This is a romantic escape story. The romance is that the scenery of the Mediterranean Sea is a little too beautiful. The escape is the main line of the story, and human nature is the purpose of the film.
Maybe the storyline is too simple and there are too many plots. It may also be because the scenery of the Mediterranean Sea is too beautiful and the local customs and customs are too eye-catching. To tell the truth in the first half, people are not very involved in the drama. Knowing the accidental death of a private detective, the film The "killing intent" revealed a clue, and the story began to go on the right track. But the escape did not begin there, but from beginning to end.
There are two most striking things about the film, one is the costumes, and the other is the beautiful scenery. As a charismatic chaebol artist, the actor Chester naturally also has superb dressing taste. Whether his suit or his wife Colette's retro dress, they are the focus of attracting audiences, and hats and headscarves have also become them. A sign of the pursuit of high living. Echoing their status is the beauty of the Mediterranean, the beauty here transcends the needs of the film, travels through time, and even makes me can't believe this is a story that took place in the 1960s, the charm of the Mediterranean will never be damaged by the passage of time.
These two points seem to overshadow the plot of the film and the escape story of this crisis, and these two points are also the key to embodying the theme of the story. At the beginning of the film, the two protagonists are both personable and charming, which is why Ludal, who is a local tour guide, is attracted. Since the shooting by a private detective, the human nature of the leading actors has been revealed one by one. They are not as gorgeous as the clothes they wear, nor the beauty of the Mediterranean, they are all running for their own unknown purposes.
Chester didn't come to the Mediterranean for a vacation, but to abscond with money, and with his unwitting wife. He shot and killed the private detective for the money, and Ludal, who relied on the chance encounter, also protected the money. When he found out that his wife showed a good impression of Ludal, he immediately abandoned her, and even killed his own wife by mistake. He loves his wife, but he has to do this. After his wife's death, he is concerned about whether the police can identify the murderer, not whether the wife can be buried, and there is no trace of grief. He deceived Ludal, who had some psychological respect for him as his father, and deliberately exposed his scars, and set up a bureau to arrest him until he was left alone. He is a complete egoist, family love is just a passerby, just to meet personal needs, not necessary.
Although Rydal is a well-versed tour guide and a liar, he seems too immature in front of Chester, choking on every conversation, and eventually taking advantage of every plan. Compared to Chester, his tricks can only be regarded as petty. He wanted the cash in Chester's box, but he was repeatedly tricked, but his interest made him reluctant to give up, which eventually led to Chester's death. At this time, the pair of little friends who gradually moved closer to the father-son relationship but calculated each other, finally repented. Chester took the blame and returned Ludal free, while Ludal went to his cemetery to make up for his regret for not attending his father's funeral.
Two people who are a bit "innately evil" meet by chance, go through a treacherous escape route, and finally complete the redemption of each other's souls after their true nature is fully revealed.
The horror is not the honeymoon, it is human nature
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