Everyone said that the name is not good, but I have higher expectations because of this. So I watched it very patiently.
The plot unfolded slowly in my patient watch.
The film was adapted from Somerset Maugham's novel "The Gorgeous Veil". The script is very good. Listening to the story in front of the warm fireplace, the big house, the flowing music, the nostalgic atmosphere.
The whole film has a sense of history, the characters' performance skills are in place, and there is no strong political color or position, and it is very good for the characters of that era. Pertinent, very real. This kind of attitude and technique is very rare. Many directors cannot or are unwilling to do this, so they often sting the sensitive nerves of the Chinese people intentionally or unintentionally through a certain segment or even a certain detail. , which is disgusting. This film handles one point very well, director John Callan seems to know that some history is too heavy for our country to bear.
When I first watched it, I didn't really like Walter Finn, who appeared as the male lead. His seriousness and eccentricity, his taciturnity, made me feel like a very boring person. The only thing that moved me was what he said to his wife Kitty: "I will try my best to make you feel happy", a man, although he is not good at words and does not understand sentiment, he can see his lover's happiness very well. It's important, he's still cute anyway.
The married life of the two is becoming more and more dull, Dr. Fein seems to care less and less about his wife's feelings, and the communication between husband and wife is becoming more and more problematic. When the story develops to lonely Kitty and married man Charlie Townsend. When I had an extramarital affair, as a bystander, I didn't seem to sympathize with Walter Finn. As Kitty said, "I can't love you, and you are also responsible." Love requires two people to work together. Whether before or after marriage, if a man doesn't even look at his wife after taking his wife home, then their marriage is bound to go wrong, and it's no wonder that his wife doesn't stick to it.
Fein is embarrassed when he finds out about his wife's affair. In revenge, and for his job, he travels to remote cholera-ravaged towns and forces Kitty to go with him.
The story develops slowly in the running-in of the two people, from being blocked everywhere to being slowly clarified, and has gone through a tortuous process. In terms of work, Fein gradually brought the local epidemic under control, and inspired by Kitty's windmill, he helped the townspeople relocate the water source. Kitty started volunteering at a convent and hospital headed by a French nun, and gradually found the courage and meaning in life. Emotionally, the two can finally open up to each other and have a little happiness after the long Cold War. She looked at his heartache when she was overworked with the oil lamp; his fortitude and bravery when she rushed to save him when she was besieged; he watched her teach the children to sing, the comfort when she saw her happiness, and so on, The tender fragments seem to let us see the appearance of love. Still, trials and bliss remain, and they are no exception. Kitty vomited and fainted when she was teaching children to dance at the convent. It turned out that she was pregnant. I thought it was a happy ending to the story. I didn't expect that when Fein asked him if he was the father of the child, Kitty was not sure. , the consequences of extramarital affairs. It seems that the sun is really accompanied by the haze, I sighed softly. At this time, Fein showed the great and tolerant side of a man, and told his wife that this was no longer important. Absolutely true expression, without concealment and self-deception. Seeing this, my initial prejudice against this man finally slowly faded away. I remembered a sentence in a movie that Dorgon said to the woman he loved deeply - Xiaozhuang, who married the XX emperor and just gave birth to a prince: "This is your child, how can I not like it? "It's a very touching sentence, but I don't know if there is such a touching love in real life?
One of the triggers for my change in Fein's attitude, a detail, was the kiss he gave to his sleeping wife before she left for a plague-ridden land, without her knowing it. I believe it is an expression of love that comes from the heart. Seeing this, people can't help but smile. Very touching scene.
Just as their love is beginning to fade away, Walter catches cholera. Kitty sent her away and went back to her hometown. 6 years later, he took his 5-year-old son to buy roses, and met his former lover, Charlie Townsend. The playboy was as hypocritical as ever, but Kitty was no longer the lonely and chaotic little woman she used to be. A polite response, but an unquestioned refusal.
There is no kind of love that can surpass the love of a lover. Because, from the moment he married you, love and responsibility are already inseparable. Although it is not romantic, it is down-to-earth and true. When you need shelter, the lover is the umbrella; when you need to rely on, the lover's shoulder is the solidest wall; when you need to be surrounded, the lover's embrace is the warmest nest.
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