Lila resisted absolutely, in exchange for absolute violence, she was thrown out the window. Even at this time, this stubborn and self-respecting child could not allow herself to show sadness and despair. In front of Elena, she must pretend to be nothing, smiling and saying, "I don't hurt, I don't hurt."
Talking About Genius Girlfriend Episode 1: Doll
Scene 1: Lila's Firmness
Lila's fist slammed firmly on the door of Archie's house, which was opened by Archie's wife, Maria. Elena did not dare to open her mouth, and it was Lila who spoke. Lila, like her peers, did not accept Maria's message, she must talk to Archie. Another feminist sentimental point.
Archie's languid voice was soft and distant, yet full of power and pressure. His figure appeared in the thick shadows, and he walked casually and slowly, showing a strong sense of oppression. As the bearer of oppression, the camera first explained Elena, whose throat was dry with tension, and then moved laterally to Lila's face, calm, and bone-like calm condensed from her eyes. She was also trembling, she was also afraid, but her attitude was to meet her.
At this time, Archie is in front of them. We can hear Archie's breathing very heavy, and the sizzle of smoking is surprisingly loud, and Archie always occupies most of the screen in the camera. The slight exaggeration of these sound effects and pictures is all to express the evil aura of Archie, to highlight the anxiety and fear of the girls.
Elena's eyes wandered, but Lila dared to look at the huge and ferocious Archie and express her appeal. Her voice was so quiet and beautiful, like an angel full of wisdom.
Unexpectedly, Archie showed a fair, rational and even moderate attitude in front of the children. Of course, we have to believe that this is the fairness Lila earned with her own words. She actually got the money from the "Man-Eating Archie" in the nightmare of other children, what a trick of pulling teeth!
Archie, who had sent the two goblins away, seemed to be relieved, and he could see slight surprise and doubt in his eyes, all because of Lila.
After getting the money, Lila was not carried away by the victory. She knew that if she wanted to keep the property, she had to hide it. The place and the correct way to hide the money reflected her accurate and rigorous judgment.
The off-screen sound destined to intersperse the entire play sounds:
"What impresses me the most, and what I can always notice, is her steadfastness. Lila is steadfast."
(The memoir-filled soundtrack gradually intensifies, always making you want to cry.)
Session 2: The Power of Literature
How to use this money further reflects Lila's foresight, and a small sum of money was used by her as the fulcrum of Archimedes to change her fate. The bestseller of "Little Women" gave her a path to wealth: writing books. Although she is still just a teenage girl, most girls are still chaotic at this time, but when Lila said she was going to write, I believe that no audience would think she was whimsical. Because her tone was so sure and calm, without the slightest hesitation.
Two angels came to the bookstore. Elena asked the clerk, is the book good? The clerk said, how do I know that I have so many things to do, how can I have time to read books? ——Looks like idle writing, but reveals the sadness of women who have not awakened in the harsh environment. We may also have to notice another woman in the bookstore who is flipping through a similar pictorial. Is she reading? It seemed so, but from the way she casually flipped through the pages, she knew she couldn't be doing serious reading.
In contrast to such a situation, Lila, who immediately picked up the book and entered the reading state after she got it, seemed invaluable. Her dedication made her bump into others as soon as she went out. How thirsty she is for knowledge!
It was Lila who sat on the stone chair and read the contents of the book fluently, which made the audience slightly amazed at the knowledge she already possessed at this time. Although Elena on the side was also watching eagerly, but she didn't make a sound, most likely she didn't have the ability to read literary works fluently.
How relevant the content of "Little Women" is:
"Poverty is so painful... It's not fair that some girls have so many beautiful things and others have nothing."
The tumult of the dispute interrupts Elena and Lila's literary world, and the scene shifts to the Solara family's bar and snack room. The old man who was knocked to the ground by Silvio was the one who knocked off the book in Lila's hand before (Lila accurately stated that he was Archie's sidekick), when Elena and Lila sat down to read , he slowly walked out of the screen in the background, it turned out that he came to the dessert room of Solara's house.
The first episode of the Solara family only appeared once, but at that time, high explosives that could be detonated at any time were buried. If the contradiction between the two families was still an undercurrent at that time, it was the Ming River on the ground at this time.
The storytelling capacity of the screenplay is rich, especially when Alfredo stands beside the Solara couple. Without the need for additional footage and narration, we clearly realized that the cowardly but unwilling Alfredo took refuge in the Solara family to wash away his hatred and shame.
The Solara family beat Archie on the street, not only declaring war on Archie, but also declaring to the neighborhood the confidence to win.
Lila calmly observed everything that was happening in front of her eyes, found the unreasonable, and concluded that many bad things were about to happen. Archie's death afterwards proved her excellent judgment.
Scene 3: The Split of Fate
A few months later, while Elena and Lila were still on the stone chair, they were able to recite the plot of Little Women. While Elena was still immersed in an emotional whirlpool, Lila opened her bright eyes and seriously expressed her intention to write a book again. To give Elena confidence, Lila creatively invented the "bucket-carrying theory", just like the storytelling talent she showed in the first episode of "Achille's Horror Fairy Tale."
At this time, Elena shifted the topic to the top problem in front of her: further education. Learning Latin means going to a higher school, and you can only continue to learn Latin if you are successful in your studies. Compared with Elena's worries, Lila firmly said that she would definitely learn Latin, and she decided her future. And Elena is still struggling to buy books and exercise books... The realm of the two is high. Elena is a realist like most people, but Lila is an idealist and libertarian who is not out of touch with reality (she knows that money is the key to winning fairness). Although she will eventually fail, she should not be regarded as a hero based on her success or failure.
Solara’s pastry chef’s daughter, Ghiola, and Alfredo’s daughter, Carmela, came to face each other. Carmela looked lost. When asked if she could go to school, she just said that Giyola could. Lila, confident and proud, told Jiyola that she and Elena would both go to college, if you could too. Jiyola's "Oh" sound contained ironic surprise, as if to say, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk, you are amazing!"
The little actors look and act pretty well, and I've found the little actors in almost all TV shows to be more likable than the adults.
Carmela was reprimanded by her father and went home. She did not express any active resistance, which was naturally the norm in that society. Jiyola rolled her neck and immediately betrayed the shame of her little friend, and the comedy effect added the finishing touch to the scene.
On the way home, they also met Ada (daughter of the mad widow Melina) who was holding firewood. She also gave up her studies, and she had no interest in reading: "I don't like studying, I want to go Work." The ignorance and superficiality of knowledge displayed by the girls around them are set off by Lila and Elena's mavericks and their inner anxiety and longing.
Here's another sneaky fight between the Karachis and the Solaras, when Stefano (Achille's eldest son) said "I want to show you what a real motorcycle is", the Solara twins rode The motorcycle deliberately drove past him slowly.
Lila solemnly handed "Little Women" to Elena, and the sad music thought again, did she have a bad premonition? The next scene meaningfully captured the plot of the two of them running away from each other. When they walked to the door frame, the two silently glanced at each other, each with their own thoughts, that was the confusion about the future. Although Lila's movements and demeanor seemed more determined than Elena, it couldn't hide her helplessness. This group of cross-juxtaposed shots, I named it "The Split of Destiny", the two people's backtracking means the divergence of their destiny, and it started from then on. From now on, it will only become more and more obvious.
Session 4: The Fence of Reality
Helena listened to the scene where her parents decided her own destiny, and gave Elena a lot of facial close-ups, rendering her helpless, she tried to open her mouth to say something, but her inner strength was too weak compared to reality. Compared with Elena's weakness, her parents have different strengths, the mother relies on aggressive tone and large mechanical movements of her hands (like strangling someone), and the father relies on unbridled smoking and Look directly into people's eyes.
Elena accumulated the strength of resistance from the silence, and her inner strength was reflected in the eyes she looked at her mother motionlessly, and everyone could feel her hatred for her mother focused.
Elena went to the window and looked at Lila's house. There was a statue of the Virgin by the window. What did that symbolize? A wee bit of faith and hope for ghetto women?
Elena's gaze is a great cutscene, and the scene then shifts to Lila's house. Brother Reno is trying to get Lila the money and the right to go to school. My father gave my brother a slap, but Lila, who was in the shadows in the corner, spasmed in fear. The shot in the corner made her as pitiful as a little mouse. What should she do?
The scene of the windows looking at each other, full of emotional power, who can't hold back tears here? Elena finally has the support of her father, and her family is a little better than Lila, and her father clearly has more long-term expectations of her.
Teacher Oliviero said a lot of idealistic words to Lila's mother. Those words were no different from those of Chinese middle school teachers. They were all beautiful advice that could not solve the problem. Although Teacher Oliviero had a female The awakening of ideology, but in the final analysis, she may just see in Lila her unfulfilled dreams and flaws, so she has such high expectations for Lila, because her attitude towards other girls is natural selection, Survival of the fittest, what she instilled in the female students was only the concept of struggle with partiality and hatred. But this also shows the realism of this TV series. It does not use the light of illusory idealism to soothe people's hearts, because this is not conducive to the truth.
The result of the conversation was not that the weak mother Lila defeated Mr. Oliviero, but that Oliviero admitted the helpless reality, and it was the ideal that lost to the reality. This barrier is so easy to break through, this drama has been telling us such a cruel reality.
Scene 5: The invisible sea
Archie bought a shiny white locomotive for Stefano. Stefano stepped on the engine loudly and placed it in front of the grocery store, which was naturally a rivalry with the Solara brothers.
Lila suddenly showed a surprising enthusiasm for looking at the sea.
In their stories, the sea represents the vast outer world and symbolizes a bright future. The sea is the force that pulls them away from poverty and bullying.
On this day of watching the sea, the music is soothing and quiet, the light is bright and the picture is very wide, almost only the two of them are in the mirror, at most there are shepherds and a large flock of white sheep next to them, and these are gentle and harmless, far more than dust. Flying streets, crowds squeezing and grey skies are so much better. They were free to cry.
But we still have to note that the expressions of the two little protagonists are different. In the subtle changes in their expressions, they show the differences in the hearts of the characters. Elena's eyes glowed, and her face was filled with excitement. But Lila's smile was secretly bitter and reluctant, and her eyes showed hollowness and perhaps some guilt, although she was a master pretender most of the time.
Did Lila get Elena into trouble on purpose? I think yes. Elila is rigorous and meticulous, she will not go on a long-distance adventure without knowing the distance, and her decision seems so sudden, and her curiosity stops abruptly halfway. I see her return from her abruptly interrupted trip as a reflection of her inner shame. Obviously, she was jealous. But we shouldn't take too much blame for the child's mistakes, even though she was clearly thinking about dragging Elena down.
Another meaning of Kanhai's story is that it alludes to the different value judgments and life choices of Elena and Lila. When the sky began to darken, Lila hesitated and finally turned her head back, while Elena insisted on running for the ocean. This conversation between the two is full of metaphors:
- "Let's go back."
- "Don't you look at the sea?"
--"Too far."
"How about going home?"
- "It's also far away."
- "Then let's go to the beach."
--"No."
(I found a scene that may have nothing to do with the plot, that is, after the two were drenched in heavy rain and the sky was clear, when they were about to walk under the railway, two young actors were walking, and there was a flat road in front of them, but Lila insisted Elena squeezes into a puddle by the side of the road. Is there any subtle psychology involved? Or is it just an actor's joke?)
Elena nearly loses her chance to go to school, falls victim to parental squabbles and her father's display of parental authority, and she wins a beating. (I'm always intimidated by the rawness of the action scenes in Italian movies, the scenes of their beatings make one suspect that they're actually beatings, and the same goes for the action scenes in the show)
The next day, Lila apologized to Elena, she thought that Elena had the same fate as her to drop out of school. Will Elena's negative answer make her feel lost? But from the pure Elena's frown, we can already feel the suspicion and resentment towards Lila in her heart. She was no longer shoulder to shoulder with Lila, and fell behind, looking at her suspiciously.
Scene 6: The Fate of the Common People
The teacher found that Elena had injuries on her face, but Lila didn't. She became angry and reprimanded Lila. Why is she reacting so violently? I believe it's because she was disappointed with Lila, she may think Lila beat Elena out of jealousy, or she speculates that Elena was beaten by Lila because the two of them were At the same time truant. And I think the more important reason is that she is also angry with herself, because she has to accept the fact that a genius will fall into the mud, that is her best student.
After a serious illness, Lila finds Elena's house, and surprisingly, she has completed a book of her own. Elena asked why she hadn't waited for her to write with her. Lila's answer hurts because you're always looking for teachers to make up lessons. She hasn't shaken off her anger yet.
Elena finished reading Lila's novel on the roof, looking into the distance under the white sheets and bright sunlight. Lila's novel made her feel the spiritual sublimation.
Let us not only notice the decisive influence Lila had on Elena's life, but also the great character that exudes in Elena, who is tolerant, kind-hearted, trusting and helpful to her friends. Elena showed Lila's novel to the teacher, and the teacher instilled in her social Darwinism: unless you are the best, you are the next. The teacher agreed with this theory of the law of the jungle, so she gave up Lila, and she also advised Elena to leave Lila alone and think about herself. Her narrow concept may have cost Lila an important opportunity, maybe Lila can really become a talented writer!
Carmela greeted on the stone bench to tie her companion's head, Lila kept watching the door of the building, of course she was expecting Elena to tell her teacher's reply. But when Elena came out, her proud pride made her turn her back immediately. Lila's total denial of her own work is also a manifestation of her self-esteem. She is the kind of person who throws herself in the trash before others deny her. Her self-esteem only allows herself to be trampled on. It is another kind of defiance in a situation where it is impossible to resist. What's more, she has not given up her resistance. She pretended to be nonchalant, as if she was announcing a certain thing: "By the way, Elena, tell Teacher Oliviero, I will take the entrance exam." But her The tone was still too deliberate, like viciously, which deformed the muscles around her mouth, which revealed that her inner confidence was not sufficient.
Lila resisted absolutely, in exchange for absolute violence, she was thrown out the window. Even at this time, this stubborn and self-respecting child still couldn't allow herself to show sadness and despair. In front of Elena, she had to pretend that nothing had happened, smiled and said, "I don't hurt, I don't hurt."
Scene 7: The cessation of childhood
The opening shot is a close-up of a trolley outside Lila's house, the perspective is low, hidden, dripping from the palm rope hanging from the trolley. This shot is an anthropomorphic point of view and uses empathy, like a crying girl hiding in a corner.
Elena's narration tells us that Lila only took the graduation exam, not the entrance exam. It is very strange that Lila is excellent in every family, but she is very good at arithmetic, which seems to imply that Lila is doing this on purpose. If so, it shows Lila's strong self-esteem, because only a slight error in arithmetic is the best, which shows how good she is, and she has enough persuasive ability and qualifications for further education.
Except that the first shot in the opening is dark and low-key, the second shot begins to warm up. The time is morning, and the sun is shimmering in this dirty residential area amid the soft chimes of the bell, the housewife pushes open the windowsill, and the sweeping sound is like soft music.
The close-up seems to be stroking the soundly sleeping Elena, who must have not slept in a long time. The sun shines on her face, her dress is white, her skin is as smooth as silk, her golden brown hair is loose, she is like a beautiful and quiet angel.
In the living room, the whole family was already sitting together, the little brother was holding back an elf-like laugh, the father had never snorted cigarettes so easily, as if he was smoking opium, the little sister stared wide-eyed and pursed her small mouth, all of them. Everyone sat quietly, as if they were waiting for a ceremony, as if they were hiding a secret. Sure enough, when she came out, an unprecedented cheerful atmosphere erupted in the room. The happiest is her father, because his daughter's excellent grades fully satisfy his vanity.
There was an ominous knock on the door, and in whispers, it was learned that it was Archie who was killed.
The explosive news also spread on the street. There was noise outside the picture, people were walking and whispering, and the silent and serious investigator entered the residential building. Elena looked out to the balcony where Archie often appeared, and there was nothing but an empty chair, a symbol of a lack of power. Then, new powers will take their place. The camera naturally explained the answer. When Manuela dragged her dress leisurely across the street, when Marcello and Michele's locomotives shuttled through the crowd, the answer was already given.
Lila wraps up the "Achille Horror Story" trilogy by vividly recounting what she imagined Archie to be killed in. Flashback, detail, color, action, onomatopoeia, foil, exaggeration, metaphor, psychology, logic, reasoning. Lila used a rich but accurate literary technique to bluff little Elena into a daze. What a pity for this talented novelist! Elena also seemed to show a look of pity.
When the military vehicle broke in, the two were back to back, Elena looked at the place where the military vehicle was parked, but Lila looked at Manuela, which echoed Lila when Archie's thug was beaten by Solara's family. That passage: Bad things are about to happen. Lila knew everything around her.
In the last shot, the cloud is pressing over the building, and the shadow covers everyone in the picture. The future is obviously not the time to get better.
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