just went to the performance of Dame Dench, but I didn't expect to see a warm sketch masterpiece that made people laugh and laugh, but also made people cry. The film tells the story of an elderly mother, accompanied by a cynical reporter who is at a low point in her career, to uncover the secrets of fifty years ago and to find her son who was accidentally conceived in a monastery but was forcibly separated.
The most subtle and richest aspect of the entire film is the script. Things are right and people are wrong, seeing things and thinking about people, the beauty and pain in the memories of the year, mixed with the reverie and expectations of the children for many years, and finally run through the exploration of reality. In the inner world of the protagonist, to feel her remorse, self-blame, firmness, hesitation, expectation, pain, personal sins and the church's secular sins are intertwined and transformed. The heroine is also in the double exploration and saving of time and space, In the end, true forgiveness and forgiveness are achieved. The whole story, from the beginning of the monastery to the end of the monastery, from the atonement to the end of forgiveness, forms a perfect loop of time and space people and thoughts.
It is quite different from Judi Dench's slightly stubborn and traditional, yet emotional and romantic heroine who likes to spoil novels endlessly. The cynical hero who leaves the job after encountering injustice is reluctant but coincidental. In the exploration experience, he was also influenced by Philomena's experience and her character and choices. Along with Philomena's self-redemption journey, the male protagonist also completed a spiritual search at the same time. In one journey, both have been sublimated.
Focusing on personal experience narratives and emotional characterizations, it hooks up the questioning of religious stereotypes and the so-called church doing good and punishing sins, and continues to the discussion on forgiveness and humanity, focusing on small people, caring for the big world, and exploring deep philosophy, Philo Mena" can be said to be a good example of this type of warm sketch.
Dench's performance is undoubtedly the core of the whole film. Whether it is the main line of emotion or the connotation of the theme, it is highlighted through her performance. Just a few static close-ups of simple facial expressions make the audience fall into the rich and detailed emotional whirlpool of the characters, and are conquered by the light-heavy and skillful acting skills of the old drama bones. Although she portrays ordinary little characters, the Countess is less aggressive in the past, but Philomena's character is still vividly and three-dimensionally presented between her frowns, smiles and words, and each scene seems to be unique with the character. The aura unfolds in the center. I was particularly impressed by Dench's audiobook-like monologue when the heroine introduced the novel she was reading in the movie. The excitement was vivid and selfless. Philomena's cute but helpless unique character was vividly presented. It was unforgettable, but unforgettable.
The only unsatisfactory treatment may be the beginning and end of the movie. The separate introduction of the two people at the beginning makes people feel a bit jerky and abrupt, at least compared with such a rich script with layered connotation, it is really too simple and rude. And the ending seems to lack a more complete explanation for the male protagonist. Although Philomena is the center of the entire exploration journey, the male protagonist is affected, especially in his attitude towards others and life. If there are a few more shots, the whole loop will go structure is more complete.
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