"My King" (2015) by the beautiful French director Mai Wen is really good. The deja vu tells about the way of love and marriage, from anger to incompetence, almost repeating the real situation of most of the marriages falling apart in reality. Not fresh, does not mean not authentic. As a female lawyer, Tony went skiing with a heart plug, and the result is predictable. According to what she told the psychiatrist, she flew up as soon as she slipped, causing the ligaments in her right foot to rupture and she could only use a wheelchair.
It is always dangerous to act in a bad mood. The healing process is long and painful. Through the emptiness of her recovery, the film crosses flashbacks to the swollen process of her relationship with restaurant manager Georgiou, her love affair, and her marital failure.
This is evident from the soundtrack of the film. From the electronic music variation during the love period, to the blank music of the quarrel after marriage, to the gradually depressing string music after the divorce, the gradual evolution is full of the smoke of the fight. The heroine is played by the not-so-glamorous Emmanuel Beckett, but she plays it extremely well. She also won Best Actress at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival for this film.
The male protagonist is played by cool brother Vincent Caso, which should be said to be remarkable. This typical North African face has long been a trump card of French films, which more or less fits the title of "My King". In recent years, he has appeared in several English-language films, and it feels good.
Rather than saying that people are emotional animals, it is better to say that people are the product of emotions. Of course, there are good and bad emotions. Generally speaking, people's emotions are mostly bad. The moodiness of people comes from the impact of reality, and it also shows that it traces the origin of the impact of reality. This is not simply to say that marriage is the grave of love, but it is related to personal temperament. For example, Tony in the film is moody about Georgiou, glaring at each other at every turn, or excessive behavior such as hitting the glass. This is of course related to Georgiou's insistence on taking care of his ex-girlfriend Anise. According to him, Anise cannot be watched by suicide.
In fact, although Annie, who was addicted to drugs, had been in a relationship with him for 5 years, they had broken up for 3 years. After Annis attempted suicide, he spent almost all of his time caring for Annis, but neglected his wife who was already pregnant. Although he expressed his love for Tony as usual, Tony felt that it was completely futile and meaningless for her and for the marriage.
What can I do as a wife? What can she do except hysterical. What's more, the bigger secret is that Georgiou, who is sluggish, shares a bed with a strange woman. After she was furious, he said that he didn't know why this strange woman slept with him, because he, like Annie, had already suffered from drug addiction and alcohol dependence, and was in a trance all day. He wants to be treated. And hope to have a meal with friends and have a good time. But at the party, he was smashed by Tony who was out of control. Think how far this marriage can go. Even though the birth of their baby, the crystallization of their love, brought them a little comfort, the needle-pointing to Maimang continued, and it still did not contribute to the smoothness of the marriage.
When Tony visited Georgiou, she said, I can't stand your capriciousness, and I want a divorce. Did he say you love me? She says love, but I don't like hurt. He said that if we get divorced, my son should be raised by me, and he asked you to be a lawyer. Of course it's a joke. Although he came out of rehab and tried his best to please Tony, but we all believed that they could not go on.
The climax of the film is that when Georgiou confronts her with her divorce again, he drives his car into the car angrily, leaving her horrified. The rain poured down, and the lost Tony roared in the rain. Destined to be irreversible. Even though he went to her law firm to plead for mercy in every possible way until there was a commotion, it didn't help. The foundation of the husband and wife's trust has disappeared, and the only thing left is each other's efforts to hurt each other.
They finally got divorced. Surprisingly, they still maintain a detached lover relationship. He said that I would never smoke again, and I let everything go, but in her opinion it was just for the children, and it was impossible to remarry. As she said you don't change anything, it's all empty talk. At his son's 10th birthday party, he also gave her a famous watch. She said let's stop this pointless game. 10 years of love, marriage and divorce, the ups and downs will eventually come to an end. For them, this kind of fighting is really boring, boring and boring.
When Tony came out of the rehabilitation center after a year of treatment, for the sake of the child, they met again and sat side by side. He didn't even say hello to her, and he didn't even look at her. Instead, she was healed physically and mentally, and she always smiled. , when he left, Tony said "goodbye" to him, he didn't respond. But he caught a glimpse of the watch he had given her a year earlier. Obviously, he was still in a rage that could not be quelled.
During her one year in the rehabilitation center, Tong Ni got along with her peers, learned to be patient, and learned to "give is more blessed than receiving". This not only came from empathy, but also opened up her rigid and shackled nature, and gained a comprehensive and comprehensive attitude. A philosophical solution. She no longer has to take drugs like Valium.
In the relationship between husband and wife, there are many problems. Once no one lets anyone, or even unilaterally wants to change someone, there will be no constructive dialogue and effective communication. Persuasion becomes quarrel, and quarrel leads to the breakdown of marriage. It is about one's emotional intelligence, mind and innate disposition. Undoubtedly, like Georgiou and Tony, both of them are successful in their careers. Abundant material life did not lead Georgiou to a fulfilling and meaningful life, let alone a happy marriage, but led him to emptiness, boredom and illusion.
As a successful lawyer, Tony didn't live a smooth life, but willfully let her thorns grow, thinking that this joyful love would lead to a happy marriage, but she didn't know that the wedding held in the church seemed sacred and solemn, but the truth was true. Life is far from that.
In fact, they both made the mistake of pretending, and didn't really put themselves in each other's shoes. What they think and do is too strong, and only themselves remain in their minds. Immersed in the emotions of oneself, naturally each has his own reasons, and does not give in to each other. For marriage, it is equivalent to digging graves together. As their foil, the love between Tony's younger brother Solar and Bates is comfortable and flat, without much whitewashing.
Tony pushed the stroller to the pharmacy to buy medicine. When she met an old friend, she forgot her baby when she said goodbye, and left by herself. Fortunately, she went out to respond. But Georgiou couldn't abandon his ex-girlfriend Anise. On the surface, she was afraid of her suicide, but in fact, she used "suicide" to tie him so hard that he couldn't escape. But with Georgiou's mind, he couldn't look at it calmly at all, not to mention that Annies was still his old "drug friend".
A pair of men and women who are still entwined with each other's past, come together blindly like this. If you can't let go, how can you move forward with ease. A life full of worries, such as being caught in a cobweb, gets tighter and tighter, and eventually becomes a victim of "marriage". Married life requires patience, understanding, communication, and respect, but the premise is to find the right person at the right time. This also applies to a high-quality marriage.
If you don't find the right person, no matter how good your character, patience and respect are, you will be pulled down over time. Of course, the so-called finding the right person does not mean that they can achieve a perfect fit. At least they can understand each other and express their hearts directly. At least they can understand it when they point to it, and they don’t have to speak ill of each other and beat their chests. Of course, what is even worse is that "respecting each other like ice" is undoubtedly wrapped in an "ice coffin".
Time flies and everything ceases to exist. My king is just whitewashing or going through the motions, but the background is the bottomless black hole dug by the two of them. Tony said coldly to Georgiou, we are strangers to each other, we don't know each other. This is a common despair context after a couple fights.
Think about it, Georgiou and Tony met at the night show, although they knew each other before, but they didn't know each other. After "hi" until dawn, Tony is invited to his mansion for breakfast and quickly falls in love. Surrounded by happiness, Tony said, "Don't fall in love with me so quickly." But this kind of unease, because the torrent of love came so fast and couldn't resist, he hastily entered the church to complete the wedding. As a result, they were all badly injured.
Fortunately, during the rehabilitation, Tony was able to get along with everyone calmly, learned to share with each other, and learned to face everything with a smile. Only when a person is no longer obsessed with his original thoughts and can think about each other everywhere, can such a person enter a new world calmly. Otherwise, he can only add to the block, and he can only sit and watch the sky, and walk in step by step. The dead end of the "mutual loss model".
The film has many branches, seemingly random, but it reflects the emotional nature of the film. At the end of the day, it seems that Georgiou has become a contrast to Tony. It's not an exaggeration to say it's a women's film. In fact, so does the film's narrative, with Toni taking over, and Georgiou in the end being just a wobbly shadow.
2016, March, 30
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