Lorenzo at the end of the credits This speech actually made me choked up quietly.
This film is similar to A Single Man. The handsome Lorenzo and his gay partner Davide live a sweet life, surrounded by a circle of close friends. A good friend Paolo is a fairy tale writer who has a crush on Davide; his good friend Roberta has always had a crush on Lorenzo; a pair of good friends Antonio and Angelica are husband and wife, but Lorenzo accidentally bumped into Antonio carrying his wife having an affair. However, one day Lorenzo suddenly fainted and never woke up. Everyone joins hands and waits for Lorenzo to wake up, and at the same time helps each other to get out of the emotional misunderstanding. In the end, Lorenzo unfortunately passed away, and Davide fell into deep grief.
This Italian film is simple and simple, and it really takes a little patience to watch it calmly. The Chinese name of the film is translated as "blazing love". In fact, the original meaning of Saturno contro is that the Saturn and the stars are opposite each other, which means the sudden change of feelings. Several characters in the film have suffered great changes in their feelings. The former love is no longer, and the friendship and affection between them has become the driving force for them to support and maintain each other.
There are always undercurrents in life, and in the face of great changes, none of us can face it calmly. The loss of ardent love is undoubtedly heart-wrenching, and in the film Davide is so overwhelmed by Lorenzo's death that he even attempts suicide. It was not until the end that he discovered that there were so many people in his life who loved him, and he believed that Lorenzo would expect him to live well in the love of others.
There are several emotional clues in the film, Davide's widow grief, Lorenzo's father's loss of his son and his previous disapproval of his son's coming out, Roberta's secret love for Lorenzo, Antonio and Angelica's marital integrity, Paolo's admiration for Davide, and China. Sergio and Neval, the husband and wife team in crisis, many emotional conflicts were highlighted in Lorenzo's fainting. Everyone began to reflect and re-examine each other's feelings, and support each other to tide over the difficulties together. Eventually Lorenzo's death made them cherish these feelings even more.
The film is extremely pure and comfortable, and the lens processing is beautiful. There is a scene in the film where friends are waiting for news of Lorenzo's condition in the hospital, when a woman next to him answers the phone and gradually begins to cry. At this moment, everyone was silent, only the woman wept bitterly, as if everyone's sadness was expressed through the woman's cry at this time. And in the morgue Roberta's fantasy of Lorenzo's resurrection is also beautiful and touching. As for the full-angle long shot at the end of the film, it is even more amazing: Davide walks out of the shadow of the widow, the camera starts to rotate slowly, everyone gathers in laughter to play next to the ping-pong table, and Lorenzo's soul whispers to the side. Finally, the camera turns, everyone disappears, and everything returns to calm, as if nothing at all happened. In addition to the ingenious photography, the casting of the film is also just right. In order to show Lorenzo's popularity, the characters selected in the film are very handsome. When Lorenzo passes away, the audience will also feel sorrow from the bottom of their hearts.
Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, director of "External Desire", the film is relatively gentle but full of emotional narrative, and the plot is simple but not monotonous. When Davide was finally moved by his friendship to give up the idea of suicide, I finally understood that although we don't like surprises or sudden changes, there is no such thing as forever in this world.
A life of love is worth continuing.
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