After watching her, I was like falling into the water, but I just want to indulge when I should be struggling.
I don't know what prompted me to click on her, most likely because of the cover, but it's definitely not her name - "Opening the Heart World" (Chinese translation), I thought it was playing some homophonic stalk. Fortunately, I did not miss, she did not escape.
"Open Heart World" is a lesbian film that tells the story of Abigail, a peasant woman in the northeastern United States in the 19th century, and her neighbor Terry from first acquaintance to acquaintance and then to love. They left an indelible mark on each other's lives, and added a strong poetic sense to the barrenness that they looked at.
When she first met Abigail, she and her husband sat face to face, not saying a word or expression. A few months ago, her young daughter died of diphtheria, and her loss not only left Abigail deeply traumatized, but also shattered the family step by step.
Her husband heals his wounds through labor, and Abigail chooses to write to express her heart. As time goes by, the dialogue between the two has become less and less, as if only the solitary house is connected to them, and there is no luster.
When I first met Teri, she was smiling, and her flowing red hair was the only brilliance against the blue background. Even when she looked at Abigail in the distance, the light in her eyes was depicting the next story to her.
Unlike Teri, Abigail is a handwritten contemplative, she writes down her thoughts and love as her own shelter, and is restrained and shy when alone with Terri; while Terri is different, she is brave, Directly, it is the actor of the body. She gradually opened Abigail's heart with her kiss and her lips, and built a space away from the real world here.
They talked about everything, shared stories of family, children, husbands and farm work, or sat beside each other without saying a word, or cuddled with each other.
In the play, I waited for a long time, and Abigail waited for a long time for the scene where Teri took the initiative to express her feelings for Abigail. The way she squatted down and kissed Teri was the joy and joy she hadn't seen for a long time.
"You smell like cookies" is the best metaphor for her response to Terry's love.
A brief hilarity followed by Abigail lying on her back on a nearby table, saying "Astonishment and joy". At this moment, she is the master of her own emotions, loyal to the choice of desire.
She wrote her love in her diary, and wrote it into prose poems, which she read to us in the days when Terry was away, and there were thoughts between the lines.
Later, Teri appeared less and less, not because she was not in love, but because she was trapped in patriarchy and religion and had no choice.
Husband Finney recorded Teri's every move, when she didn't do farm work, when she went to Abigail's house again, whether she cheated, etc.
How I wish he would love and be with his wife like Daya forever so that he wouldn't kill Abigail's redemption - Teri with his own hands.
Maybe the fire symbolized the destruction of Abigail and Terry's inner space, but I didn't expect that when Abigail was lying beside the dead Terry, the sadness came so hard and so hateful.
I hate Finney for killing his wife after he found out she was cheating on her, probably stemming from his disdain for women, although not explicitly mentioned in the show, Finney is felt through Teri's conversation with Abigail A little perversion of Ni.
A few flashbacks of their lingering scenes even pulled this farewell into reality. Teri left, she wrote in the letter: "you are my city of joy", as if foresaw her departure, so every sentence she left was full of love and reluctance.
In the end, Abigail lies on the roof, with the imaginary Terri lying down, and *the world to come* rings out, as if their love never ceased.
In fact, many movies about same-sex themes have an awkward moment when the two find out that they love each other, but "Open Heart World" is different, she is like two people who knew each other would love each other from the first sight, just waiting opponent's statement.
But it is very risky to choose to use a lot of text narration to promote the plot of the movie. After all, the movie is an audio-visual language, but in combination with the beautiful environment and artistic conception, the poetic text is the highlight here.
In a word, "Opening the Heart World" is a movie worth watching. Although she didn't teach you anything, after watching it, you will still be unfulfilled, as if you understand something.
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