This film can be said to be very particular about the idea of audiovisual conception. Through the most intuitive experience, it can achieve the effect of strongly rendering the film's artistic conception. The composition is very regular, fine and unique, and the mirroring is even more clever. This point is also talked about by everyone. Especially looking at this seemingly quiet, but actually full of crisis and murderous swamp from the perspective of God, coupled with the profound beauty of some long shots, strongly sublimated the style of the film. The photography is also very suitable, the gloomy and sullen color tones filled the whole with a terrible and gloomy atmosphere, coupled with the weird and mysterious music, added a touch of suspenseful tension, and the director also spent a lot of money on the details. Mind, leading the audience to follow the two police detectives, peeling away layer by layer and pushing away the fog. The idea is meticulous and there are few flaws. It can almost be clear from the clues buried before and after, although the names of the four girls who were killed are a bit confusing and easy to make people face. Blind, there are many clues and suspects involved in the case. It is easy to get dizzy when solving a case in the superficial sense, but after reading it carefully, the overall layout and plot are quite clear and reasonable.
In fact, if you don’t pay attention to the time stamp of the title, it is easy to have the illusion that the story takes place in the Middle East. Such a chaotic, poor and backward social scene is really difficult to link with Spain. The film tells about the turbulent period that happened in Spain in the 1980s. One was because of writing "sensitive" articles to the newspaper, and was transferred to the righteous detective Pedro, who was eager to return to Barcelona and was about to be his father. Detective Juan, who is serious and terminally ill, has a short time and has a terrible history. He is investigating the murder of a pair of sisters who are strangely missing. At first, there are many doubts, and slowly clues surface. The deer hunter without identification; cheating and selfish. Dad; a drug trafficking organization that provides clues; a handsome pot who specializes in seducing girls; a victim girl who keeps talking and confides; a rich and powerful behind-the-scenes man with a cologne hat and watch; a ruthless mysterious janitor murderer; Although the girl stabbed the murderer to be rescued in the end, it seems that the truth is revealed, but there is actually a potential crisis that is more worthy of fun and vigilance behind it.
The performances of the two actors are very solid. They belong to a steady and steady acting school. They seem to be two poker faces that don't show their inner emotions. They have the composure and calmness that a policeman should have. However, as the plot progresses, the cruel and ugly reality backlogs His emotions erupted one after another, and through Juan's agitated and even violent methods of solving crimes, he had a close connection and inference with his previous sensitive identity. In fact, the two of them are not very well. One is the detective "Xue Zang" who cannot stay with his wife and children. Needless to say, his inner distress and depression need not be said. Juan is even more complicated. He suddenly fainted and added "Goddess" after he urinates. "The implication is undoubtedly approaching, and he has a bit of understanding of his private play, and he disclosed his previous identity through the mouth of a reporter, a fascist who has been cruel and ruthless, and Juan, who is also a black and white identity. In the vague area of justice and the dark belly of the past, this movie also casts a shadow of human nature that is difficult to clean and distinguish.
Spain was in a special period at that time. The political situation was turbulent and the society was in chaos. It was selling dog meat on the face of sheep. On the surface it was under the banner of democracy and freedom. It was hypocritically doing surface work. In fact, it still used the means and posture of a dictator to squeeze and exploit the people. The truth of the case It is just an explanation and answer that floats on the surface. It is the key to see the hidden truth. The presentation and reflection on the social reality at that time is the fundamental. Everyone hopes to live a stable and prosperous life, so some people try to find ways Want to leave, some people want to change their destiny and embark on the road of no return. Seeing the father who sells drugs and buys a car, he does not hesitate to take his daughter’s money to pay off his debts; just to have a safe job, he was deceived and abused. The girls who were threatened until they sacrificed their lives in vain; the hegemons who constantly suppressed the working class; and the "justice system" that was intimidated and coexisted, intertwined into the bad society at the time, like those pieces of dead and deserted. The swamp, with a strong smell of stench and corruption, exudes unpredictable powerful hidden dangers.
The director’s shooting technique is quite a set. The two episodes of Pedro chasing the car and catching the murderer in the rain are very eye-catching, and the heart is hanging in his throat. The emotions rise and fall with the tense rhythm and the temptation of suspense, which is fascinating. The several intervening shots of the birds seemed to bring a hint of anxiety. In the end, the intriguing and unconventional ending added a deep goodwill to the film. When the last two were about to leave, Juan said He said: "We are the same as always, are we?" The tacitly hesitated Pedro's expression was solemnly hesitating, the world is fickle, cruel reality, and human nature is indistinguishable. It is useless to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. In the social reality that was full of filth and injustice at the time, cases of betting on fate and giving life will undoubtedly continue. Returning to the two male protagonists, the case is solved, the mission seems to be successfully completed, and he became a hero on the news, while Juan’s dark history and life are about to end, Pedro, the incarnation of justice, fought a beautiful turnaround. , Also injected a hint of meaningful meaning into the era of leaving the old and welcoming the new.
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