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The White Countess, a film by James Ivory

A Shanghai before the Second World War, lived a former diplomat from the League of Nations, blind, Jackson, played by Ralph Fiennes, and an aristocrat, the Comtesse Belinskya Sofia (Natasha Richardson), who fled his country after the Russian Revolution.
The tragic fates of these characters are marked by tragedies twentieth century. Sofia has lost her husband, property, prestige and is forced to live away from his homeland in poverty. To meet the needs of her family, she worked as a hostess in a nightclub in the Chinese metropolis.
Jackson has lost her daughter in an attack that left him blind.

Between destiny and chance

BLINDNESS Jackson is not unlike the figure of Oedipus and enriches the reason for the tragedy that runs through the film.
At a party in a nightclub in Jackson by chance, met a mysterious Japanese Matsuda. The two exchanged their views on nightlife establishments nocturnal and discover affinities. Jackson says his desire to Matsuda to open the bar of his dreams. As with
Matsuda, Jackson meets Sofia Belinskia by a series of hazardous circumstances.
is finally a fluke unheard, Jackson won a phenomenal sum at the races, allowing him to realize his dream, opening a bar in Shanghai.

The bar of his dreams

Without knowing anything about his appearance, Jackson knows that Sofia is the ideal woman to embody the spirit of the place. He then asked the hostess to come and work in his bar. This is called "The White Countess". Jackson carefully chosen artists, musicians and hostesses working in his bar. The area will be distinguished and functions as a projection of the inner world of Jackson. The latter withdrawing from the outside world to find refuge in his nightclub, reflecting all its aspirations. Jackson was the victim of his fate. He became the master of the game, "White Countess", the way a director directing actors, musicians and decor. Places have something artificial that returns to the field of theater. Thus, to make a dramatic tension in the atmosphere of the bar, Jackson decided to invite groups from the political spectrum antagonists. Matsuda offers his help to attract a politicized. The real world will then break into the closed world of Jackson.

Dream and Reality

James Ivory's film creates a tension between artifice and reality. Thus, the image of the city of Shanghai is between sets in cardboard recalling the golden age of Hollywood studios while other outdoor scenes are especially realistic.