"My life seems to be full of fear." Gilda, a noble lady, knew her life came to an abrupt end at the age of 34 when she was a teenager. Beautiful, she started out as a complete libertarian, taking her own ideals in stride.
One rainy night in 1933, a first-year student at Cambridge University, Guy, suddenly broke into Gilda (Charlize Theron), a beautiful and moving woman, and Guy kindly took her in. After spending the night, the two quickly fell in love.
When Guy took his girlfriend to watch a movie and saw his long-awaited old lover Gilda on the silver screen, his sincerity and fear, his confusion and love, revealed that his heart had already been given to the deviant Gilda. A few years later, Gilda becomes a fashion photographer and invites Guy to her Paris mansion to meet up with her model and close friend Mia (Penélope Cruz). with happy hour.
This time, at the reunion in the romantic capital, Gilda, who is already a pioneer photographer, has another absurd and real same-sex lover - the original and wild Mia...... The three live together The happy life of the wild and the skeleton, the dissolute and sincere love between men and women, the frivolous and eagerly pure wonder. Until one day, Hitler's voice came on the radio, and the demonic voice of war mad ripped apart the peaceful sky, arousing the patriotic mission of Mia and Guy who loved Gilda. They resolutely left the happy life of Parisian drunken fans and threw themselves into the dire straits of the Anti-Japanese War. When the Spanish Civil War broke out, Mia from Spain was determined to contribute her own strength to the motherland, and Guy, who had always been concerned about the society, also asked to fight to support the front line. The two chose to leave their beloved Gilda to participate in the anti-fascist struggle. Mia, who was reduced to a stripper in peacetime, became a field nurse in the civil war. The environment made her stronger and made her sacrifice here.
The pure and warm-blooded Guy has experienced disappointment again and again, and is right for the country, the people, and the people, but he still insists on fighting and contributes his own strength. But whether it was Mia or Guy, in the days when they and Gilda were separated, there was not a day when they missed and loved Gilda so much that they would be jealous of each other.
Following the defeat of Spain, Guy returned to England to continue his work as a teacher. With the beginning of World War II, Guy returned to Paris as an intelligence officer. A glimpse of the streets of Paris made him miss and approach Gilda uncontrollably, but at this time she was already a high-level courtesan among German officers. They met again, the strong and free hearts met, and they understood each other, how lucky she was, but she didn't tell him that she was also an intelligence agent. She saved him, he didn't have time to save her in the end, she was executed by the French as a "Nazi bitch", such a vigorous, bohemian and charming youth, such a beautiful, sturdy and free life came to an abrupt end. Guy looked for traces of the Soei in the mess after the war, and read Gilda's ravings:
"Dear Guy, I've been trying to figure out my past, and my present.
I always thought that people lived to make themselves happy, but now I know that it is a sin.
Time does not wait for me, it is fleeting. I was apprehensive and my days were numbered.
Looking back, the only thing I have gained is the friendship of the three of us, you and me, and Mia. I now find that I have lost two of the most important people in my life.
One cannot live alone. If you don't fight, you can only surrender.
You've said in the past that I used to care about you, you're right, but not entirely, I've always cared about you. I love you. "
Sitting in Gilda's chair, he couldn't help crying. Love in times of war is truly heartbreaking.
She was originally a glamorous, bold and passionate sexy girl. She likes to have fun and pursues instant entertainment. Walking on the street attracts the attention of everyone around her. She is living like the last day of her life, with a speed that is unmatched by the people around her, and also has the ability to make the audience question whether she is really as satisfied as she seems.
Due to her prominent background and bold temperament, she has always been the one who dominates all kinds of relationships, but in fact, as a girl, she is also vulnerable and panicked. She has a chaotic family and lacks love. Even with a noble background, as a A woman living in that era still had to depend on men and live among men. She was also afraid of being alone and was quite confused about the future.
It's just that her pride overshadowed all this, and even she herself was deceived, thinking that as long as she thought about it, she would be able to grasp her own destiny, keep the people around her, and live such a seemingly very happy life to the end—— Until the departure of Mia and Guy, the sad Gilda realized that a person living in this world only sees himself, only fulfills himself, is confined to his own small world is not enough, he can never get true spiritual satisfaction , the emptiness of its heart can never be healed.
So, still in Paris, where there are countless fond memories, this eldest lady, who is used to being accompanied by others, began to use her social status, social resources, her photography skills, multilingual ability, and even herself. With his acting skills, he became a spy beside a number of German officers.
As the protagonist of the film, Gilda connects the "little person line" with the "big environment line", and in the process completes the sublimation of his life, from "seeing himself" to "seeing the world, seeing all beings" - also completing the main theme of the film. Sublimation, can Miss Swing be transformed into a righteous warrior? Yes, the change before and after shows the power of the protagonist's character. The greater the change before and after, the greater the power of the protagonist's character, but the director obviously has a stronger foreshadowing. -Why are you doing this? Or for your curation, for the enjoyment of life? Or are you really in love with that German? - You shouldn't be here, you should go. For a variety of reasons, such as what Gilda, who is a spy, chooses to say and do is no longer a person's business, such as pride, such as Gilda, who has always been reluctant to explain, the audience understands it earlier than Guy, but the big Most people are still outside the truth. The closer the time is to 1945, the closer the anti-fascist war is to victory, the more dangerous the heroine is , as long as you take a wrong step, or you are too late, you will die almost instantly. To be a spy is to walk on the tip of a knife.
And at that time, she happened to be 34 years old - you will suddenly think at the beginning of the film, the secret words that the old and mysterious witch said to Gilda, who was young and beautiful in cardamom, "I see that you are only 34 years old" - know everything now,
Why does Gilda always do anything so quickly and so quickly and refuse to stop;
Why does she care so much about her birthday, no matter if her father, Guy, officers... people who love her but don't love her ask, she turns a deaf ear;
Why she loves Guy so much, but is afraid of this love, and is reluctant to talk to him about the ordinary happiness of marriage and children;
Why does her photographic work always reveal a flustered heart; why does she always seem like she is not enough, wanting to fill every day...
If you knew early on that you were only 34 years old in your life, how would you deal with it? Is it to be just as quick as the original Gilda and to forcefully fill each day, or...
I like Gilda, not only because of her fragility and pride, but also because of her bravery. Even though she knew that her life was only 34 years, she still held the compass in her own hands. She was disappointed with her fate. , but still determined not to bow to it, and with gratitude.
In the last letter she wrote to Guy, she said, "I don't have time, it's fleeting, my life seems to be full of fear... But thank God for letting me have such a fulfilling life, I love you" - but she should thank herself most. The final cross-narrative of the film, the war is over, and the day of judgment is approaching. On the one hand, the Parisians who do not know the "truth" brutally shoot and kill the Nazi German officers, all their anger is vented on Gilda, and they do nothing in the face of oppression. , at this moment, under the guise of justice, Gilda, who is also a weak woman who is also a weak woman, is arrogant and unwilling to explain, but she knows from the bottom of her heart that no one will listen to her and believe her words.
On the other side, Guy, who knows the truth and loves her as life, is running through the flames of war and resistance, running with all his strength to his Gilda, the only love in his heart for many years.
Not only do I like this kind of contradiction, but the same person has different values in the hearts of two people, the meaning of existence contrasts, etc., I also like this moment.
The threat is approaching second by second, Guy keeps running and running, this technique has been used many times in many movies, and every time I am hopelessly fascinated, I hope the story of the world stays at this moment - for the story For the protagonist in the story, the ending will always be Schrödinger's cat, but it seems that if you keep running like this, keep running, keep running, you can turn the faint hope in the jungle of despair into fifty percent hope.
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