In this "Tacones lejanos", the image of the mother presented in the film is selfish and vain at the beginning, just taking into account her own acting career, leaving her young daughter in the country, and running towards a splendid life.
But such an entry point is one-sided, because the audience will unconsciously pay attention to the development of the plot from the perspective of a little girl at the beginning. If you look at the subjective emotions and perspective of the mother in the film, you will find that she is nothing but countless people in the world. The image of a woman who is bound by marriage, entangled by children, and has been in deep pain for a long time.
In Almodovar's films, what is always glimpsed is the sublimation of female characters. Whether she is stubborn and stubborn, or emotionally hurt by transgender, she can get a certain degree of redemption and release in the later content development.
It is precisely because of the director's unparalleled understanding and in-depth care for women that the character relationships and plot developments in his films can always be unexpected, but most of them are set in favor of the female characters themselves.
Rebeca has a soft spot for her mother's "high-heeled shoes" since she was a child. This is just a metaphor. What is more direct is that she has a very deep love and attachment to her mother, and can't stand her father's "abuse" when talking and getting along with her mother. ”, believing that the father’s disapproval of divorce from the mother limits the mother’s freedom and prevents the mother from being alone with herself.
So a seemingly immature heart made a terrifying thing under the strong emotional trend, switching sleeping pills and sedatives, and indirectly killing his father while driving. Originally naive, she thought that by removing such an obstacle between herself and her mother, she would be able to be with her mother forever without restraint.
But her mother still insisted on going to a foreign country by herself to build a better space for the freedom of her artistic career. Little Rebeca's deep love for her mother at that time was inevitably mixed with hatred. "Yin and Yang" or "ulterior motives", she actually married her mother's lover Regidor TV when she became an adult
. The appearance of the vice-bian hurts the relationship and relationship between the mother and daughter. It is a very disgusting character!)
Next, Rebeca greeted her mother Becky, who had returned successfully. Her mother was shocked to find out that her daughter was married to her own. Have a passionate Regidor. Then when the three of them got along in the room for the first time, they took advantage of Rebeca to go to the bathroom and shared some past relationships and feelings about her being sandwiched between them...
Rebeca, who was scheming, had everything outside the door. After all, they went to a bar where transgender people performed. This is the turning point of the plot, and it also brought out a particularly important and important character in the film - "Judge", which is abbreviated here, because this is just the number of him in the film. one of the identities.
I admire my imagination and ability to associate here. During the development of the plot, I once wondered if the judge who helped Rebeca so much was actually the charming "transgender singer"? I finally figured it out!
I still can't help but sigh at the profound skills of the screenwriter and director. This is incomparably nonsense in general, but it blends him so smoothly and just right to set off the overall mood of the movie!
The singer's singing style is to imitate Rebeca's mother, the artist Becky, who is already quite famous in Madrid. Here, the film subtly embodies Rebeca's indescribable and complex feelings for the "mother image" dressed by men. She is so intoxicated by his rich singing voice! That song reminded her of her mother and her childhood when she was with her. All the memories and pains, longings and waiting melted into this song.
Later, when Rebeca entered the dressing room with the male disguised singer (that is, the character who appeared later ~ Judge), she was seduced by him and could not help having sex with her, that is, her mother outside the door. While waiting with her husband, she cheated.
This time, several contradictions have begun to surge in an untouchable, chilling atmosphere. Rebeca's husband, her mother's former lover, was mysteriously shot and killed one night. Among the suspects are her mother, Becky, and herself. Because Becky had a heated argument with her daughter's husband Regidor, it can be imagined that this was because of their previous emotional entanglement, and advised him not to divorce Rebeca in a hurry and hurt her daughter. But Regidor said he didn't want to continue with her anymore.
Later in the plot, it was revealed that Rebeca did not so much love her husband as she got a glimpse of his affair with her mother, and married him as revenge and use. In fact, it was Rebeca who really killed him, because as she said: he deeply hurt their mother and daughter, and once again destroyed their intimate relationship.
Daughter Rebeca told her mother a story about hurt contempt and subsequent betrayal and revenge. Like the little girl in the story, she wanted to please her mother so much, but her self-confidence was always affected by her mother's inadvertent words and revenge. He was attacked by the practice, and later could not bear the torture of this emotion, and did extreme things.
Just like her, she has secretly competed with her mother since she was a child. In art-related careers and even emotional marriages, she wants to surpass and defeat her mother, so she chose to marry her mother's former lover. Later, Rebeca said bitterly to her mother Becky, this time I won, I finally defeated you! Because he chose me, not you!
How naive and ridiculous, after all, the starting point of love is to say hate! The director's female caring complex is still reflected quietly and indifferently at the end of the film. She crouches on her mother's dying body and weeps bitterly. In fact, how much she hates her, how much she loves her!
In that scene, she opened the curtain and showed her mother who lived in the basement the bright red high-heeled shoes that pedestrians walked by outside the window. Only with the sound of high-heeled shoes approaching from afar can we fall asleep peacefully...
The scenery and pictures in the movie are as bright, vivid and strong as the director's lens, and the bright colors in the room are used as metaphorical props in emotion. ——The bright high heels, as well as the location in the women's prison, the bright and open scenery, can see Almodovar's concern and resonance for the feelings and situations of women.
Although the content of the plot is ups and downs and makes people sigh, but generally the director gives sympathy and understanding to the deep feelings of misfortune, so his films rarely use dark tones and cold pictures.
In the clips in the prison, the feelings between prisoners are more harmonious and beautiful, and the environment and atmosphere are also good, reflecting some contemporary humanistic care, and there is no prison in ordinary movies, that kind of repression and restraint. There is also a song and dance with a cheerful rhythm, which is as embarrassing as the performance at the end of "Slumdog Millionaire", which is somewhat abrupt.
Rebeca met a woman with an elegant temperament and temperament in several places in the photo studio and prison. Later, she was surprised to learn that the "fiancé" she thought was dead was actually one of the multiple identities of the singer and judge.
Rebeca condemned his multiple disguises in the game world, which hurt many people who really loved him, but also had no choice but to conceive his child at this time. His later role is that of a judge, wholeheartedly trying to help Rebeca get out of prison and clear her of killing her husband. Because she couldn't help telling the "truth" in a live TV broadcast, maybe just to stimulate the constant "abandonment" and "contempt" her mother! During this period, the relationship between mother and daughter was very painful. The daughter never knew that her mother Becky suffered from angina pectoris. In fact, she always cherished and cared about the relationship with her daughter.
Some helpless love and emotions are shown in the movie. On the one hand, it is powerless and twisted to fight for, or even hurt, just to make the other party pay attention to the relationship with him; on the other hand, he is struggling with the pure pursuit of freedom and art. The bondage of family marriage and even children.
This layer can be said to be the content of many movies, plays, and novels throughout the ages. In fact, it seems very complicated and incomprehensible, but in fact it has to be specific to each individual and family to think about. Because some people are not suitable for the shackles and chains of "marriage", imposing these on her (him) will not only cause several tragedies, but also blow and hurt the hearts of the young and innocent children in the family; it will also directly affect the The realization of the value of one's life goals is bound to vent the frustrations in life to the characters and relationships.
Looking out from the movie and seeing some things in life is also very touching. Recently, I was surprised to learn that a girl from elementary school with me became pregnant before marriage. She is still so young, so she should give up since then. Is your life value and freedom too early to enter the walls of marriage and the bondage of children? I really sigh for her, since I was a child, I appeared in front of our little friends as a victim in a divorced family. When playing a game, I remember that she had seriously said that she would definitely get married and have children in the future (we were all surprised at the time that she was not afraid of her mother's tragedy repeating itself?), and that she would give birth to children even in death (this is For Mao?),...In fact, this is a kind of revenge and unintentional harm to the next generation. Is there less such a vicious circle in some societies? !
We just laughed it off at the time, but recently learned that she was really following her mother's old path, and it was still a pity. Why are there so many young girls today who do not know how to respect themselves and love themselves, and are responsible for the path of life they should have been free? Of course, if it is in the social environment of the Celestial Dynasty, I don't have much to say.
Have you ever thought about innocent children when you acted on your own volition and hurt yourself? Whether you are for your own freedom, pursuing your dreams, or because of lack of security... Such people should not enter marriage, for their own meaning in life, and for the sake of not letting the next generation live in resentment and loss.
Here, of course, it is more encouraged and advocated. Women with ideas and dreams like the artist Becky in the film should focus on pursuing the value and meaning of life! Don't fall into the ethereal, vulgar and boring marriage that only provides material for dramatic conflict.
Let the children who come into the world have a more peaceful and happy growing environment, not afraid of the ordinary tranquility of birth, but afraid of being imposed on a person who has chosen an ignorant and mediocre way of life, but is no longer peaceful and wants to seek breakthroughs" Capricious" parent!
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