The plot is not surprising, a couple of lovers, the male went to the battlefield and died, while the female has experienced many hardships and grew up in the rear. Only love itself is eternal. How can such a movie win the Palme d'Or award? You only know when you look at it.
The most commendable thing about movies is the lens. There are too many classic lens languages. The Russians are worthy of being a nation of poetry, and they always live in various metaphors and symbols. For example, at the beginning, the circular staircase of an apartment building is superimposed with the rotating birch tree that looked up to the sky when Boris died. It is very shocking; for example, there are many close-ups of the faces of the characters, and many plots are completed by facial expressions, such as The plot of Veronica being raped; for example, in the empty Red Square, with wild geese flying by, the silhouettes of the lovers are stretched so long. Because it is a black and white film, the contrast between light and shadow is particularly obvious, which makes me always feel that this is not an image. , But a dream; for another example, when Boris went on an expedition, many family members crowded together to send off these soldiers. The director used a two-minute long shot, and every farewell scene was carefully displayed, and some were kissing his son goodbye. Some were kissing their wives goodbye, some were crying, some were whispering, some were hugging their mother, some were hugging their father, and so on. The lens slides slowly, like a long scroll. Many years later, Jia Zhangke made "The Good Man in Three Gorges". The long shot called "The Picture of Refugees" at the beginning was an imitation of this long shot. The background music is also very nice. People sing folk songs and play the harmonica. The feeling of the old Soviet Union is really good.
The moving thing of the movie, of course, is love. The reason why love is touching is because of Veronica's perseverance. She was in the rear, but lost her parents, was raped, forced to marry, and was misunderstood, but she always kept her love for her fiance. The gentle "little squirrel" made people feel sad. She was always unsmiling, always categorical, and always ignited hope after repeated disappointments. Even on the day of victory, she still did not believe in the death of Boris. When her comrades told her, she cried without warning. The cry was really heartbreaking.
I don't know if many people are like me and have always had deep feelings for the Soviet Union. This is the Soviet Union in a symbolic sense, not the real Soviet Union in history. This beautiful Soviet Union is good at singing and dancing, playing harmonica, and birch forests. Every city has a street park with white benches. Several parts of the music in this movie are very nice.
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