Lizard: A Beautiful Lie Born of Love
Huang Zihong
The 2006 Korean literary romance film "Lizard" opened with a relaxed and humorous and very mysterious atmosphere, and the whole film was shrouded in one fairy tale romantic lie after another.
At the beginning of the film, the childhood heroine Yali appeared in front of the audience with an innocent and lively image.
When she first entered elementary school, she had a child's flower head, a red school bag, and red leather shoes, but when it was not raining, she wore a lemon yellow raincoat at any time, and she always had a lizard spitting out its tongue on her left shoulder...
Unlike the shyness and shyness of children of the same age, Yali seemed generous when she first introduced herself. However, her words always sound very hanging: she said that she was an alien princess, born with magic and prophecy, and everyone who had contact with her, including her parents and grandmother, was spared, so she reminded her classmates to keep their distance from her.
The children in the classroom were suddenly frightened, except for Zhao Qiang. He looked at Yali silly, but sincerely felt that she was smart and lively and kind.
Zhao Qiang decided to be friends with Yali and protect her at all times, but Yali seemed to keep the right distance from him at all times.
Later, Yali transferred schools, and ten years later, the two of them met again in high school.
At that time, Yali was still the bully of the year, and Zhao Qiang was also a person who studied hard.
In addition to studying, Yali told Zhao Qiang that snails are a great supplement to men, and Zhao Qiang grabbed a snail from the ground and put it in his mouth without thinking.
Yali also said that she would marry a handsome banker in the future, and Zhao Qiang said without hesitation that he had no plans to take the banking finance class. Yali suddenly pulled down her face and scolded him: Do you really think you are very handsome?
Before leaving, Yali also solemnly told Zhao Qiang that one day, she would return to the planet to which she originally belonged, and the people of that planet would drive a spaceship to pick her up.
Zhao Qiang believed all this, but he loved Yali deeply and wanted to keep Yali by his side. But Yali still did not quit.
A few years later, Yali suddenly appeared in front of the bank counter where Zhao Qiang worked. The sudden arrival of Yali immediately made Zhao Qiang's heart blossom.
However, this time Yali's trip was to say goodbye to Zhao Qiang. Soon after, the two hurriedly said goodbye at the airport.
Frustrated, Zhao Qiang went to the hospital to visit the injured colleagues, and accidentally found a back that resembled Yali in the elevator and corridor, so he began to chase and fight.
However, the patient's name was not Yali and she was soon discharged from the hospital.
Zhao Qiang, who was at a loss, had to come to the temple where Yali lived as a child and threaten the abbot master with self-immolation, only to learn the truth.
It turned out that the childhood Yali was once on the road with her parents, because the balloon in her hand blocked the sight of her father who was driving, resulting in a car accident. Her parents died, and Yali was rescued, but during a blood transfusion in the hospital, she accidentally contracted HIV.
Since then, Yali has been adopted as an adopted daughter by the abbot of the temple, and has begun to learn to protect herself with one lie after another, and to keep a distance from others around her, for fear of unintentionally hurting or infecting them...
Zhao Qiang found Yali and knew that she was about to die, but he was unwilling to accept this cruel fact, so he built a temporary "spaceship" for her in front of the building according to Yali's lies...
In South Korea's love literature and art films, perhaps "Lizard" is not the most famous and one, but it is the most affectionate and intriguing one, and in the world, AIDS-themed movies use suspense and love interlaced, tearful light comedy to interpret this story, which fully demonstrates the level of director and screenwriter and the strength of the actor.