of capitalism, the exploiters are high above, disregarding the sufferings of the people, and living a life of luxury. The workers at the bottom struggled on the brink of death every day, living in darkness. Therefore, the vast number of suffering laborers must unite and launch a fatal blow to the rotten capitalism to establish a brand-new social system.
However, capitalism is a vanity fair, and the people in it are nothing more than snobbish, which is also relatively normal. The lady, the rich husband and the professor's lover make for a perfect love triangle, with a clown-like blackmailer added to make it even more twisty. The lives of some low-level figures are interspersed in the middle, highlighting the contradictions of life between the two poles, and showing some of the director's political positions.
However, we still have to explore the individual characters in the film. University professor Juan is a conservative intellectual. Although he hovers in the middle of the lover's feelings, his sense of justice always exists in his heart. This can be seen from the dialogue with the female student Mathilde in the face of the student uprising, but Juan has the biggest weakness, that is, he is too dependent on his feelings, he cannot see the true nature of his lover Maria, which leads to Finally died at his hands.
The lady Maria is a speculator who is good at disguise, playing with her lover and her husband in the palm of her hand. But Maria was indifferent to morality. From the beginning, she gave up on treating cyclists, and then evaded responsibility and succumbed to the blackmailer Rafa. Her selfish and cowardly nature was fully revealed. Later, killing Juan under the coercion of her husband was actually just to keep the existing rich life. Maria was a cruel and ruthless predator in front of her interests.
"Death of a Cyclist" not only exposes the snobbery of people in Vanity Fair, but also warns us to learn to be contingent. Seeing a person clearly is not only superficial, but his essence can be seen from some details of life. In life, we can't completely avoid those people who are hypocritical. If we can't correct them, we should try our best to stay away.
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