The film speaks to a stark, grim reality, but it also presents a poetic, fluid spirituality. The film has no complicated plot, no violent emotions, and no many well-known actors. Instead, it is a fascinating story that allows the audience to enter the film and experience the limited French protagonist, in a state of ignorance and chaos. The film begins with death and ends with hope, and the process in between is deeply moving. The accounts of Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain are filled with human compassion. The emotions between the characters are shown through the minutiae, without a bit of sensationalism. The film has always revealed a faint sense of crisis, which finally broke out at the end. The violence in the film is fragmented, and what makes the climax so gripping is emotion and performance. Violence is given a hazy, psychedelic color.
The film has a high degree of completion and a comprehensive level of style. Simple but not mediocre stories, humanistic perspectives, rich characters, French-style social thinking, actors' natural and ordinary acting skills, although there are no more breakthroughs and innovations in all aspects, they are still remarkable. The director adheres to the realistic shooting style, the editing is smooth, the narrative is compact and relaxed, and a French reality picture with great social significance is constructed. There is no ups and downs of emotional ups and downs, but the tone is calm and solid. The setting of the plot conflict is also just right. Until the end of the film, the conflict is brought to a climax and echoes with the original war background. The actor's performance is natural and real, fully showing the appearance of a low-level foreigner in France in real life. The friendly attitude in the free state and the disappointment and self-detachment when it is difficult to integrate are all subtle but real performances.
