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.
非常有趣的选题，像一个都市童话。我们亚洲人日常以为欧美人自由开放，实际上世界女性大同，大家都有自己的年代痕迹和被女性身份束缚的门槛，并不能像男性那样随心所欲。南希那种渴望打破常规又局促不安的心理表现得太好了。里奥很有魅力，令人舒适，但是对比现实生活就显得有点乌托邦。取悦自己、与自己和解是女性毕生的课题。
四次会面，打破所有的教条和墨守成规，性体验步步解锁，终究铁树开花，影片视觉跟随Nancy，从一开始的拘谨保守到最后真正了解彼此后的解放自我，镜头语言也跟着大胆起来，该给看的一点也没遮着，过度转变非常自然，一如Nancy的人物弧光；里奥格兰德是康纳的人设也是他创造出来的作品，他确实像个符号，知道被好奇的Nancy刨根问底“网络追踪”才人设破防，最终其实我想要说就是，人和人之间不该只有交易，而是可以彼此信任，只有彼此信任才会有真感情，有了感情就不算交易，jc同志，事情就是这么个事。。
2022年了，就这…一个退休奶奶，丈夫去世孩子独立，花钱找了个好像是出来完成博士论文实践的鸭鸭，最后对着镜子看了看裸体接纳自己找到自我，什么过时的自嗨锅剧情，我不知道从这里如何可以看出来深刻思考精神世界，甚至不如去看一下欢愉。
角色场景都如此之少，却一点也不乏味。无尿点看完全片，跃跃欲试哈，国内哪里找😏
后边的两次会面，在我看来有点过于把买春这件事理想化了。Thompson一厢情愿地去发掘男妓的真实身份，要和他做朋友，实在荒唐……但也许是符合这个角色，是这个天真的老古板干得出来的？和女服务员的对手戏就让我觉得太over，像过于刻意地喊出个口号。
一個人想要追尋真我永遠都不嫌晚。劇本設計大膽且有巧思，通過「優良的男性氣質」的代表 Leo ，以「經典男性氣質」自信地「教」Nancy 要丟掉世俗的規矩和自我束縛，並不斷地暗示他可以讓 Nancy 體驗高潮。但最後，Nancy 藉由女性自決的意識帶動了身體意識的覺醒，打破了「傳統女性氣質」的鐐銬，獲得了高潮體驗，煥發出全新的自我。Leo 的引導和陪伴很重要，但能掙脫自我束縛，走出社會教條規訓牢籠的，只有你自己。
室内剧，好喜欢Emma这个演员，最后一幕很震撼。女性在花钱买性服务的时候都要时刻自我反思吗，就不能享受就完事了……
怎么有一部作品可以将伴随女性一生的厌女及厌女的窒息感、性压抑、身体解放、亲子关系、代际差异如此自然地融合在一个故事呢？文本故事丰富而有力，即使场景单一台词繁多，看到最后已经深深地与两个人物共情了。或许都没有十分特定的情节，但人物关系的变化套路仍是一个不少。一个在心中已经死过多次的、知道自己活得单调乏味且因此痛苦不甘的女人，一个被家庭抛弃的、自小知道自己有所不同的男人，无关年龄，他们是彼此需要的。对于痛苦的个体来说，相遇已经是种解药。最后的分别时刻还怪感动的。（虽然仍有俗套的部分，但还是喜欢！
#观影手记# 2373 4.5
不是看艺术，而是看观念。这样的片子具有议程示范的价值。说真的，我亟需一位性治疗师。国内也亟需放开对文学和影视里性描写的管制。
室内戏，这就很考验演技。艾玛·汤普森，你大娘永远是你大娘。
最后Emma Thompson倏然解下衣衫，看着镜中的自己，这样的时刻在我的人生中也数次上演，我看着这副会一直伴随我的身躯，寻找让我厌恶的细节，并不断尝试拥抱它。虽然松垮的躯体没有任何改变，但她脸上微妙的表情转变和神采已和最初截然不同，衰老的不可逆和尚未甘愿老去的心理反复冲突，找到性爱愉悦也是通向自洽的重要一步，we battle on.
都说没什么好的女性向porn，看，这不就有了嘛
最后，她望着男人的背影幻想，通过自慰完成高潮，如少女一般。
一看设定就让人浮想联翩的电影，看的过程中不断感叹性解放重要，但心理咨询更重要。一定程度上用这样近乎不可能的高端鸭美化了sex business。
人总是给自己很多的束缚，却又渴望冒险，最终形成了矛盾的个性。冒险完懂得自洽和欣赏自己是一个美好的过程。
没看之前以为会有很多笑料，但实际上是一部对人性，性爱，亲密关系，家庭关系的一次观察与探讨。但是确实也提醒我即使在西方很多女性也确实没有那么多性经历性幻想或想象中的放得开，而尊重自己的意愿和探索自己的身体，作为一种pleasure也并不是一件需要感到羞耻的事情，我虽然知道结尾作为老师的女主对再次相逢的学生道歉当年教训穿超短群就是下流是一个很有理想性的结尾，因为现实中年长女性的性压抑和身份地位都会被社会禁锢住。确实这是一部“Chick movie”,一般直男确实难以提起兴趣，但我也建议和希望男士们看一看如何尊重取悦一位女性，在身体上和心理上，因为这并不是什么丢人的事情，尊重和取悦女性也并不会使任何男性少一丝丝地男子气概，相反温柔体贴和共情是人类的稀缺品质。
虽然只有两个人的戏，但是人物关系的渐近，和慢慢剖析出的人的性格和背景都非常有戏。感觉是很好的戏。
让女性把这些话说出来非常棒，影片中高潮的来临是女主对自身的接纳，对取悦自己这件事的坦然，这个是心理对身体的一种允许，不是由男人带来的，而是自慰带来的，是自身主体性的开端。但故事本身也很悲哀了，等到死丈夫才能有性高潮，而不是和丈夫一起，很孤独的，为什么有伴侣还要孤独，没必要吧。
这片子评价这么高多半是因为女性向的yellow片太少了！！！！！！！
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