The first few times I watched it, I always tended to try to figure out Marina's psychology, eager to find out when she was tempted, when she was patient, and when she was depressed and had to release it. At first, I didn't think that Catherine really understood Marina's gay code, but today's review convinced me that Catherine did have a different feeling for Marina.
At first I thought that what drove Marina to Catherine when we first met was just a curiosity to meet a "rare visitor", but now I think it was more of an excitement to discover potential "similars". This is also evident in their dialogue: Marina said, "Some girls don't accept female customers, but I can", hinting at her identity in her words, testing whether the elegantly dressed woman in front of her is her comrade.
The first temptation undoubtedly gave her a negative answer. Marina first started to make up stories, perhaps just because of novelty, and by the way, she wanted to seduce Catherine, who she liked a little bit. Unexpectedly, after the second conversation, Catherine suddenly turned and left, but found herself in the evening to apologize and beg for peace. Marina couldn't help being moved, and she fell deeper and deeper.
Katherine is not gay. If it weren't for the accidental discovery of her husband's derailment, she would have a good chance of living a comfortable middle-class life smoothly throughout her life. But it was an unusual idea of hers that allowed her to meet Marina, and she had a point of intersection with her comrade since then. She finds herself involuntarily attracted to Marina, and realizes the indiscriminate discord and barrenness of marriage. She begins to avoid events she attends with her husband and instead seeks out Marina, willingly enjoying her seduction. She goes to great lengths to find the mall where Marina works during the day and gushed about her good nights with her. In Marina, all her attempts, deviance, joy and loneliness can be understood, and she has the possibility of communication again. They share a tacit understanding that, although neither of them can express it directly, they understand that they speak the same language.
Catherine herself noticed this, perhaps from the moment she bought the flowers, or from the moment when her purpose was no longer clear and she was happy for Marina. She asked Marina to stay in her bed, and in her midnight dreams, she thought of Marlina's face and voice - Marlina's voiceover was a description of "routine" at first, and later became a sad confession: " I wanted to call you, but... I stood up, the window was open. Looking out, it was raining lightly, but not chilling. I didn't want to leave." Catherine read this sentence, how could she not moved. For the world where Marina lives, Catherine was initially repelled, but she could never restrain her urge to break into it. She stepped on the second floor and witnessed the scene of Marina picking up the guests, and there was only unbearable and pain.
Perhaps aware of Catherine's identity, Marina took the initiative to introduce her into the "world of the same kind", as if stepping on the island of Lesbos. Catherine was novel and adaptable in this world, releasing and dancing to her heart's content; when she left, there was a brief dizziness - was it because of the alcohol, or because the joy was too thick? In the taxi, Catherine's words "I'm going home" and the gesture of leaning on Marina's shoulder in a drunken way are the embodiment of the metaphor that she has mastered the expression and meaning of the same kind.
Marina lied to her. She was already determined to break up with her husband, but she never thought that the real ending was her relationship with Marina. But she should have been angry about it, but found that her eyes were full of tears. If Marina's sadness is looking at the drizzle outside the window and thinking about Catherine in a trance, then Catherine's sadness is that she has decided to get up and leave, but stops at the entrance. She can't look back - her husband is innocent, life follows the rules, even "Natalie" is a lie created by herself, how real is the truth in the deception? But she couldn't leave, she was sure that Marina would come forward to keep her.
Marina kept her. On the last night of this exclusive world for two, maybe they finally reveal themselves.
View more about Nathalie... reviews
