In 2017, a Spanish film "The Invisible Guest" became a favorite film of the year. Now director Oriol Paul and Netflix's new drama "The Most Innocent" may be my favorite this year. one.
The episode begins with a young potential Matt who accidentally kills someone for stopping a fight at a party. His life has gone from a top student in a university to a murderer in prison to a lawyer partner, and has gone through a process from peak to trough and back to a happy life. But a phone call broke all of this. His wife Olivia disappeared for no apparent reason. In the phone call, she was suspected of cheating and betrayal and swept away the family's property. After being shocked, he decided to work with secret detectives to find the real murderer and find his wife.
Meanwhile, a suspected suicide occurs in a silent monastery. Lorena, who grew up to become a female police officer with determination after the suicide of her police father, is in charge of the case. After investigation, she discovers that the nun may have been murdered, and that the nun once lived a debauched life. So, while searching for the real murderer, she was shocked to discover that the background of this mysterious woman who entered the monastery halfway was not simple.
"The Invisible Guest" is too classic. An unintentional murder case has been described by different people into pieces of a puzzle. The truth is hidden in truth and lies, and it is really unique to obtain it by acting. In this play, the protagonists and supporting actors of each episode are discussed as the protagonists one by one. Everyone's fate is like a cog, and the providence of fate is formed in the inadvertent close operation.
The female police officer serves as a link between the people related to the case ten years ago and the current case. She is a brave and courageous intelligent person, but she is not too wise and close to the demon. Therefore, it is difficult for her to be the most dazzling one in the play, but she happens to be the witness and maintainer of the gear of fate.
The sophistication of this play lies in the reversal, and the interestingness of the reversal lies in the abrupt end of your strokes, I guess. The editing is just right, so the seemingly unremarkable pause has a feeling of scratching the heart, but the result is not stubbornly going in the opposite direction, but leads to the next reversal puzzle through the unexpected plot trend. After the puzzle is solved, it is another puzzle, and the cycle moves forward, gradually splicing out the truth of the case.
Compared with a long-held truth, fate is something more embarrassing and metaphysical. It is mixed with the multi-faceted nature of each person. On the one hand, it is the deep affection for the lover, on the other hand, it is cruel to the sin, and on the other hand, it is the frankness of the present. One side is the concealment of the past, sometimes brave and sometimes cowardly. Because of the complexity, there are too many possibilities in the interlacing, but in the end, the judgment of fate cannot be escaped.
The director is full of respect and curiosity towards women. In "Invisible Guest", the seemingly mild and weak aunt finally became the king of cracking, and the roles of the women in this play are too bright, whether it is the protection of strippers or the policewoman's insistence on justice , This kind of female power is really dazzling and tender, I want to cry.
But this is not represented by the word feminism. When the environment is full of hegemonic violence, women's mutual help and strength are the best resistance.
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