This is a film buried in the fine sand, which is bright and elusive. The film creates a sad atmosphere from beginning to end, like sitting alone in the sunset and tasting a cup of fragrant coffee, a little lonely and a little melancholy.
At the beginning of the film, the director came to the point with a profound meaning. Two little girls with the same appearance and the same name have different childhood images. One is a Polish girl observing the bright starry sky on Christmas Eve, and the other is a French girl observing emerald leaves with a magnifying glass, although the distance between the two seems far away. And, they are closely related to each other.
In a certain corner of the world, or in a certain street or alley, there may be another me, even though consciously it will not feel lonely. But her own concerns and predictions will make her life more tiring. When Beauvoir died violently on the stage in the film, Fava felt even more isolated and helpless, and even the short love between her legs could not be touched Peace of mind. The film is about such a somewhat gorgeous, yet simple dream.
In the film, there are many close-up details with profound meaning, as well as symbolic details that frequently appear in order to connect with each other at all times. For example, lipsticks, glass balls, rings, shoelaces, etc., always remind the audience that they are like using avatars. Although they seem to be the same person, they live in two completely different life tunnels, but they are different from each other. influence each other all the time.
In my opinion, the director may be a discussion of life, or, to put it simply, it is just a fantasy adventure with a childlike innocence. No matter from which perspective, it gives people a feeling of seeing flowers in a fog, like an illusion. I really feel that maybe the director is just a vent for the society at that time. In terms of family, we can clearly understand that even if the same child grows up in different family environments, it can completely transform two children. The character of the child, and in the film, it is a metaphor for this.
Both Beauvoir and Fava are children of single-parent families, but their father's education methods are completely different. Beauvoir and her father are somewhat estranged. It can be seen from the conversation at the beginning that they are often hesitant to say anything, and Beauvoir has a lot to say about her relationship with her father. The way ordinary people communicate is also a bit difficult to grasp. Even if they meet the man they love, they can't express their feelings, but Fava is just the opposite. This also established the significant difference in character between the two, the very different childhoods, created the vision of their future life, and some implied fate.
A ballet dancer died gradually because she broke her leg during the performance. Her grandmother covered her with a white cloth. Accompanied by the sad song (the song that Beauvoir sang in the rain at the beginning), the ballet slowly came to life. , and a pair of beautiful butterfly wings grew out of her back. Such a puppet show that highlights the theme of the film makes people feel like they are standing on the edge of death and are reborn. But when Fava touches the tree at the end of the film, I believe she has returned to her childhood, back to the days of looking at green leaves with a magnifying glass, carefree.
There are also many illusory shots in the film, such as the emergence of the death picture of Beauvoir, the reflection when looking at the world with a glass ball, and the suggestion of a beam without the source, all of which seem to fall into a dream, which is the fog Looking at flowers, it seems like a real beauty. What seems to be very real is the coexistence of two very similar babies, and the sadness and loneliness after the death of one of them. Perhaps in the subconscious of people, they all yearn for the existence of another me on the other side of the world. Only in this way can we change Be braver and have more faith, but it will also form an invisible driving force, and you will not feel lonely. Even if your life comes to an end, you can continue on the other side of the world. Just look at Beauvoir.
And when Fava looked at Beauvoir's photos, she wept bitterly. Anything that could be comforted was like hitting a stone with an egg and becoming meaningless. Fava seemed to have returned to the cruel whirlpool of reality, unable to extricate herself. After losing Beauvoir, Fava is more like a person who is obsessed with living in reality, never placing hope on consciousness, and finally becomes numb and gradually becomes a slave of life. In fact, sometimes, the more realistic the life, the more painful it is. , Sometimes quiet in the illusion, even if it is short enough to make people terrified, it is very satisfying and happy.
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