The domineering president with sadomasochistic tendencies fell in love with me, the difference is its strong psychological color. The male protagonist is a strong lawyer in business, but he is very weak in male function, and he is even more timid when facing a sturdy ex-wife. However, it does not deny that she has a kind and gentle side. The couch-chat-style enlightenment to the heroine's secretary opened the heroine's self-abuse knot. Since then, she has become independent and has strength. There is a reason for the heroine's tendency to be abused. The parents' relationship is different, and the mother's overprotection (work, the mother has to commute to get off work every day; in order to avoid the danger of the daughter, lock the closet), the heroine is also a submissive appearance, even Can endure sexual abuse from a cold boss and get pleasure out of it. Although the background of the male protagonist has not been explained, it can be inferred that his growth process is not smooth, and he is still a fearful and timid little boy. One of the two parties seems to be abused, and the other seems to be abused, but the abused person just masters the rhythm of the relationship between the two, and the abuser is also the abused person. Just like these two people with obvious psychological defects, after meeting each other, they were cured through the collision of each other.
A person grows up the day after tomorrow, either by encountering a love that is in harmony with each other, or by experiencing pain and reflection to achieve growth. The probability of the former is very small, let alone causing deeper psychological trauma to each other, which is very precious and rare. The wonderful thing about this movie is that although both have their own psychological problems, they are both compatible and accepting of each other. The male protagonist abused, but the female protagonist was not deeply hurt and fell into a quagmire, but gradually became truly herself under the guidance of the male protagonist; the female protagonist was abused, but at the last moment, she made the male protagonist in an extreme way. Believe in others and in yourself, so after the two overcome each other, they can truly and easily be themselves in front of each other. Sexual abuse is a shell and an artistic form. What the film really wants to express is that everyone, even if there are obstacles that cannot be overcome in their hearts, at least we can accept those deficiencies and defects, and face them, instead of avoiding, or rejecting, demanding perfectionism. Only by realizing true acceptance can we be able to be ourselves in peace, and we can live in a relaxed and free way.
The last thing to say is that actress Maggie's performance is very good and wonderful (hence the film won the Golden Globe Award), it may be enough for the male lead to be domineering to be cold or nervous/internal and external contradictions, but the female lead is from submissive, masochistic, cowardly, Desire, perseverance and tenacity are expressed very richly, and then to let go of oneself at the end of the film, the appearance of the big heroine is very moving and charismatic.
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