``Hannah and Her Sisters'' Life is meaningless. That is the ultimate conclusion reached by humans.

The hidden protagonist is Allen himself.

According to an 1986 Boston Globe article, when Michael Caine was offered the role of Elliott, he told Allen that he wanted to wear glasses. When asked why, Kane reportedly replied, "Because you're Elliot."

"Allen has absolute power over everything. He's like a dictator. He can write, he can act, he can direct," Kane says. There is definitely something geeky about Elliot, who is attracted to his wife's attractive sister, Lee. The scene in which he secretly follows Lee, pretends to meet him on the street, and goes to a bookstore together is a scene that Allen would likely play.

Allen himself also appears in the film, playing the comical role of Mickey, Hanna's first husband. The setting of him working in television is reminiscent of his role in Manhattan (Allen also used to work in television). After undergoing tests at the hospital, the ``hypochondriac'' believes he has cancer and tries to overcome his fear of death. Therefore, he decided to convert from Judaism to Catholicism and find his own God.

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At first, it seemed like a supporting role for laughs, but upon rewatching it, I realized that this role was actually the main character. Despairing in life, trying to find God, he struggles on the brink of death. There are elements reminiscent of the films of Ingmar Bergman, whom Allen admires, and Mickey eventually experiences a major change of heart (although a side note, Max von Sydow, a regular actor in Bergman films, also appears in a supporting role). .

In the play, Tolstoy's words are quoted: ``Life is meaningless. That is the ultimate conclusion reached by human beings.'' Might Mickey, who was on the brink of death, realize the meaning of these words more deeply than anyone else?

The story of the Marx Brothers' comedy `` I Am a Duck '' (33, with scenes shown in movie theaters) that gives him hope for life seems to suggest that Allen is a fan of the Marx Brothers.

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