The first Rohmer to watch. I saw before that Hong Sangxiu has the reputation of Rohmer in Korea, but after watching it, I can see that there are similarities. Lots of dialogue, moving footage, simple scenes, bland narrative, etc. Naturally, Rohmer has his own unique element, in this case religion.
In a nutshell, the film is about the choice of desire under the influence of religion. The male protagonist, Jean-Louis, is a Catholic and has the idea of loving a woman at a time, but the influence of lust can obviously compete with the restraint of religion. Therefore, he first fell in love with a blond female college student in the church, and then was attracted by the charming Mude by chance. This leaves a multiple-choice question, A or B, which also echoes the choice of whether to believe in God that appears repeatedly in the movie. The choice of love determines the choice of faith.
And Jean's choice is obviously very confusing. A night at the Maud house seems to have made him let go of himself and become an emotional practitioner rather than the theoretician he used to be. First confessed to the female college student, and then became intimate with Mude while climbing the mountain. Naturally, this is an act of profit, stepping on two boats and making a difference in time information, which is obviously in conflict with the principle of letting the mouth uphold.
Naturally, Jean has also said that he is not a religious role model, and this behavior is logical. At the same time, it also made the originally simple interpersonal relationship more complicated, so that when the truth was finally revealed, a pattern of intertwined relationships emerged between several people.
The movie has a lot of weird scenes. The entire musical performance is inexplicable, and the protagonist disappears from such a shot. Near the end, a quarrel between Jean and a female college student does not give the source, but cuts directly to the disclosure of key information. Of course, this also corresponds to the rapid passing of time at the end. It is difficult to say that such a way of organizing images has any specific meaning, and it may even be just the director's desire, but it does have the freedom to be unconventional.
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