Comparing the previous Babel and 21 Grams shots by director Alejandro González Iñárritu, I feel that this time there are fewer tricks and more plain-of course, you can also argue that it pretends to be a ghost. Undoubtedly, Biutiful is social realism. The reality in the eyes of the director is like another world, an underground world, compared with Barcelona where tourists are plagued by disasters. There are illegal black immigrants selling fake bags in Barcelona, and there seem to be more in Venice and Milan. As for the world of Chinese illegal immigrants, it is another independent proposition.
I know that there are Chinese characters in it, but I didn’t expect it to be performed by someone with a profile like Cheng Taisheng, and I didn’t expect the director to use a short space to describe 25 illegal Chinese immigrants making fake bags (the black gang is responsible for selling them on the street), Contacted by the protagonist Uxbal to work on the construction site, he was poisoned to death by the malfunctioning electric heater he kindly sent, and was thrown into the sea by (foreman) Li Wei. One can't help but think of the 58 Hokkiens who suffocated in a truck in the 2000 Dover tragedy in the United Kingdom, and of course more than 20 people who were drowned in the Morecambe Bay pick-up tragedy in the United Kingdom in 2004.
Not long ago, I saw near the North Station and the Arc de Triomphe in the center of Barcelona. Several streets were lined with Chinese clothing stores one after another. The scene of the warehouse district of Badalona was even more amazing. In recent years, the status of Chinese Spanish Chinese businessmen has aroused many controversies, and more and more people are aware of the existence of various hidden dangers. The plot in Biutiful seems to be regarded as a warning.
Of course, what is even more surprising is that Biutiful used such an exaggerated approach to show the gay complex between the two Chinese. This clue appeared for the first time, it was that Li Wei seduce Cheng Taisheng's foreman Hai, saying that it was for him to chase Basai. The two appeared for the second time, after the hotel lingered. In the end, the bodies of 25 people were found. After the news, Hai in the scene walked out of the hotel room and Li Wei's body was lying in a pool of blood on the bed. The effect of such a dramatic plot is not difficult to predict.
Biutiful is still Uxbal's story after all. He is a sad hero, a pair of young children, cancer, mentally abnormal and irresponsible ex-wife, although he saved a year's rent, he was swallowed by a black woman and left without staying. Take care of him. His situation is essentially the same as Umberto D or Ken Loach's Raining Stones in De Sica's lens.
Javier Bardem starred in the last Barcelona-related Vicky Christina Barcelona is full of Woody Allen's signature wit and philosophy, Biutiful is in sharp contrast with it. Uxbal can talk to the soul of the dead, guide the soul to comfort the soul, but cannot save himself-from the body to the spirit, and even killed 25 innocent Chinese by mistake. The social issues reflected by Biutiful are worthy of deep consideration for everyone.
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