The film is adapted from Wilde's four-act play "Mrs. Wen's Fan", which humorously satirizes reality and retains a fairy tale romance that is beautiful and precious.
The graceful Mrs. Irene is a "notorious" courtesan. The upper-class ladies in the United States hate her for "seducing" their husbands and constantly embarrassing them. Mrs. Irene chooses to go to the United States to find a new target in Italy. During the trip, a newspaper published the news of the young and rich Lord Windermere and his wife Maggie, and Mrs. Irene began to make plans.
Mrs. Irene and Lord Windermere met and met very smoothly, and the two began to communicate frequently. Gossip quickly swept the entire upper-class social circle. Ladies and noblewomen scoffed at the "morally corrupt" Mrs. Irene, while men admired the beautiful and moving Irene. A group of high-class nobles watched their every move with the mood of watching the fun, but Maggie was the only one who was aware of her husband's scandal.
The innocent and charming Maggie enjoys the happiness of a happy marriage wholeheartedly, but her husband's increasingly strange words and deeds confuse Maggie. Under the provocation of her admirer Lord Darlington, Maggie finally finds evidence and is convinced that her husband has cheated.
Whether to endure her husband's derailment and continue to maintain the surface peace, or accept Darlington's pursuit to escape the failed marriage, Maggie faces an important decision in her life.
The birthday party was turbulent, with the disheartened Maggie, Zhang Huang's bewildered Windermere, the victorious Darlington, and the mysterious and calm Irene.
However, just as the plot was about to break down into a showdown, Wilde suddenly took a sharp turn, turning the story from a life-and-death hell to a warm paradise.
Irene is not seducing Windermere, but using her identity as Maggie's lost mother to blackmail him. In order to protect Maggie from harm, Windermere keeps giving Irene money.
When she realizes that her daughter may repeat the same mistakes and follow the old path of abandoning her family and eloping with her lover when she was young, Erin is determined to sacrifice herself to stop Maggie.
In the end, the misunderstanding was resolved through another kind of white lie. Except for the empty-handed Lord Darlington, everyone reaps great happiness.
Ingeniously designed plot with soothing and soft images, the film brings Wilde's aestheticism to the fullest. The poisonous words that are frequently thrown out are like needles that appear and disappear under the clusters of flowers, and they are thought-provoking while stinging nerves.
"The success of marriage lies in the deception of both parties", "Marriage is based on mutual misunderstanding", "Immortal love is like a ghost in a village, everyone talks about it but no one sees it."
But after all, Wilde himself is a romantic genius who lives and dies for love. These remarks are not against love and marriage, but only to expose a realistic and cruel truth: pure love does not last long, the essence of love is not honesty, but lies in deception and concealment. The magic of love drives men and women to deviate from pure morality and become "sinners" who lie. Those captured by love are willing to be shameful liars in order to protect their loved ones. As long as the other party is happy, he is willing to swallow the bitter fruit of the lie, whether the lie is his own or the other party's.
And marriage, as the palace of love, its happiness lies not in the intimacy of two people, but in mutual fulfillment.
The most beautiful character in the film is Tup, who pursues Irene. When everyone regards Irene as a bad woman who is greedy for wealth and unscrupulous, Tup still loves Irene wholeheartedly and gives Irene the best respect and love. : "Every saint has a dark past, and every sinner has a bright future." "If a man accepts his own past, he should also accept his wife's past." Save others by yourself, be wise and considerate.
In an environment where everyone speaks loudly and fearlessly, the distinction between a good woman and a bad woman is blurred, and there is only a thin line between a lady and a slut. Aristocrats from a high-class background will be full of gossip and gossip behind their backs, courtesans who stray between men will be pure and kind, and a simple and gentle lady may also cheat.
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