Good luck, Ms. Marlena

Immanuel 2021-12-10 08:01:39

"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", probably everyone will think of it as a beautiful and romantic love story like me when they hear this name, but when I watch this Oscar-nominated movie, I think if I take this legend Seeing it as beautiful, it seems cruel. It can be said to be a legend about a beautiful woman in Sicily, or it can be said to be a beautiful woman in Sicily, but based on the legend itself, no matter what angle I look at, it has nothing to do with beauty. .
The story unfolds in the background of a small town in Italy during World War II. It tells the bumpy fate of an overwhelming stunner in the chaos of war. The heroine's name is Malina, and her husband, Linuo, is a captain. Before joining the war, he brought his beloved wife to his hometown. Marlena’s exquisite face, long curly hair, slender figure, elastic and tight skin wrapped in gorgeous dresses, and inadvertent charm between gestures made him naturally become the focal point of the small town of Sicily, her Aloof and isolated from the world, countless endless topics have arisen from this, including the jealousy that other women in the town try to conceal. Even if they have reached the point of gnashing their teeth, they are of course full of men’s longings and fantasies. .
The narrator of the story, young Velito, under the leadership of his partners, fell into a deep fascination with Marlena. Villitu's every minute of thoughts forced him to adopt a naive way-peeping, which also made him the only witness of this woman's tortuous destiny. During the day, he rode a bicycle to follow Malina through the streets, through the chattering crowd... They all believed that the lonely beautiful woman must go on a date with his lover, but what Velitu saw was , Malina takes care of her elderly father seriously in her father's residence. In the dead of night, he sneaked out of the house and came to Marlena’s house. He climbed to the tree to watch her every move. We tried to discover that Marlena was crying with her husband’s photo. Not only was she not slanderous, she was not. And she is a noble woman who is loyal to her husband Li Nuo.
War is always closely related to death. Soon, there was the sad news that Marlena’s husband, Captain Linuo, had died in action. Malina was so distraught that she did not attend her husband's memorial service. She could not foresee the disaster that would follow. The men in the town seemed to finally see the opportunity and were all ready to move; the women's sense of crisis escalated their jealousy.
Marlena became a widow who wore mourning clothes all day, but this did not make her beauty fade. Married men fighting for her made her embroiled in a lawsuit. People came up with her infidelity and made her only source of living. The government subsidy was suspended. The down-and-out Marlena found a lawyer to defend herself, but was unable to pay the lawyer's fees. She was insulted by the stinking ugly lawyer. Seeing all this, Villitu shed tears.
After the lawsuit, the rumors became more raging. The woman refused to sell Marlena any food, and the men were afraid to hire her for fear of their wives. Misfortunes never come singly. After her father died in the bombing, Malena came to the brink of hunger. Instinctive needs prevented her from rejecting the bread, sugar and their unreasonableness sent by men who were ill-intentioned. Malena fell step by step. Finally, she had no choice but to abandon herself. She became a disdainful prostitute, and continued to sell her soul and body in exchange for the basic supplies of survival, and even received German military officers... These were clearly recorded by Velitu’s memory cells. The little boy still loved her deeply. , Perhaps in his heart, Malina is the most reserved one even as a prostitute.
The long war passed, Hitler was defeated, the Nazis ushered in its demise, the whole world was immersed in joy, Sicily was no exception, people cheered to escape from the fascist rule, and remembered the trade with the Germans. Marlena. The women of the small town fought and tugged Malina’s hair. In broad daylight, they vented their violence and savagely beat the prostitute who had made her lover dream. Velitu watched the women behave in ways and looked at Malina. A painful moan was helpless, her hair was shaved, and her body was naked and exposed to the world. The only pitiful little dignity left was swept away. She was covered in wounds, her mouth was bleeding, and she stood up struggling as if she was coming from the depths of the soul. Screamed.
She may be completely angry, completely afraid, or disappointed. Those who she never hurt, why forcibly rewrite her fate again and again, she finally left Sicily with confusion and pain. Velitu still silently rode her bicycle to watch her far away. Her departure made the town calm, and people comfortably enjoyed the peace and harmony that Malina's husband and others had in exchange for their lives, and forgot the gratitude that should have been given to Malina into the killing.
One day, people were suddenly surprised to find that the "dead" Captain Linuo returned to Sicily with one arm. Their slander was immediately resurrected and some hypocritical sympathy was overwhelming. Linuo looked for his lover everywhere, and everyone hypocritically concealed the facts. Velito plucked up the courage to write a letter telling Lino Marlena where and everything, and said that Marlena still loves him.
Perhaps Linuo knew all the possibilities and helplessness brought about by the war. He took the trust and love for his wife and embarked on the journey of looking for Marlena...When Linuo and Marlena returned to Sicily in order to regain the dignity of his wife, They straightened their chests and raised their heads to meet everyone's gazes, and they could see that Marlena had lingering fears, her eyes were timid, but she was as noble as before.
At this time, the woman clearly saw that Marlena was getting old, she clung to her husband tightly, her eyes would also grow wrinkles, she would also be fat, she now looked as ordinary as all women. So they who had been jealous of the fire suddenly accepted this Marlena, suddenly became affectionate, suddenly liked... it made people feel ridiculous, and inevitably heavy.
Villitu is no longer a child and has fallen in love with many women. He said that every woman asked him if he would remember himself forever. He answered, yes. There was a woman he would never forget, but she never asked this question again, and that woman was Malina.
When deciding to avoid his love for Malina across the entire youth, he was still a stranger. He helped Malina pick up the apples scattered on the ground and said sincerely: Good luck to you, Ms. Malina.
The whole story of human nature is no longer worth discussing, because the graceful and elegant Marlena has been ruined. Beauty has become an executioner in the dark and murdered herself to be buried in rumors. I can’t help but think of Miaoyu’s song "The World Is Difficult" in "Dream of Red Mansions"-"The temperament is as beautiful as orchids, and the talents are more than immortals. People born into loneliness are rare. . But I don’t know that people who are too high will be more jealous, and they will have the same suspicion of living a clean world. It’s a sigh that the people of the Green Light Ancient Temple will be old; The white jade is in the mud; why not, Wang Sun Gongzi sighed for no chance." After reading this tune repeatedly, I found that the fate of Malina is similar to that of our Chinese Miaoyu. In both ancient and modern times, this lyric has become an indisputable fact. Unprovoked jealousy has killed so many talents, and even scholars and scholars’ mutual indulgence. The most heartbreaking living example: It is a pity that Shen Kuo was able to write "Mengxi Bi Tan". He has been handed down to hundreds of rivers, but he cannot tolerate the reuse of his friend Su Shi by the emperor. A generation of writers did not lose in the game with Wang Anshi's reform, but because his friends gave him poems symbolizing friendship as evidence, he was burdened by another literary prison. , Depreciation and depreciation again and again, everyone sighed with grief.
Finally, I had to call from the bottom of my heart, good luck, Malina.

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Malena quotes

  • Renato's Father: [regarding Renato's incessant and loud masturbation sessions at night] You are going to go blind!

  • [last lines]

    Renato Amoroso: I pedaled as fast as I could... as if I were escaping from longing, from innocence, from her. Time has passed, and I have loved many women. And as they've held me close... and asked if I will remember them I've said, "Yes, I will remember you." But the only one I've never forgotten is the one who never asked... Malena.