This time, Assayas threw away some of the mysterious things in the past, and the atmosphere was refreshing. The film shows the effect of "time" on a person, and the channel within the play takes a back seat. In a play, two characters, and two young girls, we saw the middle-aged Maria's different views and interpretations of the script and her youth, her obsession with the past, and her fear of the passage of time. The personal assistant Val is the "accompaniment" that Maria can't do without at this moment. When Maria is relieved to see the cloud snake, that is when she disappears. Jo-Ann is another driving force forcing Maria to face the future. The play within the play is very ingenious. One is the interweaving of movie characters and drama characters, and the other is the contrast between movie characters and off-screen actors (Kolo became popular through Hollywood blockbusters, Xiao K once cheated, etc.). Assayas' understanding of film, stage, and Hollywood is as interesting as ever. This time, the level of excitement in the last ten minutes has increased exponentially, and the introduction of new characters and plots is still easy to handle, and the handling cannot be more perfect. Although this can also be said to be a women's film, it is by no means limited to women, and it is a life dilemma that we can all encounter. This kind of film is not actually used for interpretation, but is felt through the growth of life experience.
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