"Satin Shoes" is the longest and most famous play by the famous French playwright Paul Claudel, which Oliveira adapted into a film, which uses the Spanish-centered colonial empire in the late 16th and early 17th centuries as a huge backdrop, on which is inlaid with the love tragedy of the Spanish minister Don Rodriguez and the noblewoman Donna Prois.
What is commendable is that when director Oliveira expresses this major theme, he abandons the storyline as the usual expression of dramatic conflict, and focuses entirely on the spiritual level of the characters, weakens the war and religious factors, and shoots the magnificent theme calmly and slowly. It also puts human nature on such a complex and profound background, and finally allows the omnipotent fate to look up to the great humanity once.
This kind of shooting technique that abandons plot conflicts and highlights inner waves will undoubtedly make the director lose a lot of audiences, but quietly savoring it, this film is like a slowly unfolding soul picture, and the viewer is like entering the soul garden and appreciating the beauty of human nature.
The whole film is full of stage drama, full of emotions, and very dramatic tension. The dialogue is beautiful and moving, full of the power of seeing through people's hearts. Director Oliveira With his unique aesthetic, in 410 minutes, let you slowly learn to "smell the roses".
At the beginning of the film, when Proace puts her forged shoes at the feet of the statue of the Virgin, she has already fixed her destiny and will sacrifice her love for the sake of sacred faith and noble heart. And in the same way, Rodriguez will also give up his personal feelings in order to fulfill his mission and fulfill the nobility of his spirit. None of them will get love at the cost of personality damage. This seems to be a fateful love tragedy. But from another perspective, missing may be a more advanced spiritual fulfillment, and having it will make love cheap. They failed to have each other in each other's arms, but became forever unique in each other's hearts and even souls.
——Love is endless.
There are many quite touching plots in the film:
Proace expressed her longing for Rodriguez in the moon, affectionate, which reminded people of the Tang poem: "May the moon shine on you", you do it, you stop, I stop.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the King of Spain, eager to summon Rodriguez, sits in a chair and retracts his left foot, which the disguised Queen Mary possesses to kiss.
After Proais's death, Rodriguez became unruly, isolated, devoted himself to painting, and refused to obey the king's call. He had lost too much in his life, and he didn't want to lose the freedom to miss Proes alone.
Proes's daughter Seven Swords rows with her girlfriend and travels privately, and the frank and sincere dialogue makes people strongly feel the beauty of youth.
Oliveira, who insists on self-expression, finally presents us with an epic masterpiece.
I can't help but sigh at the movie-watching experience, watching movies is really a process of growing cognition: sinking, lowering yourself, constantly sinking, accepting you like the ocean receiving water. I don't have your experience, so try to get into your heart and slowly grow my life in your life.
Thank you Oliveira for the feast of the soul!
