【Supplementary Recollections and Memories】《Live Color and Fragrance (1997)》

Marquise 2022-03-22 09:02:51

1970, Christmas Eve. The prostitute Isabelle is about to give birth. In a desperate situation, the prostitute sacrifices her life to stop the car. As a result, she gives birth to a son in the car, named Victor.

●This film is a film based on the life of people at the bottom of the society, with love, sex, and social love as the storyline, revealing and reflecting Spain in that specific historical period, that is, the Franco dictatorship is about to end, Spain is going A film about the living conditions of the Spanish people and the whole society in the transition period of peaceful democracy.

20 years later, Victor fell in love with the blond beauty Elena because of an accidental date, but was let go of the pigeon on a date. An angry Victor came to visit and was shot at by the drug addict Elena. Police officers Sancho and David happened to pass by when the two were at a standoff.

Sancho suffers from severe straight male cancer, and drinking and beating his wife is his daily pleasure. The wife was forced to go out and found David for an extramarital affair. Sancho, who had been greened, knew it for a long time, and this time he couldn't help but take the opportunity to get angry.

During the melee of the four, Sancho deliberately pressed Victor's finger and pulled the trigger, shooting at David, paralyzing his lower body. David was also a blessing in disguise, because of his heroic performance and fearless spirit, he was favored by Elena, and Victor was imprisoned for this.

Six years later, Victor, who had finished his prison term, saw on TV the disabled athlete David, who represented Spain in the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona and won a basketball gold medal.

After Victor was released from prison, he began a "revenge plan": Sancho's ex-wife was the first to start. This woman is a half-old milf, experienced and battle-hardened, commonly known as an old driver. Victor showed off his flesh without hesitation, showing off his well-developed eight-pack abs and unicorn arms everywhere. The old driver next to him expressed such words with expressions: Don't fix these useless! Let the old lady try your real kung fu first. The shy Victor was dragged to bed by the half-old milf, and 10,000 words are omitted here. In fact, it is less than ten seconds in the movie, because the technology is not in place. This master of room surgery gave a very pertinent evaluation directly:

The shy Victor was dragged to bed by the half-old milf, and 10,000 words are omitted here. In fact, it is less than ten seconds in the movie, because the technology is not in place. This master of room surgery gave a very pertinent evaluation directly: Negative evaluation! Seriously bad review, boss, return it! Victor was stunned. He felt that he was hardworking and diligent. Tintin was also a five-star size. How could he not feel it? The old driver patiently said that the old cow ploughs the fields, but also needs to talk about skills. Reckless, can not get a woman's heart.

Boy, how to become a man who makes women really happy. Not just from the pleasure of the body, to the sublimation of the soul. Love is a physical activity, but also a mental activity. In this process, you not only need the power of bullshit, but also need to use wisdom to please each other.

Being a man is hard, being a man is even harder, being a charming man is even harder! But it's all worth it. After several training, the once naive boy has transformed into a sexy mature man today. The self-confidence that is omnipotent in bed has turned into a hormonal explosion of masculine charm. And he also ushered in the best time for revenge, and the target of revenge is living in dire straits. ★Elena and David lead a dull, monotonous, crippled life. Being half paralyzed, the usual care would take Elena a lot of time.

Therefore, in the bathtub scene, the two of them were originally sexual, and at first glance they knew that it was the old trick of the old couple. But Elena suddenly mentioned the sexy man she met during the day, and the passion dissipated instantly.

And at this time, the crippled David, isn't he just like Sancho who wore a cuckold before? Sancho does not know how to please his wife's mental disability, and David cannot satisfy a woman's physical disability. They may love their women in their hearts, but they don't know how to satisfy women. For Almodóvar's films: body and soul, both are inseparable. Love is a fusion of the unity of the soul and the flesh and the fusion of the desires of the soul.

Back to the plot, Elena saw Victor in the kindergarten where she worked. Victor, who was transformed after training, started his own plan and approached Elena.

This time it's incredible. On one side is a young woman with a lack of desire all the year round. On the other side is a perfect mature man who is passionate, full of hormones, knows women's hearts well, and knows women like the back of their hands.

Elena took the bait. In order to make Victor give up revenge, she chose to dedicate her body, and she will never be involved in the future (WTF!) This brain hole, I can only say, this is very Almodovar.

The two had a cloud and rain, extremely beautiful, and we also saw the director's superb skills. After returning home the next day, Elena was still ecstatically kissing her own skin, feeling the residual warmth of last night.

Victor, not only conquered Elena's body, but also entered her heart.

This also proves a truth: the shortcut to a woman's heart is perfect sex. If one is physically disabled and one mentally disabled like David and Sancho, will Victor have such a counterattack? And the revenge plan he threatened at that time vanished. If the enemy slept and ran away after pretending to be forced, Victor had long since left behind him. Victor learned not only how to make love, but also how to love from an adult mature woman. Because the lust of the flesh is the true love. As the great Spanish writer Cervantes said: Lust only seeks pleasure, after joy, when the desire subsides, the so-called love is over. This is a natural dividing line that cannot be crossed. Only true love is limitless. One night of passion, and the short spring night, is too unforgettable.

In the end, Victor and Elena tied the knot. At the end of the movie, on the same night, in the same labor, Elena is in the car about to give birth.

Will this story continue? Almodóvar tells us that the story unfolds every day. However, the first childbirth was unaccompanied, and the second childbirth had a lover. Life is like a circular cycle, and human nature will never change. However, true love will not die with lust, it will only spread more and more.

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Live Flesh quotes

  • Clara: The bastard's stopped drinking.

    Víctor Plaza: And you?

    Clara: I'm drinking even more.

  • Clara: I'm not asking you to love me! I love you enough for both of us.