woman has a lot of thoughts and a man has a lot of thoughts. Even under the shadow of a total lunar eclipse, he would never have imagined that the 90 minutes of these seven people in the same scene could lead to contradictory and complex issues involving various relationships, and the levels involved are amazingly huge. The table game engulfs the film in a tense and awkward atmosphere, and the air freezes and suffocates. Whether it’s a big frame or a small detail, it’s worth pondering and discussing, not only the mobile phone and the circle of friends, but even the whole world.
In the past, many accounts that recommended movies would recommend several "love horror movies" like "Gone Lover" and "Blue Valentine" on Valentine's Day, so the first thing I thought of after watching the movie was: Valentine's Day One more movie to recommend. In the middle of the night, my heart skipped a beat, and it seemed that I was even more afraid to fall in love. In fact, there are not a few such films that discuss marriage and love, and there are many well-made films, but at least I have not seen a film with a length of only 97 minutes that can be so complicated and thorough. Many films are relatively narrow in scope, for example, they only expand and expand on issues in marriage. And "Perfect Stranger" covers all kinds of clues and relationships of friendship, love, marriage and family, and this alone is very successful.
Some people will think of "The Night of the Comet" because of the filming method and layout of the film. It is also at a dining table in the same room, but the theme, core or any detail of the two films are all different. They are completely different and cannot be compared together at all, including "Savage Tales", which are also two forms and concepts that should be completely differentiated from this film.
There are a total of 7 main characters, namely: the masters Ava and Rocco, their daughter is 17 years old; Marcy and Lehrer, a couple who have also been married for many years; Bianca and Cosimo, who are still on their honeymoon; general.
The first 6 minutes of the film are divided into three lines to briefly introduce the life of the three couples before the party. In just a few minutes, you can see the differences between the three and the problems between each pair, but they are only exposed problems. After watching the whole film, go back and fast-forward again and you will find that when everyone reaches Ava and Rocco's house, before the "table game" begins, the seemingly trivial and meaningless conversation between the seven people is actually A lot of foreshadowing has been laid. No one will notice anything wrong with one of your words, but your words often reveal the truth or idea unconsciously. It's just that it still looks calm on the surface, which is similar to the big frame established by the movie.
The "Table Game" is naturally the most exciting part of the film. The first time I watched it, I felt smooth and complete. The second fast-forward showed the emotional changes of the characters and the change of the whole dinner atmosphere very clearly. From the beginning of the relaxed and happy, the more nervous and embarrassing. In the middle of the way, as the mobile phone on the table kept ringing, one by one unknown characters who could only hear their voices but did not see them, received news, the content of the call, and even a photo, all of which could trigger one after another at the dining table, one wave after another. conflicts and disputes.
Nearly an hour of "table game", the ups and downs turned and became more and more intense, and the problems raised were more difficult and more serious. Even if you were outside the incident, you could feel the tense atmosphere of the scene. The surrounding air solidified several times and the air pressure was very low. People suffocate. Maybe it is because I have encountered similar things before, and the feeling is quite strong, but I believe that everyone who has a secret, even everyone, will feel the inner world of the protagonist in the film. Especially when you imagine your secrets exposed to the light and all the people who know you are there to read and scrutinize you, how nervous you can be.
Ava and Rocco, first of all, is the setting of "psychiatrist and plastic surgeon". The unspoken relationship between husband and wife is very ironic. Ava wanted to have breast augmentation surgery but didn't find her own husband. Rocco went to see a psychiatrist but didn't let Ava know. This plot setting is very interesting.
After that, the problem between the two people was caused by the daughter, and it also expanded the most basic relationship of the film to the scope of children. But unlike others, the phone call from her daughter to her father, Rocco, did not trigger a dispute between him and Ava. Instead, it was an understanding and cognition, and the relationship between the two was eased later.
Among the three couples, this one seems to have the calmest "war" and the most peaceful and clear ending. The reason for this is the discussion of the "handling method" in the various aspects covered by this film.
In fact, after watching the movie, I knew the relationship between the hostess Ava and Cosimo. This is also the only secret that was not exposed among the 7 people, and the "table game" was also proposed by Ava at the beginning. She is so magnanimous The reason is that her "secrets" are on the table, so her phone is absolutely safe during that time. Just because Rocco didn't know about it from the beginning to the end, and Cosimo's "acquaintance" was completely ended at the end, and there was no follow-up, this secret was really buried, and Rocco and Ava did not break up.
In contrast, the problems between Bianca and Cosimo are relatively simple. The main reason is that they are still newly married, and it can be seen that their intimacy is far more than the other two pairs before the dinner. It’s just that a seemingly single problem brought a huge blow to the two of them. The issue of affairs and exes is obviously the most common, especially in the environment at that time, a phone call or a text message can make the other party question, and it is not easy to explain. Can break the line of defense. No matter how sweet the couple is, they will completely break up because of this. Apart from the call to Cosimo, the scene of Bianca calmly finishing her makeup and walking out of the toilet is also full of tension, and it also tightens the strings even more. .
"Marcy's panties" reveal her tricks. In order to cover up a secret and exchange mobile phones with Pep, Lehrer tells a bigger lie because of the lie, and later finds out that the original matter may not be as serious as imagined, but the impact of the lie is enough to make his wife Mary West completely collapsed. In addition to inducing conflict, this reversal plot is also an insight into human nature. Including any plot in the film actually has an amazing influence, but it will not feel like a deliberate establishment in the whole film.
Just like the contradiction between Marcy and Lehrer is from the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to themselves, the relationship line of the whole movie is pulled many layers, not just between men and women. In addition, this story seems to just use the "mobile phone" as a fuse and set it up as a "black box" concept. When the influence of social networks is getting bigger and bigger, maybe many people will focus on the core of the film. On the product of "mobile phone", it is actually more than just a mobile phone. Many detailed clues in the film expand the scope to the circle of friends, real relationships, and even the whole world, any place, and various relationships, which will produce ambiguity. The frame of the movie also extends from the plane to the three-dimensional, so I was constantly shocked and shocked by the amount of information explosion during the process of watching the movie.
Pep seems to be the safest one, because his companion "Lucilla" didn't come, but when "Lucila" turned into "Lucio", the secret that he was gay was revealed, and because Peppa Pu and Lehrer exchange mobile phones. This setting also reveals an ambiguous dislocation or non-acceptance from the side, and also draws the line of friendship between the seven people.
In Pep's case, the most different and most important point was that Lucio didn't come, which, in Pep's words, was a form of protection. Because of this difference, the level of the film is even richer.
In addition to the table game, the total lunar eclipse in the film is also a kind of innuendo. The all-black-to-white process means that some things can only be explained completely, honesty can lead to understanding, and mistakes can lead to forgiveness...and of course there are many different perspectives.
The ending of the movie is a kind of dramatic technique. In fact, the real ending left to the audience is open-ended thinking. Each person's way of dealing with problems and the final outcome of each relationship are different from person to person. Finally, the establishment of Pep doing jumping on the side of the road also insinuates that the "table game" may not be all lies and secrets, and the movie may not be all fake.
"Our relationships are fragile, everyone is" — with or without secrets.
The plot of the film is really wonderful. The relationship between the characters is astonishingly huge. The plot is compact and aggressive. It is like witnessing an emotional "serial murder", especially relying on only one scene. Rubik's Cube, a short 97-minute film can fill the "black box" with such full and rich content. After watching it in the middle of the night, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep, so I expanded the short review into a long review.
But at the beginning, it was a joke that I didn't dare to fall in love after watching the movie. As long as I was willing to stand on the bright side, the shadows would disappear. Although all kinds of problems in life are unavoidable, they still need to be faced and solved. Which method to choose is a matter of knowledge, whether to break the casserole and ask the question to the end or turn a blind eye, and how can a relationship be maintained for a long time? It's all thought from the film.
I believe this film will definitely become a classic in five or ten years.
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