Self-comb: The Best Lesbian Movie in China

I have seen several lesbian movies, perhaps because of the nature of this special feeling. Lesbian movies often contain rich aesthetic feeling and literary style, such as Li's Daughter of a Botanist, and He Chaoyi's Butterfly and other classic self-combs.

The two heroines in Self-grooming are Carina Lau and Yang Caini. One has its own aura, and the other is Jasper, like a queen and an angel, like Carol and Torres in Carol. This relationship is destined to have a kind of beauty that complements each other, as well as an unforgettable despair.

In Shunde in the forties, self-grooming was a fashion. Some women who don't want to be bound by arranged marriage comb their hair voluntarily to show that they will never get married, which can be said to be a helpless move for independent life.

One part of Yang Caini is a girl who dresses herself, while Yuhuan (13) in Carina Lau was forced to sell herself at the age of three, and seemed to regain her freedom until she was married by the owner of the silk factory. Huan Yi and Yuhuan, two women with similar names, yearn for the ordinary life in eat drink man woman, but they are constantly hurt by fate and men. Their feelings are stronger than gold, which makes them feel earth-shattering.

In addition to the special background of the times and the thickness given by the success of casting, the staggered development of current stories and past memories has given the film a richer perspective. Huan Yi, an old man, embarked on the road of searching for people half a century later, and her story influenced Xiaohui, a young man who accompanied her.

In the film, Gui Yalei plays the role of an old man, but only at the end of the film, a great foreshadowing is that this meaning is actually Yuhuan, and because she is obsessed with Yuhuan, she is called "meaning". I've watched this film many times, and I'm beginning to think it can only mean Yuhuan-the ghost horse style that she and Xiaohui get along with. She was cunning enough to ask the police to call a car. She was as stupid as Huan Yi 50 years ago and died for a man who didn't love herself. Her familiarity with the former site tells us that she is the natural and informal Yuhuan.

Moreover, if you are careful, you will find that the hair styles of the two Yuhuans are the same, both of which were cut by Huan Yi in those days, and she has been combing them all her life.

Although the keynote of the film is women's love, after watching it, we will find that this love does not come from natural genes, but because they are hurt too deeply by men. Love to the depths will make people forget their gender, only remember their selflessness, sacrifice, courage and firmness for each other.

Although Yuhuan was born in the world of mortals, she is not afraid of people's words and is confident and courageous. She has a man's free and easy tenacity, but also has wisdom and determination beyond gender.

When Huan Yi was forced to commit suicide by her father, Yuhuan, who passed by, gave all her money to a stranger, Huan Yi, and saved her life. This is Yuhuan. Even though fate is unfair to her, she still maintains the kindness to help the weak and the courage to fight against bad luck.

Later, Yi Huan got pregnant because she had an affair with a man she liked, but the man gave her up for the fish pond. The crime of cheating is enough to make a self-grooming girl die a hundred times. Desperate and happy, she chose spontaneous abortion and almost died. It was Yuhuan who spent all her money and saved Huan Yi again.

Although Huan Yi doesn't read countless people like Yuhuan, she always protects Yuhuan with the most sincere goodwill. Yuhuan was pushed out by other concubines, and a ring rushed in front and got a slap for her. Yuhuan was sold to an officer by an unscrupulous husband because Huan Yi always waited for her outside the officer's office. Although it was raining cats and dogs, although I was cold and hungry, I fainted in the rain. When I saw Yuhuan finally coming out, I was dizzy, but I still smiled happily.

Yuhuan was deeply hurt by a man, and she had secretly developed feelings for Huan Yi, so when she heard that Huan Yi had a relationship with a man she liked, she couldn't help kissing Huan Yi. Huan Yi was terrified. At that time, in her mind, "all women are not allowed."

It was not until she saw the ingratitude of men and the desperation of women again and again that she woke up from a dream, although they had always been heartless.

Later, the Japanese invaders were about to hit Guangdong, and Yuhuan's husband gave her a ticket to take refuge in the United States. This heavy parting finally made Huan Yi understand her heart. That night, she quietly got into the mosquito net of Yuhuan, closed her eyes and waited for the woman who had already committed herself to her heart.

I don't know how many family ties can stand the test of life and death, but Yuhuan gives the most touching interpretation. She said to Huan Yi, "If this ticket makes you so sad, I am willing to give it up." Later, the plan of getting on the boat with half a ticket per person failed to come true. Yuhuan, who got on the boat, saw the meaning of smiling and waving at the dock.

The smile at that moment is a kind of detachment. As long as the person you love the most is safe, it doesn't matter if you stay in danger. However, the Yuhuan on board is more practical. She jumped into the sea just to return to Huan Yi, as if there was no turning back. At that moment, she was not only choosing to leave with the men on the boat, but also staying for the women on the dock, and she was choosing life and death.

Actually, there is no need to choose. In this life, the first person who is kind to me is you, the one who supports me through the desperate situation, the one who makes me understand the taste of love and being loved, and the one who makes me prefer to die together rather than die alone.

I love you, the meaning of this life is you, and gender is no longer important.

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