Film synopsis: Dolan says his film is autobiographical. Overview Most French literary films are unavoidable in the cinematic style. Dolan expresses his confusion and dissatisfaction in adolescence through the irritable performances of the two actors. The uncomplicated storyline really touches people because of its truth. This truth does not mean that the stories that happen to mothers and sons are common. The story of the film, but the mother-son relationship that cannot be straightened out in the film seems to be found in each of us. This kind of real truth makes people even feel a little pain in the process of watching the film. This is a story about being lost, a rebellious son who lost his father, a mother who lost her husband and control of life, they vented their anger about life on each other who loved each other, kept getting angry and kept getting closer, at this time, When an unemployed female neighbor with stuttering inadvertently intrudes into their lives, three disorientated people set out to find themselves through a series of collisions. There is change, confusion, collapse, and joy in the process. Of course, as a work of art, many emotions are magnified artistically, to a certain extent, it seems to be shouting for the audience, shouting out the grievances and indignation that we have never shouted before.
Analysis with spoilers: The combination of blue and yellow is everywhere in the film. Red appears with the son at the beginning of the film, and then disappears. After that, more yellow is used as the keynote to shoot, so that the picture is not very cold. Let tenderness forbear in the plot and wait for the audience to experience it for themselves. The blue color that is a metaphor for freedom is everywhere. Whether it is a son, a mother, or a female neighbor, they can clearly feel that their freedom is being suppressed, but it is also suppressed. The mother and son are venting, while the female neighbor It is the forbearance type, they represent two different repressed groups. The loud shouting and even verbal abuse between mother and son was in stark contrast to the lifeless family atmosphere of the female neighbor. It is the son and the female neighbor who have really changed a bit. The director made these two characters with completely different personalities collide and let them change each other. The son gradually softens, and the female neighbor gradually opens up and can basically joke naturally When the director turned around, and arranged for the female neighbor’s family to be inserted in the background from time to time, they were like an invisible force that pulled the female neighbor back to the abyss where she was suffocating, and the abyss where she could not express herself. When the son's homework gradually recovered a little bit of himself, he turned around to face the boring family, as if he was strangled by the throat again, and he was speechless.
Dolan knows how to win the curiosity of the audience, always giving a little bit of background related to each character, and then a little bit more as the plot develops. The ambiguous and unclear relationship between the son and the mother or the female elder in the image of the mother all reflects the magic of motherhood in the female instinct. The heroine's mother is not a perfect mother, but no matter how bad her life is, she still tells her son, "No mother will wake up and not love her child. She will only love more and more. He. And you, will only love me less and less." She loved her son, but was afraid of him. She really wanted to love him well, but she didn't know how to love herself well. Those sudden bursts of emotions created today's son. She pushed her son away with her own hands, but couldn't see her son being hurt with her own eyes. She told herself to look forward, which is good for everyone, but in my opinion, this is her unfounded self-refusal, because as a mother, as a woman, she actually doesn't know what to do. People's emotions are complicated in themselves. In addition to the previous family changes, the director did not focus on explaining them here, but just skillfully passed them through, which is enough to see how much the departure of the head of the family has caused the mother and son. Fathers and men don't feature much in the film, but their power and influence are profound. The unruly appearance of the son is to cover up the pain in his heart, and freedom is his only pleasure. He looked for pictures of his father, bought necklaces for his mother, did his homework, etc., all to please his mother. He needed the tender love of his mother, the love that he gave only to him. He didn't understand why his mother wanted to turn to another man, but his mother's original intention was still to save him from fire and water. This mutual incomprehension intensifies the extremes of the two, and in the end they can only survive if they separate.
The most beautiful segment in the film is the reverie of the mother in the car before sending the child away. When I saw that segment, I couldn't help but think of the end of "La La Land", and the same is true. However, the Philharmonic itself is also a tribute to another film, so there is no plagiarism of the idea. Here, Dolan used an extremely dreamy way - a fake shot, to indirectly confide her mother's wishes: she wanted her son to have a good life, but she did not believe that her son could have such a life by her side. Tenderness is split in the hysterical cry, the blood that mother and child cannot give up is thicker than water, and the growing estrangement will eventually be resolved in the most suitable distance, that is the most suitable distance for love.
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