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.
看的时候总觉得人物的声音是浮在人物上面的，总的来说，就是音画好像不够同步，也可能是自己太久没看，印度电影，所出现的不适应感吧
载体选的真好，相同文化圈的域外视角；下层人的失语与体制的朱子学，强调民族独立和视另一种外来文化为先进，可惜因为话题太多而难以深入。
＂黃貂魚知道黃貂魚要走的路，斑鰩知道斑鰩要走的路。＂駭浪滔天巨魚兇猛但餌是徐徐入水的，在文明如洋流般罡風俯擂的時日，卻以屋後幼松的輕顫行筆，玉米的甘味不能只感激種子，仍需念記土地的肥力，看待男女如此丶看待舶來之物的落地生根莫不如此。敘事運鏡是工整丶友好的，像發觀眾一張趁手的網，當然收成如何就看各人了。 《茲山魚譜》
信念幻灭竟然是以如此惨烈的方式，徒弟努力过了，但这痛苦让人难以承受。师父在斗室里说这是一个不需要王的世界的时候，被薛景求迸发的理想光芒灼到眼睛，愿为这个时刻加个一星。谢谢导演，感受到了久违的文化之美。
8.3分，这类电影评分都有题材加成，分数一般会略虚高，不过豆瓣此次8.7分已经算比较克制的了。隔壁韩国同类型的电影基本上都破9分了。但分数虚高不代表这些电影拍得差啊，只是8分的质量因为题材加成冲到9分而已，电影也还是可圈可点的。感觉有些影评人不太瞧得起这种有题材优势的电影了。
这个人权律师居然没有人敢杀他。。。 或者说做过没成功吧。
有更多可挖掘的人物事件
小众韩国王阳明， the book offish。与万物共生，士大夫精神。
这是一部中国人可以拍出来，也应该拍出来的电影。可惜，到目前为止，“可以”和“应该”都没有成为现实。
得分：9.5
超越的思想、精彩的人生，是动人的电影，更一点点描绘出复杂深沉的历史图景和残酷现实。好看！
部分画面呈现的东方美学充分体现了朝鲜与中国在文化内核上共性之大 而师徒之间的友情与处世哲学之最终同化，其实只是起到这部略有平铺直叙的影片剧情上的衔接功能 结尾略有淡薄，也可能是预期过高所致 还是值得推荐
《误杀瞒天记》为家庭而战，《剑客卡南》为农村而战，本片《万岁毕姆》为底层而战。由此，有没有良心，成为划分电影创作者的准绳。
这部三月底才上映的电影，就被下周要举行的百想提名最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳剧本、最佳双男主。如果不是因为提名，我可能根本不会知道它。如何在东西方文化碰撞的腐败现世里追求信仰，如诗如画娓娓道来。非常喜欢。简单查了一下导演李濬益的作品集：王的男人、思悼、素媛………难怪。
3- 比起灵感出自东野圭吾的《较量》（《误杀》原版）可是差得远了，题材形式（且那歌词直白得恨不能掐死全人类的想象力）都不新鲜，故事或纪录哪边都不靠着。
好看，入世出世，值得回味，真为我们的文化而自豪，不过这个文化，我们自己不看重了……
看完真的很难过，为什么我们没有这样的电影。
最近看印度片，因为此片的关系。其实，我已经很克制，不太发朋友圈或者跟朋友提现实里那些不公的事情，因为会被他们归结了“负能量”。为什么你不能阳光一些，谈论和分享美好的事情。也许，不想被疏离，不想被他们说：“为什么你总是说一些负面的事情，看难过的电影听悲伤的歌！”于是我学会不再分享，不是我冷血，我依旧关心这些。在莫管他人瓦上霜的环境里，心中保持一团火吧！这确实不是一部令人舒适的电影，我停了好几次，但不得不感叹印度片的商业纯熟，压抑中给你一道光，让你能继续看下去。
后半个小时一直爆哭，哭得头疼缓不过来。经世的理想即使被放逐了，依然在荒岛上落地生根。实学在儒学和西学institution之间驻足，朴素的无君思想即使未能指引一个未来，依然传颂至今。清代的每本图谱又能拍出怎样的故事呢？想穿越回硕士论文交稿之前把瓯中物产图重新写一遍。
#2022.12#虽然依旧忍受不了印度电影的歌舞，不过好在这次没有舞了…选材完胜，这才是电影该有的样子，不知道在生活的土壤是否还能看到，还是越来越红呢？影片还是有一些反转，看的直呼过瘾，为最低下的人民感到悲哀同时又为他们在影片中的所作所为，不被黑恶侵蚀而骄傲
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