The movie review I wrote in college was accidentally turned over!
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After watching "The Spirit of Goya", in fact, the most profound episode in my memory is the moment when Lorenzo was hanged by Iss's father. "I admit that despite the appearance of a human, I am actually a bastard of an orangutan. I infiltrated the church in order to..." When Lorenzo was beaten under the "severe torture" of Elise's father, the so-called church, the Inquisition The face was torn to pieces, and the sanctity of the Church was lost at that moment.
In the era reflected in the film, the dark church rule is frightening, and the church's minions are everywhere. In the tavern, maybe the pork was not cooked well, maybe she didn't like it, but in short, the beautiful Yisi politely declined the pork offered by her partner. In this way, it was seen by those odious "monitors". It was an inadvertent act of Iss, but the messengers of God "invited" her into the Inquisition. Under torture and forced confession, the weak Iss couldn't bear those physical pains, and reluctantly admitted those inexplicable crimes.
At this time, the darkness of the church displayed in Goya's work is revealed. At the beginning of the film, the bishop looked at Goya's work and said, "This, this is the impression of the whole world on us?" Lorenzo said: "These paintings show the real face of the world." The bishop said: "These paintings make People are disturbing." Yes, these paintings are disturbing! It is precisely because these paintings show the real face of this world that people can more clearly understand the essence of the church and let people understand the ugliness of the priests. Therefore, Lorenzo proposed to restore the previous penal code, calling for increased torture, so that everyone should fear God. Yisi, who didn't do it, also became a victim of the church.
Iss' father was a wealthy businessman. In order to save his daughter, he Togoya pleaded with Lorenzo, and made a wish to pay a large sum of money to repair the monastery, and the corresponding condition was to release his daughter. In this way, Lorenzo came to Iss's house. During the dinner, there was an argument between the two, and Iss's father believed that under the harsh torture and torture, no one could hold on to their beliefs without compromising with secular authority. Our Father Lorenzo disagreed. He believed that God would give believers sufficient strength to overcome this difficulty. "God will give you strength to overcome pain." That being the case, let's try, does God really give you strength? So, Iss's father took out a note that read "I admit that despite my human appearance, I am actually a bastard of an orangutan who infiltrated the church to..." and forced Lorenzo to sign it, but of course he was rejected . Well then! The father let his two sons forcibly hang Lorenzo. At this time, we saw the screams of the priest who kept claiming that "God will give you strength to overcome pain", and finally, in pain, our priest signed his name on that ridiculous note, admitting to such a ridiculous conclusion.
The merchants threatened him, put him back in Ines, and burned the evidence; otherwise, it was presented to the king and the church, and Lorenzo's good reputation was ruined. In order to preserve his reputation, Lorenzo took great pains, but the bishop was stubborn and never agreed to let people go. During this process, Lorenzo took the opportunity to visit the prison to convey information about his family to Yi Si, and shamelessly took possession of Yi Si's body. It's ridiculous that they have sex in a dark prison, the prelude to the prayer to God, "Let's pray to God together", climaxing in endless fear. In the case of failing to save people, Lorenzo understood that the businessman would do what he said when he was angry, so he chose to flee as a last resort.
I remember in the beginning, when Iss saw a portrait in Goya's studio with no face painted, he asked Goya who it was. Goya said he was a ghost! This is what Goya said about Lorenzo. Perhaps, this is just a joke of Goya. But it is more likely that Goya has seen through the heart of Lorenzo and the soul of the priest. And with the development of the plot, we finally see the ugly face of Lorenzo, the essence of his ghost!
After Lorenzo fled, in order to preserve the dignity of the church, the bishop ordered him to be burned at the stake for the crime of infidelity. Since Lorenzo himself had fled, he ordered Goya's portrait to be burned in public. The raging fire burned away Lorenzo's past and his dignity, and what was left was only his soul, that ugly soul, and the skin that wrapped that soul.
The French army led by Napoleon swept across the European continent, and the war of the Great Revolution also burned to Spain. Under the tide of the revolution, the country was in chaos, and the Inquisition was forced to dissolve. So, poor Iss was released.
15 years, a full 15 years, the most beautiful time of the beautiful girl was spent in a dark cell. The moment Iss came out of the gates of the Inquisition, we saw a tortured woman beyond recognition, her fair skin was gone, her smooth hair was gone, and her beautiful clothes were gone. Also, she's completely insane! Yisi returned home based on his memory, but his family was long gone. Yisi only saw the dilapidated house and the bodies of his parents and brothers. In this regard, the mentally ill Iss has no feelings. The only thing she remembers deeply is her daughter. Yes, daughter! In prison she gave birth to the daughter of Lorenzo. But the child was sent to an asylum by the church from birth.
When Yi Si stumbled to find Goya, Goya was completely unrecognizable. Under Yi Si's gestures, Goya realized that the woman in front of him was Yi Si. Faced with this one of his favorite models, the great painter was shocked. I believe that in Goya's heart at this time, in addition to the incredible, is the pain and hatred generated under this incredible, hatred of the church. At this time, Goya was already deaf. After communicating with Yi Si with a pen, Goya knew all the facts, so he agreed to help Yi Si find her daughter.
At the same time, our great priest, Mr. Lorenzo, also returned to Spain. However, at this time Lorenzo was no longer a priest or a fugitive, but a revolutionary. He told Goya that he fled to France, where he married a wife and had children, read a lot of books by Voltaire and Rousseau, and visited revolutionary leaders such as Danton and Marat. As a result, he broke the shackles of the old beliefs, and the old God was replaced by fashionable concepts such as "freedom" and "equality". Inspired by these new ideas, he participated in the French Revolution, fought bloody battles, and was appointed as the special envoy to Spain.
Goya told Lorenzo that he also had a daughter, whom Is gave birth to in prison, but was sent to an asylum by the church at birth. Hearing this, I'm sure Lorenzo was equally incredible and terrifying. How can there be a daughter? Never allow this child to exist! Her existence will pose a serious threat to her reputation, and everything she has at this time will come to nothing. So, he categorically denied this fact. Disappointed, Goya found the shelter with a clue, but was told that Arisia—Is and Lorenzo's daughter—had escaped from the shelter many years ago, and her whereabouts are unknown. Goya was lucky. Once in the park, he saw the beautiful Iss in a trance. No, it should be said that she was a girl who looked exactly like the former Iss. He was sure that this was the Aricia he was looking for. After getting to know, Goya knew that Arisia had been reduced to a prostitute. When Goya took Yisi to meet Lorenzo and told this fact, Lorenzo's face was heavy. So, he secretly asked his subordinates to send the mentally ill Iss to a mental hospital, and at the same time promised Goya to look for it himself.
When Lorenzo pulled Aricia into his carriage as a whore client, I saw a wonderfully ironic image of Aricia being as provocative as a regular client of her father. I can't imagine what was going through Lorenzo's mind at that moment, I just heard him say: "Go! You have to go!" Yeah, maybe only Aricia's going can make him feel at ease, only Aricia After disappearing, he can sit back and relax as his special envoy. My own daughter is a prostitute! If this is spread out, not only will he lose face, but even more frightening is that his future may be lost, after all, she is an illegitimate daughter. So far, Lorenzo's inhuman nature has been exposed. Everything he did was not something that a conscientious person could have done. Perhaps words like "conscience" are no longer available to Lorenzo.
The good times did not last long, and the British army drove the French out of Spain, and the bishop, who was imprisoned, came back to power. Lorenzo fled again, unfortunately, this time he was caught. The Inquisitor—the bishop who had not had time to be guillotined— told him that if he repented, he would be spared death. Lorenzo continued to say no in silence. So Lorenzo was sent to the guillotine. The crowd cheered, and Lorenzo before his death saw Iss, who was anxiously pressing forward, expressionless in the crowd.
After watching the film, I felt that my soul was greatly shocked, and at the same time, there were two problems that have been bothering me. So, I read it on the Internet for the second time, but the problem still cannot be solved. First of all, why is Iss obsessed with Lorenzo? Was it because Lorenzo had given her hope? Or was Lorenzo her first and only man? Or do you really have feelings for Lorenzo? I remember at the end of the film, Lorenzo's body was dragged through the street by a carriage, and Iss who was insane was holding a baby in one hand and Lorenzo's hand in the other and followed behind the car, walking all the way. I remember the corners of my eyes were wet when I saw this picture. Second, the first time at the merchant's house, just the physical pain of being hung up, Lorenzo couldn't bear, and signed his name on that ridiculous piece of paper. In the end, it was the real gallows, the real threat of death, but Lorenzo took it easy. Why is this? Is it the physical and mental exhaustion that makes him unable to struggle? Or was the liberal democracy conveyed by the Revolution more demagogic than God's redemption, worthy of Lorenzo's death?
At the same time, it should also be seen that the rule of the previous Inquisition was barbaric, but the French revolutionaries who were free and democratic were equally barbaric, with robbery, adultery, murder, corruption, no difference from the previous Inquisition, and even Even more. At the end of the British arrival, it was also adultery and captivity, and even a large number of people were sent to America. At this point, the church, the great revolutionaries, and the counter-revolutionaries are all the same in essence, and the bloodshed that the church tries to cover up is no different from the naked plunder of the latter two. In the end, it is only the common people, the innocent people, who suffer under their rule.
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