Harry as a man has troubles that are still hot. Family or business. I could have both, but Monica wants love and freedom, and Harry understands that only material can have love and freedom. He works and studies for better materials. He can buy Monica a coat, pay rent, and raise children. However, Monica still hasn't grown up. She is a bad girl. She continues to smoke and drink, and have sex with her old lover at home. Bergman used an old trick that is still outdated. Harry, who came home a day early from a business trip, found Monica cheating in the house. Instead of Monica, Harry performed the narrative in this segment.
There are many key plots in the film that are not directly shown, but through lines. For example, when Monica gave birth to a child, Harry’s colleagues asked Harry about the details, and the audience learned about it; in the end, Harry and Monica’s divorce was not directly revealed, but Harry’s aunt asked to hold the child. Harry, what happened to the child since her mother left her alone. The strong performance is the carefree paradise life of Monica and Harry by the sea. Monica's family didn't find them the runaway girl, and Harry's aunt believed Harry was going camping.
There was always plenty of sunshine and food, and Monica was bold and naked, showing her joy at the freedom she had never experienced before. Monica has everything she wants, love freedom but she doesn't have enough bread. She was caught stealing food again. Suddenly caught back to reality, the hostess called the police angrily, while the maid cut the steak for her, and the hostess' daughter also came to talk to her. Monica is rebellious and irreducible, and while she asks why some people are lucky and some people are not, she grabs the steak and goes back to the yacht to eat a big piece.
Every girl is Monica, and as she grows up, she will find that it will be more and more difficult at home. Those who want to escape from their families are not only children with hysterical mothers who are alcoholics, but also children who grow up in an environment where their fathers love their mothers and do not worry about food and clothing. No matter how much my father loves and loves my mother, when I reach adulthood, it will not be the same as before, and I will start to hate each other.
Most of the desire for freedom comes from dissatisfaction with the family. Maybe too restrictive, maybe too indulgent, maybe neither. Every girl wants to be Monica. Elope with a loved one to escape a smoky family. If I want to be a girl, I just want a coat, I don't care about the world, I don't care about the children. But when most girls face children, they will suddenly grow up. Movies are movies after all. In reality, the birth of a child will force a girl to grow into a mother. It may be incompetent, but a child is a new life, and a new Monica will be born, and he will become Monica's mother unknowingly.
Life is sincere and precious, and love is more expensive. If it is freedom, both can be thrown away. In the end, Monica still chose freedom, but I think that Harry will become the harbor of the prodigal son Monica. One day, Monica who understands the world will return to Harry's side, and only wish for a stable happiness.
Art is above life, and it's the best way not to go after Monica's end. Harry is an excellent and good man, responsible, self-motivated and loyal. It's just that he fell in love with the unruly Monica when he was young. Marriage is the grave of love and the end of both of them.
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