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Josiane 2022-01-21 08:02:48

Was awakened by thunder in front of the window last night. No drowsiness, simply sat up in his clothes. In the rainy night, the street lantern outside the window was shrouded in a faint halo, like the eyes of a thirsty person. Those crisp, dull thunders came and went one after another. A gleaming electric light cut through the darkness, illuminating a person's shadow in my heart.

The hussar sitting on the roof in the same rainy night.

There are always things in this world for which no reason can be explained. When they happen, they seem to be destined in life-just like this movie. At the moment the music sounds, I believe that many things in the world are connected, regardless of time, space, country or language differences.

The impermanence of the world is revealed all the time in the movie. The female teacher, who was like a flower, became a corpse for the crows to fight for food the next day. The prosperous Provence became a hell of sorrow all night. The spy who was chasing others was killed by crazy people on the streets of a foreign land... Now Baiyun turns his head and becomes a grey dog; today's sea, tomorrow may be the mulberry field. In a world of turbulent clouds, two people who love each other from meeting, can it be said that the word "fate" can be all said? The years flow like this, so how can people not cherish such a time of tactful and low return?

For the two people in the movie, this sudden plague disrupted their normal lives. An exiled revolutionary was suddenly hunted down by spies, cholera, and frenzied residents. A countess suddenly separated from her husband in a place where cholera was rampant. It was also this plague that caused two people to meet on that rainy night.

The drenched cavalry came down from the roof to hide from the rain, and a turbulent relationship fell from the sky. That man must maintain his gentlemanly demeanor even in extreme downfall. Be sure to put on your boots formally before entering the house; while the countess turned around, combing her hair was the most important task. Facing the strange man who broke into the house on rainy night, the single hostess generously greeted him with hot tea and bread. Hidden under the napkin is a loaded pistol. Two extraordinary people are destined to continue this legend of love.

The young colonel has a calmness and calmness beyond his age. It is his heart to save the motherland under the iron hoof. The beautiful countess was stubborn and reserved, leaving her husband in vain but always thinking about his safety. However, good luck has to break the original life of the two people, and then combine them into one again. The concern for Pauline finally surpassed Angelo's motherland and mission. He changed his schedule because of her; he used the funds needed for the revolution because of her; he voluntarily entered the dangerous quarantine zone because of her... The young man who had to run away in anger because of the phrase "really young", in love In front of you, he lowered his arrogant head completely. So there will be the next way to meet each other and help each other in the same boat.

Even the best dream will eventually wake up. Countess Roland finally returned to her territory, and she would soon see her own husband return to her home. The light cavalry knew that it was time to leave. As a soldier, he could not give her a stable life; as a gentleman, he could not be with other people's wives; even though, he loved her deeply. Because her happiness is greater than his happiness, so he has to choose to leave. Because I love her, keep her next to the people she loves and love her, stay where he can't touch and live freely.

But fate once again made a joke: Paulina also fell ill when he was about to leave. Angelo finally lost all his composure and calmness. When he took his loved one back from the death god, he found that he had to face her husband.

Rapno designed a very western ending: the hussars returned to their country with love and mission, the countess lived with the count, but still remembered him all the time. After seeing countless Guihong, she finally waited for his reply...This was the best ending imaginable in the world.

If it were a traditional Chinese ending, Pauline would die in Angelo's arms. After Angelo returned to China, he was successfully restored. Many years later, when he returns to the old place of Provence, he will definitely have a human face. This is the ending of Cui Hu style, sad and beautiful.

And if I were the director, maybe the ending would be like this. Angelo finally saved Paulina's life from death, but the price was his own life. Paulina finally returned to her husband and resumed her previous life. Angelo will become a fond memory in her later years, like a touch of sunset in the sky. Just as Marquez said in "Love in the Time of Cholera": "The only pain I feel about death is not being able to die for love." This ending is the best I can think of.

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The Horseman on the Roof quotes

  • Angelo: Cholera avoids me like the plague.

  • Angelo: My mother is a duchess who talks only of revolution.