It's so easy to miss a good film.
For example, today's one.
The emotional label on its body has led many people to wear colored glasses to see it.
But as everyone knows, the director is really telling the story seriously—
"Innocence of Stealing"
Director: Roberto Andu
Starring: Daniel Otey / Anna Muglallis
Genre: Romance / Suspense / Thriller
Region: France
Release date: 2004-02-27
Douban score 7.3
Before talking about the plot, let's introduce the two main actors.
Male number one Daniel Otei, France's premier male star.
He has starred in "This Life Is Gone", "Love Mountain City", "The Eighth Day", etc., and has been nominated for the César Award.
Taking the prize and getting the hand is soft, which is a proper strength faction.
Female number one Anna Muglalis, with a standard model figure, can be called "sexy muse".
Whether as a model or an actress, she sees her body as a "prop" .
In the film, Anna cooperates with the director's request for full disclosure of three points, and her dedication is admirable.
In addition to the high cast configuration, the story is also very interesting.
It's a gimmick:
Deliberately plotted temptations, using the flesh as a bargaining chip for revenge.
There is ambiguity, there is intrigue, and there is deception.
In the form of seeming luxury and full of desire, it is an analysis of human nature.
"Desire is infinite, human nature is visible."
The story begins with a mysterious writer.
Daniel is a successful author with several best-selling books.
Like many of his peers, he was active in the literary world under the pseudonym Seginowa.
Beginning with her debut autobiography Winter's Journey, the name Seginova has been internationally renowned.
And the reason why he is mysterious is because of the agent and his family.
The crowd knew only Seginowa, not Daniel.
He never appeared in public and worked under the sole authority of agent David.
In Daniel's own words, going to "my" press conference to see the hilarity is like giving yourself a funeral.
It can be said that Daniel's private life is hidden under the aura of fame and fortune in the literary world.
For decades, his double life has been like two parallel lines of harmony and stability.
Undisturbed privacy and living a rich but ordinary life.
Writers mostly have a free soul, and Daniel is.
He is dashing and untethered.
He often travels around the world and then appears after a long time.
His wife and stepson had long been accustomed to this.
No, in the process of rushing to the wedding of his son Fab, Daniel ushered in another sexual encounter.
The beautiful scenery provokes a lot of thought, and the beautiful scenery makes people confused.
There is an ambiguous breath flowing between him and a young woman on the ship.
Intentional or unintentional eye contact, as if by chance.
He helped her pick up the dropped silk scarf, heard her talk on the phone, and helped her with her luggage.
In the end, Shunshi was invited by her to take a ride.
Subsequently, the classic scene of "fingers hooking fingers" soul drama was staged.
The scene "played" from the car to the bed.
At this time, he did not realize that he was falling into the abyss step by step...
At Fab's wedding, Daniel meets his future daughter-in-law, Mira, for the first time.
There was no euphoria, only fright.
Mira turned out to be the one who had slept with him the night before.
You can imagine how chaotic Daniel's heart should be at this moment.
But compared to this, he was more worried about his son being deceived, afraid that he was coming for the property.
Indeed, there is something unusual about Mira.
She had no family to attend the wedding, and only a close girlfriend named Ava.
But helplessly, who let the son like.
As long as the little two mouths are sweet and loving, it is enough.
What about what happened before them, according to Daniel, pretending that nothing had happened.
But Mira didn't think so.
Not only did she not shy away from suspicion, but she even took the initiative to find Daniel three times and twice.
She called and told her thoughts.
Through her unsuspecting husband and mother-in-law, she agreed to be Daniel's assistant and help him translate the manuscript.
Although Daniel verbally refused, from the heart of it, he had already fallen.
He couldn't forget the warmth of that night with Meera.
Whenever I saw her with my son, my eyes couldn't be easily removed.
Unsurprisingly, Daniel sank deeper and deeper.
A phone message from Mira, ambiguous hints to "tick" him away.
Braving the heavy rain, he came to Ava's house.
As soon as I saw Mira, I couldn't help but kiss her...
For a long time afterwards, they all maintained this relationship.
As an assistant, Daniel also trusts Mira more and more.
In the face of Mila's question, he revealed a secret that only he knew.
"In the autobiography 'Winter Journey', the protagonist's mother survived the concentration camp but died in childbirth, is that the story of you and your mother?"
Daniel replied, no.
He said that writers specialize in stealing other people's lives.
And it was based on a former close friend of mine.
The man committed suicide at the age of 20.
Such secrets can be shared, which is true love.
But it didn't take long for a series of things to come.
Daniel suddenly receives an anonymous letter containing a sneak peek photo of him and Meera.
Daniel was very calm, and went to the place of the affair at the first time, Ava's home to check.
A photograph of the room caught his attention.
Mira told him that the man and woman were Ava's parents.
Daniel thought about it and immediately found his friend and asked him to help investigate.
Why does he care so much?
Only because the man in the photo is named Paul, he is the best friend mentioned by Daniel earlier.
And this photo was placed in an anonymous letter along with nude photos.
Therefore, Daniel suspects that the sender is Ava.
He didn't tell Meera about the nude photos at first to rule out the suspicion that she was an accomplice.
It turns out that Ava is the black hand behind it.
It turned out that Daniel's famous work "Winter Journey" was not written by himself, but stolen Paul's manuscript.
To avenge her father, Ava threatens Daniel with nude photos and plagiarism.
If you think Ava is just for the money, you're dead wrong.
She wanted to destroy him completely.
Daniel's true identity and "plagiarism" information were revealed to the major media, the family was broken, and he had to attend the press conference to face the "torture" of the reporters and the public...
In the end, Ava gets the money to leave, and Daniel survives the PR crisis.
Accident solved perfectly, is the story over?
No.
It wasn't until Daniel got the investigation materials that he found out that "Ava" was not Ava, but "Mira".
It can be said that from that sexual encounter, everything is a trap.
Ava borrowed the name "Mira" and was the operator of the whole bureau, step by step, to achieve the goal.
Although she seems to have won on the surface, in fact, Ava's heart has already been given to Daniel.
Finally, she found Daniel again...
Except for the inner struggle.
It's a complex story of deception, revenge, memory, destruction, and redemption.
There is also a big pit in the ending, and the editor will not talk about it first.
But from Daniel's words, you may find some clues:
"Our stories are always told, waiting for someone who understands and can convey affection. We never disappear completely, and stealth is exhausting, like spying on someone else, and to keep secrets, the memory must be accurate. Secrets are usually not out of malice, secrets are just the melodies within us that make us witnesses to the lives of others.
And the suicide note that Paul left behind confirmed something...
Who exactly are the "thieves"?
After a gunshot, did Daniel commit suicide or did he kill him?
Is the murderer Ava who has returned to him?
To tell the truth, the editor has the answer in his heart, but I don't know if it is the same as the director thinks.
After all, some netizens issued the following exclamation: complex and invincible.
The understanding of the plot is also varied.
No wonder some people say that watching this film is to see themselves as "detectives".
Needless to say, it's time to re-brush!
Don't underestimate the glamorous label, you may not be able to understand it!