In fact, this film is not as playful or experimental as the director's previous works, nor does it show desperation for light and shadow (but it may be that this film has a clearer context, which is a kind of "you want a story, I will give you" behavior. ), and there is no political flavor. However, the subject of the Virgin Mary is in the hands of Gundam, and it will never be a bright hymn film, nor will it be a religious propaganda, questioning the doctrine and ridiculing to the audience. It is "reasonable".
"Our Lady" is an ordinary person, a girl who helps at her father's gas station, a school volleyball player, and her boyfriend "Joseph" is a taxi driver. One day, "Joseph" took the mysterious guests to the gas station where his girlfriend worked. It turned out that they were "angels" who brought good news and brought "Mary" the greatest good news - she was pregnant with the Holy Child. She, who has always adhered to her virginity, was puzzled and aroused her boyfriend's suspicion. Their relationship gradually turned into a platonic communication, and gradually broke free from the shackles of sensuality; Gao also added another episode of the derailed "love" experience between a professor and a student, but this relationship ended ugly in the end, from the two mouths The words of looking up to the source of life have become very empty.
In this film, Gundam seems to express the affirmation of this kind of love based on spirit and faith. The "Virgin" in the film has a pure image. Even if there is her nude scene in the film, she can maintain this feeling (this is also the reason why she was severely criticized by the religious circles), and even has a kind of sacredness to the audience. "Joseph" slowly accepted this relationship and resisted the temptation from outside, not only because of looking up to the divine power and being overwhelmed, but also out of his deep love for the "Virgin Mary". Compared with the love of the "sages", secular love is extremely filthy and worthless, and Gundam's comparison of the love of the "Virgin" in modern times and the values of the secular as a comparison with a clear gap is even more evidence. The film is still "critical" even now, because the instant love culture is only getting stronger today.
Although Gundam agrees with this kind of emotional exchange, he is not so "friendly" to religion. Under this layer of sugar coating, Gundam still has something harsh to say, and he doesn't intend to leave any face to the scolded party. Mary's complaint to God in the film is probably the director's voice: she/he thinks that God can only use human beings and play with human beings, and making the Virgin conceive the Holy Womb is one example, and the "angels" in the film are a bit grotesque , and even used violence to "persuasion" Joseph. And the movie does not seem to agree with the "perfection" of the Bible, because the "return" of the "Virgin" at the end of the film seems to be that she is finally tired of this holy life, and her indifference to the "Son" can also be seen. .
Even though this film is not as interesting as other Gundam works, the space for discussion is still very broad, and the proposition of the film is the eternal question of mankind, which will never be outdated.
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