Love and death are two eternal themes of human beings.
When death came, the knight persuaded Death to play chess with him, and he wanted to buy some time to pursue knowledge and do something truly meaningful.
He spent ten years on the Eastern Expedition, spent his whole life wandering and searching, but found nothing. He believed in God and could not feel his existence. When he returned to his hometown, he saw a corpse by the sea, a self-flagellated ascetic, who had persuaded him to join the army. Priests have now become thieves, thugs.
Does God exist? What comes after death? Heaven or Hell? Or nothingness?
The world creates idols and worships gods and objects, only to fall into endless nothingness because of the fear of life falling.
Hu never believed in God. He saw only the fear in the witch's eyes when she was burned to death. There was neither God nor Satan behind her.
The orphan girl believed in God. When the god of death came, she said her only line in the play, "It's over." Yes, in this life of suffering, death is the only relief.
The actor's family lived the most free and easy life. They only care that spring is the best season, summer is warm, and winter will be frostbite. At this time, milk, wild fruits and the joy of being with family are the most important. In the dialogue with them, the knight finally found the meaning of life. It exists in every bit of life. In the grass and trees, those grand and ethereal concepts are beyond our reach in our lifetime. In order to protect them, the knight overturned the chess game and gave them time to escape. At the end of his life, he guarded a good thing and did a "meaningful thing".
The way the film was shot and the soundtrack reminded me of Akira Kurosawa. The heavy topics are supported by the history of Christianity, the background of the plague, and the text. A large number of dialogues, symbols of Christianity and death make the work appear heavy and powerful. I don't know much about the crusades, medieval history, or Christianity, but the thinking and storylines in the film are not difficult to understand.
In Europe after World War II, the spiritual homeland collapsed. This kind of nihilism and helplessness is more or less a reflection on reality. It also resonates with me when I watch the movie. I often fall into nihilism, but it is also often caused by some small blessings in life, some moments I am touched by the tranquility of my life and the time spent with friends and relatives. Maybe this is the meaning of life. Death is nothing to be afraid of. The complexity of modern society is far beyond that of the Middle Ages. I hope not to waste time on too many meaningless things.
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