The movie is an adaptation of the novel written by Vonda McIntyre, the Moon and the sun. It's not an ordinary movie, it does not tell the story of the king's daughter; the real meaning is deeper, more subtle. I have not read the book.
The first "reading" of the movie recalls the narrative framework and the characteristics of a fairy tale.
However, a deeper meaning emerges that recalls the spiritual thought of Saint Augustine.
The carnal city, centered on the love of self, and the spiritual city, centered on the love of God. Each has its way of living and enjoying life: the earthly city and its relative happiness here below; the city of God is only passing through on earth, and it lives in expectation of heavenly bliss.
Thus, Versailles, the court, the courtiers, represent the earthly city, governed by the laws of men; a city which Marie-Joseph and Yves reject, seeking a different elsewhere, a more spiritual, freer, fairer city.
The mermaid represents the symbol of the divine city; it represents a lost spiritual world, only visible to those who seek it, who believe in it. Moreover, only Yves, Marie-Joseph and Père La Chaise, can communicate with the siren, can hear it and appreciate it at its fair value.
Then, the outcome of the story is very symbolic insofar as the king, who embodies the city of men, hungry for power, blind to the will, to the divine spirit, opens his eyes, is illuminated by grace divine, the day of the eclipse. Redemption.
Finally, the myth of Atlantis. Plato, "inventor" of Atlantis, confronts two images of the City. Located beyond the columns of Heracles, Atlantis is the gigantic island of Poseidon, god of the oceans. Poseidon unites with Clitô, a young mortal. Their children, male twins, share the island which takes its name from the eldest of them, Atlas, just like the sea which surrounds it, the Atlantic. Governed by wise and moderate sovereigns, the Atlanteans, just and virtuous, experienced on their island, rich in countless resources, a golden age which led them to build an ideal city. Therefore, the end of the movie highlights the couple's quest to find Atlantis. Together, they seek an ideal world, which they manage to find because they have rejected the city of men, because they have chosen the city of God, Atlantis or the lost paradise, finally accessible.
Watch the movie, forget the bad reviews that missed the deep message of the story. They represent today's world, a world that has lost its deep, spiritual meaning; the sense that calls him to a higher world.
In the movie, a little girl sees the mermaid; her mother tells her that mermaids don't exist. An image that represents today's perception of the world: those who call for a spiritual, higher elsewhere, who can fell it, and those who let themselves live in the rapid, insipid flow of life.
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The first "reading" of the movie recalls the narrative framework and the characteristics of a fairy tale.
However, a deeper meaning emerges that recalls the spiritual thought of Saint Augustine.
The carnal city, centered on the love of self, and the spiritual city, centered on the love of God. Each has its way of living and enjoying life: the earthly city and its relative happiness here below; the city of God is only passing through on earth, and it lives in expectation of heavenly bliss.
Thus, Versailles, the court, the courtiers, represent the earthly city, governed by the laws of men; a city which Marie-Joseph and Yves reject, seeking a different elsewhere, a more spiritual, freer, fairer city.
The mermaid represents the symbol of the divine city; it represents a lost spiritual world, only visible to those who seek it, who believe in it. Moreover, only Yves, Marie-Joseph and Père La Chaise, can communicate with the siren, can hear it and appreciate it at its fair value.
Then, the outcome of the story is very symbolic insofar as the king, who embodies the city of men, hungry for power, blind to the will, to the divine spirit, opens his eyes, is illuminated by grace divine, the day of the eclipse. Redemption.
Finally, the myth of Atlantis. Plato, "inventor" of Atlantis, confronts two images of the City. Located beyond the columns of Heracles, Atlantis is the gigantic island of Poseidon, god of the oceans. Poseidon unites with Clitô, a young mortal. Their children, male twins, share the island which takes its name from the eldest of them, Atlas, just like the sea which surrounds it, the Atlantic. Governed by wise and moderate sovereigns, the Atlanteans, just and virtuous, experienced on their island, rich in countless resources, a golden age which led them to build an ideal city. Therefore, the end of the movie highlights the couple's quest to find Atlantis. Together, they seek an ideal world, which they manage to find because they have rejected the city of men, because they have chosen the city of God, Atlantis or the lost paradise, finally accessible.
Watch the movie, forget the bad reviews that missed the deep message of the story. They represent today's world, a world that has lost its deep, spiritual meaning; the sense that calls him to a higher world.
In the movie, a little girl sees the mermaid; her mother tells her that mermaids don't exist. An image that represents today's perception of the world: those who call for a spiritual, higher elsewhere, who can fell it, and those who let themselves live in the rapid, insipid flow of life.
Who are you ?
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