The memory of "Lovers in the New Bridge" comes from the middle school classroom screening many years ago. I was curious how the teacher would show this to the ignorant us at that time, but I only left a dim, crazy and vague impression of love. This time watching the movie is like re-acquainted with it, the shaking, disorganized shots, crazy love, this is not a romantic story, but a kind of deep depression and despair. The rich girl and the homeless meet in Xinqiao. The homeless chooses such a way of life. No matter how many times he leaves, he will return to the bridge. This is his whole world. The heroine, who is brokenhearted and suffers from eye disease, is unhappy, but she has always yearned for a better life. The two completely different people are attracted and approached each other, but they cannot be integrated, and they have to hurt each other. This is a morbid love relationship. The homeless person is afraid of losing the heroine and prevents her from finding her original social relationship. This is a kind of selfish and terrible possessiveness. Those hysterical vents and self-mutilation are scary. The heroine has been reluctant to let go of the past, refused to tell her story, and finally left, she has been doubting whether she is in love. The most beautiful scene is that under the fireworks in the night sky, two people are running and dancing on the bridge, holding wine bottles to celebrate, and driving a speedboat to water ski in the Seine. How wild and free this is, it is really beautiful and heartbreaking. I also love that they are running on the beach by the sea, calling each other's names constantly, like two free children, returning to nature. However, they still have to return to that bridge, that city, that world. She said: "Seven bullets for you, seven bullets for me, and one for the future." Later, she left, and the last one was used by the male protagonist to self-mutilate, to be buried with the hopeless love. I thought that their relationship was like this, and it ended in tragedy. Unexpectedly, the director gave Yuan back again. The two new students reunited in Xinqiao and regained the beauty of the past. Later, they reached a reconciliation at the juncture of life and death in the water. The two showed the same smile and decided to go down together.
This seemingly beautiful and bright ending is somewhat unreal. The deep and desperate love in the first half has magically achieved a happy ending. The madness and hysteria in the male lead's love have not disappeared, and the female lead's hesitation may have been briefly suppressed, but are they really suitable? Maybe love does exist, but the cruel side of human nature cannot be ignored. Maybe their crazy love is only suitable for existence in utopia. Juliette Binoche was so immortal when she was young, she acted very well, and France was full of beauties. Finally, let's talk about the widely spread line in the movie: "The person who appears in the dream should go to see him when he wakes up." I like this sentence very much. In Paris at night, the fireworks on the Seine are really beautiful.
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