Beyond the Hills evaluation action
2022-01-20 08:02
"După dealuri" is heavy. Mengji used a rather restrained and calm approach to present the power of human nature a little bit by bit, using images to express his thoughts and attitudes. All kinds of power that directly touch people's hearts make people have to think and ask themselves. This kind of film that can torture the soul is undoubtedly painful and hearty
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A society without any malice, a religion full of love, has become the invisible murderer who kills girls. The grand theme of "După dealuri" comes with Alina’s heart-rending cry on the cross.
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The theme of "După dealuri" is heavy, involving serious topics such as life, religion, and death, but the director has chosen a particularly ingenious and modern perspective. Without any preaching or indoctrination, everything in the daily life and words and deeds of the people in the monastery under the lens is expressed naturally and truthfully. Looking at the whole film, it gives people a shock wave like a shock wave, which makes people reflect on the conflict and power struggle between religion and modern ideas in the value of survival and life philosophy.
With heavy themes and narrative performances, the exploration of humanity and the excavation of humanity go further. The display of religious cold and violence is particularly shocking. Everyone speaks softly and in the name of love, but the devout belief in God and people from the non-religious world seem to have a glimpse of the heavy mountain. No matter how hard the people at both ends work hard, they can never penetrate each other. The result is just a tragedy
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Extended Reading
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Priest: The man who leaves and the man who comes back are not the same.