Although "After the Wedding" is a film movie, the realism in it is still rushing. The film did not follow the usual process. The process of watching the film was actually going on at the same time as the protagonist Jacob. Basically, I don’t know what will happen next. This may be the biggest difference between a real movie and a dream commercial movie. Place. However, every character's choice in the film has its inherent emotional basis, and the characters in the whole story are full and true.
The director Susanna used a lot of close-ups when shooting this film, especially the close-ups of the eyes are very expressive. Although this result has played a more perceptual portrayal of the characters’ hearts on the one hand, it has also changed the rhythm on the other hand. It has become a lot slower, but it is this slow rhythm that makes people feel the emotions of the characters in this story, as if it is a deep pool of water, which contains infinite power.
The first scene of the film starts with a dilapidated Indian street scene. Jacob is working on saving children in Impression. Due to financial problems, he has to go to Denmark to seek financial help. But for this Danish who has been away from his home country for 20 years, perhaps the orphan in India makes him feel at home. The changes in Denmark have been so great that it can only exist in his own memory, so he first entered the hotel. That scene fully demonstrated this gap between Jacob and Denmark.
The estrangement continued. When Qiao Zhen, the big boss, appeared in front of Jacob, his domineering attitude and the indomitable sense of superiority made Jacob feel unprecedented contempt, but for those in India Children, he must continue to stay in Denmark and promise Qiao Zhen to attend the wedding of his daughter Anna. But I didn't expect that it was this wedding that changed Jacob's destiny.
Perhaps things in the world are just such a coincidence that Joe Zhen’s wife Helen was Jacob’s lover 20 years ago, and more importantly, the eye-catching Anna at the wedding turned out to be Jacob’s daughter. All this seems to be dreamlike, and Jacob suddenly remembered the days of 20 years ago, so his identity as a rescuer was temporarily thrown aside. In front of Helen, Jacob and Georgon His identities are equal, and more importantly, in front of Anna, he obviously has an extremely important position.
The plot is as expected. Jacob, an outsider, destroys the tranquility of Qiaozhen's family. At this time, there was a fork in the film, and there were many possibilities to be placed in front of the director, or the film continued this destroyed peace, then this film became the story of the two men Qiao Zhen and Jacob , Or the film will return to twenty years ago, the story of an alcoholic man and a man who loves him and hates him, Helen and Jacob will write a perhaps heart-piercing love story for the audience.
But in fact, Director Susanna did not do the above two treatments, but minimized this kind of destruction in the tranquility. A quarrel in the kitchen and a father and daughter in the hotel met, and the tranquility was restored. . Obviously, in this treatment, the three parties involved were extremely restrained. They all seemed to understand the past of others quickly, including the young Anna. Although he blamed his mother for the lie, he quickly forgiven it. Everything. In fact, for 20 years, Anna's thoughts are probably more important than the three involved. Her understanding of the previous generation is a kind of real tolerance.
The matter was over easily, so Jacob continued to negotiate with Qiao Zhen about donations, but the two men were drunk. Although the confession of relatives has passed, there is no doubt that Jacob's appearance is still a threat to Joe, especially his identity as an adoptive father, he can no longer get all of Anna's love. However, Qiao Zhen knew very well that even if Jacob did not show up, his love for his wife's house and daughter might not last long, because he was terminally ill.
A terminally ill person, he is actually not particularly interested in the donations made by Jacob. The kind of social celebrities who use donations to show off his identity is no longer tempting to him. Qiao really cares more about it. Beautiful wife with cute children. In this case, he made an amazing decision to transfer all the belongings to Jacob, and let Jacob take care of Helen and his three daughters.
But this behavior is a kind of charity in Jacob's eyes. Although he knew that Joe was really sick, he could not accept this kind of charity. The dignity contest between the two men appeared at this moment. But in fact, only Jacob thought so, and Joe really didn't get his understanding.
But at this moment, Anna’s husband betrayed Anna. To be honest, the setting of this plot looks somewhat axious, and its purpose is very obvious, but it does not affect the character in the whole film. understand. This incident obviously touched Jacob. The inexplicable dignity had to be let go. He felt the responsibility and understood Joe's real trust. Obviously, this is a continuation of responsibility and love between men.
It is very worth mentioning about Qiao Zhen’s behavior before his death. A man who arranged his funeral arrangements stroking his wife’s buttocks for the last time and crying in his wife’s arms. All of this shows his love for the world. A kind of nostalgia, obviously, entrusting everything to Jacob is by no means a temporary kindness, but just an act of last resort, perhaps this is more in line with the state of a real person before his death. It can also be seen that the role of Qiao Zhen in the film is actually the most contradictory, and this contradiction is so realistic that maybe everyone will encounter a situation.
With infinite nostalgia, Qiao Zhen passed away. At the funeral, when Jacob put the zipper on Qiao Zhen’s child, we could see a smile on Helen’s face. Nothing changed, nothing changed. Just the male host, Jacob replaced Qiao Zhen as a symbol of love.
When returning to India to pack up, the orphan who had been regarded as his son by Jacob was reluctant to leave India. The young heart was left with his hometown, nothing more. Therefore, this is a film that has nothing to do with wealth, love and family will continue!
Han Xi
2007-3-16 in Tongzhou
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