A 1979 adaptation of the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Because Natasha Kinski, the heroine of "Paris, Texas," watched this movie, and because she liked "Paris, Texas" so much, she often made plays when watching "Tess", but then again, Kinski's temperament is too coquettish and sexy , I don't think it is very suitable to play a poor, childish, inferior, sensitive, and infatuated farmer's daughter. The story itself is a very special tragedy, but not so heart-wrenching. Tess, though pitiful, was hardly sympathetic, much less likable. I think she has a paranoid pursuit of pure "love", for which she can abandon her new fiance's cousin's life, even her own, to reunite with her husband who ruthlessly abandoned her at that time because of traditional concepts. In front of Angel, she was so cowardly and inferior, but in front of Alexander, she seemed like a subdued who had been complaining for a long time, arrogant and angry. Tess has indeed experienced too much pain in her life, being forced to climb relatives, work hard, be played with, be abandoned, be driven to sleep outside, and finally be hanged. In my opinion, the reason for the tragedy is not only the discrimination and restraint of women in the Victorian era of conservative ascetic morality, but also her lack of rationality and optimistic attitude towards life in the face of pain. I feel that Tess is a really depressing person.
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