The beginning of the film is a beautiful forest scene, the dense green and mottled light, a beautiful scene. The little girl leans over to pick mushrooms with a small basket (here, John's method of death is implied). Run into Colin Farrell, a wounded Northern soldier. Thus, a wounded and vulnerable man enters a new world composed of seven women.
In this small world, Miss Martha, played by Nicole, is the decision maker of this society. She has the ability and enough courage to support the normal operation of this small group. She knew how to calmly treat soldiers' wounds in order to protect their names, and to ask the southern patrols for bullets to prevent them from posing a threat to them. She knew that she was attracted by the breath of soldiers, but she was able to calm herself down with cold water at a critical moment.
The second main role is the teacher Edwina starring Dunst. In the process of getting along with the soldier, she has been slowly pushed by him, and he sees the cowardly character and is given hope of escape. But in the last madness, he turned into the most active party, giving a physically disabled person the most trusted body care. In the process of watching the movie, I also thought that it would be great if the two of them left school like this.
Another main character in this film is Alicia, starring Fanning. You can see the restless eyes in her eyes during class, just like a bad student who attracts bees and butterflies in high school. The costumes in this film are also carefully designed to fit the characters' characters, and the loose buttons on Fanning's chest also exude a feminine appeal. Of course, she took the initiative to kiss and seduce her when she was caught off guard and when she was praying. Really, she looked like those irresponsible libertines.
Of course, the soldier John played by Colin Farrell in this film is the main character who promotes the development of the plot. I always feel that Colin's role is too smooth and lacks some sympathetic motives. Men who live to survive also lack the power to make people think in a group of female characters. If it is not for Colin's performance, it is because the script is too thin.
At the end of John's transition from a weak role to a controlling party because he took a gun, women let go of their desires for their own safety, let go of their flattering actions, and plan how to kill this person when there is no gender at all. , When there is a threat, protecting oneself is the primary contradiction, so the youngest child thought of the poisonous mushroom killing method, and the girl who saved her became determined to implement this plan. Coppola, as a female director and perspective, is willing to make such a three-dimensional interpretation and portrayal of women's feelings.
I think the most interesting scene in this film is when Colin is holding a gun and shouting, am I still a man, and in a blink of an eye, Teacher Edwina ran into the room and had sex with a man who didn't think he was a man. Men always use their physical abilities to show their attractiveness, but women's love is easily inspired by the weak.
When I said the title, I hinted that he died because when the little girl was picking mushrooms, the camera focused on those mushrooms, but she picked some of them and kept some of them. After returning to school, there were also poisonous mushrooms in the dialogue.
The photography of this film is so beautiful. The constant appearance of Jesus light in the whole drama makes this school fill with the atmosphere of the Garden of Eden. It is gentle but has hidden murderous intentions.
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