Cinderella is probably one of the most classic fairy tale characters in the world.
The weak and kind girl suffers injustice and is eventually saved by Prince Charming, who rushes to the scene.
Korean dramas rely on this routine to harvest the hearts of countless young girls.
However, there was a recent Italian animated film that subverted "The Story of Cinderella" -
Cat Girl
Cinderella the Cat
The film was shortlisted for the Horizon section of the 74th Venice Film Festival.
Described by Variety Magazine as "a flexible, creative, and pleasing tune, it is one of the best animations in Italy in recent years."
Another work of director Alessandro Rak, "In Search of hidden happiness", is highly rated on Douban and is considered a classic of healing animated films.
However, Catgirl is not a healing one.
Instead, she completely revamped the story of Cinderella into a dark fairy tale through and through.
The story is taken from the first collection of fairy tale literature in Europe, "Five Days of Talk".
The setting is in the future of ruined Naples.
Cat girl's father, a brilliant scientist, designed and built a search for the world's most advanced cruise ships at the time.
Cruise ships are not only as large as a city, but also meet all human needs.
What's even more amazing is that from the moment you step on the ship, it will record all your words and deeds and play them in the form of a holographic projection at some point in the future.
That is, it will be a ship full of memories.
What a wonderful childhood girl for a 3-year-old cat girl reading a book on a boat and swimming sea fish flashing around her.
However, the good times did not last long, and the vicious stepmother came to the door.
Cat Girl's father was a humble and gentle gentleman who was seduced by a great beauty and decided to marry her.
On the night of the wedding, the stepmother, along with her lover, killed Cat Girl's father and took over the entire estate.
The stepmother's lover was a big drug lord nicknamed "The King".
The goal of the two is to turn the ship into a trading center for money laundering and drug trafficking, and let evil rule the world.
Cat Girl grew up under the severe exploitation of her stepmother, who not only let her do heavy work, but also mentally abused her.
Gradually, the originally happy and lively girl became a dumb girl who did not want to speak.
Crawling silently in the ventilation duct, it becomes what everyone calls "cat girl".
Time flies, and Cat girl is 18 years old.
According to the will, Catgirl is the sole heir to the cruise ship, and she can only sign an agreement to transfer the property until she is 18 years old.
So on her birthday, the "King" drug lord returns, and he plans to kill Cat girl after she transfers her property, and then live the life he longs for with the great beauty.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the drug lord saw Cat Girl, he was fascinated by her beauty and immediately changed his plan to marry Cat Girl.
At this time, the stepmother, who felt betrayed, wanted to destroy the ship at all costs.
Finally, in the raging fire, the drug lord and his stepmother died together.
Cat Girl survived the fight.
In this way, this is actually a simple story of "evil has evil retribution".
But is this really the case?
Have you noticed that Catgirl is missing anything compared to Cinderella?
Less princes.
The person who handed the "crystal shoes" to cat girl was actually the "king" drug lord.
At the heart of Cinderella's story is the tragic teenage girl who is saved by love.
However, "Cat Girl" completely negates the power of love.
This is where the animation is most subversive: it portrays love as a huge evil trap.
The most typical woman who is "delayed by love" is the stepmother.
She is sexy and beautiful, can seduce the cat girl's father, play with feelings, but on the other end is seduced by the love of the drug lord.
For love, she stayed on this dilapidated ship for 15 years, and finally turned her 6 children into high-class prostitutes.
She is a real snake and scorpion beauty.
Extortion, murder, sex trafficking... These sins were air to her, and they were taken for granted.
She is a flower of evil.
Ironically, what sustains this flower of evil is her unwavering love.
On the stage of the brothel, she sang "But I have no way of knowing if you still love me", how affectionate and innocent, purely like a 17-year-old girl waiting for love.
She waited for the drug lord's final marriage proposal.
It is precisely because the drug lord repented of marriage and lost 6 children at the same time that she ignited the flame of revenge, and finally buried herself in the fire.
The drug lord's "love trap" seems to be able to capture all women.
Even the daughters of the stepmother fell one by one under the charm of the drug lord.
So is Cat Girl.
The drug lord took great care of Cat Girl, arranged a room full of flowers for her, dozens of beautiful clothes to choose at random, and specially customized the most shining "crystal shoes".
The cat girl almost agreed to marry him.
However, if it were not for the accidental holograms that exposed the drug lord's plot to kill her father, she would have been used and squeezed by the drug lord for the rest of her life.
Whether it is the stepmother, her 6 children, or the cat girl, they all have outstanding appearance and unparalleled fortitude.
But because of the little sweet giving of the drug lord, he was immediately defeated.
It seems to remind us all the time that love is ecstasy soup.
Therefore, in Xiangyu's view, this animated film is a real "rebellion" against love.
In the end, it was the gun in her hand that saved Cat Girl, and it was her resistance.
Fairy tales that have nothing to do with love, how cool.
Assistant Editor: Spring Whale
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