"Everyone died of their own class illness. If there is no war, everyone is equal." A very unexpected film, the director's anti-war ideology runs through the whole film. Whether it is the transnational friendship between Podio and Rofenstein, the other two’s escape from prison and their feelings with German women, they all described their aversion to war with extreme restraint and calm. I like a group of people to sing a song that belongs to France, I like a concert with a wonderful mix of flutes and pots and pans, and I like Bodio's solo.
The details are great, and the lens language doesn’t need to be said. The harmonica secretly sent by the German soldiers, the flower that Rofinstein planted for him after Podio's death, the farewell of Podio and his comrades before he escaped from prison, and the fading voice of the French officer when he left in anger. Space and emotion blend with each other, which is very charming.
It's not a tragedy of individual heroism, every character is extraordinarily vivid.
Secretly speaking, Bodio is too attractive, and he wants to babble for him!
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