The film is based on a real case that was a sensation in the United States in the early 1990s. From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, Irene Vonos killed a total of six men (including a policeman). She was sensationally called "the first female serial killer in America" by the media, and the trial of the entire case lasted for ten years. Irene Vonos confessed to her crime of murder, but she has always argued that she was only for self-defense, to resist the violence encountered in the provision of sexual services to kill. On October 9, 2002, Irene Vonos was executed in Florida. In this film director Patty Jenkins focuses on character creation and storytelling, and uses the desperate and depressive relationship between her and her gay lover Hilby Wall as the main line of the film. Watch the whole film After the end, it makes people feel a kind of unforgettable depression and cruelty. This feeling is not only because the protagonist is in the cold society in it, but also because of the more cruel and cold people's hearts than the society.
Irene Vonos had a miserable and cold childhood. Apart from beatings, abuse and abuse, her family had nothing to give her. She once fantasized about becoming a shining star or getting true love, but Prince Charming has been reluctant to save her. In order to earn a living, Irene had to start betraying her body since she was 13 years old. Later, she left Michigan and came to Florida to become a prostitute who specializes in providing sexual services to truck drivers who run long distances on the highway. Time just passed between commercial streets, gas stations, and low-class bars. I lived as if I was only waiting for an end, desperate and helpless, until Irene met the young Hilby Wall. It was a stormy night, Ai Lin had only the last five dollars left. She wanted to have the last drink and committed suicide. However, in that run-down lesbian bar, she and Hilby met for the first time. Hilby is a rebellious girl who has no hope for the future. Her parents are devout believers, and because they hate her lesbian sexuality, they rushed her to Florida and let her live with an old aunt. Irene had never been interested in women, but after talking to Hilby for the first time, she decided to spend the night with her. Hilby’s warmth and caring are new and unfamiliar things that Irene has never had in her life, so Irene and Hilby soon became a pair of glued lovers, Hilby moved out of her aunt’s house, and Irene lives in the motel together. Irene decided not to engage in skin and flesh business but to find a legal and dignified career, but her unrealistic fantasies about society and lack of work skills caused her to be constantly humiliated and hurt during job interviews. In order to maintain the lives of the two, Irene had to return to her old career by the highway again.
Once, Irene met a sadistic clientele and he abused her. In self-defense, Irene shot the man to death, buried his body and took away his money and car. The nightmarish turning point of fate finally appeared... The young and ignorant Hillby kept asking Irene more Many things, and a certain bond in Irene’s heart seemed to be snapped at that moment. She began to kill more and more frequently, from young boys to gentle household men to civilian policemen, brutal and cruel. Regardless of the reason, he was finally caught by the police. The most unacceptable thing is that it was her love, Hilby, who identified Irene in the court. I believe Irene must be filled with despair at that moment.
In fact, the tragedy of Irene began after she was sexually assaulted at the age of 13. From then on, her destiny inevitably moved to the abyss, and could only sink deeper and deeper. The cruel society did not really treat her fairly at the beginning. Maybe after watching inspirational movies like "Forrest Gump", we are always deceiving ourselves. Maybe everyone will be stupid like Forrest Gump. There is a silly blessing, but that is only a fairy tale woven by Lao Mei after all. Such a fairy tale is vulnerable to reality. Irene also dreamed of being a princess, but the dream was crushed by reality. Sometimes destiny is arbitrarily playing jokes one after another in our lives. Sometimes what is painful is not that the dream cannot be realized, but that it is severely smashed by the reality when the dream has just begun. Since there will be no results, why give people hope? But Irene, who was originally very miserable, let fate play a trick. Just when she was desperate, the appearance of Hilby ignited a ray of light in Irene's life. They had a happy and happy time, and for the sake of Hilby's ever-expanding desire, Irene also slowly embarked on the road of no return. And after all the sails, when I stood in court for trial, I didn't expect that the accusation of myself was actually the person I sacrificed for, and the person I loved. This is a joke that fate made to Irene. The society is cruel, but there is no human heart more cruel. Being betrayed by someone you love is enough to hurt you so much that you can't yourself. The world at this time is already desperate. Looking at Irene’s back, when I couldn’t help yelling at Hilby’s true bitch, I also felt a sense of powerlessness towards fate. I think the film is just trying to calmly record what happened to Vonos in the last few months. In her free time, she is a monster, or just a victim of this cruel and dirty world.
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