difficult life

Summer 2022-12-15 15:50:53

It's a movie that I don't understand very much, and I don't quite understand what it is trying to express.
Guess the surface is the father's love, the father's expression.
Furthermore, it is thinking about life, what is a person's life for, working in a big company like a daughter is numb, or living and working in peace and contentment like a farmer. Life is dull, and people who are busy are always empty inside.

Dont lose your
historical perspective: The German generation born after World War II has a simple way of thinking, all social classes have a common obsession, they believe that Nazism will not come back, their enemies are clear, when they educate their children, they pay attention to humanity and humanity, Encourage them to choose freely. These people solve problems with humor. But Germany under the lens of Ines is different. It dominates the political and economic structure of the EU, financial capital prevails, liberal capitalism is in power, and the tide of globalization is surging. Under such a large environment, many German companies have entered Romania and changed In the local family-oriented production organization, in order to obtain greater benefits, layoffs have become a necessary process. It seems that there is only a connection of interests between people, and the distinction between high and low is also very clear. I don’t like the big words of enjoying a happy life. Care about real output and results.

Professional point of view: The dissolution of real space, from Germany to Romania, we can't tell the difference. Reality no longer comes from specific space and time, but the performance of characters, which is a new form of real imagery.

Only in retrospect can we discover the moment when it really happened, and we don’t know it when it happened. This kind of hindsight realization, what the father’s actions tell his daughter is not to have fun in time, but how to Don't lose your sense of humor under strict social rules. Don't lose your humor.
The way of expression gives the audience the initiative. The director never completely denied or affirmed anything, never wrote his own criticism into the film, but gave you a scene, threw a question to you, and let you find it yourself Answers and critical entry points, find what you need. Full open-ended plot.

A meaningful life and an interesting life are often at the opposite end of the spectrum.

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Extended Reading

Toni Erdmann quotes

  • Winfried Conradi alias Toni Erdmann: No concept makes sense without the client.

  • Ines Conradi: I don't want to lose my bite.