Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony of Lisbon, is one of the most famous saints, born in 1195 in a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, after five Franciscans were beheaded in Morocco, the corpses were ordered to be redeemed by King Alfonso of Portugal Converted to Franciscans, known for his unparalleled evangelistic abilities. After suffering from "ergot poisoning" (symptoms are peeling, peripheral sensation loss, swelling, twitching pain, diarrhea, etc.), died on the way to the next missionary site Padua. Later, the condition was also known as "St. Anthony's Fire".
St. Anthony's birth name was Fernando Martins.
That is the name of the ornithologist in the film, Fernando.
He rowed a boat to watch birds, was swept away, and passed out. (The real saint was caught in a storm while sailing and was forced to stay in Sicily.)
Two gay Chinese women who were lost in the jungle on their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela came to the rescue, but their behavior became more and more bizarre, tied them up, and even threatened to castrate him the next day.
Fernando managed to escape. (Some people think there are some sexual innuendos here. I also had a flash of mind when I saw the close-up of the thick rope tightening my lower body, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and then I realized that there might be some connection.)
Fernando happened to witness a bizarre religious ceremony in which people speaking the ancient Portuguese language killed a wild boar, whose face was cut off and turned into a mask.
When Fernando woke up again, he met Jesus, a young shepherd who was deaf and dumb. Jesus stripped naked and jumped into the water to invite him to swim together. He first refused, then he also jumped into the water. After a lingering fight with firewood and fire, Fernando suspected that Jesus had stolen something from him, so the two fought and Jesus was stabbed under the chest. , Dead Zuo.
Fernando continued walking, through the tunnel, passing the abandoned hut, and seeing still animals and religious statues, he found the pills, threw the pills, found the ID card, and threw away the ID card with the eyes gouged out in the photo. He felt pity for the fish, branded off his fingerprints, and washed his body.
Fernando, who had abandoned his previous self, encountered three naked women riding horses, and one of them shot them with a bow and arrow. However, Fernando did not die, the woman called him Anthony, and the three left.
Anthony met Jesus' twin brother Thomas again, who was wearing the former wizard's clothes. He performed a miracle to wake him up, preached to him, and talked about death, pain, fate, sacrifice, and God's choice. Thomas realized, and knelt down. Anthony's face became the director himself.
Finally, Anthony and Thomas walked out of the jungle hand in hand and returned to the modern society. On the road leading to Padua, they greeted the two Chinese women on the opposite side, and then gradually walked away.
The director said, St. Anthony is part of me.
I didn't know the story of St. Anthony before, and after reading the wiki, I suddenly realized some of the allusions, details, and thoughts in the movie. But this "don't know" did not affect the expectations when watching the movie at first.
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No wonder everyone ties "The Ornithologist" and Apichatpong together, not to mention that the background in the film is also a dense, dangerous, tempting and unknown jungle.
Photography is also good, except for the beautiful scenery and birds like the Discovery Channel in the first ten to twenty minutes, I especially like the occasional people who watch birds and birds and people who look like monitors.
Saint Anthony, also known as the "patron saint of lost things", has performed many miracles to find lost people, objects and even holy objects.
In the film, Fernando is also initially looking for his belongings, his pills, his way. After becoming Anthony, he found his own way, walked out of the jungle with his companions, and headed to the final destination together. The music that plays at the end of the film comes from the classic Canção do Engate (literally translated as "Mating Song") by Portuguese epoch-making gay singer-songwriter António Variações ( also known as Antony ). The musician died of AIDS at the age of 39.
The only thing I know and love about Portuguese music is a fado with one person and a guitar. Among the most common themes of fado, there is one called saudade, which has no English equivalent, to the effect that it is a deep nostalgia and sadness for a loved person or thing that has passed away.
A few years ago in Lisbon, when wandering around the old town in the evening, I happened to pass an alley. Several uncles and aunts stood outside the small bar on the corner. I still remember that there was a beautiful sunset light between the dim windows of the dilapidated building.
About a week or so later, we also arrived in Santiago de Compostela, staying in a partially converted hotel in the monastery attached to the cathedral. The room has only a bed and a table and a chair facing the church. In those days, I would sit in front of the window every day, watching the holy city at sunrise and sunset.
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