Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore's "Time and Space Trilogy" is very famous, namely: "The Pianist on the Sea", "Cinema Paradiso" and "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily".
Those who have watched the movie "Legend of Sicily" will never forget the sexiness and elegance of Marina (played by Monica Bellucci), let alone how jealous the people in the small town of Sicily are , slandering and insulting Marlena.
The power of classic works often lies in the eternity of human nature.
This film mercilessly shows the darkest, most naked, and cruelest human nature, which is both chilling and thought-provoking.
Get Rid of the Evil of Jealousy-Hide
It takes about two women for every boy to transform into a real man.
A woman taught him courage, sincerity, integrity and perseverance, and he gained spiritual growth.
The other woman guides him into the adult world, allowing him to directly or indirectly obtain the ultimate experience of lust, and his body grows heartily.
This is just like Malena who appeared to young Renaldo in his 13-year-old life.
Malena, a name that is enough to overturn the entire town.
Her sexy figure, elegant temperament, and curly long hair attracted a group of young boys who were just beginning to love each other and rode bicycles around her. Young Renaldo is one of them.
The hormones with nowhere to go prompted him to often hide outside her house and spy on her every move; he waited at the door of her house expecting that she would suddenly open the door and ask him to help buy cigarettes; she also became the object of his fantasy. , falling asleep every night.
The boy's desires are simple, innocent, and full of protective humanity, but the men and women in the town are different.
Because of desire, men slander and have wild fantasies, and at the same time look for opportunities to take advantage of her without good intentions; because of jealousy, women slander and hate her, and fabricate accusations against her out of thin air.
No one had proof of Marlena's infidelity, but everyone seemed certain.
She is so beautiful, so beautiful that she stands alone, so beautiful that she arouses desire in men and jealousy deep in women.
Zhang Ailing once said: "All women are peers."
If a group of women wants to hate a woman, then it is wrong for her to put on make-up, it is wrong for her to be bare-faced, it is wrong for her to say a word to a man, and even breathing becomes a mistake.
Marlena is not unaware of the malice of others, but she has always lived a simple life according to her own wishes.
She walked through the streets of the town just to take care of her father, but other than that, she hardly interacted with anyone.
Renaldo, who had been following and peeping, knew this.
He knew that she had always been deeply in love with her husband, who fought for the country during World War II. She often read books, read letters, drink tea at home alone, and danced alone while listening to music and holding photos with her husband.
Malena thought about it day and night, looking forward to her husband's early return. Unexpectedly, what she waited for was the news that he had "died in battle."
Overnight, she became a widow and the prey of men in the town. They were salivating, eager for a chance to get close to her.
The evil of human nature came overwhelming, and there were more and more unwarranted rumors to slander her. In the end, even her father no longer believed in his daughter and cut off contact with her.
The dentist's wife was jealous and took Malena to court for "interfering in other people's families."
Facing the danger of going to jail, Malena had no choice but to turn to the old and ugly lawyer for help. The lawyer helped her win the case, but at night he forced her to use her body to pay the lawyer's fees that she couldn't afford.
All this became the beginning of Malena's forced "degeneration".
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The subtle paradox of human nature is that the brilliance of others can often reflect one's own downfall; the excellence of others can always reflect one's own weakness, which makes jealousy grow wildly involuntarily.
Schopenhauer said: "No hatred is more difficult to eliminate than jealousy."
Hell is other people, and those seemingly harmless people in your life may have malicious intentions towards you behind your back.
Sometimes, excellence in embarrassing situations is more likely to lead to disaster than mediocrity.
Excellence is the icing on the cake for those who are already looked up to, but it is a fatal disaster for those who are unlucky.
Therefore, never expose yourself easily, and pretend to be only 10% even if you are 70%, otherwise, your excellence will be envied by others, and your excellence will be slandered by others.
Hiding is the highest state of being a human being.
Get rid of the evil of the group - Li
Malena's beauty made women hate her and ostracize her collectively. No one was willing to provide her with a job, the government pension was gone, and she had no food.
She secretly asked someone to buy food at the expense of her beautiful body. Because of this, people insulted her even more eloquently.
Human nature is so strange. When you look at a person alone, there is almost no one who is not kind, but when you are in a group, they are always completely different.
In any group, there will naturally be a marginalized person who is ostracized, ridiculed, and bullied by everyone.
Maybe everyone is born lonely, and deep down they always need to rely on a group to feel safe.
No matter how kind a person is, in this kind of atmosphere and environment, he will behave strangely inexplicably, and work with others to exclude someone in a vicious and cold manner, thus effortlessly winning the recognition of other members.
Unfortunately, the beautiful Malena became a victim of the evil of the group.
Later, the German army entered the town, and Malena's father died in the bombing.
In order to survive, she finally gave up her bottom line and decided to serve the Germans.
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That day, she cut off her long hair and appeared on the street with heavy makeup and a charming look.
As she pulled out a cigarette, a group of men rushed to offer lighters. The moment the cigarette was lit, a huge tear burst into tears.
As the war continues, people's lives become increasingly difficult, and many people live without enough to eat.
The people in the town watched helplessly as Marlena seemed to be living a "good" life, and became even more aggrieved. A fire of jealousy was brewing and rising in her belly, and with just one exit, it could burn Marlena to the bone.
The war was finally over, the German soldiers withdrew from the town, and the women in the town, overwhelmed by jealousy, rushed towards Malena as if they were crazy.
They dragged her out with vicious curses, tore her clothes to pieces, cut off her hair, and beat her until she was covered in blood and in a miserable state.
And what about the men who coveted and even enjoyed her body? They just stood by and said grandly: "This is a matter between women."
Logically speaking, everyone is a victim of war and should understand and help each other.
But for the people in the small town, life has no hope and no goals. They are struggling in suffering without knowing it. They can only vent their powerless anger on a weaker person.
When Malena's hair was messy, her face was stained with blood, she was covering her body with her hands and howling miserably at a group of men and women, the shame of that moment completely destroyed all her dignity and pride.
There is a line in the movie "Ashes of Time" that expresses the subtleties of human nature: "Anyone can become vicious, as long as you have tried what jealousy is."
The viciousness and cruelty deep in human nature are fully exposed here.
Hell is other people, Sartre was right.
What else is there to miss? Finally, Marlena got on the train wrapped in black gauze and black clothes and left the town.
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Floating clouds cover the sun, pearls are covered with dust, Malena has lost her former brilliance and brilliance. The evil of the group, like the turbid current of darkness, ruthlessly destroys this once dazzling beauty.
There are many ways to get rid of the evil of the group, such as abusing yourself, bending down, integrating with the group, and gradually starting to do evil, and eventually you become the most hated person ever;
You can also leave this evil-doing group and find similar people outside the group to hug each other for warmth.
Believe that there is always a place in this world where there is a like-minded person who can understand you, understand you, and give you support and warmth.
But, in the final analysis, each of us must be kind to others. A truly strong person never needs to exclude someone to gain a sense of collective identity.