"Three Weeks and Two Days in April" Film Review
victim
On the eve of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, three victims of communism in Romania - Gabita, Otilia, and Doctor Bibi.
Everyone seems to have made mistakes, everyone should be punished by law, and condemned by morality, but everyone is just a victim of this distorted era that requires productivity and encourages fertility.
The unease created under the panning camera, Dr. Bibi's slight inadvertence is ten years in prison, Gabita's abortion is unpredictable, Otilia sacrifices herself for her friend's sake
Everyone just acts carefully, with different interests in a dark society, Gabita keeps begging for the only light she can see in front of her - Doctor Bibi
Otilia looked at her friend's despair and helplessness, and the reality beyond expectations. Facing Doctor Bibi, she took off not only her clothes, but also her hope for reality.
Doctor Bibi looked at the absurdity in front of him. With the risk of ten years in prison and the choice before 2850 yuan, he only offered one chance - obey or leave. The seemingly rude person showed it later when he performed an abortion for Gabita. out delicate
Gabita's stupidity and clumsiness allude to the most powerless people of the dark age
Doctor Bibi's scheming alludes to those who can profit with their own hands in the dark age
Otilia's commitment symbolizes a self-declaration of feminism
Everyone is a victim and everyone pays for the benefit
lower body
Newborns are born from the female genitals
Population and productivity are nurtured in rivers and wombs, female genitals, and the same source that nurtures the origin of life
After Otilia had a relationship with Dr. Bibi, she rinsed her lower body with water over and over again. In addition to Dr. Bibi's physical resistance, she also wanted to wash away the fear of pregnancy, the injustice to women in society, and the injustice before her eyes. All the absurd regrets that shouldn't have been borne by myself
Gabita faced the probe between her legs, from the stinging pain of entering the lower body to the fall of the fetus, it also showed the society's oppression of women's reproductive freedom. Facing the endless abyss
Menstruation accompanied by female lower body has become an important unit of time
"The female counselor is looking for you"
"why"
"You didn't go on Thursday..."
"Didn't I ask you to tell me?"
"I said, she said your period is two weeks late, remember to bring the hospital certificate when you go next time."
Law enforcers in society have severe torture on women's menstruation
People in Romania make fun of 'menstrual police'
Women have the permission of sex, and the accompanying material that can be brought by sex—children, is not accepted
Sexual liberation has not transitioned to uterine liberation, let alone freedom of speech and reproduction.
The lower body is nothing more than a pleasure tool for male sensuality
water
Under the impact of the current, the metaphor under the long shot, the process of meeting Otilia who had to have a relationship with Doctor Bibi gushed out from the meeting of the current
Behind the pure things are more turbid
The clear spring is a metaphor for spiritual fluctuations
At the same time, Gabita wanted to cover everything with the sound of water, and the smoke in his hand was constantly surrounding
Finally, looking at the long shot of Otilia from the perspective of Gabita, the emotions accumulated in the hearts of the two silent heroines are slowly released like water
When Otilia arrived at the banquet, she wanted to cover everything with water in the bathroom. When the camera was aimed at the mirror, Otilia saw herself in the mirror and re-cognized it.
The sound of water is the sound of escaping, the sound of emotional release, and more importantly, the powerlessness of a realistic blow.
The film did not have any soundtrack until the closing subtitles. The sound of water became a penetrating sound. The moment it fell from the water pipe, it hit an irregular "sound music" on the washstand.
chaotic sound of water, chaotic life, chaotic society
Telephone
"Here's his phone number, call me if anything happens"
"Don't stay, I won't call you"
The two heroines reject Dr. Bibi's call
Gabita refused Otilia's concern, but the phone became a tool for the two to communicate after a brief separation. The small gathering of contradictions laid the groundwork for the following
The phone signifies connection, and the two heroines want to cut off the connection with Doctor Bibi, and they want to cut off the connection between male and female oppression.
Gabita wants to cut off the connection with Otilia for a short time, it is to cut off the ribbon of many emotions, the twist of remorse, guilt, and sadness, it is a kind of escape, and it is also a kind of weak resistance to face all the powerlessness in front of it.
The voices of people at the banquet, the sound of meals, and the sound of wine glasses colliding, but during the process, there was a ringing of the phone that had never been answered when Otilia arrived at Adi's house.
Among the various sounds conveyed in the long shot at this time, the natural sound of the party was mixed with the ringing of the phone, which also set a suspense. The ambulance and police car that Otilia saw when she returned was still shaking. The unease under the camera creates great unease and urgency
Their only source of safety is the thin-wired phone
baby
The heroine strangled it in the prototype, with complete hands and feet, and the first appearance of facial features
On the eve of the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the theory of socialism was not perfected, and because of this, Romania under socialism returned to capitalism under the influence of the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, and the baby symbolized in the early days of socialism was also strangled here.
But even so, Gabita, Doctor Bibi, and Otilia are still survivors of this legal system.
under night
Otilia fled into the darkness with the baby. When entering the building, the darkness of light and the noisy voice also implied the darkness that Otilia entered physically and mentally.
Behind it is a country that is about to enter the darkness when the eve comes
The newborn baby apartment points to a new beginning, the new beginning has been wiped out, and escapes into the darkness, the heroine can't see the road ahead, everything is hidden in the darkness
They all want to seek the light, but no matter how hard they struggle, they can't completely get rid of the darkness
future
A pregnancy is enough to change a girl's life. What kind of vision does a girl have for the future?
"I don't want to make you potatoes for the rest of my life"
Women's freedom, the future should not be crucified, sexual liberation, uterus liberation, women's liberation, in a special social context, Mengji shows not only the issue of women's liberation, the quarrel between Otilia and Adi in the room at home , showing the negotiation between people and life, the attack on the equality of men and women, and the negotiation of life events
"I love you and I will marry you"
When Otilia returned to the hotel to look for Gabita, the two girls were sitting on opposite sides of the restaurant to form a symmetrical composition. The shadow on the wall behind them depicted the joy and vitality of the marriage, and the silence and vitality of the protagonist. dead silence in contrast
The wall in the middle is like a gap. One side is a beautiful new life, and the other is lonely and dull. What will the future be like?
They don't know whether the future is new or silent
At the end of the music, Mungi's first and last song in the film
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