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! [English Version] Greetings, dear film lovers. Today I want to tell you how much I enjoyed watching Beautiful Revenge. I loved everything about it: the plot, the music, the cinematography, the dialogue, the performances, the atmosphere, the costumes. Beautiful Revenge is a thriller, suspense and black comedy film, my favourite genres, and although the ending was very unexpected, I give it a score of 9. The ending was unexpected for me, which is good because it surprised me, but I didn't really like it, heh heh heh. It's a bit complicated to explain, but if I did, I'd be giving away a spoiler, and I don't want to ruin anyone's experience, so I'll tell you exactly what you can see in the trailer and how it made me feel.
When we think of revenge, we know it's a bad feeling that often causes us to make mistakes, driven by pain. They say revenge is bad, and there are several sayings about it: "Revenge is a dish best served cold," or "Revenge is sweet." Even in a famous television programme from the 1980s, the main character always said, "Revenge is never good; it kills the soul and poisons it."
I try not to harbour feelings of revenge within myself, nor let them grow, but I confess that on several occasions I have enjoyed its sweet taste 😝🤭. The fact is that revenge undoubtedly stems from poorly managed pain, as happened to Cassandra, played by Carey Mulligan, who was a simple girl who lived with her parents and worked in a café. She seemed to be a young woman without dreams or aspirations, but the truth is that at one time she had wanted to be a doctor and was studying at university, but she had a bad experience that left her traumatised and forced her to drop out of her studies.
Cassandra became bitter and no longer believed in love. She did not trust men because of that bad experience and began to take revenge or justice into her own hands. She used to lead a double life: at night she transformed herself into different women, so to speak; one day she could be an executive, another day a schoolgirl, and even a seductive young woman, but all her characters had one mission: to go into bars and pretend to be a drunk woman, very drunk and alone, with the aim of attracting the attention of a sympathetic man who would want to rescue her, and depending on that gentleman's behaviour, she would become his victim or not.


! [English Version] I think that all women at some point in our lives have been this character of Cassandra's, at a time when alcohol has made us a little vulnerable, and even though we are surrounded by friends, at that moment we know who has good or bad intentions and decides to take advantage of our vulnerability. I saw myself reflected in that character, which is why I enjoyed so much the actions she took with each of her victims. Please do not misunderstand me; I am not a feminist or someone who hates men because I am not like that. It is simply that, in a certain moment, I was like that character, and she avenged all of us who have gone through similar experiences.
The film is so entertaining and stressful that you can't stop suffering and laughing. The dialogue is also so genuine that it feels natural. That's why, without exaggeration, this film has received over a hundred award nominations. You can check it out for yourself. Hermosa Venganza, as it is titled in Spanish, or Promising Young Woman in its original title, won the 2021 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Watching this film was a rollercoaster of emotions. I felt anxiety, anguish, fear, humour, surprise and revenge, ha ha ha. Nothing I saw was what I expected, and it feels very rewarding when a film surprises you, because if you're a film buff, nothing usually surprises you anymore, as you discover the plot twists. This is one of the few films I would dare to watch again with someone who hasn't seen it, just to see that person's reaction.
I feel that the direction managed to establish harmony in the story, satisfying both the female and male genres; in my opinion, no one won. If you haven't seen it, go find it, and if you have, I'd like to know your opinion about it. See you in the comments.


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