I didn't watch this movie until 2020. Fortunately, I was late and not absent. "Portrait of a Burning Woman", I personally think it is the most beautiful same-sex love in 2019. I'm thinking, if there's one thing that makes me particularly happy, it's watching a movie that I like, and of course, the reality is usually that you don't know if you like it or not until you watch it, but This is precisely the most fascinating thing. The charm of film art is that the moment you are about to approach art, your blood is throbbing.
This is a love story under an arranged marriage and a female story in a patriarchal society. The young female painter Marianne and the rich lady Eloise go from falling in love to saying goodbye.
In 1760, in Brittany, France, Marianne, a talented young female painter, received a commission to complete the portrait of the rich lady Eloise before her marriage without the other party's knowledge. At first, Marianne observed Eloise's posture from a male perspective. As a result, her paintings were not satisfactory to Eloise. In fact, she herself was not satisfied either. I believe this was the first painting she destroyed. one of the reasons. Another reason is that Marianne fell in love with Eloise when she was secretly observing Eloise, so she wanted to take the time to repaint Eloise and spend a few more days with Eloise. .
The emotions of the two people burst out when their eyes crossed when they were painting, breaking through the confinement of the feudal ritual system. Since when did Marianne fall in love with Eloise? When she heard Eloise say that she missed her, she would feel happy, so before that, she actually fell in love with Eloise, but she didn't know it, or avoided her feelings on purpose. "When I was alone, I felt the freedom you said, but I also felt that I missed you."
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice interspersed in the film is very good, and this story is also a metaphor for their ending. In the movie, pictures of Eloise wearing a long white dress continue to appear, which makes the love between them even stronger. The red clothes of the painter and the green clothes of the person being painted set off each other. The collision and fusion of colors add a lot to this film. Who would have known that red and green are one body.
Besides, the performances of Nomi and Adela are very restrained and moving. In fact, not only the two of them, but other actors' performances are also remarkable. If there is any shortcut to acting, it is to experience life. Human emotions are similar.
Ultimately accepting an arranged marriage is not a compromise, but a confrontation. The best way to eliminate male oppression is to face it. In the passionate music, Eloise cried for a while, laughed for a while, and her emotions were surging like waves, and Marian saw all this.
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