I would like to miss a beat of my heartbeat, for you to cherish for the rest of my life---"Wendini"

Rylee 2022-04-22 07:01:54

Undine is also the name of the element "water" mentioned by the medieval European alchemist Paracelsus in his alchemy theory. According to Paracelsus' theory, Undine is the female elf of water, or goddess, who is the master of all water elements. They mostly haunt near lakes and waterfalls in the forest, and have sweet voices that sometimes overshadow the sound of running water. In some European folklore, it is impossible for Wendine to acquire a real soul if they cannot be associated with a mortal man. But if the man who married Wendini had an affair and betrayed Wendini's love, Wendini would kill her husband and return to life in the water again.

In the first scene of the film, the dramatic force is amazing. A man and a woman are sitting in a cafe. The woman's erratic eyes and unconscious tears all originate from the soul that is about to be placed nowhere. The man's face is full of unease and helplessness, indicating that the spirit The curse has already sounded, and the director used a five-minute breakup scene to open the curtain of Berlin's history and European mythology.

The camera followed Wendini into the architectural history of Berlin. The explanation mentioned that the name Berlin originated from the Slavic language, which means dry land in the swamp or swamp, and the water elf Wendini also exists in the Slavic mythology, so At this moment, the director uses the lens and the text to make the heroine stand at the junction of modernity, history, and mythology, which is extremely delicate.

Wentini went back to the cafe after the explanation. Johannes did not fulfill her promise and chose to betray. At this time, Wentini should have been cursed, killed the man who betrayed her, returned to the water, but was caught in the aquarium. The scuba diver model called, the broken aquarium made Wentini fall in love again, and Wentini, who found love again, had the sustenance of her soul, but in the midst of all this beauty, an accidental encounter shattered everything, and Wentini fell in love again. Tini met Johannes again, glanced back, and knew that her curse was still going on. A model with a broken leg, a broken wine bottle, the curse sounded, and Christopher fell into a long sleep, because the leg was stuck and lacked oxygen, resulting in brain death. At this time, Wentini knew that Christopher could only be saved by killing Johannes herself and completing the curse. The water elf turned into a water demon, made a death declaration in the swimming pool, and returned to the water, and at the moment when she returned to the water, The curse is over and Christopher wakes up.

The core of this film is actually a tragedy of love. Coupled with the heaviness of Berlin's history, the whole film should be very heavy, but it seems a bit agile due to the intervention of the water element, and several underwater scenes have suffocated. The scene did not make people feel uncomfortable. This is because the director always injects breathing into the film. This is also the best point in my opinion. When shooting underwater scenes, the director can clearly hear the blisters burst caused by underwater breathing. The sound makes the audience feel the feeling of breathing. When taking the empty shot of the water surface, the sound effect is also accompanied by the breathing sound. Even when Wentini went to Christopher for the first time, the sound effect of the train was replaced by underwater. The sound effect is the agility that allows the water elves to freely shuttle between the classical streets of Berlin and flow under the temple of European mythology.

This film is very similar to the previous "Happy Lazzaro", which injects divinity into human nature, blends myth, history, love, and women into one, and then covers it with a layer of modern metaphors, creating a kind of time and space. The interlaced feeling adds a fantasy and romance to the whole film, and also brings me a 90-minute immersive experience.

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