One perspective: what does Zuozhen represent

Jennie 2022-01-14 08:01:04

On this movie poster, the calm and mature face of Zuo Zhen against the distant mountains and plains in the setting sun, as if staring at a person.
When she moved towards a new life, Nicola said to her: You should thank Matteo, he made you come out.
One night a few years ago, Matteo brought Zozhen, who had just met her recently, out of the cage where she was illegally electrocutioned, but her father only cared about the well-being of her small family now and refused to keep her at home. This time, what seemed to outsiders to be a crazy and unreasonable rescue, Yi Zuozhen was taken away and led to the unknown but already destined destination and ended. After thinking hard, Mateo, who was unable to change the result of this failure, resolutely abandoned his pen and went to the army. Saying goodbye to his supposedly bright future, and starting a game with his life as a bet.
A few years later, when Nicholas, who was entering middle age, remembered his own brother, he said: He is like Achilles, full of courage and sorrow.
Matteo represents the generation of people who tried to break through the difficulties of the Italian nation (director's words), and Zuozhen is the beautiful totem of the nation in his mind.
Madness.. Mateo.. Madness. In the end, this Mateo who has been struggling with himself in his heart, unable to coexist with the world, cannot face the perfect but still madness of Zozhen (nation). Matteo chose to end his life, leaving only his back that was lonely than fireworks.
Although he has all kinds of minor problems, his character determines that he cannot have sincere friends like Nikolai, and he cannot be loved by almost everyone like Nikolai, but he also loves everyone around him. , It's just that he doesn't show it easily from you. And his fraternity for the whole nation almost arbitrarily and the sense of mission that seemed to be imposed on him eventually overwhelmed him. Say those words gently: Happy New Year and then completed that light leap with a disillusioned desolation.
In the end, under Nikolai's unremitting efforts, Zuozhen gradually recovered. Just like the gradual recovery of the Italian nation, with the courage to question the heroes who had dedicated her life in the past, she walked out of her self-confidence. This time, the one who greeted her was no longer panic and at a loss; this time, the one who greeted her was no longer failure. And those heroes, those heroes who have failed, she has firmly remembered.
When Anjo lived in the era when his parents wanted to see "they should see new things", and followed the footsteps of his parents, fulfilling their unfulfilled long-cherished wish, exclaiming "Life is so beautiful" At this time, it can be regarded as a kind of comfort to those heroes.
Victory belongs to those who are alive, dead, upright and full of love in their hearts!

Maybe everyone sees a movie from a different angle, what they see and what they think of are also different. In any case, this smooth masterpiece that leaves a lot of room for thought fully demonstrates the charm of the movie. Thanks for the movie!

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  • Drake 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    For an extremely impatient person like me, this is a horribly bad movie =. =

  • Olen 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    6/10. The inspection of the fate of the individual goes beyond ideological confrontation, filming the riots on the streets of Turin, using the medium panoramic view to blur the attire and faces of the police and leftists, only from a distance, and showing the patients who have been harmed by state institutions, corrupt people. The officials were given the right to speak, not only could they see the mute who accused the doctor of inhuman abuse in the court, and the helplessness who could only nod and shake his head during the presentation, but also could hear the officials who attempted suicide defending Nikolai. In a social environment where corruption is accustomed to him, he was just unfortunate enough to hit the gun. The display of family pictures is full of poetic fragments: in the lies of an economic miracle, the father clamors to sell the family fortune to invest in the business; in the open-air restaurant, the brothers and Zo-jin prankly cheer for the Korean team, and Zo-jin is outside the grocery store being taken away. Face to face with Madio; the young volunteers' book-saving campaign during the flood, Julia's piano sound immersed in Nicola's heart, but the peaceful family could not appease her passion for joining the Red Brigade; the New Year's Eve with splendid fireworks, could not be compared with Madio of world reconciliation leaps forward. Nevertheless, from the plot to the emotion is too common and plain, not like a movie but like a single play.

The Best of Youth quotes

  • Sara Carati, adult: What should I do?

    Nicola Carati: I don't know, it depends on how strong you feel... Are you happy now?

    Sara Carati, adult: Of course I am!

    Nicola Carati: Then, it's time to be generous

  • Sicilian Commissario: What were you looking for, joining the Police?

    Matteo Carati: I wanted some rules.

    Sicilian Commissario: And what do you do, with these rules?

    Matteo Carati: I apply them