Devil, a symbol of evil, will deceive, manipulate or ravage mankind with its power. What we cannot imagine is that many "people" nowadays do "demon" things.
Seventh score: 8.00
Synopsis
In De La Salle boarding school, the husband of female teacher Christina (Vila Crozzo) is the principal Michel (Paul Morris).
Michelle is very excessive on weekdays, not only beating and scolding Christina, but also blatantly having an intimate relationship with another female teacher, Nicholas (Simon Signelle).
After getting along for a long time, Nicoll is also very dissatisfied with Michel, because he sometimes fights against himself.
So Nicoll negotiated with Christina to kill Michelle with a plan.
The two took advantage of the weekend vacation to come to Nicoll's hometown, and called Michelle to come over on the grounds of divorce.
Nicholas bought a bottle of wine and put sleeping pills in it.
After Michelle drank and fell asleep, the two Nichols carried him to the bathtub and drowned him. The next day, the corpse was transported back to the school in a box.
At night, the two of them unconsciously threw their bodies in the school pond again, creating the illusion of accidentally falling into the water.
In this way, if the body is found, the time of death is the best alibi for the two.
After doing all this, Christina was very nervous. She hoped that the body would be discovered as soon as possible, but it was too early to stop the matter.
The strange thing is that the body has not floated.
No way, Christina can only discuss with Nicholas and find an excuse to let the pond water dry.
But something terrible happened. After the pond was drained, Michelle's body disappeared.
Not only that, but the laundry also sent someone to Michelle's clean suit and claimed that it was Michelle himself.
Just as the two were at a loss, a piece of news was published in the newspaper, and a naked male body was found in the Seine...
Film Analysis
This movie is difficult to write because the story itself is relatively simple, the most unexpected is the reversal of the ending, but the director said at the end of the film, let us not spoiler, so it is almost impossible to analyze this movie from the plot.
My impression of the film is roughly divided into two sections. The first section is about the type of crime. The main content is that the principal’s wife and lover are very dissatisfied with the principal. They are fed up with his arrogance, so they negotiated to get rid of him.
The narrative in this section is a bit similar to Billy Wild’s "Double Compensation", first tell us the purpose of the characters, and then see how they complete it. It can be said that the modus operandi is quite wonderful, and I believe that some current movies will also draw some inspiration from it.
From the perspective of the plot, it is still a bit lengthy and not enough to catch people. In addition, the resources of this movie are not easy to find. The translation of this version I watched still has some problems. In short, it would be better to refine it a little bit.
The content of the second paragraph is more suspenseful, and the narrative method is more like Hitchcock's "Butterfly Dream", which creates a thrilling atmosphere to increase the suspense. Although the pace is not fast, this part of the story is relatively more fascinating, because you will especially want to know what happened later and why it happened. And the entanglement of the heroine Christina's human nature is also a big point. The kind-hearted woman made the decision to kill her husband in order to get rid of her husband, but she still has difficulty passing this barrier in her heart. So I think from the perspective of watching the movie, the second half of the film is more exciting.
Although the story is simple, the ending is not so easy to guess, but after watching the entire movie, we will find that the ending arranged by the director is indeed reasonable, but sometimes you will not be able to believe that human nature can be so evil. This That's why the film is called "Devil".
Some details of the film are very interesting. People often think that children often lie, so adults don’t take the children’s words to heart, but in the film, the seemingly impossible and nonsensical words of the children are actually true. And it is the hypocritical adults who will really tell lies. So do you believe in the director's second reversal?
Finally, I had to speak up for the heroine, she was a kind woman. Using money to raise a husband who beats and scolds herself, she wanted to turn around a few times before the murder, but because her husband was more violent towards her, she had no choice but to do it. But this was something she didn’t want to do in her heart. A series of reactions. When a person has done something against his will, and he can't even convince himself, how can he hide it from others? Therefore, the most important thing for us before choosing is to follow our own heart. You can refer to what others say, but if it is contrary to our own will, it is better not to adopt it, otherwise, in the end, it will be ourselves who regrets.
Even if you can't pass this level, how can you hide it from the world? Don't do anything against your will.
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