Lila stood up resolutely, her whole body had been shrouded in darkness, but the resolute expression was quite clear, she turned around decisively and walked out.
Recently, HBO released another masterpiece, "My Gifted Girlfriend" adapted from Elena Ferrante's original "Neapolitan Quartet". It's a half-century-long friendship and war between two women. I am very interested in it, so I simply waste my time on this, write down the notes of the drama, and plan to write an episode analysis for each episode. The specific structure is to follow the scene and elaborate on the scene.
Start the first one tonight, based on the first episode "Doll".
The first: the war of a lifetime
Elena, one of the elderly female protagonists, received a call from Lila's son, Rino. It turned out that Lila had run away from home. Judging from Elena's performance, she was not surprised by Lila's sudden action, but was annoyed by the chattering Reno. From the phrase "don't call me again", it can be speculated that Reno often bothers Elena. Lena, the reason that bothers her may be related to Lila, which means that Lila may be in trouble often.
Elena couldn't sleep anymore, and after thinking about it, she still called Reno again, this time she confirmed that Lila wanted to disappear completely, because she had cleared all traces of her existence.
Elena was sitting in her study, looking at the lounge chair in front of her. She seemed to see her friend Lila again. Lila, who looked like a teenager, was lying in the chair and slowly sat up, her eyes meeting hers. The turbid eyes of the old and the eyes of the girlhood looked at each other, as if looking through the vicissitudes of life.
Lila stood up resolutely, her whole body had been shrouded in darkness, but the resolute expression was quite clear, she turned around decisively and walked out.
The emotional Elena turned on her computer, put on her glasses, and started typing:
"You always go your own way, Lila. It hasn't changed since you were young and now you are old. At sixty, you will not only disappear from the world, but also completely wipe away the traces of your existence. I swear to you, I will Never do that, your actions make me angry. I'm going to write your entire story, not just what I saw, but what I know, and everything you've told me over the years. This time I don't care, let's see who wins."
Obviously, this is the first paragraph of a book where Elena decides to put Lila's life into words. The reason for this is because Lila's departure has once again aroused the fighting spirit in her heart: since you want to erase everything, I will do my best to keep everything, and see who will succeed! This passage reflects the lifelong rivalry between Elena and Lila, and also shows that Lila has a great influence on Elena. This competition is more or less childish, and it shows the depth of the friendship between the two.
Game 2: The Genius Rival
The first-year little Elena was earnestly practicing strokes in class, and was praised by the head teacher's female teacher. She was very happy. At this moment, Lila suddenly made trouble, laughing and throwing a ball of paper with ink over to play Elena, causing the teacher to scold. As a result, the teacher walked over and saw the content on Lila's book, and her voice immediately became gentle. Lila's book had simple physical patterns drawn on it, and the corresponding words were written under the patterns. Elena, who has high self-esteem, realized that when she was practicing strokes, the other party could already write, and she lowered her head sadly, feeling inferior.
The teacher invited Lila's mother into the class and let her witness what happened next. The teacher first wrote a word on the blackboard, and then asked the students if they knew anyone. All the girls in the class were confused, but when the teacher asked Lila who was lying on the table by name, Lila answered easily. . Then, the teacher increased the difficulty of the test and asked Lila to write the word "chalk". Lila came up with dirty body and messy hair, obviously from a poor family. But Lila wrote the word on the blackboard naturally, only misspelling one of the letters, which is quite rare for a first-year student, not to mention this is when no one is giving her a small stove, the whole by self-study.
Elena, who had been watching all this closely in the audience, gritted her teeth in disapproval at first, but after learning that Lila was all self-taught, she lowered her head in inferiority.
At this time, the title came out, and the title was very distinctive. In the form of a family portrait, a preview was given to each family that appeared. In order to make it easier for everyone to clarify the relationship between the characters, I will paste the character chart from the original book here, but the TV series are not necessarily based on novels, but are still based on the drama series. This is just an auxiliary role in the pit.
character table
The Cerullo family (the shoemaker's family)
Fernando Cerullo: The shoemaker.
Nunzia Cerullo: Lila's mother.
Rafaela Cerullo: Everyone calls her Lena, only Elena calls her Lila.
Reno Cerullo: Lila's eldest brother and a shoemaker.
One of Lila's children is also named Reno.
other children.
The Greco family (the janitor's family)
Elena Greco: The eldest daughter in the family.
There are a few younger siblings in the back: Pepe, Janney and Eliza.
Elena's father: works as a concierge in the city hall.
Mother: Housewife.
The Karachi family (Don Archiler's family)
Archie Karachi: The man-eating monster in fairy tales.
Maria Karachi: Archie's wife.
Stefano Carracci: Archie's son, a grocer.
Pinocchia and Alfonso: Other children of Archie.
The Peluso family (the carpenter's family)
Alfredo Peluso: Carpenter.
Giuseppina Peluso: Alfredo's wife.
Pasquale Peluso: Also called Pascal, the eldest son of Alfredo and Giuseppina, a mason.
Carmela Peluso: Also called Carmen, Pasquale's sister, grocery store clerk.
other children.
The Cappuccio Family (The Mad Widow's Family)
Melina: A relative of Lila's mother, a crazy widow.
Melina's husband: a wet market unloading worker.
Ida Cappuccio: Melina's daughter.
Antonio Cappuccio: Ada's brother, a mechanic.
other children.
The Saratore family (railroad workers - family of the poet)
Donato Saratore: railway clerk, poet.
Lydia Saratore: Donato's wife.
Nino Saratore: Donato and Lydia's eldest son.
Marisa Saratore: Daughter of Donato and Lydia.
Pino, Clelia, and Ciro: Donato and Lydia's other children.
The Scanno family (a family selling vegetables and fruits)
Nicola Scanno: The man who sells fruits and vegetables.
Asunta Scanno: Nicola's wife.
Enzo Scanno: Son of Nicola and Asunta, who also sells vegetables and fruits.
other children.
The Solara family (they have a bar and snack shop)
Silvio Solara: owner of the bar and refreshment room.
Manuela Solara: Silvio's wife.
Marcello and Michele: Sons of Silvio and Manuela.
The Spaniolo family (the pastry chef's family)
Mr. Spagnuolo: Pastry chef at Solara Bar and Pastry Room.
Rosa Spagnolo: The Pastry Chef's Wife
Ghiola Spagnuolo: The pastry chef's daughter.
other children
Gino: The pharmacist's son.
several teachers
Ferraro: A male primary school teacher who also works as a librarian.
Oliviero: Primary school female teacher.
Gerache: Middle school male teacher.
Galliani: Female middle school teacher.
Nella Incaldo: Teacher Oliviero's cousin, living on the island of Ischia.
Scene 3: The Eyes Behind
Lila was doing four arithmetic operations on the blackboard, and the teacher was full of praise. The camera is shown to the children in the classroom, they have all grown up a lot, so this is not the first grade. Elena's role has also changed, from a young loli to a girl loli.
Elena watched Lila write dragons and snakes on the blackboard, blinking bright and weak eyes, and bowing her head timidly from time to time.
When the get out of class bell rang, Enzo Scanno, the son of a fruit and vegetable vendor, was grabbed by the teacher's ear and raised at the door to be punished to stand in front of the crowd, with a sign hanging from his neck with the Italian word on it: donkey. The naughty Lila ran over and pushed Enzo's chest, laughing at him: "Donkey!" and ran like a gust of wind. Elena walked like a lady, silently watching Lila's every move, Lila was like a powerful magnet to her.
Session 4: Bright Rivers and Undercurrents
Carmela's father, Alfredo Peluso, was all dirty, sitting on the street, looking at a grocery store in front of him, his eyes sad. It turned out that the grocery store belonged to his carpenter's shop before, because he borrowed Mr. Achille's usury loan and could not repay it, so he could only use the storefront to pay off.
But the resentment in his heart remained stagnant. He couldn't help provoking Archie's eldest son, Stefano, and even insulted Mr. Archie out of control. Everyone on the street began to get nervous, and looked at the balcony on the fourth floor of a house. It was Archie's home, the highest place on the street, and it also represented the most terrifying authority. Archie is like an ogre in a fairy tale, and the children start to flee home in panic. The old clerk at Archie's grocery store rudely pushed Alfredo away, actually saving his life. Although Alfredo was not relaxed, he was afraid under his feet, and ran away with his daughter Carmela.
At this time, the camera moved to the Solara family at the end of the street. The man's name is Silvio, and the woman's name is Manuela, and they are the only ones who dare to stand up to Archie. They run a tavern with the intention of replacing Archie's business.
Lila's follower, Elena, turned around and left, but Lila, for some reason, had been standing in the middle of the street, pondering the details in front of her. She was different from all children, and only Elena discovered that.
Scene 5: Secret love and adultery
When Elena went upstairs, she learned that Antonio and Ada's father, Capuccio, had died of unknown cause. Elena went to Capuccio's house to see the dead body. She saw Capuccio's widow, Melina, sitting inexorably beside Capuccio's disguised corpse, with a dry expression, but the arrival of a man made her stagnant gaze suddenly ignite. This man is Donato Saratore, he spared no effort to help the Capuccio family, and there is a rumor in the neighborhood that he and Melina have an affair. The shameless whispers between the two prove it too. Even Melina's three children noticed their unusual relationship. Donato is a man who is different from the average man. He writes poetry and helps his wife, Lydia, with the children. It doesn't fit the style of other men in this environment. It seems that this is a man who is good at pleasing women. No wonder he is a poet!
Donato's wife, Melina, arrived, Donato stood up in a panic, grabbed his hand from Melina's hand, and the light in Melina's eyes died immediately, her face withered. Lydia expresses arrogant condolences.
At this time, the camera explained Elena's admiration for Donato's eldest son Nino. Nino and Elena looked at each other, and Nino looked a little shy.
Elena's mother suddenly grabbed her from behind and took her out of Melina's house. When Elena went downstairs and went back, Lila happened to run up. As soon as they met, Lila provoked Elena with malicious intent: "Have you seen a dead person? Have you wet your pants?" Lila grabbed the scared Elaine. Na, make up another terrible story: "It was Mr. Archie who drained Cappuccio's blood and killed him." Elena fled. The plot showcases Lila's ability to bring nonsense to life, which is to say the literary genius of the story. It can also be seen that Lila's brain circuits are indeed different from those of her peers, and they have a strange and bizarre spiritual world.
Game 6: Archie's Hand
In the church, the priest mourns and prays, and families on the block fill up their seats. Archie's eldest son, Stefano, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly turned his head and glanced coldly at Alfredo, who was sitting at the back. Lila quickly discovered the abnormality. Lila received a strange message and looked back. You see, the language of the camera has been alluding to Lila's direct influence on Elena.
Alfredo, who had no idea that the danger was approaching, suddenly showed a half wide body behind him. He was pulled outside the church by a strong hand. From the pleading voice of Alfredo's wife, we could tell that it was the terrifying Archie. here comes sir. At first, everyone wanted to continue the ceremony as if nothing had happened, but the next scream made everyone run out of the church. Elena saw Alfredo's thin body being thrown high and smashed against the wall from the shadow of the crowd. No one around dared to lend a helping hand, pretended nothing happened, and left.
Elena's eyes wandered, and she found Mr. Achille's back who was sitting in the car as large as a bear. The car was dark and bright, and it was gone.
Elena found Lila standing not far from her, and she was also staring at the car that Archie was leaving, and she didn't know she was constructing a horror story about how Archie was in her head.
Alfredo left slowly with the support of his family.
Scene 7: The Women's War
Lydia and Melina started a protracted war, and the fuse of the war was naturally the poet Donato. The audience is the faces poking out from all the windows and balconies in the block, and the theater is on the balcony where Melina and Lydia are just downstairs opposite.
Lydia held up a blackened broomstick and vigorously rubbed it on Lydia's drying sheets, and the two women started scolding each other. The long-tongued women added fuel to the war, exaggerating Donato's unusual care for Melina and Melina's madness in unscrupulous love. Lydia's daughter Marisa grieved for her mother Lydia and scolded Melina. Lila rushed over and slapped her on the head, because Lila thought it was not Melina but Donato.
The camera showed the doll in Lila's hand, a rag doll as dirty as hers, with messy yellow hair, a shriveled face, twisted and funny facial features, not good-looking at all, and looked shoddy. Lila raised the doll's hand and gently touched the doll in Elena's hand: "What's your name?" Elena dared not look at Lila, and replied softly, "Tina." Elena The doll Tina is a beautiful and delicate little Barbie like her, with long silver-white hair, a red headband, and a lovely shapely body. Comparing the two dolls, one looks like a witch and the other looks like a princess.
Lila continued to communicate with the doll: "Aren't you afraid of me?" Elena's doll was not frightened, but Elena herself was frightened, and she took two steps back. Lila said to Elena, come here and show you something. Curiosity about Lila drove her over. As a result, Lila took out a tool with a rusty needle and plunged it into the skin of her hand calmly, making Elena tremble. Lila made her first communication with Elena in her own quirky way.
A feature of this play is that the perspective has always been Elena. From the language of the camera lens, we have always seen Elena's extraordinary attention to Lila, and we can see that Elena is influenced by Lila's every move. But this time, Lila actually took the initiative to hook up with Elena. What does that mean? Lila was actually paying attention to Elena, and maybe she was even being influenced by Elena. Lila's perspective is hidden. Only when the two are closely connected can we get a glimpse of the complete picture of the whole play.
The quarrel upstairs attracted the two children. Lydia and Melina were quarreling in the corridor, insulting each other. The two finally fought each other. Melina, who stumbled, rolled down the stairs and passed out. Elena, who just called herself "brave" to Lila, fell to the ground like a straw.
The next set of shots is Elena's imagination in a coma. In the dark neighborhood, ant colonies of cockroaches emerged from the sewers, spread out, spread to the walls, and entered through the windows. This imaginary scene is not only the impression of Elena's childhood on the women in the neighborhood, but also the living environment of Elena and Lila's children. In the end, the cockroaches crawled into Elena's house, went on the bed, and all got into the mouth of Elena's mother, which implied the bad relationship between Elena and her mother and her hatred for her mother.
Scene 8: The Lonely Master
In the class, the head teacher Oliviero announced that she will hold a small competition with the principal Ferraro. Under the stage, Lila held her face and listened casually, while Elena, the voyeur for thousands of years, was looking at Lila with those faint eyes. The head teacher announces that they will compete with the fifth grade boys to show their abilities and prove that they are as good as the boys, so as not to be bullied by the boys. The meaning of feminism emanated from the words of the head teacher. The head teacher then announced the list of representatives of the class participating in the competition. The first one was Lila. When she heard her surname, Lila was calm. The second person whose name was called was Elena, who smiled beautifully, with the pretentiousness of a pampered little girl. At this time, a rare shot of Lila showing Elena was shown. Lila's personal shot has always been obscure and unclear, and it was impossible to see what she was thinking. This is intentional, and it is meaningless to explain clearly.
The principal brought the boys to the girls' class, and the first two who walked in were the opponents Lila and Elena were going to face, the grim Nino (Donato's eldest son) and the weak Alfonso (Achille's youngest son). The third is Enzo, the eldest child who was mocked by Lila as a "stupid donkey". He and Lila made eye contact. Elena's eyes crossed the crowd and fell on Nino far away.
The head teacher questioned the principal: "Karachi (Alfonso's surname) is not from your class." The principal was evasive. In fact, he asked Alfonso to play Xiao Jiu Jiu in order to make Alfonso in the limelight to please Archie. Le family. Here is a shot of Lila looking at Alfonso, she looks at Alfonso thoughtfully.
At the beginning of the answer, Nino, Elena, and Alfonso all succeeded in rushing to answer. They went back and forth, not giving in to each other. Only Lila pursed her lips and said nothing. She lowered her head and peeked at Alfonso. The look is clear: fear. In fact, judging from the shape of her mouth, she almost always responded faster than others, which showed that Lila was actually more powerful than all the answerers present. Alfonso spoke an answer through Lila's lips.
After Nino answered a question at first, he pursed his lips and stopped answering. Only Elena was foolishly fighting Alfonso with all her strength. Seeing that Elena was still rushing to answer, Nino cast a hidden look at Elena and Lila opposite, as if to say: Don't answer any more. This time, no one is fighting with Alfonso anymore.
It was time for the arithmetic test, Alfonso gave a wrong answer, Nino saw that Lila knew the answer, shook her head and told her not to say it, but Lila finally couldn't hold back and blurted out the correct answer. The inferior Alfonso lowered his head. Lila knew that she had made a mistake, and she would rather say she would not answer the next question than answer it. The headmaster asked another arithmetic problem, and it was estimated that the battle would only be over when Alfonso answered correctly, but Alfonso got it wrong. "Stupid Ass" Enzo sitting off the field couldn't help but jumped out and said the correct answer, Alfonso was about to cry, he knew that Lila had been letting him.
But at this time, Lila decided not to give up and took over the game. On the next question, she quickly said the correct answer, and Enzo was a little slower than her off the field. A crying Alfonso was asked to take a break.
The principal called Enzo up to start a personal duel with Lila, and by the way, mocked the "glorious history" of his three repetitions. The principal gave another arithmetic problem, and Lila stared at Enzo with the eyes of a winner, with ridicule and contempt, as if to say: I'll wait for you to say it first, but say it. Seeing that Enzo couldn't speak, Lila calmly gave an accurate answer. The head teacher's poker-like face showed a gulky but bright smile.
It can be seen from this competition that Elena has come to realize it later, while Lila and Nino are superior talents.
After school, when other girls said that Lila was afraid of Archie's answer, Elena defended Lila.
Scene 9: Friendship and Love
A narration tells the audience that Elena decided to follow in Lila's footsteps and not let herself be left behind, in order - in her words - not to be threatened by her mother's lameness, vaguely implying that women must decide their own destiny Out.
Enzo, who lost to Lila, brought a group of boys to stop him halfway, and started a stone battle with Lila. Lila was unafraid, with one enemy, not falling behind. A sharp rock rolled to the feet of Elena, who was hiding. She picked it up and ran to Lila's side to deliver the ammunition for her. Lila hits Enzo with this ammo that was born of friendship. But in the blink of an eye, Enzo hit the unsuspecting Lila on the forehead, and Lila fell on her back. Enzo looked anxious, came to apologize, and cried, not because of weakness, but because he had a crush on this girl who dared to play with him. This is the charm of Lila, because she is not like any girl around.
Lila's father came to ask Lila and Elena who caused the injury to Lila's head. Lila, who was responsible, never confessed to the perpetrator, and used her eyes to stop Elena from telling the truth. Elena complied. she.
Elena, who went home alone, met Nino, the boy she had a crush on, on the corridor. Nino stopped her and asked Elena if she could be her girlfriend. thing. Elena couldn't be as calm as Nino in her heart. She rejected Nino in panic, fled to the house, and finally couldn't help leaning behind the door, with a bright smile that made her face fat.
Scene 10: The Interruption of First Love
Lila, who lived on the first floor opposite, grabbed the dirty doll and came downstairs to Elena's house and asked her to come down and play together. Elena happily hugged the doll and went down without seeing Lila. It turned out that Lila was dragged to the corner by Alfonso's brother, Archie's eldest son, Stefano, who was beating her and forcing her to apologize to Alfonso, who lost to her in the competition. Lila was as stubborn as a colt, resolutely not bowing her head, and she even smiled contemptuously at the tall Stefano.
Unable to coerce Lila into admitting her mistake, Stefano was furious, took the doll from her hand and threw it on the ground. Lila scolded Stefano angrily. Stefano opened Lila's mouth and stuck in Lila's mouth, trying to break her tongue. Elena rushed up to help, and she was weakly pushed to the ground by Stefano, who overthrew Lila as well. Stefano, who was strong in the outside and in the middle, looked at his victory with a guilty conscience, and pulled Alfonso upside down.
Lila stood up nonchalantly, picked up Elena's beautiful doll and handed it to her. Elena followed Lila to sit outside a cellar vent. Lila looked at Elena's doll and suddenly said, "Want to change it with me?" This sentence seemed to express the true desire buried in Lila's heart: Elena's clean and elegant look is what she wants to be. .
The kind Elena handed over the doll, but Lila immediately did something to hurt Elena. She threw Elena's doll out of the dark vent and provokes Elena. Lila did this out of jealousy and injustice. Elena looked weak, but she was strong in her heart, and he threw Lila's doll down to fight against her.
The two go to find dolls in a dark cellar, which is a metaphor for a social environment, for girls like Lila and Elena, who live in the ghetto. Now, they will break into this dark, unknown and terrifying world in order to retrieve their own doll.
As soon as she entered the cellar, Lila began to intimidate Elena by telling her own horror stories about Mr. Archilor. The wonderful thing is that Lila uses precise vocabulary, figurative metaphors, and brilliant imagination, and her linguistic and literary talents are revealed. Elena almost urinates in horror at her lifelike story. Lila, who was calm like a witch, looked for the doll as if nothing had happened. The terrified Elena was absent-minded, looking at the surrounding environment worriedly, she suddenly found a humanoid thing, "standing" there motionless, Lila's story seemed to come true. Elena hurriedly pulled Lila and escaped.
After she came out, Lila relentlessly told the story of Achille and threatened Elena. Elena was so frightened that she believed it in her heart, but she vehemently denied it.
They suddenly found a carriage parked downstairs, and the Donato Saratore family was moving. Two long-tongued women discuss the reasons for Donato's move on the balcony, one says that the railway bureau has assigned him a new house, the other that Donato's wife Lydia forced him to leave, in order to get rid of the semi-crazy Meli Na.
Hearing that, Lila frowned, like a preoccupied adult silently speaking, while Elena stared blankly at the stern figure of Donato's eldest son Nino not far away.
Melina's house began to throw dishes and furniture from the balcony, accompanied by Melina's frantic wailing, and the neighbors were alarmed.
Listening to Melina's cry, Lila was stimulated and shivered. She felt sympathy and anger at Melina's situation. And Elena, who is still shallow-minded, does not have such keen and profound thoughts, and she will only be sad for the death of her first love. Her tears slowly flowed out of her eyes and shattered in the dust. Nino left and left without any attachment. Didn't he just confess to me, why did he leave without saying goodbye?
The carriage slowly disappeared, Nino's back disappeared, the faces of the onlookers retracted, and the first love was interrupted in the intermittent dry howl.
Scene 11: The little hands clenched
Depressed, Lila made a very bold decision. She went to Archie's house to retrieve the lost doll. Of course, she knew that the doll was not taken by Archie. She was venting her subordination to women. Injustice, which also means that disadvantaged women take the initiative to overcome their own destiny. Elena couldn't allow herself to fall behind to Lila, and though she was afraid, she caught up. Seeing Elena following, Lila smiled again with a familiar smug smile that was utterly inappropriate for her age. Elena played with her like a fool.
Both of them were afraid, and timidly stepped up the stairs, their eyes kept staring at the door of Achille's house on the top floor. When standing outside Archie's house, the two looked at each other, and fine beads of sweat appeared on their faces. Lila pursed her lips, stuck out her arms, dong dong! She knocked on Mr. Archiler's door. Lila, who is as daring as a cow, is also fighting at this time. Her right hand touches Elena's left hand. Elena grabs Lila's hand without thinking.
Looking at the unknown door, they seemed no longer afraid.
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