Wandering in absolute freedom, the same destination

Consuelo 2022-03-25 09:01:19

"Freedom, if you choose freedom, you choose loneliness. If you don't stop, you will go to destruction." This is the point of view of a shepherd who studies philosophy, and it happens to be Mona's destination. She chooses absolute freedom and only cares about the road under her feet. She is a person who is truly wandering in body and soul, and the destruction of the body will not prevent the wandering of the soul. The establishment of Mona's interaction with passers-by along the way is based on each other's demands, which is also the basic condition of social relationship. Mona can't stop or retain whether she is active or passive, she does not need this kind of relationship. Looking at Mona's journey from a worldly perspective, it is inevitable that she will feel pity, especially the part of being raped, but maybe she doesn't need any mercy from others, whether it is self-sinking or passive aggression, it will be destroyed in the same way. The film is actually quite trivial. It records while narrating, and often sends Mona out of the camera and stops for a few frames, which makes us have to face the loneliness and blankness in wandering. There are too many meaningless things in this world, of course, doing things is not necessarily for its meaning itself. Her wandering is neither survival nor belief. I am curious about Mona's thoughts when she is dying, but it is only out of the prying psychology in the eyes of ordinary people, and I will never know.

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Extended Reading
  • Yessenia 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    [Criterion Channel] Varda's revisited documentary in 2003 pointed out that dirt is a very important theme in the film. From the fresh and clean beach at the beginning, to the muddy paillasse day at the end, the space of Mona ranges from a vast beach to a cramped station, showing the characteristics of those marginal characters that society hates: dirty, drugs, loud, drunk, Vomit. The various reactions of the people Mona met, or sympathy, admiration, or accusation, were more like a social microscope than reflecting the character of Mona, reflecting their own temperament. The audience is also tested during the viewing process: if a stinking girl hitches a car alone on the side of the road, would you stop? I lamented that the shooting process was not easy. The scene where I tripped over the water pipe and fell into the pit was shot twice, and I felt distressed.

  • Kiley 2022-04-21 09:03:10

    Mona's predicament is also everyone's predicament. Walking at the limit of freedom is also at the limit of loneliness. She believes that she can obtain absolute freedom by breaking away from the social system. However, after her death, we can only restore her image from the social level, and no one can escape. [The idea is good, but the film is a little boring...

Vagabond quotes

  • la platonologne Mme Landier: Why did you drop out?

    Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi: Champagne on the road's better!

  • les Bergers: She blew in like the wind. No plans, no goals... No wishes, no wants... We suggested things to her. She didn't want to do a thing. Wandering? That's withering. By proving she's useless, she helps a system she rejects. It's not wandering, it's withering.