"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" (Just an obscure & largely irrelevant thought: The lovely lady should have stopped & mingled with the boys, hugging & kissing each one in turn. It would have given them memories for a lifetime.) A thought which brings to mind Turgenev's "First Love." Of course, one doesn't know or can even guess the back story, but the Nazi SS symbolism & signs of military occupation seem disturbing & also somewhat irrelevant to the conduct of daily life. There is passage of time & a sense of loss symbolized in the funeral procession. The woman's hair at first is long, straight & black, but later tinted auburn & stylishly coiffed. (A sign of means & even resistance?) She is recognized & respected as men nod & doff their hats & people make way. She is wearing nylons, very rare in wartime. She is watchful & even defiant. A sign of the resistance? The men looking out of the small louvred openings are suggestive of the Shoah. The haughty-looking woman in juxtaposition with the Nazis suggests collaboration. Placing the SS in a canticle is a clever way of illustrating the dichotomy between holiness & evil. Perhaps the beautiful woman's partner was a partisan. The proffered lighters could represent candles symbolizing "light in the darkness of life," a symbol, perhaps, of the resistance movement. Is the woman bowing to light her cigarette or covertly expressing reverence in opposition to imposed barbarism? Could the good-looking boy , sceptical at first, be symbolic of hope & renewal, the future? The boy & the woman look up. Is it a beautiful, subtle sign of mutual hope & spirituality? They're waiting for something. Sad to say, the slitted headlamp on the car, just behind the boy, is the kind used on air-raid nights during blackouts. The woman stumbles. But she, in rough fabric now, & the injured man, having sacrificed, go on. It's a mere guess & maybe a wild one that the white smoke coming from the receptacle in the final scene means that a "consensus has been reached." This canticle is a lovely metaphor symbolizing misunderstanding at first, light & finally hope set against the darkness of military occupation, the mundanity of evil. The SS officer is crude, maybe frustrated & determined, yet contingent. Bitterly, only some of the crowd catch on, as is usual, but they do respond. Isn't it ironic that Sissel's surname in English is Churchill? (I have to add that the startled-looking man with the Hitler mustache & the tufts of hair, near the end of the video, is reminiscent of a Charlie Chaplin caricature.) This canticle is so full of symbolism, genius really, that one can barely begin to describe it.
What a keen observation and insightful analysis. I didn't know that this wordless song is from the Italian film “Malèna”. I just got it from a Chinese website and thought this is such a hauntingly beautiful song. After reading the plot of this film, now that I know it. The Chinese translation for this film is called 《西西里的美丽传说》(Beautiful Legend in Sicily). An interesting story. Thanks again for your long comment.
Cuộc đời cô ấy vốn dĩ k thuộc về ai cả , mọi thứ đều trở nên vô thường ❤❤❤
聽到這首歌，我只想保留著，當初從事生命禮儀的初心，再次重返這生命禮儀工作，完成該完成圓滿的任務❤感恩
功德无量
同行
每次听到，会感到内心的平静
每次听到这首歌 我都会想想人生的意义是什么 穷其一生追寻的又是什么 房子 车子 爱人 又或者是什么
同時也感到無法形容的孤獨，想哭
Lovely song🌹🌹🌹
"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" (Just an obscure & largely irrelevant thought: The lovely lady should have stopped & mingled with the boys, hugging & kissing each one in turn. It would have given them memories for a lifetime.) A thought which brings to mind Turgenev's "First Love." Of course, one doesn't know or can even guess the back story, but the Nazi SS symbolism & signs of military occupation seem disturbing & also somewhat irrelevant to the conduct of daily life. There is passage of time & a sense of loss symbolized in the funeral procession. The woman's hair at first is long, straight & black, but later tinted auburn & stylishly coiffed. (A sign of means & even resistance?) She is recognized & respected as men nod & doff their hats & people make way. She is wearing nylons, very rare in wartime. She is watchful & even defiant. A sign of the resistance? The men looking out of the small louvred openings are suggestive of the Shoah. The haughty-looking woman in juxtaposition with the Nazis suggests collaboration. Placing the SS in a canticle is a clever way of illustrating the dichotomy between holiness & evil. Perhaps the beautiful woman's partner was a partisan. The proffered lighters could represent candles symbolizing "light in the darkness of life," a symbol, perhaps, of the resistance movement. Is the woman bowing to light her cigarette or covertly expressing reverence in opposition to imposed barbarism? Could the good-looking boy , sceptical at first, be symbolic of hope & renewal, the future? The boy & the woman look up. Is it a beautiful, subtle sign of mutual hope & spirituality? They're waiting for something. Sad to say, the slitted headlamp on the car, just behind the boy, is the kind used on air-raid nights during blackouts. The woman stumbles. But she, in rough fabric now, & the injured man, having sacrificed, go on. It's a mere guess & maybe a wild one that the white smoke coming from the receptacle in the final scene means that a "consensus has been reached." This canticle is a lovely metaphor symbolizing misunderstanding at first, light & finally hope set against the darkness of military occupation, the mundanity of evil. The SS officer is crude, maybe frustrated & determined, yet contingent. Bitterly, only some of the crowd catch on, as is usual, but they do respond. Isn't it ironic that Sissel's surname in English is Churchill? (I have to add that the startled-looking man with the Hitler mustache & the tufts of hair, near the end of the video, is reminiscent of a Charlie Chaplin caricature.) This canticle is so full of symbolism, genius really, that one can barely begin to describe it.
What a keen observation and insightful analysis. I didn't know that this wordless song is from the Italian film “Malèna”. I just got it from a Chinese website and thought this is such a hauntingly beautiful song. After reading the plot of this film, now that I know it. The Chinese translation for this film is called 《西西里的美丽传说》(Beautiful Legend in Sicily). An interesting story.
Thanks again for your long comment.
Ai đó hãy cho tôi biết video trên thuộc bộ phim nào được không, plssss!!!!
Malèna
Tại sao ai cũng nhìn cô ấy chuyện j say ra với cô ấy
You should add the word Malèna to your title if you want more people to find this video.
这女人是谁好漂亮啊！❤❤❤
優美的旋律，略微悲涼。
Her lover was dead.
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