It's very simple and Eastern. From the point of view of aesthetic beauty, the work is fascinating from the first minutes of viewing. The costumes of the imperial family and higher officials of indescribable beauty, the palace interiors amaze with their sophistication. Entourage at the highest level.
Let's get to the heart of the movie. How much the human heart can be ruthless, or not vice versa, how much it is loving, so that all its actions can be justified by love. Here is the best way to fit the proverb - in love, as in war all means are good. But their cruelty and sophistication can strike to the core. In this story for me there are no positive and negative characters, because you can stand in the place of any of them and understand who was guided by what. Feelings, views on life are very well conveyed by all actors. For me, the red line runs through the whole movie. You are rich, beautiful, from a noble family, but being at the imperial court, any word, look or careless action can lead you to a fatal finale because crowned persons see conspiracy and treason in everything even where there is no hint of it. But when you live and grow up in an atmosphere where at any moment an attempt can be made on your life, you inevitably become suspicious, cautious, distrustful, your whole life passes on the blade of a knife. You do not believe in anyone’s sincerity or truthfulness. And as a result, you become lonely, completely alone. But at the same time, every hero in this story desperately needed love and understanding, I would even say craved it. But thirst as it turned out, each quenched in his own way. Someone acted in such a way that like a tsunami swept away all obstacles in its path, someone quite sincerely opened his heart and soul, not afraid of the consequences, and someone cautiously and philosophically tried to achieve his. But what's the bottom line? As a result, distrust and deception distort and disfigure such a beautiful feeling as love, condemning, I repeat, loneliness. As it turns out, the power and the throne do not tolerate rivals in the face of love, trust and happiness.
A film about love, about power, about the vicissitudes of fate – very Eastern, very philosophical, very beautiful. Of course, it is worth paying attention, aesthetes should get special pleasure. I would like to say that the East is really a delicate matter!