Saw Inarido's "Beautiful Mistake" yesterday and it was definitely a good movie. Oscar will never evaluate an actor from pure acting itself like Cannes, otherwise, this year's best actor statue is definitely Javier Bardem's bag.
Since the trilogy, Inarido has abandoned the intricate structure of the previous multiple clues, and instead strung the things related to the male protagonist into a line, which is complicated but not cluttered. In the film, Javier Bardem plays a psychic named Uxbal, but in addition to such a noble profession, he is also a person who helps smugglers stay in Barcelona, helps illegal Chinese laborers find jobs, and helps illegal leather bag companies. Intermediaries who buy into various joints. His ex-wife has a mania and supports himself as a prostitute; he has to take care of two children, his sister is sensitive and his younger brother is curious and vulnerable; he himself has a terminal illness and only has two or three months to live. But his ex-wife can't even take care of himself, let alone the two children, and the children are still so young, he wants to save enough rent for them until they grow up; but his time is running out.
Faced with such a desperate situation, his compassionate heart hopes that he can relieve the pain of others. He demanded that the warehouse where Chinese laborers sleep be heated so that they would not freeze, and he took in a mother and son of an illegal immigrant because of his promise to their husbands. He helped the illegal purse company escape by arranging dozens of laborers to work on construction sites when the limelight was tight.
However, life is a beautiful mistake.
Because he wanted to leave the most money for his children, he chose to buy the cheapest heating, and in the end dozens of laborers died of carbon monoxide poisoning. He had never felt so guilty before, and he was devastated physically and mentally. Here we have to talk about the use of recurring montages in movies. Before Uxbal goes to sleep, there will always be a moth on the ceiling. As the movie progresses, the number of moths increases, reaching its peak at the death of labor. I don't know what Inari is trying to use as a metaphor for moths, but I understand it. , that is the sin in Uxbal's heart, a guilt that can't be released from depression, eating away at Uxbal's body and mind. Uxbal is psychic, so in the warehouse where more than 20 workers died, Uxbal saw the dead souls floating on the ceiling, everyone's expressions were hideous, and they kept shouting their resentment. But for the safety of those who didn't die, he couldn't pay attention to those resentments, but wanted to help the remaining people to conceal this matter.
Of course, it didn't work out in the end. Uxbal has only his last breath left. He is lying on the bed. Now the only person he can trust is the illegal immigrant he took in, the mother of the child, Ige. He feels that as a mother, she will not bear to leave Those two kids didn't care, so he gave her all his savings. However, not everyone is as kind as at home. Ige took his money and left him. he died. But the moths are gone, because as a person, he spends his life believing in the goodness of the world and paying for it, even if the surroundings are muddy.
In the last few minutes, continuing the beginning of the film, Uxbal is in the woods in the picture, looking at an owl, a dying owl. In his father's warm smile, he let go of his resentment and reluctance towards the world. The owl will spit out a ball of pompom, the messenger of death.
The subject matter of this film is not new, but the director is good at incorporating racial conflicts in the film, people of different skin colors want to survive and live a good life in Barcelona. But the result was disappointing.
One of the shots that stood out to me in the film was a panorama of Barcelona, and this dim city shot is a lot in the film, with low houses. But only one has a church under renovation and a sleek, tall modern mansion. Standing in a gray old house, it is very eye-catching. Presumably people need to build, in this dirty society, the building of faith and the building of success. The former affirms the latter, the latter destroys the former. So that church could never be built.
I would also like to say a few points about the ending of the film. It was a question of whether Ige ever came back.
no.
Uxbal heard Ige say he was back in the toilet and saw her walking by. At that moment, his expression was relaxed, but the next moment, he saw his walking figure in the mirror. It was his dead soul, and he was dying soon. Then the music suddenly brought our hearts to our lips, Uxbal even had despair on his face, he slowly opened the door of the toilet, he saw Ige, but it was on the ceiling. It means that Ige is dead, that is her soul. The film did not explain the cause of Ige's death, but Uxbal's child, the little boy, did not come back is the best proof. Then, Uxbal and his daughter lay in bed, Uxbal died.
Finally, let me mention the performance of Chinese actor Luo Jin in this film. Well, it's not satisfactory. He is very handsome, but he is really too young in front of the protagonist who has perfect acting skills, and there is a lot of room for improvement. Moreover, Luo Jin's own characteristics are too obvious, and it may be the director's request. He can act as the Chinese are. In short, there are too few scenes, and it is very difficult to really portray a character after such a ten-minute appearance, which leads to the fact that the character he played in liwei is not very plump, or even out of shape. However, as a Chinese actor, especially an actor can show his face in this kind of international film, the future is unlimited haha~
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