This story is about murder, and this murder is not thrilling, but rather heavy. The heaviness is that the audience has seen too many social problems and the sense of powerlessness brought about by these problems. Perhaps many people are in such a state. Such stories are played out in different ways every day in every country.
In the film, the little boy always wears dark red clothes. From the beginning to the end, perhaps the red color here represents some kind of foreshadowing or alarm, because the whole film is about the little boy, and the little boy does not get sick , his father Milden would not be murdered for 30,000 euros. And the background color of the whole film is somber gray-green, Milden and his wife, the color of the clothes and the central environment in which they are in a dark tone, which is destined to be a sad story. In this gray-toned film, only the little boy and the little girl wear red clothes. Perhaps in another sense, they represent greater hope, or perhaps children are naive and do not need to consider these practical issues. . In the back, after Milden quarreled with his wife, his wife wanted to move out. The suitcase used was red, and the toolbox Milden used to hide his pistol was red. Obviously, the red here indicates danger. The little boy likes to draw colorful crayon drawings. The hospital lounge, which also appears many times in the film, is also set against a red background. There is a red sun in the upper right corner. The emotions that Milden and his wife express here are often the same. Distraught and anxious, they were enveloped in such an environment and powerless to resist. There are also some special metaphorical colors, such as the house of the man who owes the loan shark pretending to be a politician. The interior decoration is all yellow, and when he enters the room with the gun, it turns into a gray-green that belongs to Milden, so, At this time, Milden and he are the same kind of people, the same helpless, the same humble. At the end, Milden wants to find the little girl's mother, hoping that he can redeem himself. All the colors in her house are white. This is where the male protagonist confesses. Or, white is the main color of all colors. Is the supreme, here, everyone has nowhere to hide.
There are three classes that are most obvious in the film, one is the ordinary civilian family represented by the protagonist's family, the other is the lower-class people represented by the boy cleaning the car, and the other is the so-called rich people who are rich. When the little boy cleaned the car, he hoped to get a cigarette. A cigarette was nothing to Milden's family. For the rich people, the 30,000 euros that Milden couldn't raise in his dreams was just a piece of cake. An unpainted decorative picture frame, not to mention. What's even more sad is that the little boy cleaning the car doesn't think it's inappropriate to ask for a cigarette, but Milden will feel dignified because he asks for help in the newspaper, yes, this may also be for us people. Feeling, knowing that it is unattainable, but at the same time has a pair of arrogance, so we will feel more deeply.
The story of the film is ordinary, but the artistic approach used to tell the film is truly remarkable. For example, the use of some special shots, for example, outside the factory in Milden, a long robotic arm stretched out, with two rows of crows on it, implying that the place was also lively. After Milden received a call, a shot cut In the past, all those crows fluttered away, indicating that something big happened. When Milden and his wife were waiting for the traffic light in the rain, the inner world of his wife and Milden was completely different at this time, or at least they didn't understand each other. At this time, the back of Milden's head in the rear window was clear, and his wife But it was blurry. From here, the wife and Milden began to distance themselves. When Milden's wife moved away, he was looking down at the entrance of the stairs. There was an upside-down shot here, and the pure white stairs surrounded him one by one. When sending the little girl's mother of 30,000 to the hospital, he and the little girl were both on the seat, and the little girl shared half of the headphones with him kindly, but on the middle wall, there was a white tile separating them. It's class distance, but it's also Milden's mentality. In the end, when Milden went to the little girl's mother, there were many geometric shapes of crosses on the edge of the carpet on the ground, because now Milden was looking for redemption.
The rhythm of the whole movie is very stable, all the plots are relaxed and relaxed, the actors' performances are also very tense, and the forbearance can also arouse the audience's emotions; it can be said that this is a realistic and cinematic art. Means worth exploring and excellent film.
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