This film is an Oscar-winning film in 2015, but it is actually a 13-year "old" film. After the movie came out, it began to win awards. From the Toronto and London Film Festivals in 2013, to the 14th year, the European Film Festival, and then to the Oscars in 2015, it can be described as an out-and-out award-winning film. Winning an award doesn't mean the movie must be good. Does winning so many awards mean that the movie is definitely not bad? It's definitely not bad, but Fat Brother doesn't think that too many viewers will like this kind of film. The award-winning thing aside, let's look at the plot first. The plot of the film is very simple, and it can be seen that whether it wins or not has nothing to do with the complexity of the plot of the film. The plot is summarized as follows: Before becoming a real nun and taking oath, nun Ada started her first journey outside the monastery to find her aunt; her aunt who was a judge took her on a journey to find Ada's life experience. In the process, the tragic history of Poland before and after the Nazis was revealed, and it also showed the current situation of Poland's society at that time. This journey had a major impact on both Ada and her aunt. Aunt committed suicide by jumping off a building, while Ada went to the monastery firmly and happily after experiencing love between men and women. The film's review of history and the demonstration of social reality are important content to express, but back in the film, our two protagonists are Ada and Aunt, who are mirror images of each other, and have a sense of self-identity search process. The painful history and the depressing and abnormal real society are not only their living background environment, but also their heavy burden. Aunt was overwhelmed at last, and Ada unloaded and returned to God's arms. One cannot accept his own identity, and the other has an unshakable identification with his identity as a nun. (Oscar's best foreign language film Barbarian Invasion also revealed the sequelae of Poland, Albanians, Poles are always gloomy, the survival of Poles proves the existence of God, etc.) There are many details for this film to spy on For example, the actions of Aunt Wanda before her suicide, Ada's cry when the nun took the oath, etc., cannot be conclusively explained, and Ada's return to the monastery can be interpreted in multiple ways. People's inner world is inherently complicated. The director of this film may not want to tell us the reasons for their every move, but wants to use images to "record" something and wake up the secrets that are sleeping in their hearts. This is how things are. As to what the reason is, it is not known. The most outstanding aspect of "Sister Ida" is its photography. Those who have researched and like to study the composition of cinematography can appreciate every shot of this film. The fat brother felt that the maturity and extreme sophistication of the film's photography had a serious impact on the spirituality that the film hoped to show. certainly, You guys can't be too demanding. There is a movie "Hive Ghost", the first movie that Fat Brother thought of after watching Ada. There are many similarities between the two, and both are highly recognized in photography. But Hive Ghost is the debut of Victor Ailes, known as a genius director in Spain. The film is perfect, and the spirituality is the easiest to show in the debut. The director of this film and his royal photographer are both old men in their sixties who have already made many films, so it may be difficult to get spirituality. Hou Hsiao-hsien once said that his best time is the period before and after filming the film City of Sadness, and after that, some things can't be found. The two popular literary films released this year, Roadside Picnic and Yangtze River Map, are like this contrast. I believe that more friends like the fat brother more like roadside picnics. Some are rough, some are artificial, some are imperfect, but they are spiritual; the picture of the Yangtze River is also perfect in photography, which is amazing, and the story of the movie is also exquisite. But how can not be impressive, like it. For "Sister Ada", a photography department film that needs the most spirituality, there are only a few protagonists moving around, apart from the female body and appearance, in addition to some nice soundtracks, what else can we like about this film? , The fat brother felt that he could only admire it, but he couldn't like it from the bottom of his heart. The film's shooting philosophy runs counter to Tarkovsky's, and it coincides with the shooting philosophy that Tarkovsky opposed in his book "Sculpting Time". The fat brother said this, not to say that you are different from the old tower, it is not good, but if you like the old tower, you will definitely not like this film. The fat brother is also digging deep into the reason why he doesn't like this film. I believe that some friends feel the same as the fat brother. Finally, a few words about Oscar. Friends must know that Oscar likes the icing on the cake. The 16-year-old Son of Saul won the Cannes Grand Prix first. On the one hand, winning awards in other major film festivals to a certain extent shows the quality of the film. On the other hand, the popularity of the winning film must be higher than that of the obscure film, and the Oscar awarding process has a high degree of publicity for the film. requirements. When a penniless film reaches the judges, unless it is particularly good, it is unknown how many of them have the patience to watch it. Of course, in this year's selection of films, there are more high-profile Cannes Palme d'Or winners "Hibernation", as well as "Two Days and One Night" by the Darney Brothers, etc. However, it is not an upset for Ada. This is also the first time Poland has won this award.
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