In marriage, the change is more terrible than cheating

Adrien 2022-07-25 14:21:41

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There is one movie that you will remember being touched after watching it for a while, and the movie The Danish Girl is that. It is a very ordinary romantic film, but it made me see it as a horror film. Because it brings me the feeling of fear. As a psychologist, I know that a person's spirit is very important and powerful, but what I didn't think about is that the same body can become another person because of the transformation of the spirit. Maybe I knew it, but it was far less powerful than the shock this film brought me.

When the hero and heroine first appeared, life seemed plain and loving. With the emergence of male and female identities, the ordinary life was broken. At first, the male protagonist would pull the female protagonist to roll the sheets after waking up in the early morning. But when the male protagonist became Lily, when the two of them slept in the same bed, there was a curtain in the middle, and the bed was divided into two halves to fall asleep. This transformation is too cruel for the heroine, it is a slow loss. Seeing the male protagonist's struggle, the female protagonist couldn't bear it, was unwilling, but had to let go. The male protagonist at this time is already the most familiar stranger. This kind of cruel loss is more terrifying than cheating and betrayal.

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The Danish Girl quotes

  • Dr. Hexler: Tell me about Lili... Where did she come from?

    Einar Wegener: Inside of me.

  • Gerda Wegener: It's hard for a man to be looked at by a woman. Women are used to it, of course, but for a man to submit to a woman's gaze - it's unsettling. Although I believe there's some pleasure to be had from it, once you yield.