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A pair of old people can't walk in the new sunshine after all
Idell 2022-03-25 09:01:19
A low-key film, related to the story. After the war, the former Nazi officer Max became the night shift concierge of the hotel. He met his former lover Lucia by chance, and brought back a sadistic past in the concentration camp. The hero and heroine who want to put aside their past identities and live a quiet life are not tolerated by the remnant Nazi organizations that try their best to cover up their crimes. The two were trapped in the apartment, the food was decreasing day by day, and despair shrouded their heads. On the dark and windy night of the last night, Max put back on his Nazi uniform, put on a girly skirt for Lucia, and drove the car until dawn. The two walked on the bridge, arm in arm and shoulder to shoulder, leaving a calm back, like a pair of intimate lovers strolling leisurely, watching the city wake up. The old couple are in a new era. The jingling morning bell is signaling the arrival of dawn, as if it is also an elegy for the two of them. Two gunshots, both fell down...
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Katlyn 2022-03-17 09:01:08
The nameless film, the stage performance is a bit deliberately artificial, the male protagonist is not good-looking, and the female protagonist has a malnourished and indifferent face, which makes this Nazi sadomasochistic story lacking charm. A few pieces of music and dance are good.
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Alfonso 2022-03-28 09:01:11
Foucault calls the content presented in such films "nostalgia (retrospective)", which is obviously a definition based on collective memory. As for why all erotic imaginations in the 60s-70s period are related to Nazism, He did not give an answer to this. It can be seen that the erotic treatment of power essentially invokes people's memory of "love of power", while intercourse and Sadism/Masochism try to conjure up the power fanaticism rooted in people's hearts. But if you watch such a movie today, it will only be compared to "Bitter Moon" or "Piano Teacher", not "Lacombe Lucien"
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Countess Stein: I want to help you. What can I do?
Max: Send me a box of chocolates.
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Max: My little girl - you, you remember my little girl, don't you? My little girl is waiting for me. Bye.