Phoenix

No one is willing to say love is a torture; people only talk about how wonderful it is. However, in many cases, love is also painful. Sometime the person who makes you the happiest is the person who can hurt you the most. The German film Phoenix told us about an absurd love story. In this film, love becomes more complicated because it went through the extreme difficulties, such as death, betrayal, selfishness and greed. The heroine Nelly Lenz went through all the difficulties and survived in the Nazi concentration camp. All she wants to do after returning from the hell is finding her husband Johnny and hoping to start a new life with him again. Unfortunately, Johnny doesn’t recognize her and even ask her to help him get the heritage. Does he …show more content…
The dispute revolved about him in the film is whether he was pretending not to recognize Nelly or not. At the plot when he asked Nelly to practice his wife’s handwriting, he saw that two women’s handwriting is almost the same. However, he considered this situation is a coincidence. He believed that his wife was dead. Perhaps he just wanted to deny the fact that his wife is still alive after all the things he did to her. But look from another respect, he didn’t do anything wrong. They were living in the wartime, and the war is cruel. Not only can it destroy places, but it can also destroy the human qualities. Most of people are selfish; they will choose the side which is benefit to them at the situation that may lose their life. Therefore, people might say that Johnny is very selfish, but he just put his life at the first place; and there was nothing wrong with that at the special time. At the end of the film, Johnny was totally shocked when he saw the concentration camp’s serial number on Nelly arm. He realized that his wife is truly alive. Nevertheless, just like the lyrics of “Speak Low”: “We're late, darling, we're late. The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon.” Nelly was totally disappointed in him. The theme of this film is the name of this film. It is the process of the heroine – Nelly – rebirthing from the hurt; just like a phoenix. The whole film tells about a tragedy in the sad world. The audiences can easily and clearly see the character's facial expression and psychological activities through the close-ups. The background music it used and the song “Speak Low” ties together the film’s theme. Sometimes the experience we been through force us to accept the brutal reality; and everyone will rebirth to become a glaring