Black-and-white imagery, with a strange Swedish pronunciation, four love states based on the reunion of lawyer Egerman and his old lover, Desiree.
"Love is an eternal game, a game of three balls—heart, speech, and body."
As a lawyer, Egerman manages the relationship between his old lover and his young wife with ease, showing the thoughtfulness of an old man to his young wife. Be gentle, and treat an old lover with just the right amount of flirtation. Egerman, who knows the rules of the love game, tells his son Herik that "sex is a game for all men", but he also eats the vinegar of his old lover's rival Malcolm, is afraid of falling in love with his young wife, and worries that his lover's children are my own. There is no absolute strong and weak in love. The more people who are more comfortable in love, because there is no sincerity, clumsy sincerity is naturally lost.
"All men have face, and women can suffer many kinds of sins for their husbands, lovers, and children, but as long as they don't damage a man's face. If we do that, we will be responsible, and we will treat a man's face as a volunteer army. To touch him and tolerate him should be regarded as a precious toy, and then men will be in our palms, palms, and arrange as we like", the lines of the independent and powerful actress Desiree on stage. Unlike the 16-year-old Egerman's wife, anne, the 29-year-old Desiree is graceful in the face of men, knowing how to show respect to men at the right time, laughing and scolding naturally, because the child realized love in Egerman's gaffe, so in order to win back his former lover Egerman, invited They come to a party with their lover's wife to reach a consensus that "the enemy of the common good is the friend", realizing that possession means love exists.
"Young people are always in love with themselves, love themselves and love love"
In the young herik's film, "morality is the weapon of the moral person, and it will not fall when tempted. Morality is continuous. If it is interrupted, it is not morality. Morality that has been explored and determined morality is no longer True morality", whether it is facing charming passion or sincere heartbeat, innocent herik is always at a loss, bound by morality and yearning for love, at a loss to approach and be afraid, and finally fall into the confusion of fantasy, Herik was overwhelmed by his inner entanglements and contradictions and chose to commit suicide. However, the film chose a light and humorous way to let the hand of God send anne to him. Although it was forbidden love, anne and herik escaped bravely and got a new life.
The love between the earl and the lady of malcom is more like a marriage of social status. There is no doubt about the love of the countess for malcom. It can be seen from the painful expression on her face when she visits anne. . Knowing the relationship between Malcom and Desiree, but nostalgic for a moment of tenderness, so I deceived myself and couldn't bear to expose it.
The love between the groom and the servant Petra is the original impulse and passion, straightforward, simple and sincere. Because of the attraction, he chased after him, and without a lot of pretense, Bergman finally used the groom to express the love theme of "Summer Night's Smile".
The lines of the supporting characters in the film are still wonderful, and the early film scripts may be more dramatic. Desiree's elderly mother said, "Although I am tired of this world, I still haven't given up love. Love is the wisdom to live in this world. If I don't love, what can I do?" Paralyzed old people can also look forward to love. There is also the statement of the groom, "Young people's love will be punished, we will not have young people's love, and there will be no punishment", which is the emotional way of the people at the bottom. Egerman confided to Desiree about his feelings for anne, saying, "You will need tenderness and mutual love when you are older", which expresses the confusion of middle-aged men about feelings. The Earl's feelings are related to things other than love, such as his own reputation and male attractiveness, but his wife still loves him blindly. As for herik and anne, they are both beginners in love, they don't know how to love and don't know how to fight. If it weren't for chance, it would be hard for them to be brave together.
Love in the movie is a constant topic, what is love? It's just Xia Ye's three smiles.
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