This country, which has made too many political reflection films and war reflection films, has one thing in common: depression. I still remember that when I was in college, Teacher Sixiu played "The Wave" in class, and my friends were unhappy that day after watching it, and so did I. Another example is "Our Fathers" and the popular German drama "Darkness" some time ago. Anyone who has watched it knows the depression and depression, and "White Ribbon" is another masterpiece of German depression movies. .
Patriarchy and Patriarchal Oppression
Shortly at the beginning of the film, there is a scene where the priest punishes the children who come back late; one of the children has to be tied up to sleep, and even if there is a fire, it cannot be unbound without the permission of the father; the children are playing normally in the classroom but are broken into. The merciless abuse of his father. The most terrifying part is the scene where Cali found his sister bare-legged with the doctor's father late at night. The sister cried and told him that his father was piercing her ear... How the Baron's father treated his children, the movie There is no direct expression in it, but through the side of the dialogue between him and his wife, the baroness expresses that she wants to leave the village, because the place is full of violence, revenge and jealousy, and she does not want to let her children continue to suffer in this environment The influence of the baron, while the focus of the baron is whether his wife has sex with someone else, it can be seen that the baron does not really put the child in his eyes. The film shows the oppression of the three fathers on their children in different ways.
The second is the attack on patriarchy. The doctor was tired of the aging midwife and insulted her like a slave, but he never considered that he was also a greasy middle-aged man. The midwife's youth was wasted while serving him and his children. At the end of the film, it also revealed the truth of the abnormal death of the doctor's original wife, who was murdered by the doctor and the midwife. It's a farce that the mistress harmed the original partner and finally got kicked out. In sharp contrast to the scumbag doctor is the school teacher, who is also the "I" in the movie. He fully shows the gentleman's side when chasing a girl he likes, but a man is usually gentle and caring when chasing a girl. Once he gets married, he becomes an uncle. Who knows if this gracious teacher will be like a doctor in the future?
Violence breeds under tyranny
The children of this small village have been living in an environment full of oppression and authority since birth. Dissatisfaction in their hearts leads to resistance, and resistance breeds violence. A series of violent incidents such as destruction of vegetable gardens, beatings against children, arson, etc. occurred one after another. Who is the initiator of these vicious incidents is the suspense point created by the whole film. With slow motion and stripping, the teacher finally discovers that the evil comes from himself s student. The white ribbon represents "purity and kindness," as if ironic about what children really do. How can you be pure and kind when you grow up in such an environment? Even though the teacher had already guessed the real murderer, Clara and Martin still pretended not to know anything, and their acting skills were top-notch. What is terrifying to think about is that even children's hearts are occupied by evil, so what will happen to this society and the future of this country?
These kids grow up to be Nazis
The events in the film take place on the eve of World War I, and we might as well analyze the larger international context. As a rising star among the imperialist countries, Germany has a strong desire for more colonies, and has a fundamental conflict of interests with Britain and France. At the same time, the powder keg of the Balkans was dealing with Tsarist Russia and the declining Ottoman Empire. When the teacher found out the truth in the film, the Sarajevo incident happened, and then the countries were dragged into the world war for 5 years. As the loser of World War I, Germany had to repay huge war indemnities, and the country experienced serious inflation. , and eventually the fascists came to power, heading for World War II and self-destruction. The whole film is full of violence, which is also a true portrayal of the international environment at that time. The story of one village represents the current situation of thousands of villages in Germany. Twenty years later, these children who grew up in a violent environment treated the defeat and reparations of the war as oppression, and made violent resistance by joining the Nazis to declare war on the world.
The introduction of the time and background of the incident at the end of the film sublimates the depth and connotation of the whole film, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a war reflection film. The expression of the whole film is calm and restrained, the pure black and white picture, the long empty mirror, and the literary and artistic lens focus on each child, but the story is so violent and evil, this is the German-style film. The reason for depression.
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