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只有经过的人才明白， 喜欢倒叙式的Ozon，不再鬼马，淡淡的伤感，记忆的回溯有时很美妙，比较起现实又显得有些残忍

       5×2:两人之间的五个段落，彼此相乘，才有十分的回忆。最近才看到一句话，没有一百分的恋人，只有五十分的双方。
    首段，两人离婚；最后镜头，玛丽安走进电梯，背影。末段，两人相遇到相知；最后镜头，玛丽安和吉勒在海上嬉戏，背影。相爱—天海—广阔的天地；分手—电梯—狭隘的空间。
    除了相知那个段落，此后结婚、生子、养子到离婚的回忆段落都以无法通过沟通解决的摩擦结束，或者根本上力不从心去解决。如玛丽安所说，海面看起来很平静，其实暗流丛生。
    欧容再次把希望和悬而未决的苦恼同时留在海边，或彷徨或忧伤，自知。

"5 x 2", a film as "momento"-liked anti-chronology abt a "love story" is in hands of Francois Ozon, what is it like?

frankly, i dunno much abt Ozon's films, i've only watched "8 femmes" other than "5x2", what common thing i got from these 2 films are: Ozon exposes dark sides of human.

this film did show some sweet moment abt the couple, Gilles & Marion, but not much & not long. it's a film tracing back why they would end like this- divorce & then brutal sex, rather than telling their love story. so, watching this film is a bit like a detective story.

Gilles asked if there would still be chances for them & then seeing Marion walked out of the room, i felt a little hurt in heart, tears were abt to come out from my eyes, i thought "maybe, Marion could give each other a chance & i saw Gilles' regretful eye sight." but then i continued "anyway, Marion decided to leave, she must have her own reason, either the long-ago hurt or the brutal sex, more precious, should be rape, she has her reason to leave the room". Gilles had an affair, so, did Marion. i dunno why Marion refused to have sex with Gilles, perhaps, she didnt love him anymore or she didnt wanna have physical contact with this man, anyway, it's not important anymore, she's not willing, that's it.

then, the camera was back to the moment they were still together with the kid. when the time Gilles was talking abt his unfaithful to Marion, he had sex with women & even man in front of Marion, look at Marion, she was hurt. 1st crime we see "unfaithfulness".

Gilles would rather sleep with his kid than with Marion, it explained everything.

next, Gilles wasnt willing to see Marion giving birth to the baby u may think "he is totally a jerk!" but it implies that Gilles suspected he's not the father of the baby. he distrusted Marion. 2nd crime: "distrust".

we were then back to their wedding day, it was a beautiful day, we saw they loved each other & got married, we saw their passion during the party at night, but then, it ended as Marion had sex with a stranger right at the wedding night. 3rd crime: "disloyalty"

at last, it told their meeting, Gilles was still with his gf, & Marion was just broken up with her bf & she's not yet recovered, perhaps, it means their love foundation was so weak, they started too fast & sudden, they didnt know each other enough, or it's not important, many relationship starts like this.

anyway, from the grievous divorce as the beginning till the end as their sweet meeting on the beach, it relieved my sad feeling at the start of the film & brought me little sweet feeling at last. still, it's a sad film.

i suspect, Ozon doesnt believe in inconditional love, he may think there's never "fidelite". in his films, it seems everyone "各懷鬼胎" (i cant find an english expression better than this".

i wont say, i really like this film, but it's fresh to tell a relationship like this. & i enjoy appreciating the goodness abt a film & thinking what the film-makers try to tell, but i'm not good at picking up the bad things & criticizing a film. i would say there're many directors out there telling abt the beauty of this world & how wonderful love & relationship can be, there should be someone to tell the dark sides of this world, the evilness that some people refuse to talk abt or admit that, & Ozon is absolytely the one.

* remark: the film music is quite nice.

邂逅、相恋、结婚、生子、离婚，人生中这五个重要的阶段组成了一个圈，有些人的一生中来回循环好几回，他们在其间找到内心的平衡点。他们是敢于直面生活的乏淡打破僵局的勇士。

影片以倒叙平缓、淡然地铺陈开来。一切都来的自然、去的安然。一切就好像是自然发生，在时候到来的时候又自然终止。成熟的两个人在一段关系中从开始的激情四射、探索对方世界的渴望、一起因为一个新生命的到来生活在一起、内心涌动、理解隐忍对方，再到因无法继续而结束一段和某个人的生活。分手也未出现竭嘶底里。终究人与人之间，也不过是过客的关系。只是，恰好碰在一起，属于两个人的故事就自然开始了。

这是一部平静的影片，看完之后，心情淡然却也难免心生对人之间终将黯淡的无奈与悲凉。耐人寻味。

ozon的作品《5x2》，沒有《8 美千嬌》複雜的人際關係、沒有《枕邊謎》的神秘難解；觀眾看到的，是ozon全神貫注地闡釋一段變淡中的關係，而這種全神貫注，所依賴的，竟是一種將關係變得陌生的手法：將關係發生的過程拆散，掉轉方向，各自開展，或許是再認識一段關係的方法。

故事從一對夫婦面對「打份工」的律師，巨細無遺的告知m（妻）和g（夫）離婚的法律意義和善後安排開始。許多介紹都會談論的離婚後性交，效果上與簽紙離婚一樣，都是企圖令觀眾寫實地與演員一同經歷痛苦和創傷的「時間」，一同感受不耐煩，一同感受時間流過的不可迴避：給割一刀的痛，便需要給割一刀的時間來感受等等。電影這樣的開始，彷彿預告著「時間」這維度便是本片的problematic。ozon以頭幾幕鎖定了他的旨趣，但隨後便不留情地將它反轉、扭曲，彷彿越陌生，事物便越能看得清楚似的。

很清楚的是，故事是以倒敘的方式開展的，ozon的倒敘當然與一般的倒敘與別不同，他的倒敘不是先講結果，然後再從頭說起，令結局變成了解全個故事最重要的鎖匙。ozon的倒敘法，是先講離婚，講婚姻破裂，再講生小孩，然後才是結婚，最後才是相識。我本來以為電影的點子是在於越來越淡的感情關係，以倒敘，即越來越濃的感情狀態，來減輕其哀愁，但這看法究竟一廂情願地將一段關係的不同階段，都假設為可與其他環節結合成一個完整的整體。實情是，每個階段甚至不能說有對下個階段有甚麼影響力（當然花點想像力，又或作點過度闡釋，甚麼都解釋得到），有點關係、有點線素，卻最終抗拒解釋。

電影的名字也許已說得夠清楚了，《5x2》，五個階段中的兩個人，不是簡單的男與女的對陣，更不是在五個階段都有統一性格的男女對陣，企求看完後能認定男方還是女方比較值得認同，徒勞無功者居多。舉個最明顯的例子，m在新婚當夜，g酒醉不省遺下她弧單空虛，耐不住誘惑與抽紅萬的美國男孩幹了，是誰的錯？與g 和m兩口子日後沒頭沒腦的貌合神離是否相關？與其說zon希望回答這些問題，不如說他希望將這些問題永遠懸空，整色整水打扮成答案好了。

電影沒有以成兩條相反方向的直線的交叉，固然不代表ozon思維簡單，愛情只應是簡單純潔，更不代表在他的想法中，男女關係沒有up和down的辯證。故事是一個離婚收場的故事，戲本卻以斜陽海灘作結；雖然定鏡來看，斜陽與朝陽本沒甚麼分別——剛剛開始相愛的氣氛將斜陽的急景殘年味道掃光掃淨。但也是在這個離婚故事矛盾地充滿希望的結尾，畫外卻放著像tom waits般低迴神傷的美麗情歌（當然不是英語的）——這算是開端還是結尾？開端必然充滿陽光？還是離婚不一定雷電交加呼天搶地？

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