fantasy and real

Although it is a European movie, the setting is very Japanese fantasy: in a near-future world, single men and women will be trapped in a hotel, and it is stipulated that they must find their other half within 45 days, otherwise they will become animals. In order not to be turned into animals, some of them deliberately create some characteristics that are the same as the target (such as nosebleeds), and if there is a dispute after the match is successful, they will be given a child... It feels like the European version of "Wonderful Story of the World"! Fortunately, the Europeans who are not so disciplined behave differently from the restrained Japanese. The latter development still belongs to the black humor of non-Asian people, and the calm tones add a different "European flavor".

The male protagonist has his eyes on a cold-blooded and murderous girl, but after pairing up, he has to always beware that she will find out that it was just a disguise, and then be exposed. Enter the complete opposite group - put an end to any couple behavior, emphasize singleness. It happens that when the male protagonist can be single, he meets the other half he can fall in love with... The subsequent disguise, discovery, and resistance and escape are a later story.

With such absurd settings, the cold shooting techniques throughout "Single Men Zoo" have a stronger satirical effect. In such a group dominated by "incumbents", being single or not cannot be determined by personal will. The standards for controlling emotions and desires inside and outside the hotel are actually very meaningful - whether we will deliberately distort our nature in order to meet some standards To cater to, or even lose yourself? (It can very well echo the situation of some older marriage and love Japanese dramas) When I really meet someone who has a sense of love, can I simply respond? It's like the male protagonist deliberately creates commonalities to find "the other half" when he is in the hotel, but he must find commonalities from his sweetheart outside, otherwise he will feel uneasy... In the end, will he really stab himself for the "common points"? How about binoculars to match the heroine?

The movie may seem absurd, but watching the older marriage and love drama (in fact, even a girl's manga has a similar effect!), the stereotyped behavior response in it, coupled with the audience's degree of suffering, suddenly felt that "if you can't find the other half, you will be punished." The setting of "become an animal" is not absurd at all.

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