In the break I watched a film called Grace of Monaco. This is a French-American biography film about Grace Kelly. Nicole Kidman played the role of Grace in the film. In 1956, Hollywood star Grace Kelly got oscars and then married with Monaco's Prince Rainier III. During the six years life in Monaco, Grace still can't adapt the new royal life well. She felt upset to her new role-princess. In 1962, a six-months dispute between Prince Rainier and French president Charles de Gaulle occurred as well as Grace considered if she should return to Hollywood or to be a real princess to balance the relationship between Monaco and French. This movie is about conflict and how Grace choose.
Grace is a independent woman and has thought. She directly show her opinion about the politic crisis In front of the French president, this causes a even worse result. She remembered Ranier love her, because she speaks out what she thinks, that's may help her to be a outstanding actress, but not for princess. When she tried to rise money and support the Red Cross society, nobody stand on her side. The royalty life is not like what Grace imagined. She couldn't do anything in Monaco and felt pain and lonely about this life. It uses many emotion expression in the film. Nicole Kidman did it well. A impression scene for me is that when Grace called her mom, the most closed person, her mom, even can't understand her. Grace felt desperate about her life and marriage. On one hand she tried to take responsibility for the royalty but on the other hand, she wanted to be back to Hollywood. Finally, when Grace decided to take responsibility for Monaco, but this movies became more like a fairy tale.
Grace learned French, walked on the street and talked with people; joined in the social meeting; help Ranier to find the traitor in royal family. Everything suddenly goes well just like what happend in the fairy tale. After all in the fairy tale, politics can be such easy. In fact, about this this movie both of French government and Monaco royal family has declare the story In movie is not the truth. According to the historical facts in that period of time, "First Lady diplomacy" is obviously a faked story.
Grace said her life is a fairy tale. It exactly is. She got success like what in the fairy tale, she has marriage with European prince, she also has the ending like a legend. I think it's not such important if she is a outstanding diplomat in the reality like she was described in the movie; for the people who doesn't know much about European history, this movie has been enough perfect.
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