At the end, Maria, who had just been deceived into a penniless state, smiled, with tears in the corners of her eyes that had been dyed with spent makeup. I don't understand why she is able to laugh again so quickly. According to my own experience, I don't need such a big injury. Even if I meet a little bit of contempt, distrust, and indifference, I feel like I've been submerged in water or my bones have been pulled from my body. I have no strength and melt into the dust. Getting stuck in an emotion, like getting stuck in a swamp, is hard to get out of the way. To be able to look forward again and take action, either enough time has passed, and the emotions have been scabbed and become calm; or there is another direction, a house, and going there is itself a salvation for the present self. Maria's situation is beyond my limited two perceptions. Perhaps this optimism is human nature? Dancing and singing boys and girls, cordial greetings, it is only natural that they can evoke smiles like the wind can bring ripples on the water. As a line in the film says, "When we face pure and innocent things, the mask of hypocrisy will fall off, and there will be beautiful things in our hearts."
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