Pure symbols and real individuals

Federico 2022-03-21 09:03:05

Varda said she wanted to represent women who were homeless on the road, so she had Mona. Mona is free, rebellious, and defiant, but also isolated, filthy, and ends up in the gutter at the end of her life. Mona came naked from the blue sea, and we saw how a woman who walked out of nature went back into nature and made her home in the world. We don't know who she is, and as the camera follows us to witness Mona's wanderings, the image of a fringe rebel gradually plumps up in front of us. The departed Mona represents absolute rebellion and freedom, and the purity of the character based on the mysterious appearance and wandering road from the sea at the beginning makes her a symbol. At the same time, Mona's experiences and encounters on the wandering road, her rebellious rationality gradually degenerated into the ecstasy and chaos of survival for survival, all these changes also show us the life of a real and living street girl. "The End of the World" presents the disillusionment of a symbol of idealism and pure freedom, and also records the women who wander on the road.

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  • Darion 2022-04-20 09:02:21

    Varda's films have always been liked, and it doesn't seem like a brilliant idea to call them feminist. She came from the sea, then fell on the dirty land to end her short life. The skin is still fair, but there seems to be a dull pain inside.

  • Nina 2022-04-21 09:03:10

    The end of the world has fallen, wandering around; a hundred kinds of narratives, one kind of life; the process is not exciting, and the ending is a bit sad.

Vagabond quotes

  • la platonologne Mme Landier: Why did you drop out?

    Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi: Champagne on the road's better!

  • les Bergers: She blew in like the wind. No plans, no goals... No wishes, no wants... We suggested things to her. She didn't want to do a thing. Wandering? That's withering. By proving she's useless, she helps a system she rejects. It's not wandering, it's withering.