Courage is one of the most important characteristics of human beings. If you have courage, other human characteristics will naturally be available. —— Churchill
After 23 years, the classic film "Life is Beautiful" has been released again. Since its premiere in 1997, Douban has scored more than 880,000 people, scoring a high of 9.5 in one fell swoop, and ranked TOP5 on the Douban movie list.
This time-proven classic film has "the most beautiful lie and smile in the world". Director Roberto Bernini used a unique and optimistic way to tell a beautiful fairy tale in the tragic world. The male protagonist Guido was in a Nazi concentration camp and used a "1000-point game" to block the cruel reality for his son Joshua. At the last moment of his life, he still worked hard to round out this beautiful lie. This great father cast with optimism and strength Love has moved countless audiences. In the first half of the
movie, Guido is witty and humorous. He uses the phrase "Good morning, princess!" to interpret the highest level of romance of an ordinary man. This princess is besides Guido and his son, another throughout the movie. Character Dora. In her, the audience saw how the princess grew into a warrior.
Dora is an elementary school teacher. She is beautiful and dignified and reserved. Guido fell in love at first sight. Dora, who was born noble, could marry her childhood sweetheart and live a life of high society: holding an engagement party in a luxurious hotel, having an exclusive box in the theater, and socializing with mayors and others.
However, Dora chose Guido, who is humorous and funny. From then on, became a princess and an ordinary woman who fell into the world, a warrior who feared fear and sacrificed himself for love.
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The naive and romantic princess
Guido met Dora for the first time. She stumbled into Guido's arms in order to burn the wasp nest. This dramatic scene allowed the audience to see a slightly mischievous heroine. The gorgeously dressed woman wearing a black veil-brimmed hat, on a rural farm, couldn't help but fiddle with the wasp nest, which formed a sharp contrast. Only such a person will not be bored with the male protagonist who talks a lot and acts a bit ridiculous, but is attracted a little bit and finally falls in love with him.
Dora grew up in a wealthy family, is a respected teacher in the eyes of students, and also a close childhood sweetheart fiancee, but Dora still lives in her heart with a naive and romantic little girl. After watching the opera with her fiancé, Dora was thinking about eating ice cream, but her fiancé ignored her need and insisted on taking her to the mayor's house. In the car to the mayor’s house, Dora complained while hiccuping: "Actually, I have nothing to ask for. A cup or two of chocolate cake, I will satisfy..." Because she resisted her engagement party, Dora was like a little boy who refused to go to school. The child, lying in bed, refused to go out, and reluctantly got up to the banquet under the repeated urging of his mother.
At this time, Dora's external resistance behavior is still a little girl's, a few complaints, play a little bit, and others persuade a few words, she will still be obedient.
Dora doesn't like worldly social, she likes romance, and Guido always creates romance. In the square on rainy night, in order to prevent Dora’s shoes from getting wet, Guido took out a red carpet from the car and slowly spread it down the stairs, so the two people were talking along the red carpet in the empty square. Funny words. This scene was so moving that Dora's feelings of being annoyed by her fiance in front of him became a little more cheerful. Guido confessed to her when she parted. The warm and romantic love words gradually changed Dora's feelings towards him.
Later, at the engagement party, Dora took Guido's hand and fled with him on a white horse.
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Bravely pursue love and freedom of marriage
After escaping from marriage, Dora followed Guido back to his home. As soon as the camera turned, Dora and Guido were married and had a 5-year-old son Joshua. The film does not repeat the process of their marriage, but only shows us their happy life after marriage, but it is not difficult to speculate about Dora's sacrifice.
married Dora of Guido and moved from the mansion to the small house. Since then, there is no luxury car to pick up and drop off the house, only the husband’s bicycle. Because of this marriage, Dora’s mother refused to associate with her, and the 5-year-old Joshua did not even know her grandmother. This is a marriage, status and status that no one is optimistic aboutThe disparity must have brought a lot of obstruction, and her mother even threatened her by cutting off contact.
Dora didn't give in. She was unhappy at the engagement banquet, and finally realized that she didn't love the fiance next to her. What she liked was Guido who brought herself happiness and regarded herself as a princess. Finally, Dora bravely broke through traditional thinking, put down everything he had, and pursued freedom of love and marriage.
After marriage, Dora lost her wealthy living conditions. The princess who was once a wealthy family became an ordinary wife, but she has a lot of love. Every day her husband and son will send her to work together. There is always cheers on the bicycle. With laughter, his son Joshua would also shout to his mother: "Good morning, princess!" The daily life of the three is sweet and warm.
The French poet Penchal once said: To love and be loved by others is everything and this is the law of the universe. We exist for love. Those who love comfort are not afraid of anything, anyone.
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, not afraid of fear, embarked on the train to hell.
Dora married the Jewish Guido. This was a risky choice. The fate of the Jews in that era can be imagined. Although the life after marriage is sweet, the scary thing has come: On Joshua’s 5th birthday, the Nazis forcibly captured their husband and son, and they were sent to a concentration camp to suffer.
Although Dora does not have Jewish ancestry, in order to see her husband and son, she resolutely followed them on the train. In Dora's firm eyes, the audience saw the most sincere love without much words, and also saw the once carefree happy princess, bravely bearing the suffering of her fate. Dora in the
concentration camp has completely lost her innocent romance, she has become calm and restrained. When she heard the news that the old man and the child were about to be killed in the concentration camp, she didn't have any expression on her face, but looked far out the window, completely ignoring the collision of the crowd behind her. After being sent to pick up the clothes of the deceased, she was obviously afraid of finding his son's clothes. The surface was still calm, but the care of her hands exposed her heart-piercing pain.
In the criminal place of concentration camps, Jews are used as slaves and are in danger of losing their lives at any time. Dora, who didn't need to suffer such hardships, relied on amazing perseverance to last all the way to the last reunion with her son. At the end of the movie, Dora, who was hugging her son, finally let out the familiar laughter she used to.
Love will give people the courage to fight. Relying on the love for her husband and son, Dora bravely embarked on the train leading to the concentration camp. In order to be reunited one day, she survived here safely.
From the daughter of a rich family, to an ordinary wife in an ordinary life, to a slave in a concentration camp, Dora firmly chooses every step. A princess who fell into the mortal world was braver than anyone else, Dora lost her exquisite elegance, but grew into an admirable warrior. She bravely pursued true love and married a husband who was very different from her own status; when she was separated from her husband and children, she bravely joined the Jewish team without hesitation in every choice.
true love gave her infinite courage. In the face of the most attractive conditions, she still followed her inner voice firmly, like a warrior.
