The love that lost the mysterious, the sinful, the unbearable torment that tears the souls of people is like the fallen angel everyone will remember him for his deep and heavy fall and not for his frantic flights, because love is a purpose, a beginning , middle and end of every irregular and gunpowder-smoking life.
At the heart of The Rivals is a sports love triangle, pulsating with desire, longing and the inexorable pull of fate. Zendaya plays a brilliant and ambitious tennis player Tassie Duncan, who for reasons beyond her control and a difficult injury, has been reduced to coaching her husband (Mike Feist). Our heroine’s life takes an unexpected turn when she finds herself entangled in a web of passion and rivalry. After unexpected and successive defeats, her husband will face as an opponent his childhood friend and former romantic partner of his wife and trainer.
Things get complicated as the love triangle that forms creates unexpected situations and episodes. Zendaya is the central figure in the triangle playing a character who walks the delicate balance between ambition and affection. Opposite is Mike Feist, who plays her husband and protégé and adds layers of complexity to the narrative. Feist struggles with the weight of expectations and the weight of past disappointments as he struggles to regain his former glory. His journey is not simply one of athletic prowess, but a deep exploration of identity and self-awareness as he confronts the demons of his past and confronts the uncertain future that lies ahead.
In between comes Josh O’Connor, whose portrayal of his childhood friend and romantic rival adds a tantalizing twist to the story. As Zendaya’s ex-lover and the catalyst for the film’s central conflict, Josh O’Connor lends the narrative a sense of tension and intense twist that propels the story forward. His character’s arrival ignites a spark of desire and longing, setting in motion a chain of events that will forever change the lives of all involved.
All this takes place against the backdrop of the world of professional tennis, where every match is a battle and every victory a triumph, the characters traverse the treacherous terrain of love and ambition with equal grace and daring, in a world where passion and rivalry clash in an amazing dance of desire and despair, moreover as Euripides wrote “Love in difficulties is inventive”.
As the love triangle unfolds, each character is forced to confront their own desires and motivations, grappling with the tangled web of emotions that bind them. What begins as a simple story of love and competition evolves into a nuanced exploration of human desire, where the lines between friendship and romance blur and the line between victory and defeat is lost in the darkness.
In the end, it’s not the outcome of the fights that matters most, but the journey of self-discovery and redemption that each character takes along the way. Through triumph and tragedy, grief and hope, “The Rivals” highlights the power of love, which transcends boundaries and unites souls in ways they never thought possible.
In the latest cinematic venture of Luca Guantanano (“Call Me by Your Name”, “Bones and All”), based on the excellent script of Justin Kuritzkes, we are invited with a breath, full of flashbacks, to enter the turbulent world of of love, friendship and the competitive spirit of professional sports. Centered around Zendaya’s magnetic presence, the film explores the complexities of relationships against the backdrop of the high-stakes world of tennis. “The Rivals” is a story of passion and ambition intertwined with the vulnerabilities, mazes and surprises that accompany struggles and human relationships.
The ever-sexy Zendaya’s performance as a former tennis prodigy-turned-coach lends breadth and quality to the character, allowing us to empathize with her journey of self-discovery and emotional upheaval. Her relationship with her co-stars Mike Feist and Josh O’Connor is harmonious throughout, adding layers of tension and intrigue to the unfolding narrative. According to Guantanaino, his actors prepared for their roles by going through three months of intensive training with former professional tennis player Brad Gilbert, who also acted as a consultant on the film. The soundtrack is signed by the Oscar-winning duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Guantanaino’s direction imbues the film with a sense of intimacy and authenticity, capturing the tension of both athletics and the personal relationships at its center. From the adrenaline-pumping fights on the field to the intimate sensitive moments behind closed doors, each scene is meticulously crafted to draw us into the innermost struggles of the heroes, the desires of the characters and ultimately into the bed of a complete sports well-written melodrama.
Our heroes know that in the fields of life as well as in those of love, behind every failed attempt the heart of knowledge and pleasure beats fast, where the legs are cut off by turmoil and despair, there beats its pulse completeness, as long as one can hear him.
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