Perhaps the only answer has been buried forever in the ground with Benigno, the man who chose to die in order to protect his love.
And the numb is still numb, the cowardly is still cowardly, the indifferent is still indifferent, the fragile is still fragile, we are still alive in this world, in the name of love, comfort and warm each other.
Almodovar is desperate and ruthless. He stares coldly at this indifferent world through the film. He is telling us that the person we love is dead, but we are still alive. Live for granted.
"If you talk to someone who doesn't respond, how long can you last? One day? One month? Or four years? How long can you last if you love someone who doesn't respond?"
. . . . . .
Day and night, Benigno wipes the unconscious Alicia, combs her hair, changes her clothes, basks in the sun, reads, talks,,,,, for him, this does not require persistence, because it is the instinct of love. From the moment he opened the curtain and saw the graceful dance of Alicia on the opposite side, his life continued in love, and when his life ended, his love did not stop.
Benigno ended up in prison in order to continue his love for Alicia, in order to continue to speak to her. On the last rainy night, he said sadly, I didn't even have her hairpin by my side.
Only through death can he escape the barriers of prison and the barriers of morality.
Only by giving up the freedom of life can we have the freedom of love.
However, he didn't know that Alicia had woken up. What about Alicia after waking up, does she know the man who guards her day and night and fulfills her love at the cost of her life?
It doesn't matter, Benigno wrote at the end of his suicide note: "Wherever they take me, please come and see me, talk to me, tell me everything, don't keep it in your heart."
So for Benigno, nothing is the shackle of love . Where, whether the other party knows, whether to accept or not, whether to love him or not, is not.
I believe that after Benigno's death, he and Alicia can be together forever, just like the shrunken lover in the silent film, who will stay in the lover's body forever.
I also wanted to give Almodóvar a big hug, Benigno in the movie, and Mako too. This weak man, after escaping love again and again, confronts Benigno's death with his life, and confronts Benigno's last smile with tears. It is also a confrontation between pure ideals and pale reality. Why are we not confronting ourselves?
The dance at the opening and closing of the film is also a confrontation.
At the opening, the haggard woman used her last strength to dance wildly, fell to the ground, climbed up, hit the wall, and chased. This is the loneliness and helplessness of love.
At the end, a man and a woman looked at each other and wandered, expecting and avoiding. Love is always lonely, but there is a glimpse of loneliness in this loneliness.
In the corner of the light, the confrontation between the awakened Alicia and Mako is a warm and absurd ending.
A few years later, I looked at her again and told her that she still couldn't hold herself back.
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