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.
南特三大洲电影节 非常非常惊喜的观影 少给的一星是话剧形式扣掉的
33度的纽约 闷热的电影院 在3个小时走过一段历史
渐入佳境，重拳出击。没有前两段的对比，就没有最后的重击。自始至终，男人的眼里只有美化的自己。女人，再有才华和抱负，都只是可笑的财产和工具，哪怕是一场付之生命的声讨，也只是男人的手段，别人眼里的一出好戏。从头到尾，只有羞辱，没有正义。看到结尾的那几行字，心里不禁大呼：爽！
不一定会非常喜欢，但一定会觉得很有意思。成本受限，从布景上就直接话剧化，不过得益于出色的镜头运动，让非常有限的片场延展出了足以承载中国近代史的广阔空间。而时代悲剧用喜剧的形式来呈现，也和邱福新在台上的丑角浑然一体，在视听语言的设计中延续戏剧的荣光。戏文写得好极了，建议《第十一回》好好学学。黄泉路这条线的转场有时候还蛮硬的，没有那么喜欢。只要接受了邱炯炯的一些基本观点，「入戏」了，那整部电影的观看就很顺畅。易思成在片里好性感啊，想睡。蒋鸿宇客串了一个饿死鬼，摸着带他上路的鬼时透露着性暗示的意味，把俩鬼吓跑了，笑死。最后的众筹名单里看到了好多认识的人…年度华语最佳的头号种子。2022.02.13 澳门恋爱·电影馆
能在影院看到这样的华语片是一种巨大的幸福。 #SGIFF
现做的酸臭-03/26/22 at MoMI
也或许，老雷子拍了两个小时过了三次剧情，就是为了能让我们不带任何预设立场观赏最后的对决，是的，当你看完全片，你会不带任何立场。
补个分，看这段的时候真的有股很强的即视感，在外务工的丈夫跟家里断了联系，背着孩子的妻子去城中寻找丈夫，却发现丈夫已经另组家庭。
生死不外两茫茫
真正有原创性的杰作，荡气回肠，又轻灵妙趣，别样的史诗。
也许是预期过高，看完略有落空…. 似乎好与坏都是一体两面，一方面感到对于这样的题材，在有限预算下，创作者很天才地找到了最适合的形式，蛮喜欢年幼的邱福酒后飞天，扇子遮镜两段；但另一面似乎形式的外力过强，遮蔽了真正的情感入口，后半段信息给的平铺直叙，有种只是在陈述一段过往的隔绝感。此外一切新鲜的设计果然都会在三小时时长里泄力与疲乏起来…….
看完之后我非常地激动。我知道我看到了一步伟大的作品。“伟大”这个词，也许不恰当，它讲的是大时代下小人物的故事。台前幕后、狂欢失意、得意落魄、生生死死。虚构和现实、生与死、东方与西方、遗忘的和被记录的，邱炯炯是站在二元对立的“飞地”来书写个体浮沉的。看这部电影，像是在看一次对历史的招魂。历史，不会以它本来的面目昭示于活人眼前。而我想，邱炯炯找到了显影的方子。
前期的炭治郎一直靠努力来提升真的很热血，搞得我也想努力了
三个男人都散发刺鼻的有毒气息：让、雅克、皮埃尔。最好的生活是死了老公后的庄园主生活。结尾镜头在我脑中和Pieces of a woman的结尾镜头神奇地重叠了。绿草，果树，女人。女人甩脱暴力男之后的生活就是野火烧不尽春风吹又生。
中国电影新又新噻。
22-02-08 19:30 @戀愛電影館
2022/5/22于Anthology Film Archives. 三星半。不必慢，戏台上唱念做打嬉笑怒骂，戏台下与时浮沉人间炼狱。
05212022 Anthology Film Archives
是我才疏学浅，不知道如何夸这个动漫，我是看完了动漫感觉不带劲，顺便把漫画也看了。所以相当于看了两遍，感觉剧情都差不多！是真的好看，蝴蝶忍是真的好看，恋忍也是真的好看。当然，当然碳太郎是真的温柔，全片感觉除了鬼舞惨(是这个名字吧记不太清了，应该是这么写)都不是坏人。
难以看咽，自认为集中了所有青年导演的问题，各种形式化并且站不住脚，尤其在这种宏大叙事前，实在过于老套。以及，第一次见演员能演的这么尬。
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