The French love suspense film "Very Apartment", released in 1996, is co-starring Romana Pauline, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Ecofi, Monica Bellucci and other actors. The film tells the story of a love entanglement between a man and three women.
Max, who is about to marry his fiancée, found Lisa, his ex-girlfriend Lisa, who "did not say goodbye" two years ago, perhaps because it was difficult to let go, perhaps because of love, anyway, max, who was selfish, decided to deceive his fiancée, secretly changed his business trip, and privately looked for the traces of his ex-girlfriend. In the process of searching, he met Alice, who resembled Lisa, and had a relationship with alice under the initiative of Alice. In this way, Max, who is circling between three women at the same time, once fell into the emotional puzzle, until he discovered Alice's "conspiracy".
Obviously, this is a movie story about a man's view of love, with the vision of the male protagonist Max as the main perspective of the film, but director Si Mimoni uses a very amazing technique in the film, that is, to change the main perspective, starting in the second half of the film, into a narrative perspective dominated by Alice.
This technique not only does not weaken the sense of existence of the male protagonist, but exposes Max's amorous harm to women from a side angle, and satirizes his "stupidity" as a "playboy" but is toyed with by women in applause, at the same time, the conversion perspective is also the intersection of the two main lines of light and dark, which is the turning point of the story development, and the film gradually reveals the behind-the-scenes pusher hidden behind the event from this point, completing the details of the story that were not clearly expressed before.
And this transformation has also successfully created a plump and three-dimensional image of "Alice", the driving force behind the scenes, making her the most outstanding female character in the film. Today, I will also interpret Alice's sad love in the movie from three aspects: sad, hateful, and pitiful.
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From the beginning of the movie, we know that Max and Lisa's love began two years ago, under Max's active pursuit, the two finally became happy together, but what we don't know with Max and Lisa is that two years ago, the first person to meet Max was actually Alice.
It was a warm winter day, Alice sitting under the tree writing inadvertently looked up, and saw Max who happened to pass by, and the momentary surprise made the boy live in Alice's heart.
According to Alice's introverted and slightly inferior personality at that time, she would secretly bury this crush in her heart and silently wait for a suitable time. But the development of things did not give her a chance, Max and his girlfriend Lisa fell in love, this sudden change stimulated her, let her have "evil" thoughts in her heart.
She hid the letter that Lisa had left before leaving, and did not give it to Max, causing the two to miss. He also deliberately approaches Max's hairy Little Russian, using him as an emotional substitute while waiting for the opportunity to get close to Max (this one is not explicitly filmed in this film, but is hidden in Alice's words and deeds two years later).
History is always strikingly similar, and two years later Alice meets Max first without Max's knowledge, which gives Alice the initiative to stir up Max's reunion with Lisa again. In the ensuing development, Alice learns from her boyfriend Russien that Max is going to steal into Lisa's apartment, and immediately makes a bold decision - taking the apartment keys left to her by her girlfriend Lisa, wearing a dress similar to Lisa's style, changing a new name called "Lisa", and creating a fateful apartment encounter.
Alice, who had exhausted her calculations, finally met this dream man in real time.
Alice's active seduction and apparent love greatly satisfied Max's male vanity, so that even if he knew that it was not really Lisa, it was only a dewy love affair, but he still fell into this tender water that was different from his fiancée and Lisa.
Alice, who got what she wanted, showed a simple, well-behaved, and obedient side in front of Max, which was the original Alice, and she left such a self only to Max, and dedicated herself to him at all costs.
The heartbeat of the moment became an obsession, but it made a girl with a simple life and a shy personality become a terrible woman full of heart and scheming, Alice who fell into the magic barrier, could not see the boyfriend's deep love for herself, forgot the deep girlfriend relationship with Lisa, and all her thoughts were on Max.
Her love is terrible and sad, and the emotional obsession that cannot be put down grows around the atrium like a poisonous vine, making Alice fall into the magic barrier, not crazy and unable to live, so that she willingly falls into this conspiracy that even she does not let go.
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Playing Lisa in "Very Apartment" is the famous Italian actress Monica Bellucci, a notoriously beautiful and sexy woman. The scene in the movie "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" where she is surrounded by men and competes to light a cigarette for her is still an indelible classic, and there are comments on the Internet that Monica Bellucci's curvy figure is written with the words "I am a woman" every inch, which shows its charm.
And Lisa in "Very Apartment" is also so eye-catching, pure and more than enough, glamorous and vulgar, this beautiful girl attracted many men including Max, but also attracted the attention of neighbor Alice.
Alice always hides in her apartment and peeks at Lisa on the other side, so bright and lively, lisa shining brilliantly in the sun, is simply the appearance that Alice yearns for, so for Lisa, Alice is "loving".
Lisa and Alice are a combination with obvious differences, one gorgeous and one simple, one lively and one introverted, in contrast, Alice is like an ugly duckling living in Lisa's shadow.
And Alice's "love" for Lisa is also contradictory, on the one hand, she recognizes Lisa's excellence and yearns for Lisa's life, on the other hand, she is jealous of Lisa's excellence, and easily gets the man she dreamed of, and under the interweaving of the two emotions, a new emotional psychology is produced - becoming "Lisa" and replacing it.
I remember that in the TV series "Cara Lover", when Gao Wen exposed Mido's lies, she once said: "You can deceive me, not because of how clever your lies are, but because I am willing to believe you." You can hurt me not because of how good you are, but because I treated you as a friend and gave you that opportunity. ”
What is the existence of girlfriends? Be a person who probably knows you and loves you better than your parents, lovers, and even children.
Back in the beginning, it was Lisa's light that first shone into Alice's dark world, pulling her into the sun, making her dull and monotonous life have different colors, having real friends, and sharing everything with her, compared to Max, who was just a momentary heartbeat, Lisa's love for Alice was deep.
The reason why Alice can easily become a spoiler is also inseparable from Lisa's unconditional trust in her, but unfortunately, Alice, blinded by reluctance and jealousy, has lost herself, and for her own crazy thoughts, her behavior has directly led to Lisa's final death (rich businessman boyfriend thinks That Lisa is cheating and set her on fire in the apartment).
Alice for love was too cruel to Lisa after all, and her love, so hot that she burned everything, even her closest friend.
From Lisa's point of view, Alice was simply hateful and unforgivable.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > pitiful: the love that has been exchanged for all means is finally crushed by reality</h1>
No matter how similar the pretend, what is fake is false, and it is vulnerable to reality.
Two years later, Alice not only dressed and imitated Lisa, but even chose the same career. The director of the film deliberately arranged for Alice to play the stage play that Lisa had acted in, and in the face of the same role, Alice's interpretation obviously did not have Lisa's natural calmness, her performance was dull and lifeless, and she was often reprimanded by the stage director. Such a strong contrast is a reflection of Alice's ridiculousness and pity.
And people who have no confidence naturally do not have the ability to deal with accidents, so when Alice finds Max sitting under the stage, she can only turn her back to the audience in panic, and she cannot continue to perform, directly messing up the performance, and her career collapses.
Alice, who was emotionally broken, cried in the dressing room and removed her makeup, she looked at herself in the mirror and suddenly realized that she was just wearing heavy makeup, pretending to be someone else's clown, and was a complete madman.
Alice decides to leave, revealing her love for the first time when Max discovers the truth:
"Maybe she's loved you for a long time, maybe she's been trying to find you, maybe she's approaching you in her clumsy way." When you're in love, you never realize how deeply you hurt someone. ”
This is the only time in the film that Alice tells her love in person, and it is also a positive explanation of what she has done in the film, and she also says to Max: "Now that you see who I am, I have no regrets at all, just now in the apartment I said goodbye to you in my way, and later you can get rid of me, I am going to Rome." 」 In the end, he left Max a diary and broke up with Russian again. Leave.
Affectionate confession, unwilling farewell, similar to the love letter diary, Alice used these three steps, and finally really got Max, in the final climax of the film, Max gave up meeting with Lisa, ran to the airport to find Alice to show love, the two embraced each other and kissed passionately,
At the same time, the flames of the explosion in Lisa's apartment become the flower of the two people's love consummation, brilliant and ironic.
In order to get Max, Alice calculated everything, until the end to completely cut off Max's relationship with Lisa, so that Max turned into her arms, such a crazy means is "in the name of love", think of it feel sad and sad.
However, heaven is sometimes fair, and Alice, who gets what she wants, is a poor person after all. Only because the climax is not the end, after the good, you have to face the lament of reality.
Alice, whose love is complete, can leave without regrets. She lied about going to the bathroom and leaving Max to leave alone, and when Max found her again, Max's fiancée unexpectedly appeared, a woman who appears only three times in the film, but a deadly weapon to crush Alice's "dream".
Between two people who love each other, in addition to deep affection, there is also realistic fame and fortune, and the fiancée is the representative of Max's fame, money and social status, and is the embodiment of reality, so Max, who sees his fiancée, is the most real him: calmly saying deceitful words, gently embracing his fiancée at the same time, looking at Alice standing not far away and smiling restrainedly.
Alice at that moment: The dream woke up, she was a loser, and she lost completely, because she lost the people who loved her and the people she loved. This love that has been exchanged for all means, but like the original heartbeat, is a sweet and nihilistic illusion, instantly crushed by reality.
Alice's love is finally an empty, one-person ending.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > summary: a lamentable sad life</h1>
At the beginning of the film, the salesman's introduction to the three rings is a metaphor for the three women in the film, and alice is described as " mysterious, surprising, although it is very dim, but in different lights, it will be as dazzling as a star." ”
Indeed, Alice, who is full of poetry books, can be said to be a high-quality girl who cultivates both inside and outside, as long as she finds a suitable development platform in the future, she will definitely be able to shine in time. Compared to Lisa, who was restrained by her rich businessman boyfriend two years later, Alice's life should be more exciting.
Unfortunately, Alice eventually lost her attachment to love.
But sometimes heaven is also benevolent, even if you know that you have chosen a detour, it will give you the opportunity to change, depending on how you grasp it.
At first, when Lisa realized that her boyfriend had a problem, she told Alice very seriously, but unfortunately, in order to eliminate Lisa's thoughts about Max, Alice deliberately ignored the potential dangers that Lisa might face, and even persuaded Lisa to reunite with her boyfriend. If Alice could let go of her obsession and listen carefully to Lisa's worries, then Lisa would be completely saved. Her actions directly led to Lisa's death.
The place where Alice seduces Max eventually becomes the place where Lisa is killed, and the two girlfriends, but in this way, never say goodbye, should this be a satire of fate or a punishment from heaven? Perhaps, both.
The Roman writer Plautus once said: "Proper control of love with reason has no disadvantages, and it is harmful to indiscriminate love like madness." ”
Alice is obviously the representative of the latter, crazy love obsession, crazy to use the trust of the person who loves her to achieve her own goals, crazy to get the man of her dreams, calculating regardless of all the consequences, and finally even she herself can not escape.
For the rest of her life, I don't know if Alice will meet someone who is in love again, but it is certain that Lisa's death will become the shackles of her soul for the rest of her life, leaving her to live under her haze for the rest of her life, sentenced to life imprisonment, not allowed to be released, and guilt will flood her world, and there will be no color again.
Obviously just a bystander, but with the obsession of being the protagonist, while interfering in other people's lives, losing their own lives, once trying to get rid of the haze, and finally ended up with a "life imprisonment" end, fate is sometimes a cycle of irony, once got not cherished, after waking up, but it is too late.
But the path you choose, you have to bear all the consequences, such a life, even if you are sad, you can't be angry.
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The movie "Very Apartment" adopts an open-ended ending because it is well versed in the truth that "love has no answer", and Alice who spends so much effort to create a contradiction and three-dimensional is warning us:
Before pursuing love, don't forget who you are. The path of the world, the cycle of cause and effect, everyone has to bear all the consequences of their own actions, and because of this, clear self-knowledge can prevent losing direction in the maze of love.
There are many excellent people in the world, we can learn from their advantages and improve ourselves, and we must not fantasize about being others, everyone has their own life, should not let themselves live in the shadow of others.
Your own life is by no means a foil for others, you can become your own light.
Finally, may the king love, wake up, have no regrets, and never regret in this life.
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