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Jaclyn 2022-03-23 09:02:57

Watched this movie on and off. The contradiction between Tolstoy and Sophia is that of a saint and a mortal.
Tolstoy is also fully worthy of the title of aristocrat in spirit. What he pursues is equality, great love, and freedom. It is reasonable for Sophia to consider her own family interests more.
I'm thinking if one wants to be a saint, should one form a family with mortals and enjoy worldly pleasures?
The end of the film is very sad. Anyone who faces death is so small and weak. All the greatness, wisdom, and nobility of the great man are finally ended by death, and perhaps only the works left behind can be a little closer to eternity.

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  • Leo Tolstoy: "Your youth and your desire for happiness reminds me cruelly of my age and the impossibility of happiness for me." When I was courting Sofya, she was so young and pure, it seemed impossible that I'd ever have her. I didn't want to tell her how I felt and I wanted to tell her nothing else. So I wrote down a string of letters and asked her if she could decipher them. She looked completely confused, thinking it was a game or... I gave her one clue. The firs two Y's, I said, stand for "your youth" and then the most miraculous thing happened. She simply spoke the phrase, my phrase as if she had read my mind. In that moment, we both knew we would always be together. For those first years, we were incredibly happy, terrifyingly happy.

  • Title Card: Everything that I know... I know only because I love. Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace