The heroine is taciturn and has a monotonous life; the actor is severely burned and fractured in bed; a few supporting roles with no more than 10 lines; the whole story takes place on a drilling platform isolated from the world on the sea; there is no tortuous plot, no fierce plot Conflict; even the tragic killings of the former Yugoslavia war, there is no picture matching...
But it can express the rhythm of the whole movie with a degree of relaxation, and the characters' hearts are thrilling. It all depends on the acting skills of the male and female protagonists.
The roaring production room, assembly lines, simple and repetitive work, lunch is always chicken, rice and half an apple, this is the whole life of Hannah. It's just that she changed the soap with her cleanliness, the gloom of being alone, and the weird details of just dialing up the phone and never talking, let people know the huge trauma hidden in this woman's heart.
On the phone, Hannah can hear who the older woman is and what is the relationship with Hannah even if she doesn't say aloud, it's always like a key to decipher Hannah. However, the director was not in a hurry to show the key, but turned to an isolated drilling platform that looked like an island on the sea. On a platform that looks strangely boring to the outside world, several people who like Hannah or who like loneliness like Hannah, but through fragmentary shots, funny white geese and cheerful music that appear from time to time, let the audience join Hannah. , And gradually relax.
Joseph, who was injured in the drilling accident, was almost entirely lying on a sick bed. Only relying on his facial expressions and excellent lines, he and Hannah started to be rude, find differences, and have no words to talk to until the two gradually walked away. Enter, talk about the secrets in your heart, and eventually become your lover. Warm and moving, relaxed and humorous, the waterways greet and understand Hannah's mystery and the earth-shattering life experience.
Hannah’s narration has a gentle tone, but her tone is trembling and painful. The cruelty of the former Yugoslavia, the crying and torture of women under the atrocities, are all contained in her voice full of explosive country, until the climax—— She took off her clothes, revealing the dense scars on her body, and embraced Joseph tightly. She had a powerful penetrating power and infectious power through the pain of her heart and the grief after her release.
I haven't watched any plot introductions before, and the unexpected and appalling war encounters made it impossible to shed tears smoothly, making the grief even more a pain that cannot be vented. This is the power of acting, not only to awaken people's cheap tears, but also a kind of soul shock.
Some critics pointed out that the film is a happy ending. If this is the case, the director's ability to make people sad and not crying will be a failure.
In fact, the female psychiatrist who answered the phone and knew Hannah was the key. She said that for survivors like Hannah who survived the massacre, they were ashamed of being alive and better than what they had suffered. trauma. They don't need anyone, they are willing to be alone. Hannah did the same, even though she accepted Joseph's show of love and started a family with two children. But the melancholy in her heart: "I'm afraid that one day I shed tears and can't stop it, it will drag you down, and we will drown together." It is a nightmare that people who have suffered the trauma of war will never be able to wave away.
The answer can be found in the last set of scenes at the end: Hannah sits alone, still the whisper of the girl who was rubbed in the war, tightening the knot of the film again, her child is looked after by someone else in the lead house, Traumatic Hannah can't raise a child alone!
She is still living in the "Secret Language Space", which is the eternal and insurmountable crime committed by war.
The star of Hannah is Sarah Polly, a Canadian. She was appreciated by the Spanish female director Isabel Kuychette, and played the role of a cleaner who gave birth to an unmarried child in another "Life Without Me" directed by Kuychette.
The role of Joseph is Tim Robbins. He has starred in classic films such as "Shawshank's Redemption", "Shadow Tycoon" and "Super Player". Successively won the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globes double actor and Oscar for Best Supporting Actor Award.
The film "Death Row" directed by Tim Robbins helped Susan Sarandon, who starred in the film, win the Oscar for Best Actress. The latter is 12 years older than Tim. The two have been known as Hollywood model partners in their 23-year sibling relationship and announced their parting ways to the outside world at the end of 2009.
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