This film is inconspicuous in every way, and the subject matter is not new, it is nothing more than the gain and loss of family affection and happiness. But I don't seem to have seen one that completely puts down the air and explores this issue in the most lifelike way like this film. So the good thing about this film is that it is "inconspicuous", so it looks very plain and kind, just like listening to the old aunt next door quietly talking about the life of these many years, maybe it is the ordinary trivial life, but inadvertently There is a kind of heaviness and lamentation of the years. This film is particularly flat about life, and finally can dig out the truth of life, which is what other works can't achieve.
In general, the film adopts a kind of approach that is promoted first and then suppressed. The first half was uneventful. After the heroine was released from prison, she lived with her sister, re-acquainted with the world and regained her family. It was quite a step-by-step process, but at the moment when the heroine seemed to be happy when she returned to her family, the film was torn apart decisively. We have lifted the "veil of tenderness" and brought the essential problems that we have not yet realized before our eyes. This is the complexity of life. Life will never go step by step and be smooth sailing. It must require you to truly face your heart, take the initiative to smooth the wounds, and adapt to the world. It's not a dream, it's not even beautiful, it's a living reality. The film tells us that life is not a child playing a house, it is really a test that you need to overcome. This is similar to the theme of [Rachel Getting Married], but the difficulties of life described in that film are mainly in the scope of interpersonal relationships, and what this film reveals is really life itself. In fact, if you really pay attention to the details in the film, you will find that the transition between Yang and Yin is not abrupt. The heroine has always had a kind of fear, confusion and anxiety about life in her subconscious, which is the window paper that will be pierced sooner or later. It is impossible to achieve happiness in life without attaining inner peace.
The film interprets this theme so completely thanks to the performance of Kristin Scott Thomas. Her performances are similar to last year's Julie Christine in terms of type. They are all ingenious and simple, with no skills at all, and all the details are very plump, very smooth, and natural. In fact, the performance of this role is extremely difficult and requires very complex psychological characterization. For example, the fear, confusion, and anxiety about life in the subconscious of the heroine mentioned above, which exist in the subconscious but are at the bottom of a person's soul It's hard to show what you want, but KST managed to do it. Not only that, the inner contradictions of the heroine (anxiety and desire for happiness), the transformation of her mind from restlessness to tranquility, her determination to face herself bravely, etc. These inner complexities are not represented by a clear role. , it depends entirely on the details of the actor himself. And all of these things KST has captured, not only perfectly expressed, but also all organically blended together, appearing particularly plump. The successful performance of KST this time has greatly proved that the performance mode of "acting as the foundation, using emotions to bring out the heart" is the kingly way to overcome difficult psychological performances.
This film makes people look very comfortable, who said it is not contrived at all, so it makes people feel very simple and cute. There are also immature directors in terms of skill, but it is rare to have such a pure and sincere film, and it can make us touch life. What is life? There is no happiness that looks beautiful, there is no happy comedy, it is quiet, in the ordinary life, in the inner struggle again and again, I finally no longer fear the world, and get the unremarkable but down-to-earth. Warmth - this is life.
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