This is a fairy tale about a brave man defeating an evil dragon. The two girls have their own ideals and pursuits, but the vicious parents tried their best to separate the two and prevent them from realizing their dreams. In the end, the girls managed to get rid of their parents' restrictions on them, although in a devastating way...
An ordinary start
The beginning of the story was very flat. Two unique girls in the school became very good friends with each other and established a very deep friendship. But with the development of the story, the plot gradually slid towards destruction.
Extraordinary imagination
Two imaginative girls continue to explore the imaginary world, gradually immersed in a virtual world. They are familiar with the royal family for 500 years and make up their own royal stories. They wrote the script together and looked forward to the future together. The richer the imagination of the two, the closer the relationship between the two. Even the relationship with the boy is out of reality.
Extraordinary love
With the continuous development of imagination, the feelings between two people are becoming more and more difficult to define with secular emotions: they are each other’s best friends, and at the same time they have a spiritual and physical relationship beyond ordinary friendship. People are like the shadow of each other, inseparable all day long, if they are separated, it will make them feel unhappy.
Devil debut
The unusual relationship between the two eventually made their parents have to be alert. Juliet's father doubted the possibility of homosexuality between the two, so he tried every means to separate the two. At the same time, the relationship between Pauline and her parents also fell into a freezing point. The two can't meet each other, they don't think about eating and drinking, and they don't want to make a living.
Angel's evil thoughts
The parents looked at the sick child, but finally couldn't bear it and agreed to let them be together. But these two girls who were immersed in their own fantasy world were not satisfied with the restrictions set by their parents for a long time. They decided to solve this problem once and for all-to kill Pauline's mother
The core of the story
The main contradiction of the story is that the parents prevented the girls from contacting each other and prevented them from chasing their dreams. Different from the traditional story of the brave man defeating the dragon, the devil in this story is their closest relatives, which gives this story a tragic character-what could be more heartbreaking than having to kill your own mother? This is also what makes this story very surprising and uncomfortable.
The theme of the film
Like many excellent films, this film also has this very rich interpretation space.
This film may show the contradiction between children and parents. During adolescence, we will inevitably have conflicts with our parents. Whenever we find that our parents do not understand us, we will also have anger and dissatisfaction. Parents always seem to not let us do what we want to do, and always treat our children. Impose various restrictions.
The film also shows the harm that parents cause to their children. Sometimes even if it is unintentional or with a good motivation, the behavior and language of the parents can still cause irreparable harm to the child.
We can also see how difficult it is to raise a child. Children always seem to be unable to form effective communication with their parents. Children's world is always unruly in the eyes of adults. The parents never seem to try to understand the child, which also caused the final tragedy of the film.
The harm caused by imagination. Not every child will accumulate resentment towards his parents to the point where he must kill his parents. But the uniqueness of these two girls lies in their rich imagination. They have gone so far on the road of imagination that they can hardly stand the real world. Under the pressure of conservative or ignorant parents, they cannot compromise their imagination.
The film also has a hidden theme. The protagonist in the story is two girls, not a man and a woman. In this way, the film explores the development of gender awareness in adolescent children: children at this age are not only interested in the opposite sex, but also in the same sex. The film is again linked to the "queer theory": it shows that heterosexuality is not innate, but a view of social construction.
Broken thoughts
The camera angle of view of the film is very interesting. There are very interesting shots.
Two children of different classes have become friends, which adds a little more fairy tale meaning.
The most heartbreaking scene in the film is the scene where Pauline is forced to work as a typist.
The film focuses on the indefinable love between two girls. Friendship and love are not enough to summarize this emotion. Language has its limitations.
Little advice
The contradiction between Pauline and his mother in the film is not clear enough, and the motive for killing his mother is not so convincing.
In addition, the tempo of the film is a bit procrastinated, it should make the drama conflict more at the center, remove some unnecessary details (I watched the 108-minute version, and there is a 99-minute version, the other version may be better) .
Although there are some shortcomings, it still does not prevent this from being a very good movie about adolescent children.
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