Lolita tells the story of a fatal obsession which inevitably leads to a tragic epilogue: an adult man irreversibly falls for a fourteen year old girl.
Humbert Humbert is a teacher who moves into a widow's house, who lives with her young and rebel daughter Dolores Haze. He instantly becomes obsessed with her physical appearance and the girl seems to do everything to tease him and seduce him.
The movie basically focuses on Humbert's intense attraction for Dolores and on her sensual and rebel personality.
In my opinion, both of the characters are very well developed: Humbert is a calm and almost always rational man, while Dolores is a dynamic and energetic young woman, who constantly appears to play a seduction game with him.
The two characters are one the opposite of the other, and Dolores, although she looks like an innocent young girl, succeeds at obtaining whatever she wants from Humbert, leading the whole plot of the movie.
During the movie, we see Humbert as a protective and caring fatherly figure, but this "equilibrium" is totally broken when Dolores deserts him for another man; at that point, Humbert completely abandons himself and his rationality, blinded by an uncontrollable rage.
We can clearly understand that Dolores had become the most important element in his life and he didn't care about anything else anymore.
I thought the theme of madness/love/death was very fascinating: a hopeless lover seeks revenge by spilling his enemy's blood because he understands that his love is gone forever.
Last but not least the topic of the age gap between the two lovers: personally, I think Lolita narrates a sick love story, because it is entirely based on Humbert's physical attraction for Dolores and because of the huge age gap that divides the two lovers: Dolores is very immature because of her age, and Humbert doesn't consider this, taking advantage of the situation instead.
Humbert Humbert is a teacher who moves into a widow's house, who lives with her young and rebel daughter Dolores Haze. He instantly becomes obsessed with her physical appearance and the girl seems to do everything to tease him and seduce him.
The movie basically focuses on Humbert's intense attraction for Dolores and on her sensual and rebel personality.
In my opinion, both of the characters are very well developed: Humbert is a calm and almost always rational man, while Dolores is a dynamic and energetic young woman, who constantly appears to play a seduction game with him.
The two characters are one the opposite of the other, and Dolores, although she looks like an innocent young girl, succeeds at obtaining whatever she wants from Humbert, leading the whole plot of the movie.
During the movie, we see Humbert as a protective and caring fatherly figure, but this "equilibrium" is totally broken when Dolores deserts him for another man; at that point, Humbert completely abandons himself and his rationality, blinded by an uncontrollable rage.
We can clearly understand that Dolores had become the most important element in his life and he didn't care about anything else anymore.
I thought the theme of madness/love/death was very fascinating: a hopeless lover seeks revenge by spilling his enemy's blood because he understands that his love is gone forever.
Last but not least the topic of the age gap between the two lovers: personally, I think Lolita narrates a sick love story, because it is entirely based on Humbert's physical attraction for Dolores and because of the huge age gap that divides the two lovers: Dolores is very immature because of her age, and Humbert doesn't consider this, taking advantage of the situation instead.