But after watching it several times, I always feel that the protagonist of the film should be Rymontov, the head of the ballet company. From the perspective of the whole story, it is more like telling a whole and prosperous ballet company, under the leadership of the head of the ballet company. The story of the next level, of course, includes the process of discerning the hero, including the process of everyone gathering firewood, the part where the troupe members fall in love, and the paranoid concept of the group leader (lust has The irreconcilable contradictions with the members caused by damage to art)... Of course, in the end, I also encountered a tragic setback, which is the heroine's suicide.
Note that this is not just a question of interpretation from another perspective, but the perspective of the film to the audience is like this. The last conflict between the head of the group and the heroine's husband, in my opinion, was lacking in tension due to the lack of foreshadowing, I don't see how his husband has any power over her like this, because there wasn't enough space to tell our husband's right to her. The importance of her, this relationship, the film only provides some concepts, so here, there are only empty concepts quarreling, unable to provide rationale for the husband's behavior. As a result, Rymontov's perspective was grabbed and became the theme of the film - although everyone felt that since it was Hong Lingyan, of course it should be the story of the heroine. The film becomes a story of a ballet company experiencing setbacks.
But how did the heroine lose her status as the protagonist of the film?
Note that in the whole film, the heroine only dances, and any right to speak is basically stripped (as Rymontov said, what you have to do is dance, and I do all the talking) , When there is a conflict, she is basically in a passive state, basically acting according to Rymontov's eyes. Frowning, the whole film is just to illustrate how Rymontov made each troupe member dedicate himself to the arts with confidence. Rymontov is their spiritual leader and the most typical part of them. The heroine is only Just a shadow.
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