"Even if the case is raised with eyebrows, it is difficult to settle the meaning in the end."

Garfield 2021-12-20 08:01:15

In the brilliance of the sunrise, the film came to a successful conclusion. The judges were satisfied: look, it was evil that did not suppress the righteousness, the kind wife was fortunate to survive, the family of three was reunited, and the evil city woman left dingy. This is almost everyone's inner hope, and it meets everyone's inner moral ruler. Indeed, on the surface, the story ended in a happy reunion. But each end is a new beginning. The life of the couple is not over yet. From the dazzling sunlight, I see the lingering shadows. It's not limited in air, but this is the reality—it's not exactly the same as our wish. A wish is just a beautiful idea, and it may not come true. A broken mirror is hard to come true after all.
The beginning of the film really wants to say that this is one of the most mediocre heroines I have ever seen. She looks ordinary, dresses plainly, and has no gods in her eyes. She seems to have lost her vitality under the pressure of life. The positioning of her lies in simplicity, kindness, hard work, nothing more. She is so ordinary that her love for her husband is humble: excited or sad because of her husband's joy and anger. She is weak and helpless, her husband goes out to meet his lover, and she can only cry with her young child; her husband makes a decision to kill her and goes home, but she still covers him with a quilt; her husband tricks her out Traveling, she was as happy as a child who got sugar. Such a heroine may feel too flat at first glance, just like the wives in the old society of China, who work hard and complain, "low to the dust".
In the second half of the film, I saw a three-dimensional heroine. It turned out that she could be so lively and cute: stealing the barber’s fruit, "doing bad things"-running away after knocking down the statue, drinking boldly, Paying smartly, pulling her husband to dance the farmer's dance... She is so vivid, and I am surprised that she still has such a side. The playful and innocent country girl regained her true qualities under the nourishment of "love." I love this side of her. But don't forget that all of this is conditional on the love of her husband, with or without, she is like two completely different people. Her husband is her backbone and everything to her. From her tightly holding the bouquet of flowers that symbolize love, we can see that love is her oxygen, and her vitality lies in her husband's "charity of love". But because of this, this kind of affectionate injury has reached its extreme once, and it is hard to recover.
Some people may refute that in the film, she clearly forgives her husband, and reminisces about sweet time in the city with him, and finally the two are reunited. But who can say that the broken mirror can be put together like the original, perfect? The director also hinted at this: the two went to the barber shop after they reconciled, and the husband had a haircut and shaving. The new image meant a new beginning; however, the wife was reluctant to adapt the image, showing that she always kept the old memory, and In this old memory, there is sweetness and harm. She doesn't want to change, and hopes to keep on the old track. How can she forget her life because of the shock of her husband killing her? Another point is even more obvious. When the husband was shaving, a beautiful man in the barbershop, who was almost a replica of the city woman, wanted to help him manicure. Although the husband refused her, the wife's reaction was enough to show that the broken mirror is difficult to round. She sat aside, observing her husband anxiously, for fear that he would lose his heart again, for fear that she would lose the "love" that she finally hoped to return, and the price of love's return was an attempted murder. I think she is inferior. How can she be compared to a gorgeous and charming city woman because she is so simple? Whether it's the husband's lover or the young girl in the barbershop, the same type, representing the prosperous city woman, how can she fight? She is so scared, trembling, like a frightened bird, how can we still think that the shadow has disappeared?
The film is over, and I can’t help but ask if I’m curious, what will happen to them afterwards? Trust is like water, and everyone knows the truth that it's hard to get over it. Once a crack appears, it is difficult to recover. Next time, next time, when the husband is bored with her, seeing a beautiful city woman, whether the desire to kill his wife will rise again, we don't know. I only know that the evil thoughts in his heart are so easy to be aroused... and her dependence on her husband has never changed. She will always be a canary protected by her husband’s wings. The film is always fixed on the tall husband will be petite. The picture of his wife in her arms. When she has him, she is happy and contented; once she loses support, how will she deal with herself?
However, after all, I am just like everyone else, I hope they can go on happily all the time, and hope that their love will always remain at the most beautiful stage of "sunrise". The starting point of this beautiful romance film is to bring us good hopes, I hope everything can stay in the most beautiful moments. However, the ancients had long predicted that "even if the case is raised, it is difficult to settle the meaning in the end", there will still be some unwillingness behind the happiness and consummation.

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Extended Reading
  • Rebeka 2022-04-21 09:02:28

    You were so silent to teach Mizoguchi what a day in the countryside of Renoir should be like.

  • Blaise 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    An eternal pinnacle of the silent era, boasting visual mastery, technological achievements, and dramatic power. "For wherever the sun rises and sets, in the city's turmoil or under the open sky on the farm, life is much the same; sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet."

Sunrise quotes

  • A Minister: She is young... and inexperienced. Guide her and love her...

  • The Photographer: You'd look grand with a high polish!