I admit, this is a completely out of control article, although the original intention of writing it is really serious, but later I found that if the storyline is not unfolded one by one, I always feel that it is lacking something, so it has become as long-winded as it is now. It's a long-winded look... and I finally realized that any movies that I repeat many times and are willing to watch back are probably not classic works that can be remembered in film history (perhaps the "Godfather" series is an exception). In the past, I have always been haunted by the words of a disc store owner. Although this person admitted that he has never seen a single European film as a "person in the industry", he said to me generously: "You really have great taste in movies. difficult to improve.” People are somewhat vain, so it was only in the last six months that I finally could honestly realize that my taste was really bad, so I just stopped forcing myself and allowed many "classics" that I really didn't catch a cold on. Enjoying a hundred years of loneliness in the awkward position at the bottom of the box...
This is a French film, although it is also a big routine with a fresh style, full of European style, and love themes, but it probably can't be regarded as popular. The English translation of the film is called "Love me if you dare". Literally, it can be roughly translated as "If you dare to love, then come." I have watched a film three times in a year and a half, and I didn't decide to write it until today. When something comes out, I can't help but tell the story of "coming if you dare to love". It can be seen that it is also a certain feeling that has never been given up. To be more subjective, from the moment I saw this poster, I made this feeling clear: maybe it’s just an ordinary story in the world of the mortal world, but it also has the unique romantic madness of the French. I don't know how to describe it, but I can only say that it's an extraterrestrial mood similar to a dream.
"Sophie" is the name of a French girl I like. I always think that the women named Sophie are all beautiful and beautiful, with clear personalities. They may have some small shortcomings and faults, but they can't help but love them. But this Sophie is a "Cinderella" from Poland. She had rough teeth when she was a child, and a perverse and stubborn character as a girl: she recklessly said "mucky words" in the spelling game in the classroom to confuse the lady teacher. It is your duty to make you cry; to make a gamble at the wedding, even if the bride is her own sister.
And her accomplice is not only her best friend, her childhood playmate, but also the opponent of her bet, her two small no guesses. Perhaps little Sophie did not expect that when the two of them held the gorgeous candy jars and played the first "Dare to Dare" game, it was this boy named Julien who would meet with him in this way. She has been entangled in her life, and it is difficult to tell who will win in the end.
"Julian" must be the name of an ordinary family in France, a common boy in Qianmo Alley, but this Julian has a painful experience different from other people of the same age: the health and life of his mother's mother's cancer slowly swallowed up, every He saw the details with his own eyes. Such blunt stripping and loss are intertwined with the inexhaustible naughty nature of children. Under the teachings of the unsmiling and strict father, it seems so irreconcilable. Julien's father didn't like Sophie, because every time he dragged his son out of the principal's office in a state of exhaustion, a little girl stared at him stubbornly, and the authority of the parents seemed to be severely impacted. , and these eyes belong to Sophie.
On the day Julien's mother was buried, the daily carefree boy was disturbingly dejected, but when Sophie suddenly appeared, holding a bouquet of small flowers, standing on an inopportune height and humming "" When the "Rose Life", in the surprised expressions of the adults, Xiaolian showed his usual sunny smile. Julien's father had no choice but to invite Sophie to stay at home, but the habit of sleeping on two ends of the bed had lasted for ten years before he knew it.
I think the rendering part is already substantial enough for this "two little guesses" story. The first time I saw this movie, the version I bought on the market was very unsatisfactory. The Chinese translation was vague, the first sentence was not followed by the next sentence, and I basically knew no French, but the absurd bet they made when they were young still made the I am emotional. I remember a friend exclaiming: "What can't a French woman do?" I don't know if it literally means praise or criticism. Sophie is a girl who refuses to admit defeat, and Julien, who has been good at pranks since childhood, also knows the rules of the game: when one person asks "dare" with a candy jar, the other person must put the symbol of the bet. The jar took it and said "dare" to win. So, on the day of Sophie's math test, she put on her underwear in a generous way, which attracted countless surprises; Julien waited outside the test room to fulfill another promise he made to Sophie, covering the beautiful girl with magnets. , delaying her exams, cheating her earrings...
In these absurd and subversive bets, a gradually softening emotion slowly spreads: They dare to play any game, but what they are afraid to admit are the feelings they have accumulated over the past ten years and the fact that they love each other. I guess love is one of the unplayable emotions in this world, and Sophie is also wondering if their hugs and kisses are just another "dare" game in Julien's heart, the one with colorful patterns, merry-go-round, childhood The candy jar with boundless beauty and fantasy turned out to be an opportunity for their relationship to break down.
It's not easy to get a proud person to confess something or beg something, but Sophie does it anyway, and when she finds Julien in the library in her flamboyant floral dress, Julien's performance is cold and sarcastic. I always thought Julien was a very stupid person, he hesitated as he watched Sophie get on a away bus, and waited until the car started in the dull hesitation before he would chase in vain like all the scenes in cliché romance movies. In the back, but Sophie couldn't hear his voice, her lost profile projected on the glass, outside the window Julien shouted like a pantomime: "Sophie, come down, I love you." But the car drove away anyway Yes, Julien stopped.
This time the agreement is to see each other for 4 years.
I have never liked happy endings in works of art. People always say: "Tragedy is to destroy meaningful things for people to see; comedy is to tear apart meaningless things for people to see", so "dare" Does the bet make any sense? Or who was the one who destroyed the two Xiao Wu Guess? Why was it torn apart? When I reviewed this movie for the second time, I was inexplicably sad all the way. Approaching, dodging, joys and sorrows, are all a prank that fate, love, human personality and time concocted together. Just like the inner feelings of the hero and heroine who are unwilling to be open and honest, they cannot have them if they are not clear.
Four years later, on a mild sunny afternoon, Julien appeared at the cafe where Sophie was working, and invited her to dinner with his not-so-smart, but Sophie-friendly little flair. Rage seems to have drowned and forgotten in the void with the passage of time.
Between the cups and the cups, Julien suddenly held out a small box with two diamond rings gleaming: "Would you like to?"
Sophie's eyes were extremely bright, and she tried to calm her excited breathing: "Yes, I will."
Julien stood up and smiled, and under the applause and stares of the crowd, he said something earth-shattering: "She said she would, she would. Thank you, Sophie, for agreeing to be my witness."
Then time stopped for a moment in Sophie's consciousness, and she watched Julien bring a girl from the table-his fiancee, dressed in the Sophie's exact same dress.
Being teased is a very bad feeling, not to mention that the mastermind is still her "two little guesses", Julien whispered: "You said I dare not hurt your heart, my answer is - I dare."
I believe this time Sophie's eyes The pain is deep and real. That's good, since you'll be punished, I'll accompany you to the end. At Julien's wedding, the light of Sophie in the red dress even overwhelmed the bride. Just as the most important sentence of the wedding vow: "I do" was about to be said, Julien felt something rolled to his feet. The challenge book was the candy jar that was haunted by Julien's father.
"They can't get married because he's engaged to me."
The priest and all the guests present were in an uproar, and the wedding was still destroyed, but Sophie was not the victor. As the train whizzed past, Sophie knew that when she stood blindfolded in the middle of the tracks, Julien would have seen her die under the wheels if she hadn't jumped out of the way. They had three last words before another bet was made.
Julien said: "You go to hell."
Sophie replied: "Yes, but you want to come with me."
Before breaking up, Sophie said: "Will you not see each other in 10 years, do you dare?" And then Turn away.
And 10 years have really gone by.
Julien still lived a peaceful family life with the crying bride at the wedding; playing with the children, working, the cold war and reconciliation with his father, everything was as silent as a windless lake, only Julien knew that he had always been in his heart. Craving for excitement and rebellion, like when he was very young he told Sophie that he wanted to be a tyrant when he grew up. He missed Sophie, and Julien, who was alone, admitted that he had waited for more than 400 hours in front of his mother's tomb, just to listen to the "Rose Life" in the distant time and space again; When he was back, he couldn't help but call out Sophie's name, and then tears would flow down his face uncontrollably.
Sophie has disappeared from Julien's life for 10 years, but her willful and perverse character has not changed a little because of those special memories. The person she married became a famous football player in the country. A face full of energy that makes you frown when you see it on TV.
In the end, after a 10-year interval, the "dare" game was still started by Sophie: she gave him a message on the day of the tenth wedding anniversary of Yulian, and when Julian insisted on going out regardless of his wife and son, he appeared in Sophie's messy mansion. At that time, he found that Sophie had really not changed, "I just called the police and said that an unknown person broke into the house. Do you dare to run away when the police arrive?" The corners of the eyes are full of noisy sirens and dazzling police lights, let the life of "the speed of 200 yards per hour, but only 60 yards forever" go to hell.
"Damn Sophie, the game is on again, pure innocence like a volcano, better than anything, better than heroes, better than narcotics, better than carnival, better than Thai beaches, better than peanuts and banana shakes, better than Lucas's Star Wars, better than a Marilyn Monroe movie, better than Cindy Crawford's mole, better than Jerry Hendrix's music, better than Armstrong's first steps on the moon, better than Santa Claus and Bill Guy Better than the resurrection of Lazar, better than the lips of Pamela Anderson, better than the most intoxicating party, better than all the wines that make you indulge, better than the beautiful flowers on the green grass, better than the water in the mountains The voice is better than Van Gogh's sunflower, better than the whitest cloud in the sky, better than flying among the clouds, better than rain, better than sunshine, better than air, better than freedom, better than life..."
Yes, this boy who wanted to be a tyrant since he was a child In the end, the girl who wanted to make fruit pudding from a young age clicked on the acupoint of passion and love. Julien, who was sent to the hospital because of a car accident, couldn't help laughing all the time. Of course, he would not miss the opportunity to tease Sophie, and this little trick finally made them embrace each other again. It's still a cliché scene of hugging in the rain, but the meaning of this hug is different.
I like the ending design of the film very much. The romantic French gives the audience maximum imagination space and free choice of aesthetic psychology. At the construction site of the buildings designed by Julien, in the roar of the cement pouring machine, the plot has two completely different directions. First, they finally practiced the last bet of their life with a crazy and tragic ending - never separate again. Deep in the foundation, in the center of the cement, the two kissing figures are clear but firm, like the eternity condensed in time and space, the only colorful color is still the carousel on the candy jar; The old and rare old people are naughty and not similar to their age. They play the same games as they did in childhood. They look at the administrator's face, crying and laughing. After all the love-hate entanglement, the candy jar is still colorful. No one knows, in such a beautiful weather, they are recalling a bizarre story of "if you dare to love, come"?
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