In 2006, Mei Sigu was killed by an unexpected car accident before he could fulfill his dream. His last work, "California Dreams," won the Best Picture Award in the "Un Certain Regard" category at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. At the award ceremony, the photo of Nemesgu was played on the big screen. There was no acceptance speech, no award ceremony, and the silent commemoration was embarrassing.
"California Dreams" is a piece by American folk singer John W., who died of heart failure in 2001. Hand of Phillips. In "Forrest Gump", this song is the expectation and persistence of Forrest Gump when he wrote a letter to Jenny in the rain in Vietnam; in "Chongqing Forest", it is Faye Wong's half-dream and half-awake pursuit of love; Messcourt simply named the film "California Dreams". "The leaves are turning yellow, the sky is gray and blue, I'm walking, I'm safe and warm on a winter day, if this is in Los Angeles, rising on such a winter day." The California dream is the American dream, and Methgu's Ronian Dream.
"California Dreams" is Nemesgu's first and last feature-length film. Although the end of the film is marked as unfinished, it still takes two and a half hours to unfold Nemesgu's unfinished dream and fully present it to the public. Although his dream is not as beautiful as a fairy tale, it is even chest tight and helpless. In the story, the Romanian town of Kapanita is always shrouded in clouds during the daytime, filled with gray light, until it finally becomes warm from behind the festive curtain of Monica and Andre. The film uses American soldiers to send weapons to Kosovo, but is blocked by the train master because there is no official customs clearance document, and is trapped in Kapanita as the main line, which extends to describe the history and current situation of Romania, as well as the trapped animals living in it today. Fighting and hopeful people. World War II has its own special memories and emotions for all participating countries. Fifty years after the end of World War II, Romania fell into the war again. Toyaru, the railway station captain who survived World War II, is not like other people in the town because of the American-made dud bomb that fell on his side 50 years ago, and the memory of the pungent gunpowder smell of the train full of American soldiers. People are full of unrealistic fantasies about Americans. While disdainful of the 2,000-dollar bribe of the American soldier, he did not care about the threat of the secretary of the Romanian Ministry of Defense, and told the American soldier the most Fu×K in his life. However, he always adhered to the bottom line of not passing the customs without documents. On the other side, Toyaru's daughter Monica's room is full of posters of American Idol, all looking forward to the American dream. The lost spirit of young Romanian people is vividly reflected in this group of young people. The girls who were played and left behind, the boys whose resources were seized by the GIs, and those who lied to please Americans, warn of the loss of a nation's spirit. Fortunately, Monica did not lose herself in the end. With the help of the American boy Andre, she learned English, learned to sing California Dream, and learned to find her own dream. The film is also the climax at the end, when Captain America instigates a fight between the workers and the Toyalu faction, and Toyaru finally shatters his daughter's American dream in Scarlet's death. The train left the town five days later, and it was night with fireworks. Before the train left, Monica did not leave a phone call to David, the American soldier with whom she had a one-night affair, but drew a smiling face. And the last word she left to her father was to go to university in the Romanian capital.
The camera shake of the film is very strong, and the onlookers feel full. The dialogue in English and Romanian deepens the estrangement between different cultures. In the end, Monica and Andrei, sitting in a coffee shop in Bucharest, may still be their original selves. In fact, they can all change, but they can only change, and only themselves. The movie ends with the music of "California Dreams," and even though this isn't Los Angeles, I still feel safe and warm.
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