May the benevolent be free from my claws.
Lajli’s feature film debut "Les Miserables" may be the closest to last year's Cannes Palme d’Or in my mind. The questioning of racial immigration and the humanistic care it reveals are rare in the movies of this era. , Perhaps it is not that perfect, but it is explosive and impactful enough, just like the character Isa in the film, under the unswerving appearance is a huge force that rolls over and cannot be stopped.
"Les Miserables" is an expansion of Lajli’s short film of the same name. It was shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes in 2019 and won the Jury Award. It also represented France in the 2020 Oscars for the best international film award, and eventually lost to Feng Junhao "Parasites."
Here is a weekly limit for the 48th issue of the "Spring Cattle Herding Class". The movie for this issue is "Les Miserables".
The problem of racial immigration in France has a long history and can be traced back to the Paris riots in 2005. At that time, two African Muslims broke into a substation while evading police chase and were electrocuted to death. The incident triggered hundreds of young people to take to the streets to protest, violently clash with the police, and cause riots. This outbreak has revealed the long-term racial contradictions accumulated in French history, the intensity of which cannot be covered up. Due to the decline in the fertility rate in France in the 20th century, a large number of immigrants from North Africa began to be absorbed. The religious beliefs (Islam) of these immigrants were incompatible with mainstream French society, resulting in a situation where it was impossible to "dialogue". In addition, the unemployment rate of the African-American population remained high. It has become a great social instability factor. This is a riot landmine that has been planted decades ago, and it is almost impossible to completely eliminate it.
The beginning of "Les Miserables" shows a picture of great unity in the context of France's victory in the 2018 World Cup. That moment is the only moment when everyone throws aside their prejudices and celebrates together. After that, all this disappears, and the rest is The noisy daily life of the violent neighborhood. "Lion was stolen" as a dagger, split apart the wrangling and biting of various forces in the 93 province, of course, there is still a higher force hanging on their heads-law enforcement. Two veteran police officers and a rookie policeman were in the process of catching Issa (an African-American teenager) who stole the lion. One of them missed his hand and shot and wounded Issa. The scene of "violent law enforcement" happened to be another one. The video was taken by a drone of an African-American teenager, and the video was handed over to Salah, the leader of the black power. Afterwards, the three police officers seemed to resolve the immediate crisis through peaceful negotiations, but they fell into an even more violent abyss. In the end, the confrontation stopped abruptly. By the way, Victor Hugo’s words in "Les Miserables" were thrown out as the finishing touch of the film, that is, "There are no bad guys in the world, and there are no bad guys. Crops, there are only bad farmers . ”
Why did things develop to this point? This is a question worthy of in-depth consideration. Every link inevitably leads the dispute to a situation of undifferentiated violence, and the spearhead is directed at a higher power and a stronger force, such as the French ZF. Director Rajli had used a camera to record images of the Paris riots in the 2006 short film "The 365 Days of Clichy-Monfermeil". He must have been paying close attention to the occurrence of such problems a long time ago, and may also think Whether there is a possibility to resolve the conflict. At the end of the feature film of "Les Miserables", he threw such questions to the audience. In this film, he was only responsible for asking questions, not giving solutions. Rajli borrowed the shell of Hugo’s Les Misérables to incorporate his own political expression, and in the end he cleverly shared the theme of Les Misérables in the same way, and it is no less advanced.
Little Issa holding a Molotov cocktail and the white policeman holding a gun are in a stalemate of "one high and one low." What happens next is not important, what matters is why this happened. There is such a kind of film, the humanistic care it carries, and the political demands it expresses absolutely transcend countries and languages. You can find the corresponding examples of the film referred to by your side and make comparisons, such as what happened in HK last year. of.
My rating: 8.5
The scores of other members of the viewing group are as follows:
Yi Li: A score of 7.5 does not provide the viewer with a clear empathy focus. Both parties to the conflict have their own pitiful and hateful aspects. However, Rajili chose to stand between the two parties, using the camera as a gun to describe the chaos and scrutiny. Beings; mature genre construction and super high degree of completion blend, belonging to the symbolic counterpoint relationship between the lion and the child, and a miniature of the French picture called "The Miserable World"; one of the more interesting points is that you can In this film, I see a lot of the shadows of its competitors, urban focus, third-party God’s perspective, thinking about the system and class, etc., but on the other hand, the sense of power that Rajili gives to this film is unique and irreplaceable. .
Stork hesitated: 8.5 points of violent invasion, camera aggression. The neighbourhood under racial fusion, the blurred faces in the dispute, gaze with tears raised up the pistol. How will the infinitely digging charm brought by hand-held photography and aerial photography to the film, and the seeds of violence left behind, grow?
HarperYug: 8.5 points
Stiles: 8 points for scheduling as a debut is also amazing. The smooth transition between handheld and aerial photography involves us in a vortex of constantly switching perspectives. The two moods of "substituting" struggle and overlooking everything pull back and forth. Every time we want to cry but can't come down, we can only shiver constantly. Each character is placed in a predetermined position, and at the same time is given a special meaning that the role represents. Such a highly "designed" story achieves a strong mapping of the social environment and incorporates thinking about multiple issues such as sociology. It is really precious. The ending is great.
An empty song into a song: 8 minutes when the police also began to use violence to solve what will become when the people start to resist the world, only one of the three police officers is a tender police never apologized because they did everything right After reading it, I also understand why the name "Do you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry man" is used in "Les Miserables"
Kaomaru: 9 points continued the hand-held and oppressed mother short film, the ubiquitous camera, documentary zoom capture, the rough sense of reality gives us all judgments, and the aerial bird's-eye view shooting gives all the characters to fate. At the beginning of the World Cup celebration at the Arc de Triomphe, the flag-covered carnival directly makes you fall into this already immigrant France with different skin colors. You know that behind this laughter, you are already devastated. In France of immigrants, poor people, and second-class citizens, various immigrant communities are isolated from the mainstream, and oppose each other in impoverished communities. The issue of immigration identity has not been resolved under the progress of the times. There is only a vicious circle of one report for another. From the great riots in 2005, we have seen a France that is getting worse and worse, and we, entering the 20s, will We will see more "miserable world" in Europe and the whole world.
The Robbers of Baker Street: 7 points, this world won't be better
When violence becomes the norm, everyone will only feel that they are aggrieved from beginning to end. The contradiction is escalated step by step. Naturally, no one wants to reconcile and resolve what they think is only self. If the maximization of preservation and benefit, the ultimate outbreak is inevitable. It will be difficult to end
Supremacyacron: On the surface, 8 points seem to be an indictment of public power, but in fact it is also a true portrayal of the life of the bottom black people in France. In the 18th World Cup, France's victory in the championship also made the soil here even more crazy, but this is not enough to become a breeding ground for evil. The film clearly shows that there is complete antagonism between races. The three police officers, the white policeman is the most official and the most arrogant. The black policeman who fired the gun and the ethnic minority with the memory card both acted and lived. The quality of the above is obviously low. From the point of view of contradictions, the conflict between the black police and the final revenge of the teenagers gradually splits from the inside to the outside. In this regard, the control is actually pretty good.
Bentu Gil: There is always a sin on the side that is not illuminated by the sun at 8.5 points. It fully shows the most typical "sense of movement" of French movies. Various follow-ups, drones, zoom lenses and handhelds bring strong restlessness. Feeling too stable. In the last segment, it is adrenaline rushing to enter the residential building as a battle of trapped beasts, which has a more constrained space oppression than McDonald's "Province and Hong Kong Flagmen". In the miserable world of Sin City, the new generation is going to fight the old guns, but when the atmosphere is at its climax, it suddenly ends with an open ending. It is nothing more than Chen Guibin's sentence: "You are no different from others when you shoot."
Daydream: The reality of Paris under 7 minutes of sunshine. Several deep-focus shots are amazing, and the suspense at the end gradually darkens and even feels like iris. Is it echoing Victor's original work? The scene scheduling and composition are quite daily. Although it is a movie full of intense conflict, the narrative structure is still loose, and the rhythm of the middle part is remarkable, and its practical significance is far greater than the film itself.
mdr skywalker: 8.5 points are rare, mature and powerful as a debut work. The shot directly points to the core of racial contradictions. It also truly reflects the life of the people at the bottom, although they only chose a small pattern of one block, they did not reduce the impact and shock that they brought. The first half is to establish contradictions through small things. The last rebellion scene completely erupts the intense anger. When the people’s backlog of anger reaches its peak, it becomes a resistance to power, and the party representing power is also very interesting. The three people in the police are also clearly divided into ranks, and there are also obvious differences in their attitudes towards the people at the bottom, but in the end they will inevitably fall victim to the struggle. The aerial footage of the drone and the mental abuse scenes of the lion cage are very impactful, and the differences in class can be seen at a glance.
wild life: 9 points for all discrimination, prejudice, and immigration issues. It looks pretty cool. The plot is very tight. It can't stop for a moment. When I think the storm has subsided, there is a big battle at the end, which is too cruel. , The dispatcher was very energetic, and was mad at the three policemen, and the moment that came to an abrupt end was a little bit unfulfilled, wonderful.
Susu Susu Susu: 7 points
Lead Paper Crane: 7.5 points to severely condemn certain directors. The country has a good side and does not shoot. It focuses on those negative shots and tries to participate in the Oscar for best international film. It is really embarrassing to go abroad. Some movie awards are given back to the best film, which is simply outrageous. I suggest banning them all in the future. Can't you shoot so many beautiful scenery, culture, love, Louvre, Senna, broken wheel, iron tower in France? Don't the people in the old districts want face because they always think about making a revolution? Aren’t these contradictions all caused during the permanent residence, why didn’t they talk at the time? There are some viewers who still watch, just say you, the lion cub lost it and lost it. As for those who use their swords and guns, look at some countries, it doesn't matter if the bicycle is lost, what kind of bicycle is needed.
Fish wheat wheat: 6.5 points
The community culture on the margins of Alex 8 is portrayed truly. Crime seems to have become a must-have resume. Children go unattended and take to the streets to become gangsters. Police abused power, covered the sky with only one hand, the mayor colluded left and right, black and white, all the social rules we took for granted were all invalid, the text was solid, the several transitions were beautiful, and the mixed comedy elements were also very pleasing. Religious and ethnic issues have emerged in the conflict, and it seems difficult to stand aside, because the people on both sides are hateful. There are no evil people, no evil things, and some are just petri dishes that breed evil.
Kiwi Killer: 7.5 points
Kind Haozi: 8 points
Flower in the bottom of the leaf: 8 points
Dust of Time: 6 points
Dong Xiao_: 8 points. This is an unending story. It is not yet known where it will go in the future. Disrespect is contradiction. If the contradiction cannot be released, anger will occur. If the backlog of anger will erupt for a long time, it will either resist or degenerate. The original sin of law enforcers can represent the supreme law. If the law is right and the people are right, then the problem It's probably due to those who enforce the law. I really like the fragments of life inserted between two major conflicts, which relieve the tension and pave the way for a bigger crisis.
Polaris.J: 8.8 points
Zhensheng: 7.8 points to my surprise is that the film took the title of Hugo's masterpiece "Les Miserables", but the whole film did not have the grandiose foreshadowing imagined by conventional consciousness, but focused on the conflicts between urban little people. It is not repeating history, it is using the core of "Les Miserables" to portray the contemporary.
"There are never bad weeds or bad people, only bad growers." In a word, the director criticized the ruling class, with the overlap of race and religion. The marginal figures bred in this chaotic soil are not the embarrassment of his population, but a cry of freedom.
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