hazy rain in london

Jeffry 2022-04-19 09:01:35

The literal translation of "Eastern Promises", "Eastern Promises", is more restrained and full of tension than titles such as "Tower Killing". It is more in line with the times and full of connotation. It's just that when the commercial packaging name of "Tower Killing" came into being, it was very annoying. Earlier, because of the influence of this name, I stubbornly excluded it from the list of recent film viewing guides. On the afternoon of the first day of the new year, I watched the first movie in the editorial department in 2008. Without knowing it, I watched such a work that was full of haze but shredded my heart from time to time.
Blood and violence are no longer exaggerated and exaggerated, soothe the plain state, cover up the sin flawlessly, death has become so simple, but shock the heart, no gunshots, no explosions of gunpowder smoke, a blade, A simple touch can penetrate the power of the bottom line in my heart, and when I think about it, I still feel colic...
The haze lingers in London, the rain can't wash away the sinful soul, and the new immigrants bring a sense of beauty to the emptiness of the West. Yearning comes one after another, but they have already jumped into a well-laid trap, and while the beauty is shattered, hope becomes impossible in an absolute sense. The 14-year-old girl died in front of us with helplessness and humiliation like this. The baby who gave birth was full of blood and milk, the beginning of a new life, perhaps comforting the dead soul, or about to reveal the pain behind it... A quaint barbershop, a razor, a naked and defenseless neck, sin and death are so real.
To a large extent, I was attracted by the low, dark and colorful tone of the film, family, KGB spies, Russian mafia, gangs, assassinations, ranks, revenge, London street scenes, night in the rain... The low-key evil shrouds the city, the emptiness of the new immigrants, the bliss of the city of evil, and the lost souls who spy on hope, all will bury hidden dangers in their own destiny compass.
Aside from simple gang violence films, what the film presents to us is more of the various forms of individuals in reality, a stubborn female nurse, a steady and smart driver's attendant, a cunning family "old man", with fragile emotions The "Prince" of the family, the cowardly and sad barber shop owner, the thoughtless barber shop youth, each of them is so short-lived, but has left a deep imprint on our hearts, perhaps it is an expression before the attack, An attitude, perhaps such a small and insignificant act, makes us try to understand everything about them. The newborn baby is no longer just an individual presentation. In every environment of the story, I have put forward many assumptions for the baby's future. Maybe, I am a little bit like looking for trouble, but in my opinion, the new baby must be It will continue and give a lot of things about emotions, just as the new life in the film at the end of the film finds a home for himself while saving a soul.
In the film, what is more exciting is the definition and description of the family hierarchy, and through such a way, the story is connected to a new story again, and the content is enriched layer by layer. The classic scenes interspersed with eroticism and hand-to-hand combat are all good scenery.

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Eastern Promises quotes

  • Anna: My uncle has gone missing, since I told you about him translating the diary.

    Nikolai Luzhin: Your uncle is fine, he is in Edinburgh, in a 5-Star Hotel. I was ordered to send him to Heaven with a bullet in his brain... instead I gave him a first class ticket to Scotland. He is old-school, he understands things... exile or death.

  • Kirill: [about Nikolai] He is no driver, he is the undertaker.