my favorite movie besides The English Patient

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2002)

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** My heart drowned together with Jacques when he left go of the rope and disappeared following the dolphin deep in the sea. And i couldn't help thinking for many days what did he want to pursue with the little dolphin. Finally a friend told me that is FREEDOM. But i am still puzzled, why a man must die if he want freedom. Whereas i am not trying to talk about the abstruse philosophy here, because there are too many easy and delighted plots to share in. For Example, when Enzo got that ten thousand dollars, he firstly brushed his little ragged car into freshly red, and then sent his assistant to buy him a suit and a big house with garden for his mother... ...when Enzo placed his macaroni hastily before Johanna as he heard that his mother was coming... ...when the Japanese fainted because of catatonia before his dive in the world championship... ...when Jacques and Enzo got drunk and bet to drink under the water... ...i couldn't help laughing loudly. Furthermore, the beautiful and charming scenery in South-Europe impressed me deeply. And the director may also want to tell us "to fall in love" does not mean "to live together". Johanna is so much fed up with the boring life in New York, so it is easy to understand why she fell in love so quickly when she had the first sight of Jacques, a mysterious and handsome young man. Jacques could accept Johanna's love, but he could not give all his life to her, because diving is the most important in his life, so he choose to follow the dolphin, not Johanna at last. Anyway this is a pleasant movie to see except the heart-broken ending of Enzo, Jacques and Johanna.