A music film sung from beginning to end, replacing the repeated lyrics and dances of ordinary song and dance films with daily dialogue and life, so it is more approachable than ordinary films of the same genre. It feels that the actors have to express themselves naturally, but the emotions have to be expressed from the song. The difficulty of love and resentment is more difficult than the simultaneous interpretation of the body and the singing, but the response is less infectious than the dance.
The plot of the story is simple: a pair of young lovers will be separated for two years because the man was drafted. The two had a relationship the night before the separation. Soon the girl became pregnant. As the belly grows larger, under the advice of her mother and her own pain, Choosing to marry a wealthy businessman who is willing to raise children with her. Later, after the girl's lover came back, he decided to marry the girl who had taken care of his godmother for many years under multiple shocks such as the death of his godmother, his job loss, and the departure of his lover. Years later, the lovers met again, but their passion was no longer the same.
Structure and color are the biggest features of this film, and it can be said that it has surpassed the plot itself to attract the audience. Highly saturated colors play a role in color contrast stitching indoors. Even a door will have two different colors to match the color difference of the two rooms. In this sea of colors, the collision of warm and cold tones is really overwhelming, but it has also become the biggest feature of the film. Bright colors exist in almost all the scenes. Even in sad plots such as farewell at the station or the mother pawning jewelry to make a living, you can still find yellow or red colors on dresses, signs, and street lights. , Let the joy of maintaining a glimmer of hope in the slightly gloomy or quiet scene.
In Cherbourg’s umbrella shop, the walls are dominated by light pink and dark pink vertical stripes, which implies that the mother and daughter of this umbrella shop are crazy about love; when they arrive at the home of the mother and daughter, the light pink and green walls The wallpaper with thick pink flowers really shows the mother’s girly heart to the fullest, while the girl’s wall is a large blue background with pink flowers embellishment. It is different from the mother’s warmly public world outside, but it is a bright and vibrant color. . However, in a car repairer's home, with cool colors such as blue, green, and light brown, it is difficult for the narrow indoor space to match the cold wallpaper without feeling depressed. A person's home environment is also related to his personality, and the contrast of colors is one of the characteristics of the love tragedy of the two.
The opening of the film is amazing: in a rainy day from God's perspective, the rain falls toward the center of the screen as if it had been agreed. People wearing various raincoats or umbrellas of various colors walked by in a hurry. People walked across the screen vertically and parallel, or hurried across diagonally, or missed each other like two parallel lines. The dynamic colors of walking are used to replace the dividing lines of the static scene to show the beauty of structure. This seemingly simple title reveals the beauty of mystery photography in minimalism, which is unforgettable even when the movie ends.
In details such as costumes and hairstyles, "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" is also unambiguous. Umbrellas that appeared in the beginning of the film are all placed in this umbrella shop. The only one sold is black. In this colorful story, it is the biggest abruptness and hint. The bow tie on the heroine Jennifer’s head is different every time she plays, and the changing colors and styles of decorations are a metaphor for her pursuit of beauty and happiness. Her hairstyle has undergone three changes, from the playful wispy style when she is in love, to the listless young woman style when she is pregnant, to the noble lady style with all her hair curled up for many years after marriage, which actually hints at her state of mind. Transformation: From the ignorance of being earth-shattering when you are in a relationship, to the wit of choosing an easier path for yourself. It was two men who taught her to grow up, but one amazing time, the other gentle years.
As for the love that succumbs to reality shown in the film, it does not contradict the notion that we have always believed in "wish to have one heart and be inseparable from each other". What it shows is the stable relationship in the uncertainty of love. . Under the influence of external things such as education, experience, living environment, communication with people, experience, age, etc., people's thoughts and concepts will also change. Just as there was a narrative on the Internet, "The cells of the whole body have been changed after seven years. You are no longer the same person as seven years ago." As the years go by, if two people with the same pace can move in the same direction, that is a rare fortune and it is worth cherishing.
However, it is more that each other has missed each other's growth process. Two people have gone on different trajectories in different environments, but they still have to consider the current life with their young love concept, which is too far-fetched. After all, the blind impulse when young is love, and the long stream of water in old age is also love; a change of mood to fall in love with others is the only beginning of another period. Loving someone from the beginning to the end is the most romantic and unreliable social education. Thing.
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