Indeed, the wedding at the beginning of the movie is reminiscent of "The Deer Hunter," where the initial frenzy all turned into a lifelong memory. And Beth's wedding was not smooth, even a little flustered. She was first questioned by the priest and the squires, her expression so obsessed. Then the bridegroom Jane was late. Beth is outraged, the only time she seems to be in the entire film, when Jane's helicopter lands, and she rushes to it. All her friends advised her not to do this, otherwise the wedding dress would be stained. She didn't understand that in Beth's heart, she couldn't accept the slightest flaw in love at this time.
"Beth, you have the broadest mind, and you always give others what you have." This is the evaluation of Beth from someone who has been helped. On the one hand, this shows that Beth is a good person at ordinary times. In fact, the most important point is that those things are not important to Beth. All she wanted was love, so while everyone else was shocked by the sudden marriage, Beth thought it was the result of years of prayers.
The church where they were married had no bell, so no one rang the bell for their blessing. This is a metaphor with ulterior motives, everything is doomed from the beginning.
Later is the life of two people, as happy as ordinary people. During sex, Beth would say "thank you". When sleeping together, listening to Jane Rulei's snoring, Beth only smiled sweetly. When watching the film, this kind of smile makes people sting. Everyone knows how hateful the snoring in the ear is when you want to sleep the most.
Jane was an oil worker who had to leave home to go to the construction site. However, it was that kind of happy memory that made Beth suffer so much after separation that she almost entered a mental crisis. Beth calls Jane from the phone booth, immersed in their sexual memories. Beth prayed to the god in her heart to let Jane go home.
Jane had an accident at the construction site, was paralyzed, and was admitted to the hospital in her home town. Time passed and everyone thought Beth and Jane's love had been tested.
Jane told Beth that she should go have sex with other men, and then tell her the experience so that she could live. Beth initially disagreed, and later had a strong ideological struggle, she really thought Jane would die otherwise. For Jane, for her own love, she agreed to find someone else. So she first found a doctor who liked her, and after drinking at the doctor's house, she lay naked on the bed. However, the doctor rejected her. Beth wrapped herself in a blanket sobbing.
From Jane's point of view, he did this for the sake of Beth, and he didn't understand that this was the greatest damage to Beth. Beth begins to give up her self-esteem for Jane's sake, giving up her old ideas. She did as Jane said, hoping to arouse Jane's desire and improve her condition. Her personality began to split, her love and body were completely separated, and she was completely isolated from the secular society. Eventually Beth's mother kicked her out of the house too.
Later, after being raped by sailors, Beth, dressed as a prostitute, was chased and humiliated by a group of children. She passed out. The decent local people came to chase the child away, but they wouldn't give her any help, and friends came and took Beth to the hospital. Beth, who was dying, went to see Jane before the operation, but Jane, who was also dying, showed no signs of getting better. Beth died in the hospital. Friends all prayed for her in front of Jane's hospital bed, hoping that he would live and stand up and walk.
The last part is Beth's funeral, full of people's swearing. And Jane actually survived, and stood up and walked. In the night, he stole Beth's body, and he couldn't let Beth sleep in this humiliating land. The always gloomy and brooding La's uses a romantic ending here, and the screen goes dark as Beth's body is sunk into the sea. Then came the bell.
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