Everyone will encounter the darkest moment in their life, perhaps a tragic experience that others cannot understand, but in any case, please don't lose hope, because as long as there is love, there will be a future.
Synopsis
Irina (Ksenia Rapoport) is from Ukraine, she came to Italy alone to rent a very low-cost house, and asked the apartment manager opposite to get a job as a maid.
Irina seems to have some purpose. For this job, she promised to pay 30% of her salary to the administrator.
She likes to eat strawberries, and will sit by the window at night, eating strawberries while staring at a window in the opposite apartment.
Soon, through the administrator, Irina successfully got a job, responsible for cleaning apartment stairs and windows.
She also became friends with Gina, the maid of the resident's surnamed Andercher in the apartment. Undercher is a family of three. Gina is responsible for doing housework and taking care of the children, and will tell some of the situation at home to Irina listen.
But what Gina didn't know was that the real purpose of Irina's approach to her was to approach the Undercher's house.
Irina took back the household garbage that Gina dumped and looked at it, and stole her key to copy it while watching a movie with Gina.
One night, Irina finds that the Underchers are out, and sneaks into their home with a copied key. She didn't steal anything, she just looked through the photos of Undercher's house, and seemed to be looking for some clues.
Finally, Irina was not satisfied with the job of cleaning the apartment, and she asked the administrator if she could have the opportunity to work as a maid at Undercher's house.
The administrator told her there was no chance unless Gina didn't do it.
It didn't take long for Gina to have an accident. It was Irina who did it. She pushed Gina down the stairs. Gina became a vegetable, and she successfully became the maid of the Andercher family.
Irina knew about their family's eating habits when she was looking through the trash, and through these, she quickly gained their trust.
Who is Irina, and why did she try to get close to the Undercher family at any cost? ...
Video Analysis
The film has the strong personal style of director Giuseppe Tonadore, in which you can see the shadow of classic movies such as "Paradise Cinema" and "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily".
The film adopts a two-line narrative. The two lines are distinguished by the texture of the picture and the hair color of the characters. The dark lines are inserted into the open lines with a large number of flashback shots. Although it is not difficult to understand, it affects the rhythm a bit. This should be to create horror and suspense. The atmosphere makes the film more gloomy and secretive.
In terms of suspense, the film is very successful. The director has set up a lot of suspense at the beginning, allowing the audience to enter the plot early to find the truth, and not know the whole story until the end.
The cinematography of the film is impressive, the characters and scenes are beautifully set, and the use of light tends to be perfect, but that has always been Giuseppe's forte.
Every character in the film is very vivid, and the motive is very clear, especially the emotion between the heroine and the little girl, which is very touching. The most touching thing is the heroine's love for the strawberry boyfriend. It can be said that this is The reason for the story, if there is no love, the heroine has no motivation to go this far. After all, there are many people who have experienced similar experiences with the heroine, and others may have already lost hope.
The tragic experience of the heroine has impacted many people's hearts, especially when the heroine said "Believing that people like me will have a future is my biggest mistake", I am very afraid that the heroine will lose hope for this. , do something out of the ordinary. The director obviously understood the hearts of the audience, and the development of the story was not satisfactory, which made the audience feel despair like the heroine.
At the last minute of the film, the director told us the real answer, maybe this is the theme he wants to expound: Even if you have nightmares every day, you must believe that dreams exist, and don't lose hope in life.
Featured lines
If there is a subjective will in your heart, then no matter what others do, it will only deepen the thoughts in your heart, and it is impossible to change it.
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