If this movie simply tells the story of the love between father and son, it will not win back a golden lion, because there are so many similar stories, so I don't need to come together. It is actually about politics. How did the Russian nation after the disintegration find its own way of returning? Fathers left their children for exactly the same length of time as the Soviet Union collapsed, and children without fathers have lost their sense of direction in these 12 years. So, an authoritarian father led them on a trip to a deserted island. But this sudden patriarchy obviously made the children at a loss. All of the above are all political metaphors.
The colors in the film are very cold, except for the red car. There are not many characters in the film, and the scenery is more lonely. It is the dual loneliness of tone and environment that constitute the main theme of the film. For the father, this is a return of how to be a father, and for the child, this is a return of father's love, even though the father has died without exaggeration when they understand this love. When the image of the father first appeared, the composition of the picture was like the scene of the crucifixion of Jesus. How could this not be a metaphor. In fact, it was the return of the hearts of both sides that together completed the last return of the brothers, and they actually went home.
From another perspective, it is the return of Russian cinema. In 1962, Tarkovsky's "Ivan's Childhood" brought back a golden lion for the first time for Russia. And this wait is 40 years. More coincidentally, the directors of the two films are called Andrei, and the younger son Ivan's personality is a bit like Ivan in "Ivan's Childhood". The film was rated by the "New York Times" as "reaffirming and continuing the Russian film thinking represented by Tarkovsky." The
lost brothers returned to the car exhaustedly, and the younger brother accidentally pulled out the faded picture. The photo, but the place where the father should have existed was empty. In the many photos taken by the eldest son during his journey, no father has ever been seen.
[Note] This movie was watched on CCTV-6 at the end of 2005, and only a few drafts were written at the time. It was not fully supplemented until the winter vacation in early 2006. This is probably the beginning of my exploration of the political connotation of the film, and of course its religious imagery. Even if all these are excluded, this is a very beautiful movie in itself, and the story is also good.
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