, female lead, female supporting, photography, costumes, etc. On the one hand, it stems from the cultural differences of the audience. On the other hand, are you British too gossipy about the history of your country...
Queen Anne in this film is a combination of stupidity, cowardice, willfulness, madness and nympho. Referring to her evaluation in real history, it is quite powerful to joke about the ancestors of the current royal family (although it is no longer a direct line).
Because of the popularity of the Oscars, I can't help but pay more attention to the best actress Olivia Colman (in fact, both female supporting roles have also been nominated for multiple film awards).
In fact, think carefully about Queen Anne's behavior in the film:
1. My concubine doesn't like my little rabbits, she doesn't say hello to them, she doesn't understand my inner pain, and she doesn't love me that much.
2. It doesn't matter what others say, what my concubine said is right, she said that tax will be increased.
3. I'm going to sleep with the palace maid, she and my little bunny play along with me. I can also see Aifei being jealous and super happy~
4. I don't listen to Concubine Ai anymore. I want to be nice to the maid to make her feel a sense of crisis.
5. She must have pretended that something had happened because she wanted me to be anxious... Did something really happen to her? ...what should I do if something happens to her? ...I absolutely won't allow her to have an accident!
6. How did she become like this! How dare she blackmail me! anger! I don't want to see her again! ...why didn't she come to apologize! How dare she not even write a letter! ...why didn't she write the letter...why didn't she come...she still loves me or not...
Because she is the queen, she can fully express these things without any scruples, and these careful thoughts, who does not have a person in love? It's just that for various reasons, we can't express all our feelings. And we are not queens, and our lovers are not slaves. Although such a catharsis thinks that it is out of love, it may bring harm. The identity of a queen exposes all these for granted to everyone. Can you see a trace of yourself from the Queen?
Let's talk about "Love Concubine", although it is impossible to judge her feelings for the Queen and her husband from the direct performance in the film, but from her behavior, I tend to prefer her to the Queen.
Even if she sent her husband to the front line (although she also received a high reward), and insisted on war and tax increases, she was really careful about the expenses of the palace, and she was not flattering, conniving, or simply accommodating to the queen. It's not just pampering and arrogance, I believe it's also out of the care of your partner.
And the final winner in the film is still a scheming "maid of the palace". The plot at the end of the film I think is very deliberate and unreasonable, so I think she is the ultimate winner.
When people are emotional, they have weaknesses. Sensitive and rational will eventually lose to the profit-oriented faction. The two people who benefited the most from the whole film were not emotional at all. From the beginning to the end, he is using all the people and things available to achieve his ultimate goal.
The story is divided into several acts like a stage play, each with a black screen title. It makes people feel that every scene in the palace is a drama...
The film has a lot of wide-angle lenses, even fish-eye lenses. I understand that this should be to render the emptiness of the palace, and the somewhat surreal sense of the lens also adds to the absurd effect of the film. However, I looked a little dizzy when the shots were changed, not sure what it would be like to be in a movie theater.
It is also a palace fighting drama, why are they so tense? The early 18th century looks are gorgeous and almost comical... Maybe foreigners are watching our Qing palace dramas.
Some scenes in the film are orthodox and heavy, and many of the BGM in the progress of the plot are very monotonous and repetitive monosyllabic, as tense as counting the heartbeat; but some scenes are very funny, the court nobles in gorgeous clothes and heavy makeup are playing duck racing, throwing These boring games of peel are also accompanied by symphony and pipe organs, which alternately make people feel that the atmosphere is subtle and absurd.
========The following is a summary of the whole spoiler, watch carefully ========
At the Royal Palace, Queen Anne's bedroom has a secret door through a secret hallway that leads directly to the room of her friend Sarah, who is a secret lover. Anne was very fond of Sarah, and she listened to everything she said.
Abigail, a poor nobleman, is a distant relative of Sarah. He came to her house to seek employment and was arranged to clean the kitchen. Other maids caused her to burn her hands with caustic soda. She went to the countryside to find herbs for her wounds and met Colonel Masham.
Queen Anne suffers from gout, Abigail secretly applied the herbs she used to the Queen, and was ordered to be whipped by Sarah for breaking into the Queen's bedroom without permission. But because the Queen's pain was relieved, Sarah kept Abigail by her side as a valet.
While Anne was ill, Sarah ordered tax increases on her behalf and supported the continuation of the war. Abigail privately asks Sarah why she wants the war to continue, even though her husband is on the front lines.
At the ball, the minister Harry, who had previously touched a gray nose in front of Sarah, raised his objection to the tax increase to the Queen.
Abigail stumbles across the Queen and Sarah's closeness while flipping through a book in Sarah's room. Harry met Abigail and wanted Abigail to be his insider. Abigail refused and told Sara about it, but she also pointed out that she had discovered her secret with the Queen and was threatened by Sara.
Queen Anne doesn't want Sasha to handle official business, she just wants to be tired of being with her. Abigail was able to approach and please the queen when Sarah was handling the palace affairs. She was gentle, kind, considerate and attentive, and slowly groped to win the affection of the bad-tempered queen, and Sarah noticed it.
At the same time, Abigail also found more ways for herself. While hanging Masham, she also seduced the queen, and began to negotiate with Harry secretly, using each other to win the queen's more trust and trust. support. Finally, Sarah discovers that Abigail is favored by the Queen.
Sarah asked Abigail to return to the kitchen to be a low-level maid. Abigail injured herself and went to the Queen to sell her miserably. The Queen stopped following Sarah and kept Abigail by her side.
Sara struggles to regain the queen's favor, and Abigail drug Sara's tea, causing her to vomit from a horse in the suburbs and be kidnapped. Annie first thought that Sasha was deliberately mad at her and didn't send someone to look for it, and then worried that she still sent someone to search and rescue.
During this period, Harry was arranged by Abigail to meet the Queen. Harry won political support and also took the opportunity to persuade the Queen to marry Abigail to Masham. Overnight, Abigail changed from a maid to a maid. became a lady.
Sasha is rescued from the den with scars on his face from injuries. She threatened to continue the war and increase taxes with love letters written by the queen. The Queen was very angry about this, threw her out of the palace, and appointed Harry, who disagreed with Sarah, as the new Prime Minister.
Although angry, Annie still hopes that Sasha can come to her again. At this time, Abigail wanted to kill Sarah completely, so she framed her for stealing the treasury. Anne didn't believe it, but she couldn't wait for any news from Sarah, and finally ordered to arrest Sarah on this ground. In fact, Sarah wrote a letter to the Queen, but it was secretly destroyed by Abigail.
Finally, a small detail allows Annie to discover Abigail's viciousness. But the story ends abruptly here.
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