Look at this title, is it beautiful?
beautiful.
However, its "root", its essence, is just a bunch of letters.
When I first started watching it, it seemed like I was watching a mixed-cut version of "Welcome to Rome, we have an old disco right across from the Colosseum". It seems that the wonderful, perfect, day and night of Rome are all piled up in front of you. In fact, this is also the intention of the director. Without contrast, how can there be reflection?
Then came the diamond king and the fifth bachelor who had become the so-called high society boss, who no longer wanted this kind of life.
So he set out to find true beauty. (In fact, he was also looking for perfect beauty before, but the three views were different. The superficial beauty of the previous things, such as beautiful scenery, beautiful women, fine wine, and even a few suits on him, were beautiful). So what is it? How to find it? He began to travel through the city of Rome, to visit his various friends. In the end, some plausible answers were found.
The death of a literary spirit man
The moment he held the coffin, he could no longer hold back his tears. Because among this group of people, this little boy is actually sober and truly beautiful.
He was mourning the passing of the good.
Romana
To be honest, this 42-year-old stripper symbolizes the beauty of human desire. The ultimate beauty of the body. Underneath this beautiful shell, however, are rapidly decaying organs. Romana needs to dance every day to exchange money, buy medicine with money, and take medicine to prolong her life.
Isn't this the female version of the male protagonist?
It's just that the "medicine" of the male protagonist is the only hope left for mankind, the hope of finding "absolute beauty".
nun's words
"Do you know why I eat vegetable roots every day?"
"Because, roots are important"
This is what wakes up the male protagonist, and it is also the finishing touch of the whole movie. root, what is it? It is the source of everyone, it is nostalgia, and it is the foundation of abandoning the glamorous appearance. In fact, it is not difficult to understand.
What is the meaning of human existence?
What is the most fundamental thing about being alive?
This is the root. And the male protagonist's previous life did not revolve around this root, he was lost in the leaves for a long time.
Finally, he woke up.
The ultimate destination of man is death.
But, in the beginning everything was alive.
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