Film Review "Portrait of a Burning Woman"

A good story lies not in what it says, but in what it doesn't say.

The lens language of the whole movie "The Portrait of the Fire Woman" is very restrained. Compared with the length of the film, there are not many conversations. Using silence, eyes, expressions and actions to express delicate emotions is more accurate and rich than any kind of dialogue. What fascinates me most is how Lois and Marianne in love choose memories.

1. Who chose memory first?

At the beginning of the film, a depressing atmosphere was expressed through a scene without dialogue. Marianne, the painter, was sitting on the boat and her drawing board fell into the sea. Her expression is full of anxiety. She hesitated and jumped into the sea, but the man on board was indifferent and stared at all this.

She got on the boat again, put on her coat and the boat landed slowly. A man threw her things on the ground and left without looking back. The man won't say a word until she shouts: Where am I going?

The first half of the film mainly lays the foundation: creating an atmosphere, describing the process of forming love between two girls and friendship between three girls (painter Marianne, servant Sophie and rich girl Louise), and explaining the character, social background and family background.

/kloc-At the end of 0/8, in medieval France, rich girls got married by drawing their own portraits. If the portraits were selected by any man, they could get married immediately. Louise's sister committed suicide by jumping off a cliff because she didn't want to accept such a marriage, so the task of getting married fell on Louise, and Louise's mother called a painter to paint Louise. Louise refused to let the painter see him in order to resist. But her mother soon invited another painter, Marianne, to hide her identity and secretly draw Lois.

The film begins with three girls sitting together discussing ancient Greek fairy tales-Orpheus and Eurydice. Become lively and interesting, and the whole story echoes the fairy tale.

Ossius has a Lyra that can make everything in the world fall for him. Birds, beasts, snakes, trees and stones can all be influenced by his music. His piano music also touched Ulysses, the fairy, and they agreed for life. But one day, Ulysses was killed by a poisonous snake and taken to the underworld. In grief, Ossius took his piano to the underworld to sing and cry, and the moved Pluto finally promised to let them return to the world, but on condition that they would never look back before leaving the underworld. As they approached the ground and were about to reach the exit, Ossius was afraid of losing Ulysses and longed to see her. He turned around. Eurydice was immediately pulled back. She reached out to catch him, but her poor hand only caught the air. ......

The three people have different interpretations of the story: the servant Sophie can't understand it, she is very angry, and she doesn't believe Hughes' affection. From the scene, she can guess that she has to face abortion alone; Lois was surprised at Sophie's idea, because she had never thought of it this way. She believes that Ossius turned around because he was crazy about love and couldn't help turning around. Marianne, the painter, thought that Othello chose to remember Ulysses, so she turned around. But I may think this interpretation is too cold, so I added: this is the choice of poets, not theirs.

Lois heard the painter's explanation and changed her mind: "Maybe she said' turn around'".

Louise only heard of the organ in the monastery. It was beautiful but monotonous, just like her life. When she heard Marianne playing Summer in Vivaldi's Four Seasons on the harpsichord, she felt the vitality of the keys, and a vivid symphony seemed imaginable. At that moment, she fell in love with Marianne, just as Ulysses was moved by Hughes' lyre and fell in love with him.

When Louise changes her mind and reinterprets this myth, she may choose to recall Marianne. Because heartbreak is not only parting, but also dying love. Choosing memories can at least make love last forever.

2. Fear after choosing memory

By the campfire, women gathered around to sing. Lois took off his coat, put his hands in front of him in the distance, stared at Marianne and smiled, much like a standard portrait model, as if trying to impress Marianne with this moment.

Marianne's eyes are always fixed on Louise. When they looked at each other, Louise's skirt suddenly caught fire and the music came to an abrupt end.

Lois looked down at the burning skirt and looked up at Marianne. Marianne's pupils dilated, and she looked at Louis more intently. The music started.

When Marianne told Lois Tyne about her identity and the purpose of her visit, Marianne was seduced by Lois, and it was at this moment that she completely fell in love with Lois. Therefore, unlike Lois's choice, Marianne now hopes that the two can escape from the "underworld". The next shot hints at this: Marianne reaches out to catch Louise, once by the campfire and once by the cliff by the sea, just as Ossius tried to save Ulysses.

But Louise was scared. After the two kissed at the seaside, Louise ran home by herself, avoiding Marianne without dinner. Marianne came home and saw the illusion of Louise wearing a wedding dress, which meant that Marianne was afraid of leaving. Love makes people timid and brave. Two hearts that are timid because of love stick together, and become brave and repeated because of confirming cowardice.

3. The conflict between the two options

The drawing of the portrait is progressing smoothly and will be completed soon. Marianne's anxiety and fear are reflected in her anger. Louise knows Marianne too well, and they have a conflict.

Both of them were disappointed, and the other was not as brave as expected. There is a thin line between bravery and recklessness. If courage is to face fear in order to protect the people you should protect and want to protect, then the premise of courage should be the ability to protect yourself first.

Marianne was punished by the monastery for drawing in the margin of the book; Female painters are not allowed to draw nude male models. If they have no concept of male structure, it is difficult to draw famous works. Marianne, who held the exhibition many years later, can only show it in the name of her father. ......

As a female painter, there were many differences and obstacles in that era. If she can really "bravely" leave France with Marianne, can they get rid of the bondage? Without the help of her family, can Marianne paint freely so smoothly? Life itself and prejudice against two people will make them lose more freedom.

In the name of love, it is a bondage to let the other person change everything and let go of everything. And love is to let each other be brave enough to be themselves and fulfill each other. Love doesn't need to sacrifice anything to prove it, because loving someone means giving the other person a chance to hurt himself defenseless. Desperate love is the greatest courage.

4. When two people choose to recall.

The couple who left had little time to have any resentment and disputes, and both of them forgave each other for being "not brave". When they all choose to recall, it is only a good parting.

Both of them are seriously preparing their parting ways. Marianne left herself a miniature portrait of Lois, while Lois and Marianne asked for her nude self-portrait. Marianne drew her nude portrait on page 28 of the book, where they discussed Hoces and Julius together.

It describes a safflower with a very short flowering period: "The same wind energy makes it bloom and wither."

Just like their love, short and strong. Love makes them close to each other and makes them choose to leave.

The author of this book is the ancient Roman poet Ovid. He wrote many poems about love in his life, but was exiled to Tomi by Augustus as obscene poems. During his exile, he earnestly hoped to get Augustus' forgiveness and let him return to Rome, but he never did, and finally died in a foreign land.

Lois regrets it as much as Ovid does. On the last night, they lay in bed and looked into each other's eyes. Louise regrets it. Marianne said don't regret it, remember it.

On the day of parting, Marianne and Lois embraced and ran away. When she opened the door, Louise said "turn around" after her. They said goodbye for the last time.

There are many kinds of love. Choosing memories doesn't mean that you will stop loving someone. Many years later, Marianne happened to see Louise's portrait in the exhibition. In her hand, Marianne gave her a book. The book opens in the corner and turns to page 28.

Marianne painted another portrait of Lois. Her skirt was burning. She stood in the dark and looked at the moon. They carry their own beautiful memories to realize their resistance to the world.

Maybe in love, there is no one who saves and betrays. This is just a choice. "Two people are happy together" is not necessarily a comedy, and "two people bless each other and choose to leave" is not necessarily a tragedy. Because the ending of the film is not the choice of Marianne and Louise, but the choice of the screenwriter.