Movie (The Long Marriage)

French, notoriously romantic. The same is the theme of war, the story of finding the truth in war, our "Gathering Number" is magnificent and deep. France can combine the cruelty of war with the romance of love and shoot a different romantic and warm taste.

"The Long Marriage Contract"

At the beginning of the film, the atmosphere of war is overwhelming.

Bloody, cruel and desperate.

The cold sky, the muddy land, the numb faces of the soldiers.

Shells struck, and a soldier grabbed his comrade's hand and tried to pull him out of the trench.

Who knows, the shell just fell into the trench.

After the artillery fire dissipated, the soldiers were full of mouths, faces, and the flesh and blood of their comrades who had been blown away.

Looking back, the comrades-in-arms had already been blown up to the point where there was no bone left.

This is the most common scene in the First World War.

But the focus of the film is not on the success or failure of the war, the great and bright characters in the war, but on the marginal characters in the war.

They don't want to fight, they are afraid of fighting, and they want to be deserters.

Manek (Gaspard Ullier).

A young man in a small French town who is less than twenty years old laughs with cute dimples.

Before the war, he was a heroic teenager who risked his life to save people in spite of the waves.

But after the war, he became timid and cowardly, and in order to escape, he and four other soldiers came up with ways to self-harm.

As a result, the charge of desertion fell on them. They were taken to the war zone between the German and French armies and thrown into the pre-war no-man's land of the two armies.

The weather was cold, there was little food and clothing, and the enemy's muzzle was opposite.

This task, it is clear that it is a living target, and there is only one way to die.

On the eve of being thrown into no man's land, Manek smiled softly.

He mentioned his fiancée:

"Her name is Matilda.

Mathilda.

I could hear her heartbeat like Morse code. ”

As soon as the picture turned, unlike the dark and cold of the front line, the painting style of the whole film suddenly became warm.

The texture of oil painting, every frame is beautiful to the extreme.

In the French town, Matilda is waiting for Manek to return.

When she was a child, her parents died, and she was raised by her uncles and aunts.

I had polio at an early age and fell into a lameness.

However, her life was warm and rich.

Matilda is played by the famous French actress Audrey Tato.

Her most classic work is "Angel Amelie".

Cute and playful, the spirit is compelling, but the corners of the mouth always reveal a strange mysterious smile.

This special temperament makes her play Matilda without any sense of violation.

Matilda, at first glance, is an elegant and beautiful girl.

But the stubbornness in her body is often impressive.

She had received a death notice from Manek, but she did not believe it.

She even saw Manek's tombstone with her own eyes, but she still didn't believe it.

She was convinced that Manek was still alive.

Always use all kinds of strange methods to prove their ideas.

Like what:

"If the dog had come back before someone told me to have dinner, Manek would still be alive."

This kind of little trick, we all played when we were children.

However, Matilda believed this almost obsessively, believing that Manek was still alive.

She not only obsessively awaited his return, but also desperately searched for his traces.

Hire a private investigator to visit people who may have seen Manek during the war.

Contacted the relatives of the other four deserters and went to various institutions to inquire.

This seemingly fragile girl, dragging her lame feet, has walked through thousands of mountains and rivers in the eyes of others' doubts.

Physically, she is disabled.

But in terms of will, she is more tenacious than anyone.

During her search, the truth about her fiancé being left in no man's land is revealed.

It turned out that the president had already pardoned the five deserters, but the marshal turned a blind eye, and he needed these five people to be live targets for him.

While the soldiers were shivering in the trenches, their superiors tore up the pardon book in hot water, and the five men were casually thrown into no man's land.

As the line in the film says:

In the event of war, the poor can only be cannon fodder, while the rich are spared.

And every deserter is not cowardly at the beginning.

Behind every deserter, there are also relatives concerned, and there are unspeakable stories.

For example, the lover of a deserter is a prostitute.

Everyone is ruthless, but she, like Matilda, is obsessed with finding the whereabouts of her lover, even going so far as to be sent to the guillotine.

Through Matilda's search, one story after another is lifted.

The cruelty of war, the distortion of human nature in war, the corruption of the powerful, the steadfastness of love... Presented one by one.

Of course, the most memorable is the love between Matilda and Manek.

The two of them, they knew each other at a very young age.

Manek's first words to Matilda were, "Do your feet hurt when you walk?" ”

Because of this sentence, the two people met, green plum bamboo horses, accompanied by each other's growth.

Growing up, the two got engaged and stole the forbidden fruit.

After the throbbing, Manek caressed Matilda's chest.

From then on, he could always feel Matilda's heartbeat, and Matilda could always sense his presence.

The day I left home for the battlefield.

Matilda silently said in his heart: "If I get to the intersection before the car, he will come back alive."

She sped up and ran as fast as a healthy person to the intersection.

At that moment, she smiled, and she was convinced that her Manek would come back alive.

At the end of the story, Manek is still alive.

However, he has lost his memory and does not remember Matilda, let alone the marriage contract with her.

Matilda came looking for him, and his first words were: "Do your feet hurt when you walk?" ”

Just like then.

When Matilda heard this, she immediately cried.

Several times of life and death, a few searches, stumbling, but in the end, he lost his memory and still said the words of that year.

"Do your feet hurt when you walk?"

I walked a long way to find you, but I didn't hurt.