I was fortunate to watch this film, which is said to have many people not getting tickets at the 2021 British Masters Exhibition and regretting it for life. The part that makes me feel a little interesting is the difference between Leo and Marcus. First, the movie doesn't address exactly why Marcus invited Leo home. The film doesn't exactly explain why he invited Leo to his house as a guest, we can talk about it later.
Then the film begins to enter the slapstick moment of the teenage boys, Marcus says his sister Marian is very good-looking, and then they fight next to Belladonna, Marcus says that he is highly poisonous, and then the camera moves to Marian lazily The scene of basking in the sun, does this mean that my sister is highly poisonous?
Next, the family went swimming together, Ted appeared, and Leo was dressed up by his sister. Leo strayed into Ted's farm, when Marcus contracted leprosy and miraculously exited the field, and Leo began a journey of preaching.
Actually, my first question while watching the movie was why Marcus got leprosy in such a strange place, and the answer I got was maybe because of Leo's superpowers, magic and curses. What reminds me is that if the primitive tribe violates some taboos of the initiation ceremony, they will suffer from leprosy, and the initiation ceremony is equivalent to the coming-of-age ceremony, so is it far-fetched to say that this is the way Marcus grew up, An adolescent cool boy was locked in his bedroom with no door open, and the door of the room was still stuck with danger, just like belladonna.
The plot will not be repeated later, until Leo's 13th birthday, Marcus told Leo respectively: "Sister and fiance are getting engaged tomorrow", "You know, my sister prepared you a green bicycle as a gift. ." Here, it seems that Leo is completely unaware of the change in things, he knows that his sister and fiance seem to be in a normal relationship, and he knows that Marian will not celebrate his own birthday, and here, there will be a superficial impression that Marcus's news is particularly well-informed, He knows everything. It felt like he knew that the belladonna in the house was poisonous, that it was okay to know that the clothes were thrown around, he was the master of the house, and he had a nasty "know-how-everything" feeling.
But when we thought about it, we found that Marcus seemed to know everything, but he didn't know anything. He invited him, his best friend at home for two months ran out and sent a letter to his sister for two months He didn't even know it, and he didn't know Marian and Ted's secret. Marcus seems to be hiding behind the door and can't see anything, so what is it that he can't see?
The Marcus family dining and going swimming always reminded me of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. All the women's hats are so gorgeous and good-looking, it immediately reminds me of the Hungarian aristocrats in "Sunset". And Ted's side says it's idyllic? Not really, the best "best" thing in his house is the handkerchief in Ted's cupboard? I can't say it's the best thing, or that it doesn't look like it should be in Ted's house?
As stupid as I am, I thought it was a shitty drama where a rich girl falls in love with a poor boy, or let's put it another way, this love is a love that crosses classes, what can't Marcus see? He can't see this love, the gap between classes, and he can't see the subtle emotions beneath everyone's surface. And everyone has some thoughts, Xiao Jiujiu, Leo has been in his eyes for the past two months, he knows the relationship between Marian and Ted, and he knows his fiance's attitude towards Marian.
In fact, we can imagine here that Marian and Marcus are more of a business conversation, she won't reveal her feelings to him, he can't even guess that Leo likes Marian. We could also say that it was Ted's class of origin that made him notice more of what was going on in the family. And let's go back to the first question, why did Marcus invite Leo, I think, this is not to say that Marcus can't see the class gap, and the school is already one of the few places that can bridge the class gap a little.
Maybe for Marcus, leprosy is growing up, maybe not. Leo asks Ted about adults, and Leo sometimes wants to know, sometimes doesn't, and he completely rejects his fiancé's adult invitation. Leo said to Ted, "I think someone will teach me these things." Leo has been choosing who to teach him to grow. Ted and Marian have never met, and when they met, he was growing up. He was taught to grow up by Ted and Marian together.
At the beginning of the film, "Marcus's home was originally a foreign land." Marcus's home is as magnificent as a foreign country, just like the nobles in "Sunset", thinking about living a leisurely life. The most important thing for Marcus is to find a playmate, can play with him is the most important thing, Leo becomes less playful, Marcus says he is "Little boy" so petty.
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