France is rich in comedy films, but also rich in comedians. Fabrice Luchini, who made his mark in the 1980s series Comedy and Proverbs. "Comedy and Proverbs" is an important work of French film master Eric Rohmer. Through this series of works, he integrates the profound ethics of men and women into comedy films, which can be said to have opened up a new way for French comedy films. Despite his stylized appearance and slightly serious performance, Fabrice Luchini still finds a place in this category of comedy films. In "The Woman on the Sixth Floor," he played Jean-Louis Rubell, a staid stockbroker and head of a "model" family. In this movie, aside from the six Spanish maids on the sixth floor laughing and laughing all day, it seems that no one else in the movie has a comedic element.
Not really, the more serious Lubell was, the more funny he was. Beneath the appearance of justice on the face of the middle class is the curiosity and wildness of children. One day, a new young maid came to the Lubell family. She was the niece of one of the old maids. She was about 30 years old. She was handsome and tall. She was obviously prettier than the other maids. Her name is Maria, also from Spain, she is bright and clever, and she is quickly liked by the hostess and the hostess. The host, Lubel, promised to double her salary behind the scenes, and the hostess allowed her to take a bath in the children's bathroom. So there is a scene in the movie, Lubell passes by the bathroom and finds someone taking a bath. He secretly opens the door and sees Maria's naked body. He is fascinated by the slender curve. After he secretly closes the door, he returns to his wife's room and begins to ask joyous. It's got some dark humor.
Later, due to a misunderstanding, the husband and wife separated, and Lubell moved to an empty house on the sixth floor. Although many people persuaded him to move back, he felt very free to live on the sixth floor. As time passed, Lubel got to know Maria more and more deeply. He knew that Maria and the child were separated, and sympathy emerged spontaneously. He looked at her and thought she was so beautiful and moving. Lubel and Maria had an inexplicable relationship, and the two of them knew nothing about it. Later, Maria wanted to go back to China to find her son and come to say goodbye to Lubel. Maria was about to speak, but the prediction stopped. Lubel got off the bed, looked at her affectionately, and when she saw that she did not speak, he began to kiss her. That night, the two chatted a lot in bed, but Maria didn't mention anything about going back to China. Before dawn, she picked up her clothes and went back to her room. After dawn, the maids said goodbye to Maria together.
Because of arranging cheating and parting together, it makes people feel regretful. When it was too late to think about moral issues, the scene of the film turned and came to the mountains of Spain, where a red convertible car sped past, with beautiful scenery. This is three years later, Lubel divorced and drove to Spain to find Maria. He searched around and found the two old maids of the year, but the two old maids were tight-lipped. When Lubel was about to return in disappointment, one of them The husband of the old maid stopped Rubell, told the whereabouts of Maria, and laughed at his wife: "Actually, she doesn't understand love." This sarcastic line expresses the true meaning, which is not the spirit of freedom of the French where?
French comedy, it is precisely because of this free spirit that it lasts forever. This French-style extramarital affair turned into a true love in the end, which was touching and happy. At the end of the film, Lubel found Maria, who was drying her clothes. She was wearing a long dress, and her slender figure was still very attractive. After the eyes of the two met, they showed a smile, and that smile had the calmness after "searching for her in a dream for thousands of Baidu", and there was no need to say anything at this time.
Open endings are the most satisfying, what will they be like? Are you living together in Spain? Or go back to Paris? Back to the mansion where the story happened? Even if you associate it, no matter what, it's a comedy. No matter how difficult life is, you have to laugh, don't you?
(Published in "100 Days of Holidays")
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