Inland Flying Fish
François Auzon is a French director who has risen in the past ten years. Because his films have been "de-romanticized" and "de-Frenchized" in terms of expression and subject matter. ” sign, annoyed some domestic filmmakers and critics, thinking that he did not inherit the tradition of French films, that he was a strange species, and was called an outsider in the French film circle, but some people held the opposite opinion, believing that his The move is quite destructive, and it has the same temperament as André Bazin, the cadre of the French New Wave movement. The key point is that he is still young (born in 1967) and has plenty of time to experiment and express himself.
At present, his works are not fully popular in the market. Many of the early short films and post-famous feature films were either limited or not published at all. Not to mention a complete collection of works, a single disc is not easy to find. I also hate downloading, so I only watched "Under the Sand", "Swimming Pool" and "Lady Time" not long ago. Simple and concise, plain and natural, delicate story and composition, actors and scripts are just right, no exaggeration, no sloppy waters, in ordinary life, create some suspense in the people you are most familiar with, and make people think about people and people The delicate relationship between them is already quite personal. The use of these words on him and his films is not a compliment. Let's talk about "Dead Time".
Roman is a fashion photographer in Paris, flying around the world, shuttling in the parties of major fashion celebrities, soaking in piles of beautiful and handsome men. He was separated from his parents and lived alone in a large house. One day, when I was shooting in the sun, my eyes suddenly went dark, I fainted, and I was sent to the hospital. After an examination, he learned that he had cancer. The doctor told him that if he did not undergo chemotherapy, he could live for at most three months, and the chance of survival after chemotherapy was 5%. Wrapped in an unprecedented panic, he returned to his parents' home and quarreled at the dinner table with his sister Sophie, who was divorced and lived with her parents with a child. Speaking of her sister's pain, it made her cry, and the family's dinner broke up.
His father drove him back. The two men were silent and asked him what was on his mind. Instead, he talked about the secret between his father and his lover that he had seen when he was a child, and asked why his father did not divorce his mother. The father was a little surprised, and then Gently said that he was used to his mother's nagging. Before getting out of the car, the father and son hugged and said goodbye. He twitched like a child. Depressed, he returned to the residence. His beautiful same-sex "girlfriend" Sasha was playing games. He was inexplicably emotional again, saying how hard it was to raise him, and the result was another quarrel. Sasha said he would not Those who are pestering him will leave tomorrow and go to the living room alone to sleep. Late at night, Roman took the camera to photograph Sasha sleeping, and kept saying to himself, sorry, sorry! In a bad mood, life could not pass, Roman quit his job and planned to go back to his hometown in the countryside to live with his grandma who lives alone for a few days.
At this point, the film sets a suspense in the blandness. Facing the sudden change of personality, Roman, his relatives and lovers, do not know what happened, and are very sad, but as Roman himself, it is difficult to describe his situation. , speak out and talk to people, and the patient also disrupts normal life. How to live? How to survive? He even tried to numb himself with indulgence, going into and out of all kinds of same-sex pornographic places, but he still couldn't get rid of the desolation and struggle in his heart. So he decided to start looking for the past, looking for the support and belief to live in the past!
On the way, in the coffee shop where I dine, I went to a waitress with a middle-aged charm, looked at him a few more times, came over and asked him if he could help, saying that he and her husband have been married for many years and have always wanted children, but the husband did not Fertility, she also said that her husband also thought he was handsome, and he did not object to doing so. After finishing speaking, she pointed to the man who was bartending not far away. She continued to say that they had some savings and that they could give a sum of money when things were done. Roman felt incredible and left with a wry smile. In the countryside, he told his kind grandma about himself. Grandma asked why he only told her, and he said, because you and I are both people who are about to die! Grandma said that she was not a good mother when she was young, and she has not reconciled with her son, Roman's father. In the summer in my hometown, the air is pleasant, the plants are lush, the sun is bright during the day, and the stars are shining at night. Roman is wandering in the countryside with a camera.
There is a saying in China that within seven days after death, the soul will come back to clean up all the footprints left while alive, but Roman started to clean up his footprints before he died. He seemed to live all over again. In the church, he saw himself and his childhood sweetheart Sasha urinating into the utensils, the pranks that were drunk by those who came to baptize, and when little Sasha got up during the service, the first Once I kissed little Roman; little Roman and my sister built a hut in the woods, played house games, and happily asked my sister: Excuse me, madam, can I enter your home? The elder sister answered solemnly, yes; on the way back from hunting with little Roman, a sick rabbit was about to die. He said to save it, otherwise it would die. Father told him, don't worry about it, this is the law of nature, He turned back as he walked.
At this point, the first "suspense" has been shared with grandma. Because of talking and expressing, and following up on the meaningful traces of his life, his psychology has been temporarily comforted. In front of the countdown of life and death, the whole person calmed down, It is a worthwhile trip. The new suspense is what will he do when he goes back? Want to accept "borrowed seeds" from infertile couples? How to continue to face parents, sisters, lovers? To tell or not to tell them the truth?
Roman calmed down and couldn't hold back his tears before leaving his grandmother. Grandma said, "Son, don't be nervous, I'll come to "look for you". On the way, he took the initiative to find the coffee shop waitress, and with the blessing of her husband, their "dream" was realized. He received an apology letter from his sister Sophie, saying that the child wanted to see his uncle. On the phone call to his sister, he pretended to be relaxed, but he couldn't help crying. At this time, his sister was playing with the children on the lawn of the park, and he was standing behind a tree wearing sunglasses and a windbreaker. Hanging up the phone, he used the camera to record the happy scene of mother and son from a distance, and he turned back and walked away. With his help, Sasha also got a job in a modeling agency and lived with him for the last time. Roman wanted to have sex with him. Sasha said he didn't want to, because it would make him feel like he did it to thank Roman, like a "prostitute" "Having a deal with a client, their love cannot be tarnished.
With his physical condition deteriorating, Roman once again found the couple who were serving in the coffee shop. The woman was pregnant. The three came to the notary office together. Roman bowed down to listen to the voice in the woman's belly and made a will. All the inheritance after his death would be inherited by the child in the woman's belly. On the street, Roman was a little dizzy. Did the couple say they need help? He shook his head and took a taxi away. On a sunny summer day, Roman was careless and aimlessly came to the crowded beach. The phone rang, and he threw it into the trash without looking at it. Swimming with people in the ocean is a great joy.
For parents, sisters, and lovers, Roman is still a suspense. The alienation of modern people makes intimacy a big task, and it is difficult to complete! The person he loves the most is actually terminally ill, but he has no way of knowing. For the audience, Roman himself, life and life are no longer suspenseful. He tested his position in the hearts of his relatives, and the audience tested Roman's kindness and affection. Deal with death calmly, and get in the way!
On the beach, looking at the happy people, smoking a cigarette, a volleyball rolled to his side, and a child running over, he raised his head, as if he saw a little Roman with curly hair again, and handed the ball over with a smile. At dusk, the beach is gradually quiet, people are receding like the tide, lying romantically, the sun is on the distant sea horizon, like an egg yolk or an embryo, perpendicular to his nose, slowly falling.
In a story like "The Dying Time", Ou Rong controls naturally and calmly, starts and turns freely, confidently and freely, quiet, warm and fluent, without too many technical tricks, and the so-called obscure thinking of the philosophy of life, not to mention too much sensational. The summer background is lush and green, the young people look healthy and full, everything is naturalistic, no need to say, it comes naturally. The texture of the flow of life, the shadow of the passage of time, and the transformation of the individual from panic and confusion to calm and open-minded before the end of life, when faced with death, are described in a eloquent manner, irresistible, and unobstructed. Regarding Ou Rong's ability, it is also worth mentioning here, because with the two subtitles before and after, the total length of this film is only about 73 minutes.
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