The film begins with a bleak, desolate, epic theme that takes us to the adventures and hardships that the heroine Karen experienced in Africa when she was young. The opening music is slow and lyrical, the sobbing melody, the grand momentum and the desolate tone, filled with a touch of sadness and helplessness, as if it was telling me about Karen's life in Africa in a low voice: wandering, difficult , but every day is full of wonderful. The sound of a lion's roar faintly appears in the music. This special musical element makes the film full of African characteristics.
"I have a farm in Africa, and I used to have a farm at the foot of Mount Nigang." Karen seemed to be telling us, as if she was sighing softly. In the endless wilderness of Africa, a train takes Karen to her unknown life in Africa. At this time, the melody is slightly higher than before, and the obvious main melody "I have a plantation in Africa" can be heard from the flute. The undulating harmony deduces a tactful and full of sadness, and at the same time seems to imply Indomitable courage and determination. I think this may be the portrayal of Karen's character: when she was young, she was shallow and vain, and came to a distant and unfamiliar Africa for the title of a baroness. But she was bold, full of courage, and life on the African land transformed her from a European noblewoman to an independent, strong, and courageous coffee planter.
When I first arrived in Africa, everything was so new and unfamiliar, but life was also difficult. Love doesn't exist between Karen and her new husband, Brixon. When Karen went out, she met Dennis, an Englishman who loved hunting, by chance due to encountering a lion. On a lonely and quiet African savannah night, when they had a candlelit dinner together, Dennis suggested telling a story, and Karen used her unique imagination to tell Dennis and his friends a touching story vividly. At this time, Karen's voice slowly faded out in the movie, the main melody sounded slowly, the gentle rhythm, the classical and elegant melody set off a warm and romantic atmosphere and homesickness, time gradually flowed through the fingers, at this moment , The feeling of each other's heartbeat has spread from each other's eyes to the heart.
Not long after Karen went to Africa, war broke out, her husband left her for the front, Karen was plunged into a life of loneliness, and as she put it, "Men go out to the test and hone their courage, while women go out to the front. The test to be accepted is to hone patience." With the low and sad melody, the baron's horse disappeared in the distance, which means that Karen must live independently in this strange land. Karen is a very courageous woman. When she heard that her husband needed supplies in the war, she resolutely led the servants and embarked on the journey by herself. The magnificent grasslands of Africa, the rolling mountain peaks, and the clear blue sky are like a huge picture scroll unfolding in front of my eyes one after another, matching with the movie screen. On the deserted Cangyuan, he wandered in a low voice. There are also folk songs full of African primitive tribal style and rhythmic drum beats, which echo the African scenery of Mei Lun and Meihuan on the movie screen, forming a good complement to each other. This soulful, epic-like theme music runs through the entire film. The theme is prominent and varied, the tune is coherent and gives people a broad imagination. Every time the theme appears, it seems to place me in the vast and magnificent Africa. Among the grassland scenery, I share joy and sorrow with Karen, and savor the love as broad as the grasslands brought by the African land, as well as the touches and shocks of the heart.
Karen's extraordinary courage and tenacity are on display on this trip, especially when she knows she is in danger of getting lost and still doesn't give up. When her campsite is attacked by lions at night, she still doesn't give up. Back off. However, she did not get the promise of her husband and her return home. The only thing she got was the disease and lifelong infertility pain brought by her romantic husband. She had to go back to Europe for medical treatment. In Karen's memory many years later, those days were depressing. Although she lived in the place where she was born, what she was thinking about was Africa, which is thousands of miles away. Along with Karen's memory, the movie shows the daily life on the African farm after Karen's departure. The depiction is trivial but makes people feel warm. At this time, a female voice's harmony sounded, tactfully and sadly. The quiet melody seems to be telling a kind of melancholy loneliness and loneliness and disappointment deep inside, full of Karen's endless longing for Africa.
It is worth noting that Karen and Dennis's relationship has been intermittent, as if by fate, they can always meet on different occasions. An impressive picture is Dennis who decides to go to Mara, and Karen sees him off. In the vast expanse of the continental wilderness, their car is like a small beetle, on an endless green carpet. Crawling on, the world is so vast, and anyone seems so small. Looking at the lush trees and wild animals that dot the grasslands, I seem to have personally come to the charming natural scenery of Africa. In that magnificent harmony, I saw the vast grassland as vast as the sea, the sky and green hills under the sea of clouds, and the dense and dense rainy season clear sky. At this moment, the theme music of the film sounded slowly again. The epic-like melody seemed to describe the mystery and magnificence of the African land to me, and confided to me what Karen and Dennis felt in this magical land. Ups and downs.
When night fell slowly, the setting sun in the distance dyed the sky red, and then the last afterglow was engulfed by the darkness of the night, Karen and Dennis sat opposite each other around the bonfire on the grassland. The night here is quiet, without the prosperity brought by the neon lights made by humans, only the stars in the sky, and only the chirping of crickets on the African grasslands is heard. On such a night, they had a short talk. This was a conversation they tried to get into each other's hearts. Although there was no result, they took a step closer to each other. After the day passed, it was night again. After the thrilling encounter with the lion during the day, Karen and Dennis trusted each other more. Dennis was deeply moved by Karen's courage, and Karen felt that Dennis was A man she can rely on. The long night has come again. Dennis played Mozart's melodious dance music on a gramophone by the bonfire. The rhythm is soothing and the tune is quiet and beautiful. The night in the grassland is very warm and romantic, without any language, in this beautiful music. , they embraced and danced, time seemed to freeze at this moment, and in their deep gaze at each other, the flower of love quietly opened like this.
Karen returned to the farm again. Although she had Dennis's love, in this happy time, there was a faint trace of unease. They don't talk about the poor harvest on the farm, Dennis's job, they live a life of isolation. At this time, the main melody sounded again in the movie, which was gentle and soft, but filled with sadness, as if to indicate that this kind of life would not last long. The scene in the film where Dennis takes Karen on a helicopter tour of the blue sky is something I will never forget. With the roar of the plane, Karen received an unforgettable gift - overlooking the African land from the helicopter. The plane passed through dense forests and canyons, silver-belted rivers and grasslands where wild beasts ran, soaring in the depths of the blue sky. They passed over the wings of groups of white seabirds. At this time, the main melody gradually appeared. The pure, magnificent and melancholy music made my mind seem to open up all of a sudden, and my mind seemed to fly to the distant land of Africa, feeling here The magnificent scenery, the peaceful rural life, and the long-lasting love... No matter whether it is exciting or peaceful, there are blue sky and white clouds far away from the hustle and bustle, which is an excellent journey to vent the soul. The beautiful and magnificent theme music haunts my heart, expressing my love for this original land. The melody is sometimes high, sometimes tactful, magnificent and profound. Karen reached out to Dennis in the sky, and at this moment, in the vast nature, they felt the moving and joy of Xin and Yi.
However, the good times did not last long, and Karen's husband had another new love and divorced her. However, Dennis does not plan to marry her, because Dennis is a person who likes loneliness and is unrestrained, and he does not want to use marriage to tie his life. For this, Karen was deeply disappointed. Unfortunately, misfortunes do not come singly. A fire burned all her property and she lost all the fruits of her efforts. Karen had to leave Kenya.
"In Africa, I once had a farm." Karen recalled again in an old voice. The desolate chorus of the female voice suddenly came to an abrupt end, and a trace of reverberation reverberated in the valley, which seemed to be no longer audible immediately. The deep sadness that filled my heart was suddenly interrupted, and then, an ominous premonition pulled my heart tightly. The news of "Dennis died in a plane crash" seemed like a thunderstorm in mid-air, and I could feel the pain behind Karen's calm exterior. She didn't cry from beginning to end, but when Dennis was buried on the hillside where they used to have a picnic, she turned her back to everyone, picked up a handful of loess from the hill, sprinkled it on her head, and then staggered away. With Dennis' death, Karen lost everything he had, and she never returned to Africa in her life.
Aside from the main theme of "I Have a Plantation in Africa," the composer's clever use of Mozart's concerto runs throughout the film. The music played by the clarinet is simple and melodious, and every time it appears, it has a positive effect on the plot. When they were hunting, the music quietly flowing on the record player filled the gap, and the distance between the two seemed to be closer; when they were camping on the grassland, a Mozart dance song was full of romantic feelings, setting off their mutual bond. Emotion; when Karen listened to the music on the record player alone, she was looking forward to the arrival of Dennis, and the familiar melody seemed to tell her inner desire and loneliness.... In addition to the music, what struck me deeply about this film was the deep friendship Karen forged with the indigenous people in Africa. Although Karen didn't talk much with them, the short and simple language contained deep friendship. Karen did not treat Africans as arrogantly as the colonists, on the contrary, she treated them, ran schools, and fought for their rights. Her efforts have won the trust of the local people. What moved me the most was the conversation between Karen, the housekeeper, and her before her departure: "Where are you going? I have to build a big fire, so that I can see you."
Karen has left Africa forever, far away from the hills and grasslands that used to be, in the morning and evening, the eternal love, the place that I will remember all my life. However, her singing will always be left on the African land, and her color will always be left on the African land. Dennis slept forever on the hill that they had shared memories of. On his grave, there was a lush green grass, and lions were often seen entrenched by Dennis' tomb. They stayed for a long time, as if talking to the man sleeping in the tomb of everything that happened in Africa. At the end of the film, the quiet, melodious and profound theme music played again. This familiar music intertwined the deepest love and the most painful sadness. In the gentle melody, it added a lingering precipitation and meaningfulness. . I think Karen can walk out of this vast and magnificent Africa, but she will never get out of the memory of love and life intertwined.
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