This is based on real people and real events -
In the 1980s, there was a spy case that caused a sensation in the diplomatic circles of China and France:
The Frenchman Boursico discovered that his Chinese wife, Shi Peipu, who had been with him for nearly 20 years, was actually a man! Moreover, the mixed-race child "born" by his wife Shi Peipu turned out to be an abandoned baby from Xinjiang!
In 1993, David Conan adapted this strange affair into the movie "Butterfly King", with the first beautiful man in Asia playing the Chinese celebrity Song Liling and the iron uncle Jeremy Irons playing the Frenchman Rennie.
Without further ado, just start telling stories —
Zun Long plays the Chinese celebrity Song Liling
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Rennie is a Frenchman who works as an accountant at the Embassy in Beijing. Later, he was promoted to vice consul and was responsible for the reorganization of the Intelligence Service.
On this day, he was invited to watch the opera "Madame Butterfly" and was deeply attracted by Song Liling, a Chinese woman on stage.
Rennie took the initiative to talk and praised Miss Song's performance.
Miss Song invited Rennie to go to the Beijing Theater to gain insight. After saying that, she opened the folding fan and walked away.
Miss Song's red shirt, shaking the folding fan away, hit Rennie's heart.
Jeremy Irons plays Frenchman Rennie
Soon, Rennie went to the theater to find Miss Song.
It turned out that Miss Song's job was to be a Peking Opera actor, and Rennie was once again deeply impressed by Miss Song, who performed "Noble Concubine Drunk".
After the performance, Rennie couldn't help but run backstage to find Miss Song. Through the looming light veil, he saw Miss Song removing her makeup.
At this time, Miss Song, with a long hair like seaweed, gently opened the corner of the curtain, revealing half of her face: "Help me light a cigarette." ”
Rennie begged for hospitality, and Miss Song looked at him with a blank stare and closed the curtain again.
Then, Rennie accompanied Miss Song home. On the way, Miss Song asked: "You Western men have always been obsessed with Oriental women, haven't you?" ”
Rennie admitted calmly.
Miss Song suddenly said: "Sometimes, this attraction is mutual. ”
Rennie was stunned, wait, does Miss Song have a good feeling for me too?
At this time, Miss Song arrived home, and she gently pushed the door in, leaving a fascinated Rennie.
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A few days later, Rennie came to visit Miss Song again.
Miss Song held the cup in both hands and offered Tea to Rennie.
Rennie was struck by this solemn courtesy, and he reached out and shook Miss Song's tea-serving hands.
Miss Song quickly broke free, and she acted a little overwhelmed: "I have never invited men to my house, and my absurd behavior has made me feel ashamed." ”
However, Miss Song said no, but she couldn't help but meet Rennie's kiss.
However, while Rennie was indulging, she pushed Rennie away and ran away like a bunny.
Rennie stayed where he was, stroking his lips.
Miss Song's reservedness and subtlety made him reminisce endlessly.
Soon after, Rennie returned to France to accompany his wife. Yes, he is a married man.
Rennie, who was far away in France, received a letter from Miss Song to express her heartfelt heart——
"I can no longer hide my longing behind dignity. What else do you want from me? I have already opened my shame to you. ”
So he left his wife and came to China again, and the first thing he did was to see Miss Song.
He asked, "Are you my butterfly?" ”
Miss Song whispered, "I am your butterfly." ”
Then, the two had a relationship.
However, Miss Song began to brainwash Rennie:
China is an ancient nation, and we cling to our traditions. Whether it's life, or love...
She says that modesty is extremely important to her, so she wants to be able to wear clothes when she is in love.
Rennie had no doubt about him, thinking that this was the Oriental style of conservatism.
Then, the camera turns.
Miss Song hit the sequoia, lay on the bed, and said, "He's starting to tell me about Vietnam." ”
It turned out that Miss Song was a spy. She approached Rennie at the consulate in order to obtain intelligence from him and use it to explain her mission.
The female comrade next to her, while recording the information, asked contemptuously: "Rennie is not here, why do you still pretend to be a woman?" ”
Miss Song said unhurriedly, "I also hate this kind of dress, but for the sake of the country, I can endure." I want to practice my disguise as much as possible. ”
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One day, a drunken Rennie broke into Miss Song's house in the middle of the night. He suddenly asked Miss Song to fade her disguise in front of her.
Miss Song continues to fool Rennie with the "Eastern Way" lie, but Rennie does not forgive.
Finally, Miss Song obediently lay down on the sofa. However, when Rennie actually put her hands up and down, she panicked.
In a hurry, Miss Song lied again: "I am pregnant." ”
She also told Rennie that there was a custom in her hometown that she could not see her father until 3 months after the birth of the child.
Rennie believed it again.
Then, the organization assisted Miss Song in adopting an abandoned baby from Xinjiang.
More than a year had passed, and Miss Song did indeed hold her son and come to Rennie.
Rennie looked at the pretty boy with blond hair and black eyes and kissed Miss Song gratefully.
However, after a brief reunion of the family of three, because of the situation, Rennie was sent back to China, and Miss Song went to the countryside for reform.
Many years passed, and Rennie divorced his French wife. At the same time, he lost his job at the embassy.
He became a depressed single man, often going to the opera house to listen to "Madame Butterfly", thinking of Miss Song in the dark, and bursting into tears.
On this day, Rennie was eating dinner when he heard a knock at the door. He opened the door and saw Miss Song standing at the end of the corridor.
Rennie couldn't believe his eyes, they had another day to reunite! The two hug each other!
Miss Song asked, "I don't dare to hope for anything, can you still remember me?" What about your wife? ”
Rennie hugged Miss Song tightly and said, "Right here, in my arms!" ”
Since then, Rennie and Miss Song have become husband and wife and have lived a world of two. And, at Miss Song's suggestion, Rennie found a job delivering letters.
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One day, Rennie was arrested by intelligence group members while delivering the letter.
Soon, he was summoned to court.
Rennie was on the witness stand in the courtroom, waiting for his wife.
Then he saw his wife, with her head covered in a big back and a suit and shoes, appear in front of everyone.
The corners of Rennie's mouth twitched involuntarily. He wanted to laugh, he couldn't believe it.
In court, Song Liling confessed to her identity as a spy and confessed the fact that she used Rennie to obtain intelligence.
I instigated Rennie to find a job delivering letters, passing on sensitive documents. I told him that our son was in the hands of Chinese, and that if he wanted to see him, he would have to provide them with intelligence.
At this point, the judge, like us, had a question that bothered him: "How did you hide your gender?" ”
Song Liling replied, "Rennie has never seen me naked. In all the years we've been together, Rennie has never explored my body. ”
Of course the judge didn't believe it, were you all sexless married after all these years? It's incredible!
As a result, Song Liling said: "He has a lot of respect for my oriental way of doing love. And those were all made up for him. ”
The judge asked again, "Does he know you're a man?" ”
Song Liling said, "Guess what? I never asked. ”
On the prison cart, two men in suits and leather shoes looked at each other.
Rennie's eyes filled with hatred as he asked, "Are you my butterfly?" ”
Song Liling took off her clothes for the first time, allowing Rennie to see herself clearly.
Rennie closed his eyes in pain, his disillusionment shattered, crying and laughing: "I have wasted so much time on a man!" ”
Song Liling suddenly became emotional and said, "I am not only a man, I am also your butterfly." Under the robe, behind everything, it was always me. Tell me, you love me? ”
Rennie was filled with grief: "All I once loved was a lie!" ”
With that, Rennie walked to the other side in disgust.
Song Liling hugged herself tightly.
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In the end, Rennie was imprisoned for espionage, and Song Liling was taken back to China.
On the day Song Liling returned to China, Rennie exchanged a few packs of cigarettes for some cosmetics.
Then, Rennie put on the woman's clothes, put on the opera "Madame Butterfly", put on a little makeup in the gentle and poignant song, and painted herself to look like a woman.
Amid the ridicule of all the inmates, Rennie began to tell his own story—
[I once had such a fantasy about the East: there is such a woman who is willing to sacrifice everything for the love of a man, even if the man's love is worthless.]
This fantasy has been woven into my bones and blood.
The man I love doesn't deserve my love, or even the look I see again. But I knew that I had given him all my love. Love had distorted my judgment and blinded my eyes, so now when I looked in the mirror, my eyes were desolate.
It is better to die violently than to live a life.
So now, in a prison far from China, I've finally found her.
My name is Rennie, and I'm also called Madame Butterfly. 】
With that, Rennie picked up the mirror in his hand and plunged it deep into his throat.
It turned out that Rennie was the Lady Butterfly who would not hesitate to die in order to love a man.
However, Song Liling only deceived, did not have sincerity?
At this time, Song Liling sat on the plane back to China, and her eyes were moist.
He used to be in the prison cart, taking off his suit and disguise, saying that he was still Rennie's butterfly.
At that moment, we will be vaguely aware of -
In fact, Song Liling is Arene's. However, his age could not make him confess his sexual orientation.
However, when Song Liling treated Rennie with her true face, Rennie escaped.
Is Song Liling deceiving Rennie, or is Rennie deceiving herself?
The lies of oriental culture fabricated by Song Liling are really vulnerable, but they have unexpectedly succeeded.
For 20 years, did Rennie really not find out that this was a man?
Perhaps, Rennie had simply fallen in love with an oriental illusion, so much so that he had deceived himself to the point of hopelessness.
Initially, he fell in love with Song Liling because of her performance of "Madame Butterfly"——
Madame Butterfly tells the story of an Oriental woman who falls in love with a Western man and commits suicide after the Western man has a new love.
Rennie was impressed by this oriental woman and was fascinated by this unshakable steadfastness to the death.
Song Liling's gentleness and dedication made Rennie think that she had met Madame Butterfly.
Madame Butterfly is the embodiment of affection, fidelity, and desperation for love.
In fact, what Rennie loves is his own fantasy, perfect love.
So, Rennie is not disappointed because Miss Song is a man, but because this man cheated on himself and the love is no longer pure.
As a result, Rennie's Madame Butterfly disappeared completely, and he could only transform himself into Madame Butterfly.
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In reality, the archetype of Butterfly Jun is called Shi Peipu, who loves Peking Opera and often performs Hua Dan.
In 1964, Shi Peipu met Bursiko, a French diplomat in Beijing at the time, who mistakenly thought he was a daughter and violently pursued him.
In 1969, intelligence agencies took advantage of this connection to recruit Bursiko as an espionage agent. Bursiko was stationed in Beijing from 1969 to 1972 and assigned to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 1977 to 1979, where he provided more than 500 secret intelligence reports to China.
In 1965, Shi Peipu told Bursico that she was pregnant, and then took the 4-year-old Shi Dudu to claim that it was his child.
In 1982, the family of three went to France.
On 30 June 1983, the couple was arrested by the French Security Service. At this time, Bursico learned that Shi Peipu was a man. When Bursiko learned of this, he was heartbroken and could not accept it, so he gave up his 20-year relationship with Shi Peipu.
In 1986, Shi Peipu and Bursiko were convicted of espionage and imprisoned for six years.
I have to say, this is a strange love story!
One of the most puzzling is why Bursiko, in 20 years together, could not know that the person he loved was a man.
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