This film from the famous British director Sally Potter. I don't know why the title of the film is translated as "Indulge in the Four Seas". In fact, the literal translation is "The Crying Man", which are two translations with far different temperaments. After watching the entire film, I found out that the protagonist's journey from Russia to the United Kingdom, France and finally to the United States was accompanied by the loss of relatives, homes, and the harvest of jobs, friends, and love, and finally had to face the fate of life and death due to war. In the end, she found her father who went to the United States to develop a musical career. It is the indulgence of the wandering world, and the countless silent weeping and weeping people. This is the root (home) dream of a gypsy-Jewish girl with the blood of wandering gypsies with deep family values in her veins. Her father inherited her a good voice and a sense of music. This cute girl with big eyes and round face is called Feiyinger. Russia, the beautiful gypsy village is peaceful and peaceful, and the flying warbler and her father play happily. In order to make a living, my father reluctantly left the United States.
Soon the village was looted, and the elderly grandmother took out the gold coins she had saved and her father's photo to the little girl and entrusted it to the older child, and she embarked on the road of wandering and fleeing. Accidentally boarded the ship to the UK, was adopted by a middle-class couple named Susie.
Susie (Christina Ricci), who grew up, was admitted to the Paris cabaret troupe with her singing skills and went to France. Meet Laura (Cate Blanchett), the Russian dancer in the troupe, the pillar of the "Berryvan" opera company, Dantin (John Turturro), who despises and hates Gypsies and Jews, and her Later fell in love with the unruly gypsy groom Caesar (Johnny Depp). The origin of my relationship with this movie is the big devil, and I basically watched it for her, so I want to focus on the big devil playing Serora. As if the nobility in the impression has fallen into a glossy and vulgar powder, Kate's heavy make-up appearance is like an exaggerated stage actor. There is an absurd sense of joy in the glitz of Jiguang Kayu.
Her seemingly silly and sweet narration contains infinite survival wisdom, and describes the worldly and effective rules of the game in an almost flirtatious tone. She is tall, enthusiastic, active, sincere, and has the sassy and unrestrained nature of the northern nomads. She is sophisticated but kind, vain and cool-headed. She seems to be an angel sent by God to save the lonely, quiet and arrogant Susie.
Lola takes care of Susie everywhere, becomes roommate with her, takes Susie for an interview opportunity for "Berry Van", participates in new performances and so on. There is a very beautiful and touching scene in the film. Two girls smile at each other among the pine branches in the snow, and happily pluck a large branch as a Christmas tree. They were dressed up as Christmas trees, and I even thought of the Christmas tree scene from Carol at that moment, hehe. The thick green pine branches with large snow grains are Russian plants, and Susie used to linger in the snow-covered pine forest as a child. They love the dark green and white, which is a unique nostalgia that the two girls can't forget.
At that time, the smoke of gunpowder from World War II, the iron shoe of Germany had reached the north of France, approaching Paris. The opera house's business plummeted. As an ally of Germany, Italy, "For Italy, for the music, the Virgin Mary, please let Germany win." The Italian Dante cried and prayed. And before Dante failed to seduce Susie, he leaked the secret that she was Jewish to the German officer. In this way, Lola, who had already committed herself to Danding, deeply felt his evil and coldness, and she had to make a new plan for herself and Susie.
In the film, there is a beautiful medium shot with symmetrical composition, a room decorated with blue ornate European-style reliefs, and two blue-and-white porcelain table lamps on both sides of the door, one bright and one dark. This wise woman. She knows right and wrong better than Dante, is more slick, judged, and acted boldly than Susie, and is more realistic than Caesar. Among the four characters, Lola is the one who lives the most transparently and clearly. She pretended to understate Susie's desire to go to the United States together, and the accumulation of "no worries about food and clothing" with Danding came in handy at a critical time. She had already prepared two ferry tickets, and used "men get sweetness" I can't believe it." With a sloppy eye, he persuaded Susie to leave France, which was already very dangerous. The righteousness of this man in the dust makes Kate extraordinarily beautiful. For the first time, she cast off her exaggerated anger, stared at Susie seriously and said, "Being in a person is dangerous, and loving a person is also very dangerous, don't you think? In short, don't look back, don't regret it, don't. "Precious friendship and love, how rare. Cate Blanchett played this love-struck dancer, and her acting skills are always so versatile.
Interspersed with the love between Caesar and Susie. In the face of looming war, separation is necessary in order to survive. This is the love story of the film. This handsome, charming and silent groom, riding a tame and elegant white horse, brought Susie back into the joy of the gypsy family while chasing the Eiffel Tower in the bright night light. Susie sang beautifully: "When I return to my homeland, I hope my mistakes will not be in your arms and cause worry. Miss me, but forget my destiny." Attraction and harmony in blood, and war Let everything come to an abrupt end, ashes. On the eve of parting, Caesar's tears were filled with love and guilt for letting go, helplessness over the fate of the scattered gypsies, and a silent indictment of the war.
Back to Laura. On the boat to the United States, Lola, who was in charge of the fireworks, picked up another old man: Zu, who is said to be able to take her and Susie to Hollywood for development. This survivable woman. She felt a little inferior and self-deprecating as if sighing, Zu was a little older, "Susie, we have each other, we will be happy, we can forget those little differences, right?" She comforted and encouraged Susie , With such a girlfriend, what more can a husband ask for.
She forced herself to face Susie with a smile, but curled up and covered her face in the unmanned swimming pool. Water ballet is her love, and she also looked forward to her and the girls' beautiful performance like "The Lotus Out of the Water". At that time, her face was full of ideal glory. At this moment, she was finally exhausted and returned to her unreserved self, letting go of the sorrow in her life. The German bomb falls and Lola dies in the pool. I'm particularly dissatisfied with this ending. I feel so sorry for Laura. This opera singing "Szomorú vasárnap" (Gloomy Sunday) is like an elegy for Lola's funeral. Beautiful and hurt.
This is also the special feature of the film, the grand, high-pitched, mournful Italian opera throughout, I like the aria "Je crois entendre encore" in Bizet's opera "Les pêcheurs de perles" (The Pearl Divers) ), which is quite suitable for the temperament of the film. There's also a lively gypsy music, which complements the plot delays, the characters' situations and moods, and adds a lot to the film.
The film's face-to-face description of the war is not much, but mostly the firelight and the noise of horses' hooves in the dark scene. The invaders are staggered to enjoy the gorgeous opera, while the looted villages are in a mess. Innocent Jews were taken away for no reason. There are many people who cry silently, enduring sadness, leaving their hometowns, forced separation of love and love, and the smiles of the past separated by life and death. War has brought so much suffering, life has been deprived, beauty has been torn apart, and civilization has been trampled on. Such a tragic human history is vividly remembered. But will the war end?
"It made me sleepless all night, countless dark shadows entangled around me. The little white flowers, no longer rekindled. The star-colored carriage, full of sorrow. I don't know where to send you, but none of the immortals ever thought of letting you Returning to the world. I want to be happy with you, but I am afraid of angering the immortals, and I am depressed on Sunday. Dream, I am dreaming, I wake up and find you, sleeping soundly in the depths of my heart. Dear, I hope my dream Will not shake you, my heart speaks to you, how much I have longed for you." - "Depressed Sunday"
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