At the beginning of the film, the audience was told that this story took place in 1995, somewhere in the Balkans.
There have always been many contradictions in the Balkans, including religious contradictions and territorial disputes. Due to the geopolitical importance of the peninsula, the interference of foreign powers caused the conflicts in this area to be frequently amplified into wars, so it is also known as the European gunpowder depot .
In 1995, NATO ground and air forces launched ground and air attacks against Serb forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
If you don’t know much about the disputes in the Balkans, don’t worry too much. The film will gradually spread these out. Even if it is possible, it is still not possible to deeply understand these conflicts, but there is one thing that the film shows very well: the war and the inner tension caused by the war. Against this background, the reason why this movie is still recommended to friends during the Spring Festival is that it is a comedy , but it is a comedy with depth .
Although in the context of war, it is a vibrant and powerful movie. There are many humorous and pleasant elements in the film. Under such a background and geographical environment, perhaps this comedy will make you feel empty and bored after watching it. (O(∩_∩)O haha~)
This is a story about a rope.
In the area where the protagonist’s team is located, there are only three wells supplying water. Two of them were bought with landmines. It takes a long time to clear the mines. The other, the one facing the protagonists, was artificially thrown into a corpse. , And he is decomposing-this will pollute the water source and cause drinking water problems for civilians. The protagonists need a rope to tie him and drag the body out.
It seems to be a very simple thing, but in the story it becomes a task that requires a lot of trouble and is impossible to complete-this also sets the ridiculous tone of the story.
The composition of our team, the small humanitarian rescue team is also simple: security chief Mamburu, who is the central figure of the team and the head of this group of rescuers. He is the person who keeps the balance of the team, or at least the person who tries to keep the balance of the team. But in the execution of the task, he resisted the bureaucracy.
Experienced "driver" expert B. His role brings experience, self-confidence to the team, but also tenderness, sense of humor, and the wildness necessary for survival in wartime. B looks like a "funny". He can have fun in hardship, has his own set, and often looks "unreliable", but he cares very much about his work and the people of the Balkans.
Sophie is a new member of this team, a water purification expert. There is something natural about her, pure and transparent, just like water. She gradually understood the working methods of the region, wars, and teams from the state of being a "rookie".
Katya, a conflict assessment analyst, she will stay in the team for 4 days and then decide whether to stay or leave the team. Her appearance brought more conflicts to the story: She felt that this group of people should go home to live a normal life-everything they did here was useless, and the members of the team did not think so. Katya is a strong woman, keen, smart, but also injured. Olga is a brave actress who has created a character full of nuance, meanness and sense of humor.
Translator Damir is elegant and dignified, and his sense of comedy is delicate. He seems to keep an absolute distance from the tragedy/sorrowful thing, maybe he is used to it. He is a symbol of the dignity, pride and composure of the Balkan people during the tragic years of war.
Now, this story is about the story of such a team trying to find a rope long enough to salvage the body. It is a microcosm of war. But it is presented in a simple and humorous way.
The story setting is also very traditional and simple: the protagonists have a goal, but before reaching the goal, one obstacle after another prevents them. There may be ropes in the shop, but when B and Damir arrive, the boss will not sell them; the supply station hangs the flag ropes, but it is impossible to give them; Mambru draws a knife to help, and has to bring the little boy into the car Nicholas has a rope at home, but a vicious dog is tied to the rope, and even a ham sausage that has been given a narcotic can not subdue it; Mambru goes to the bombed Nikolai’s house to fetch basketballs. I accidentally found another rope, a rope long enough, but what is the other end of the rope? When they got the rope, tied the corpse, they were about to pull it up-everything looked perfect, but the government stopped it. The corpse hanging in the well was thrown back into the well.
Regarding war, the film emphasizes absurdity and human incomprehensibility. The humor and pleasure of the movie are presented through the characterization and the portrayal of details, which will be explained a little later. The repeated use of the plot creates humor:
- A bomb was buried next to the cow: The first time B took Sophie Lu and met a dead cow in the middle of the road, B was analyzing again, and flipping through his notebook, and wanted to draw a conclusion: walk on the left side of the cow It is better to walk on the right to avoid the mines planted by "I don't know who it is." In the end, he "takes the risk" and rushes directly over the corpse of the cow; and the second time the team encountered a dead cow, it was after the team got the rope. B analysis is not passed because of different breeds of cattle. So the two cars sleep on the spot. It was not until the next morning that they were able to relieve themselves;
- Auntie and the herd mentioned earlier that the second time they encountered a dead cow to relieve their difficulties, they would mention the method of relief. This is also the conclusion that B came to. He and Damir went to the store to buy rope a long time ago but was stopped by the United Nations organization. While waiting, someone was stopping an aunt who was driving the herd. The area where she was walking was buried with landmines. But the aunt and the herd were not harmed. The second relief was also because there was an aunt who was driving the herd. The two vehicles followed the herd and the aunt, bypassing the dead cow on the road and avoiding the bomb.
- Sophie is a new member. When she saw the body in the well for the first time, she was really shocked. I kept asking B and Mambru: "Isn’t it a corpse? Dogs, sheep, cows, and so on, why are they a person?!" After all the ropes were found, the corpse was thrown back. After getting in the well, she looked at the well and said "dead fat man" to the corpse.
The humor created by the character setting:
- "Novice" Sophie Sophie who has never seen a corpse. Bringing the characteristics of the city, clean and pure, suddenly arrived at a complicated place, unable to understand many phenomena that are contrary to "regulations"/"regulations";
- The interaction between Katja, the investigator who has had a leg with Mamburu, and Mamburu seem to be a bit bloody-a typical urban triangle of entanglements between men and women. If their stories were played out in the city, there would be nothing novel.
- Mambulu who resists with practical actions Mambulu itself is not humorous, his more responsibility lies in balancing the team, but he himself believes in his intuition and has his own perseverance.
- The BB with broken mouth and humor has the largest proportion of delicacy and humor. He will tell Mambru solemnly: "You should sleep with Katya, just so that she can give a good report and let us continue to stay. Here, everyone is happy!"
Absurdity creates humor:
- The biggest setting is the story itself. The corpse in the well, the rope being searched for. Who threw the body into the well? Anyone is possible. It may be a trafficker who creates chaos and sells water to civilians, or it may be a racial discriminator... Why doesn't the shop owner sell it to B Rope? It may be religious, it may be racial discrimination, it may be that they threw the body in the well. Why didn't the United Nations rescue organization salvage the body first? Because mine clearance is the top priority, and "according to reports, the well is clean!"
- "Anything is possible in the age of war" is a sentence that rarely pops up throughout the film. This sentence seems to explain all the absurd phenomena that occurred there. For example, Mambru and Sophie encountered a group of boys bullying Nikolai on their way to a safety meeting. Nikolai's football was taken away by the boys. When Mambru was about to help Nikola get the ball back, one of the boys pulled out a gun and pointed at Mambru; for example, B and Damir arrived at the supply station and wanted to ask for a rope, but they were told by the other party. "In the age of war, there is nothing." When B saw the rope tying the national flag and wanted to take it away, he asked the staff: "Would you like to drink water or the national flag?", of course the staff chose the national flag; for example, Mambru and Sophie entered Nikolai and was bombed. After losing the "home", Mambru guessed that all of this might have been done by their neighbors...
All this seems absurd, but there is a distant reality. In the process of watching a movie, many plots not only make people smile, but also make people think about themselves, about the nation, about history... who would not like a movie with a joyous and pleasant tone?
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