"Who Do You Think I Am" is definitely not a general interpretation of the movie story of a 50-year-old aunt pretending to be a 24-year-old girl to go online. The overall atmosphere and tone of the movie will bring you into the lonely world of the heroine, making you wonder about every When an individual is forced to be alone, he will do things that he does not expect.
The virtual world is full of danger and temptation, and everything that happens is like a dream after a cloud and rain.
Juliette Binoche is one of the famous international film stars in France. This time he plays the 50-year-old woman Claire in the film, and Juliette Binoche's deep sunken eyes can be described as the essence of this film.
I don't mind dying, I just don't want to be abandoned
The first scene of the film shows Claire intruding face-up below the surface of the water, and the dimly lit scene around her gives her face an icy, lonely color vibe.
It was as if she had been thrown into the water after being abandoned by the whole world, but there was no suffocation, and the air bubbles exhaled from her nostrils proved that she did not want to give up her life.
Claire is a 50-year-old divorced teacher with two children and a lover. The character's setting is already biased towards the characteristics of inspirational women, and the appearance of the lover is the key feature of her loneliness.
Are middle-aged women lonely?
In another French film "The Elegance of the Hedgehog", it is about a middle-aged woman who pretends to be strong, and under the guidance of Mr. Ozu, she begins to remove her humble disguise:
"From the outside, she is covered with thorns, and she is an indestructible fortress in the true sense." "From the inside, she is as delicate as a hedgehog." , but with extraordinary elegance."
The so-called feminine elegance is nothing but a thorn on the body of a lonely woman, who has to build defenses for the sake of the moral world.
In the film "Who Do You Think I Am", Claire talks with her psychiatrist very clearly. Facing dozens of students, Claire wears professional attire and talks on the podium with her lover in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows. "Night Scene", it can be seen that Claire is a very wise middle-aged woman, pretending to be strong to cover up her inner loneliness.
Claire just needs a guide to show her true loneliness.
The movie has a very dramatic side. In order to spy on her lover on social software, Claire made up a 24-year-old girl. In order to get close to her lover, she had to add her lover's good friend Alex as a friend first. .
Claire clearly understands what young men need emotionally, and the long-haired beauty portraits, adoring compliments and coquettish-toned conversations all appeal to Alex.
In order to wait for Alex's reply, Claire looked like a tigress waiting for her prey. She was clearly asleep on the sofa. As soon as she heard the prompt tone of the conversation, she immediately got up and picked up the computer to talk to Alex. .
Constantly thinking about answering each of Alex's questions, when it comes to excitement, the corners of Claire's mouth rose involuntarily, and she tried to cover up the woman's shyness with two fingers.
Involuntarily showing various smiles is very different from the previous image of a wise woman. The former is more like a girl in a happy love, and the latter is an elegant hedgehog.
Fictional temptations and dangers
The film's emphasis on Claire's smile is a warning from time to time.
The 24-year-old girl with long hair that Claire pretends to be in the virtual online world is clearly a kind of temptation. Every time I see Claire's smile, I can't imagine the expression of the big boy who was deceived by the dialogue window.
Alex has been seeking to meet with Claire, but Claire has made up lies again and again to escape. In the end, the two cut off contact, and Claire's lover told her a few months later that Alex had committed suicide for her.
Claire has since written an alternative ending. She fantasizes that one day she uses her real identity to approach Alex and fall in love with him, but the ending of this scene is also not perfect. Alex finds Claire pretending to be 24 years old. The girl chatted with herself, but Claire didn't dare to explain, and was hit by a car and died on the road when she didn't dare to face it.
The film used the camera to record Claire's death on the ground after being hit, and behind the camera is to express that Claire really loves Alex, because the age gap makes him dare not face it, but also sincerely I hope the one who died is me and not Alex.
In the virtual life, Claire can break through the constraints of age and secular morality. Her spirit and body are longing for the carnival of her youth. In the real world, she can't be with young men, so he can only choose again and again. No meeting with Alex.
In the movie, Alex can be said to be easily moved by the virtual avatar and gentle words. It is difficult for a normal single male to refuse the secret invitation of a young woman. Although the virtual world is full of temptation and danger, Spiritual comfort can sometimes be difficult to separate the true from the false.
Especially in the movie, Claire will always reply to messages in time. Later, in many cases, they will use voice to talk directly, which also gradually reduces the sense of distance between the two.
A woman who feels lonely and a man with strong blood will meet and collide in the virtual online world. It is inevitable that there will be no sparks. The secular and morality make Claire unable to be with Alex, so on a certain level, Claire is a Liar, her fictional girl cheats on a boy's feelings.
Claire's self-blame and finally knowing that Alex did not die was psychologically relieved. She let herself transform again in the heavy rain. Judging from Claire's actions in the movie, she is indeed not a liar in terms of emotion, she is just in The virtual world found the lost girl time.
In the film, Alex chose to drive down a cliff to commit suicide because his emotions did not meet his demands. Although it is fictional, it is impossible to ignore this possibility in the real world. The Internet has gradually become a very common communication tool. To a certain extent, it greatly satisfies people's demands on the spiritual level. In the face of love, which is about to rise to the real world, after the love is uncovered and deceived in the virtual world, people who cannot avoid losing control will make what kind of thing.
After all, some people will not accept the setting of a 50-year-old aunt pretending to be a 24-year-old girl.
The more you want to turn the virtual life into reality, the more dangerous it is, just like staying in a dream after a cloud and rain, perhaps the best ending.
We all hope that people will not be troubled by emotional demands as they age.
Epilogue
Juliette Binoche is even brighter than previously imagined. Obviously, under the tempering of the years, she can better express the changes in the eyes and micro-expressions that women of different ages should have under the camera. The cheeks are flushed, and the corners of the mouth rise involuntarily. Smile, two fingers on the lips to suppress the inner shyness, people can make up the scene from time to time if she is really 24 years old, which makes us believe that this must be a girl who deserves a strong love, in the virtual world When she wanted to release her loneliness, those sweet smiles reminded the audience that there are dangers and temptations in the virtual world.
When the virtual world becomes the only outlet to release loneliness, we cannot look at it with a discriminatory eye, but instead need to pay attention to the true emotional demands of every lonely person, so as to minimize the danger of temptation in virtual life.
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