Youth is a hurdle in everyone's life, and after passing it is the starting point of the next stop. The theme of youth is also a good material for filmmakers to feel in a timely manner. They use the enthusiasm and indulgence of youth to indicate that they still have a moving heart. "Wild Horse" is another discussion about youth, but the issues it touches are far more than the pain of youth.
Five beautiful and lively sisters live with their grandmother and uncle in a traditionally isolated village. The premature absence of the parents made the family put too much hope and emotion on the five sisters. After an emergency, this sustenance became a blockbuster that destroyed the five sisters. Because the five sisters went into the water with the boys after school, and even splashed water on each other while riding on the necks of the boys, they were discovered by the good neighbors and told their grandmother instead. Since then, the five girls have been kept at home. Since it is considered unclean and unclean to ride on boys, they can only receive "strict education" by their grandmother and invited ladies at home. , in other words, what a wife and mother should do.
Of course the girls refused to admit defeat, especially La Lei, the youngest among them. From cursing whistleblowers to rebelling against family restraints, girls break down the prejudices imposed by the world again and again and bravely fight for their rights. until the grandmother decided to marry them. The eldest sister married the person she had always liked, the second sister was forced to marry a blind date she never knew, and the third sister used a pistol to free herself. So only the younger fourth sister and Lalei were left.
Laleigh, always this fearless girl never throws her life into the old chains. Everyone in this chain regards the old traditions as the main thing, imprisoning all new things, even things that can bring benefits. Locking people in closed and orderly circles allows everything in the village to proceed in an orderly, inter-generational, cycle-by-cycle process. When the second sister wept alone at the wedding, Laleigh gave her a reason to abandon the marriage; when the third sister met her blind date, Lale destroyed the visitors' gifts and tea. So when the fourth sister was faced with the same predicament, it was not difficult to trace what Lalei did.
The theme of "escape" is no stranger to audiences, escape from prison, escape from family, escape from an uncomfortable relationship, and in these stories, it often ends with the escapee paying a huge price. Just like in "Death of the Virgin", the five sisters are also bound by the traditional concept of family, but the difference is that the imprisonment in "Wild Horse" comes from the words around the family, from neighbors, from old people, from For everyone who follows the iron rules. This kind of power is soft and tenacious. It is extremely powerful. It is hidden in daily life but difficult to reveal, trapped in it but difficult to break. Laleigh is the best person to change this situation. She did, becoming the ultimate hope of the five sisters.
The story of "Mustang" is not the first story about "escape", and its excellence is also reflected in the beautiful lighting, editing and strong regional characteristics. Most of the shots in the whole film use bright soft light to show the youthful beauty of the girls. It is not difficult to see the deep feelings of the five children and their desire for a free life. Although they have their own different life paths, at a certain moment, the interweaving of the five lives played the strongest voice of youth. The regional wedding scene is also one of the interesting parts (whether the wedding soundtrack is appropriate remains to be verified), and the music, wine and dance add a cheerful atmosphere to the solemn story. As the story progresses, the director employs several suggestive cuts, with different perspectives and camera cuts suggesting that the girls' uncles may be acting inappropriately. However, unfortunately, because the description of the camera is too brief, the meaning of the plot is unclear, which leads to a critical deviation of the audience's speculation about the plot. This makes the overall development of the story incomplete and the conflict is slightly less heated.
In any case, as a female director, Denise Aegwynn gave the film the most ample fantasy and beauty. When Lalei took the initiative to find a young truck driver to learn to drive, a pair of conspicuous red high-heeled shoes was enough to show Lalei's growth and the awakening of female self-awareness. It stands to reason that "breakthrough" and "escape" are not necessarily associated with gender awareness, but the clear beauty that these red high heels add to the film makes the film have a different style. It's not new, but it's so lively and real. That's one of the reasons it's so endearing.
At the end of the film, Lalei and the fourth sister finally escaped from their long-held family and ran to Istanbul, a fascinating metropolis. Whether Istanbul can completely free them from the fate of reincarnation is not yet known. This is a long and difficult proposition, but at least the little sisters on the screen are in the new light of the big city.
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