David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
怎么说呢……前半部分十分差，抒情太多，演员演技/指导，cadre/摄影都有些问题。dispositif十分清晰，以近景/特写/无对白片段来走近女主，更进一步贴近，紧跟，希望带观众进入女主的世界，其实就是为了最后那10分钟的高潮………这种高潮之后迅速结尾的技法很传统/老派，最后的跟随长镜头算是之前的爆发，这种拍法本质上还是技法不行的体现。演员间的戏也多多少少有问题。整部片这种冷凝的调子，男人拍同样主题现在的时局是无法做到的，从这个角度，女性影人的优势尽显。回到片子主题，配合波兰和us今年发生的事情，这世界真的没有对女人好特别多，同样的事情竟然还在继续。所以值得四个星。周末百人的厅里，只有6个人看，也对吧，没有太多情侣/好友会愿意组队去看这个。娱乐多好，娱乐至死。
《女人韵事》《维拉·德雷克》看样子金狮挺好拿的嘛
与《四月三周二天》《从不、很少、有时、总是》类似，女性意外怀孕的后果总是交由女性独自默默承受。
弱社会处境化。在堕胎题材中，鲜少有以生殖与痛感角度去拍一个女性的社会遭遇，跟随摄影机去深入一个女性的生理结构与内心的苦痛，这显然得利于导演作为女性的存在。其实没什么好跟蒙吉比的，蒙吉身为男性导演，不可能去共情与理解怀孕女孩的生理痛苦，所以他的侧重点也就在于用摄影机制造出冰冷的影像空间，通过这个影像空间去影射堕胎女孩们的处境。拍法上来看，正发生的镜头设计并不好看，特写过于密集，整体影像空间是个体化而非整体化的，再加上画幅的比例制造出强烈的压迫感。但同时，这种被制造出来的压迫感又是真实的，隐形的痛，弥漫在闭塞的影像空间，这正是导演所追求的东西，还算前卫。
一種身體語言的影像，卻又沒有〈鈦〉那麼（表面上）激進。詞語的現在進行時語意，就是『正發生』
相较于四月三周两天，本片对我个人来讲很惊喜于她的女性视角。它是大方的，有冲击力的。4：3画幅并不加分，现在大家有些过于沉迷4：3了。它在观感上与16：9并相比并不能带来更明显的对主人公的观众，但是4：3会更堵一些。也许这种堵，能让观众感到某种压力吧。
电影七分，没有任何不敬的意思，但女孩子们还是别那么轻易跟人无套做，尤其是在一个打胎违法的国家
L‘Événement 与 Happening，法英两个片名一个强调其重大性，一个强调其时间性；尤其是后者，观看影片时我仿佛第一次如此清晰地感受到在无法打胎的日子里，每过一天、一小时、一分钟，都是离绝望更近一步，母亲的生命与胚胎的生长如此深深绑定在女性身体所必须经历的每分每秒里，无法阻断胚胎生长的每一刻都是女性正在接近作为自我的死亡，这是一种多么巨大的、无法逃脱的、源于外却生于内的恐怖，这种恐怖通过电影这种基于时间的媒介呈现再适当不过。浅焦将一切感官的重心置于第一人称的女性的身体，这是表现的选择，更是在怀孕期间女性与其身体的关系——当一个胎儿压在腹中，它就是压在心头，学习是根本不可能学习的！当女性意外怀孕，她周遭的世界就被一点点地挤压殆尽了，这就是「把女人变成家庭主妇的疾病」。
但片子倒确实可谓同类故事中的范本式电影，导演的视听技艺不俗。也能成功让男性观众也由之而深觉:堕胎是女性的权利，反堕胎不可取。金狮奖或许没错拿。
观影过程中数次落泪，几乎对故事中女性的痛苦恐惧绝望无力感同身受。我不愿用“那个时代的女性”代称她们，因为你我都知晓深渊从未远去，无时无刻不在伺机而动，随时可能吞噬下一个你我她。
*女主对于堕胎这件事从头到尾就是很坚决、没有一丝犹豫，自己的人生要自己主宰，去他妈的宗教和政治，不保护人权的宗教和政治都不是好的宗教和政治
电影传达的绝望和疼痛，不是女性便无法体会。虽然没有蒙吉拍得好，也不是少见的堕胎题材，但不断呼吁和提醒我们铭记女性曾经和现在依旧在遭受的苦难，是一个时代该有的传承和良心。无非想强调的是：女人也是人。
好痛苦，比起肉体精神更痛苦，看得我头好痛。直白叙事，单一视角，很适合讲这种故事。“欲望比羞耻更强烈，我只是比你幸运了那么一点。”
岁数大了，不喜欢牺牲自己来拯救世界
写实，客观镜头，摄影机又距离角色极近，比如大量前后不同角度的拍摄，视点始终在女主角身上，环境和他者往往被模糊，由此在女主和我之间建立了一层被窥视和窥视的关系。正因此，经过前半段铺垫到了后期，女主的心理和情绪既牵引着我，又让我恐其所恐、痛其所痛，技巧非常卓越。故事本身有一些细节欠缺，例如背景和配角虽被虚化，但不能因此放弃雕琢，或许是改编剧本，没有像《童一个世界》那样做周边准备。7
非常失望。正好可以对标同时期上映的《钛》。在上个世纪中期法国禁止堕胎的大背景下，女孩怀孕就等于走向绝境，所以这部片子也相当于对法国反堕胎法的一次宣战。总体的表达比《钛》温和，也更简单易懂，但代价就是各方面的强度都不够，没有推到极致，立意也稍浅了些。有意思的是女主Anne的三位男性朋友都跟女主做过爱，虽然有一位男生Jean稍微帮了一点忙，可总体来看还是女性之间的互助。最后流产的那段情节明显太收敛了。陈果在《饺子》里面也有相同的情节，《饺子》里的女生可是张开双腿坚持了十八个小时，最后痛不欲生，血流成河，悲惨地死在街头。所以在物理疼痛这方面，由于看过更痛的，这次就比较难共情。
“你病了？” “一种只会攻击女性的病，让她们变成家庭主妇的病”…
"I'd like a child one day...but not instead of a life. I could hate the kid for it. I may never be able to love it."
*jean才高中／大学就头秃成这样?说他40岁我都信
“一种只攻击女性的病，使她们变为家庭主妇的病。”
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