In the SM field, Fifty Shades of Grey occupies the highest territory and earns a lot of money.
The film is cloaked in the shell of "the domineering president falls in love with me", and in essence, there are two main points -
First, show off your wealth.
Second, show off.
No matter how vulgar and exaggerated the film is, how low the rating is, it does not prevent people from rushing into the theater again and again to contribute to the box office.
Eventually, the film became a phenomenon in the reality level.
She also became popular with Dakota Johnson, transforming her from an unknown artist into a world-renowned actress.
Accidental popularity is a double-edged sword for newcomers.
As an actress, she has no works, her acting skills are questionable, and her career seems to have reached a dead end because of the twice nominated for the "Fifty Degrees" series.
Finally, Damei waited for good resources last year, and it was another blockbuster -
"Daughter in the Shadows"
The configuration of this film can be described as bullish.
One of the main actors is Oscar actress Olivia Coleman.
Her works are all world-renowned: "Father Trapped in Time", "Darling", "Lobster", "Night Manager", "London Life"...
Proper old drama bones.
The film was able to get super attention before the premiere, and the story was adapted from Elena Ferrante's novel of the same name.
You know, Elena's "My Genius Girlfriend" was bought at a high price by HBO, the first season 9.3, the second season 9.5.
I don't know if you found it, women's themes in 2021 are the mainstream, but there are three recent hits.
One was "Parallel Mother", which was only pushed by the director of the factory, and was removed because the poster was too explicit, but it did not prevent Penelope Cruz from taking the film again.
One is "Happening", which won the Golden Lion Award.
Finally, "Daughter in the Shadows", which won the best screenplay at the Venice Film Festival.
The story is mainly about the chaotic life of two women.
Leda, a middle-aged teacher, came to the beach with a suitcase, rented a room with a sea view, and embarked on a solo journey.
Read books, write and write every day, blow the wind, and be unpretentious.
She hadn't been out for a few days, and the ten-level housewife had hammered !!!
Finally, Leda stepped out of the door because of loneliness and came to the beach to sunbathe, and the bad photosynthesis was used.
But she was used to being quiet, and she was soon dizzy by the family next to her.
Adults laugh, children cry, twitter, Leda can hear the heart turn upside down, several times want to get angry.
However, the next direction, you are afraid you can not guess.
It didn't take long for the radar to adapt, still staring, fascinated.
She was like a third person, observing the family, seeing—
Husband and wife love, kiss and hug and hold high;
Bear children play sex, crying and crying.
Just like that, looking at it, Leda's gaze grew on Nina, sinking deeper and deeper.
Wait, this painting style is not right.
Is it necessary to stage ji qing dafa in the next second???
If you want to see it, please go out and turn right, the director of the film does not have this idea.
What connects Leda and Nina is the shared identity of mother.
Leda looked at the panic of Nina, a new mother, and kept flashing her life when she was young.
The noise of two children playing, the crying, resounded throughout the living room;
She and her husband quarreled and pestered over and over again;
After the fight, the mood is a mess, and the next second she has to devote herself to busy work.
To tell the truth, the audience can immerse themselves in the scene and feel the feeling of suffocation coming from the radar only through the memories of the radar.
The director used a special method to add 100 pounds of bricks to this suffocating feeling.
The first half is a simple family narrative, and the second half is regained with the disappearance of Nina's daughter, adding a little suspense.
Radar finds the playful child at the beach and returns it to Nina.
But Radar quietly left Nina's daughter's most beloved doll.
She takes good care of the dolls, bathing her like a real child, buying her new clothes and shoes.
Afraid of being discovered by Nina's family, she also cautiously hid the doll in the cupboard.
A very strange scene is that when the radar cleans up the doll, a worm crawls out of its mouth.
Friends who think that there will be a supernatural event in the next second can rest assured.
This film is not a horror film, but a 24K pure family ethics film, as for dolls, in the film is more carrying Leda's past.
When Leda was a child, she also had a doll, and after she became a mother, she gave the doll to her two daughters.
Who knows, the daughter scribbled on the doll, which made Leda angry, she picked up the doll and threw it out of the window, falling into a mess.
The broken doll symbolizes the rift between mother and daughter, and she takes care of Nina's daughter's doll in an attempt to repair the rift.
Just like Radar is in a beautiful scenery, but she can't sleep at night, and she is haunted by nightmares, because in her opinion, her heart is entangled.
From being single, to being a wife, to being a mother, the change of identity makes it impossible for her to adapt.
She was convinced that she was not a good mother.
Her husband took it for granted, accusing her of taking care of her children inappropriately and reprimanding her for giving up her job.
As for yourself, you should be busy with work, and you should be happy.
Finally, when the child was less than ten years old, Leda divorced her husband and lived alone.
What makes her blame herself is that leaving the family and leaving the identity of her mother, Leda really feels relieved and free again.
Without the shackles of family chores, Leda had a lot of time to focus on academics, and she achieved even more than her predecessors.
It can be said that Leda looks at Nina, sees her care of the children, and quarrels with her husband as if she were looking at herself.
She comforted Nina and comforted herself.
But how can some things be discarded?
In the last scene after the film, listening to her daughter's greeting, Leda tearfully revealed a sweet smile.
Some troubles are destined to be unsolvable for a while.
To tell the truth, the image of the mother in the past was selfless dedication and had the color of heroism.
This kind of setting of abandoning husbands and daughters and going to the peak of life in this film is contrary to the mainstream cognition of the public.
Therefore, after the release of the film, there were also some opposition voices.
But, as the saying goes: let art belong to art, let the three views belong to three views, art comes from life, higher than life.
I remember that there was a post on Zhihu - "Regret becoming a mother, but I dare not say", the content of the article coincides with this film.
Choosing to become a mother is naturally responsible for your children.
But where to say the once complete self behind the shadow of motherhood, the pain of "me"? How to resolve?
This faint emotion has not been expressed, but it is real.
Let more people see the neglected, which may be the reason for the success of "Daughter in the Shadows".
Yes, the role of film is expression, is to present a complex world, diverse human nature.
Only films that can bring thinking can become classics, and no matter how many years have passed, they will not be forgotten.