In view of the somewhat inaccurate description of the content in the movie introduction and review, some corrections are made, and criticism is welcome.
The movie takes place in two lines. The first line is Judah, an ophthalmologist, who is rich, has a successful career, and has a happy family. He has had an affair with a former flight attendant for two years. The former flight attendant, like most mistresses who wanted to be in the top position, began to force Judah to divorce from soft to hard. And Judah, like most wretched men, is resolutely unwilling to give up family, business, money and reputation for a woman. Judah has a gangster brother, Jack, who has received financial favors from him, so he offers to help him solve the problem. After a seemingly hippocratic struggle, old Judah decides to ask Jack for help. Jack settled the matter cleanly. Specific details will not be disclosed.
The second line is the little director played by Woody Allen. He hasn't worked for a long time and only makes some documentaries. His wife, like the rambling and realistic wives we often see, obviously doesn't love him anymore. They are like all couples who live together without a common language. Allen's wife asks Allen to make a documentary for his brother, a wealthy comedy producer. Boss Allen reluctantly agreed. During this time he "falls in love" with a female colleague. He enthusiastically introduced her to the philosophy professor he filmed. But he suddenly heard that the professor had committed suicide, and that the female colleague he fell in love with was going to work in London.
There are many connections between the two lines. Much of the Doctor's line is reflected in the movies Allen watches. Four months later, the two strands were united in a rather Jewish way -- a family event.
In the film there is a Rabbi Ben, a relative of Allen's wife and a patient of the ophthalmologist Judah. Judah failed to heal his eyes and he ended up blind. In the process of seeing a doctor, Judah once confessed to him about his extramarital affairs, and he persuaded Judah to confess to his wife. Judah didn't listen. Four months later, Judah and Allen met at Ben's daughter's wedding. Judah has returned to a normal life. And the female colleague Allen fell in love with came back from London - only she was already with the rich comedy producer.
The professor of Jewish history in the department said a few interesting backgrounds before the film:
1. The main actors in the play, including Allen, were born in the mid-1930s. In the era of the Great Depression, but because they were too young, it was difficult for them to appreciate the hardships of life. Most of them were Jews who had been exiled to the United States with their parents. Although they had not experienced the Holocaust, most of them had relatives who survived or died in the Holocaust. So their memories are swayed by these uncertain experiences. And this rush and embarrassment is also reflected in the character of the characters in the play.
2. Allen plays a small person who has always been difficult to succeed but has a high self-esteem.
3. A non-Jewish woman is the ultimate dream of a Jewish man. The characters are like that, and Woody Allen is like that. So is Mia Farrow, so is the adopted daughter of Song surname.
Aside from this movie, the only Allen movie I've seen is Match Point. The plot is strikingly similar to the first line of the show. However, compared with "Match Point", the plot and meaning of this film are much richer.
1. Judah has a very hippocratic remorse after killing his mistress, and of course the fear of losing everything. Distraught, he returned to the old house, and in a trance, he saw the family discussing the importance of truth and God at the dining table in childhood. The unbelieving Judah kept thinking about whether God would punish him.
2. The professor Woody Allen's character has always wanted to shoot is a Holocaust survivor. The philosophical truths he said appeared many times in the film: the paradox of love, the meaning of life and so on.
3. Both Hitler and Mussolini appeared in the film.
4. Woody Allen probably has a love-hate relationship with himself.
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