"Marlena, the most beautiful woman in Sicily!" The translation of this line in the subtitle is thrilling and moving. Marlena walked from the leisurely path by the sea, from the crowded squares and alleys, through the men's thirst and the envy of the women.
Here she comes
It was this wonderful beauty that brought Marlena a constant repulsion, slander, humiliation, slander, beating and expulsion. In order to earn a day's rations and a seat to accommodate herself, she had no choice but to commit herself to the ugly and obscene lawyer, but she did not succeed, and then cut off her long hair and escaped into the brothel, but she still could not hide from the violent punches and kicks of the complaining women.
She was powerless to resist, looking around the crowd, and none of the men who had once coveted her had advocated justice for her, resisted the storm...
Atrocities in the square
The fierce, hoarse roar does not awaken people's weak consciences! The lust of the emperor withered in the square of collective violence! What a gray and bleak human disturbance, cold, cruel human factors pervade the crowd, jealousy, resentment, bullying, just buried in the shadows under the sun, waiting for the opportunity!
Ancient Greek wise men have said, "Jealousy is a kind of trouble with the luck of others", in the eyes of the manic jealous, wealth, beauty, intelligence, emotions and all the lucky holders can wait for the opportunity to denigrate and overcome, "troubles" swell into demons, the opportunity for revenge comes, even if you can't have it, you can't destroy it.
Fleeing ants
In the seemingly peaceful and indifferent land, the evil of ignorance and the evil of madness go hand in hand: panicked ants are scorched by naughty children in exchange for a few prayers; the tolerant and kind professor's father is bombed by warplanes and buried in ruins; the lonely and helpless tender woman is falsely accused and beaten by her vicious neighbors and forced away from his hometown; the husband of an officer who bravely goes to the battlefield is exiled abroad because of the plague and loses his family and his wife.
Fortunately, there is "I", Reinaldo, the growing boy in the film, a boy riding a bicycle to chase his sincere dreams. From his point of view, he declares the goodness and honesty of his own self, and calls on the human race not to be completely humiliated by evil deeds. Following his simple nature, he also examines this indignant world bitterly, expressing his contempt for the rumors, cunning, cowardice, and cruelty around him with his own weak response.
Reinaldo plucked up the courage to tell the woman's faltering husband about the rumors and slander, and finally was able to welcome the couple back to the town, go home hand in hand, and even regain the gentle apologies of the neighbors.
On this day, when he grew up, Reinaldo had the opportunity to pick up the scattered kumquats for the goddess of his dreams, and also sent a face-to-face blessing, "Good luck, Madam Marlena!" ”
The opposition between good and evil is a clear and intertwined causal variable in the long river of time, specific to a group, an event, or even an individual, good and evil are not unchanged. The vulgar good and the cowardly evil, the collective evil and the humble good, circle in a certain explicit or dark clip.
I once saw Mr. Alai say in an interview, "The complexity of human nature sometimes requires complete cruelty, but it may not really be done; sometimes it needs to be completely kind, and it may not be possible." It is precisely in this way that the absurd and disorderly but bustling world, or everyone who lives in it, you and I, have a sense of anxiety, nostalgia, right and wrong, and action at any time.
Or there is a pure hope in the heart to save and sublimate the eyes in the dust.
In several groups of pictures in the film, the appearance of the heroine must be stunning and beautiful. The instinctive admiration buried deep in the heart of the teenager helps him to abandon the rude teasing of his companions, resist the scolding of his father, and despise the animalistic and cowardice of adults.
Beautiful, intelligent, kind, innocent, this is the teenager's vision and prediction of a gorgeous life, perhaps those crazy and cruel female neighbors, but also in his eyes have a fairy-like glow.
"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" is roughly a legend, because most of us have learned more tragic and ruthless historical records, and there will be more and more happy ending presets on this blue gravel wandering in the dark space.
Escape innocence