"Honey" (BAL) is a film at the 2011 Beijing Turkish Film Festival, and the third part of Turkish director Samy Kaplanoglu's "Joseph Trilogy - Egg, Milk, Honey". Won the 60th Berlin Golden Bear.
I noticed this film festival and planned to watch this film because I already missed Turkey, and the Turkey I saw in the movie was not the same as the Turkey I saw in my travels. Compared to the wealthy, casual, and modern Turkish coastal regions I traveled to, the Turkish mountains depicted in the film are much more peaceful, austere, and traditional. The film tells the story between a father who makes a living by picking honey and a son who is timid and stuttering in such a dense forest in the mountains.
The movie tells the story of a simple Turkish mountain family, an implicit love between a father and son, and the story unfolds as the plot unfolds. . The film pays great attention to the description of details, many scenes and details are very vivid, such as the father helping the son drink milk, the child putting hair in the milk, the child observing the bees falling on the book, picking up eggs in the cage, etc., very life Breath, and a large number of low-angle shooting angles, more emphasis on the son's observation angle.
The most successful part of the film is that the handling of emotions is very restrained and in place. Although the death of the father at the end clarifies the tragic tone of the film, there is no place in the whole film that is overly emotional and emotional, even if the son The scene of hearing the news of his father's death was only briefly expressed through the sobbing of the indeterminate crowd in the background. It is precisely because of this restraint that the emotional tension in the film is particularly strong, and the implicit and restrained love between father and son becomes more and more heavy in silence. The father's understanding, support and love for his son, and the son's attachment, thoughts and expectations to his father, are all shown in many plots and details of life, but they are more simple, natural and profound than the usual sensational tactics used in many domestic blockbusters. too much. The film deliberately avoided the monotony of emotions, focused on describing the complexity of emotions, and mediated overly strong emotions in a timely manner, including the kindly laughter of classmates when my son couldn't read and was very disappointed, and when he couldn't read the second time. With the understanding of the teacher and the applause of the classmates, the son wisely drank the milk when the mother was sad and missed, and sang and danced on the polder when the mother and son were hopelessly searching on the grassland... This mixed emotion further strengthens the emotional tension of the film.
I especially like the last scene of the movie. The son walked into the forest alone to find his father. In the dark night, the child fell asleep in the nest of the huge roots of a big tree. Very thick, but as low as the night, but the son's sleeping face was so peaceful and serene, the roots that surrounded him were like a father's arm -- strong and secure, as if a trace of happiness and hope could be seen in his face , so the audience is also brought into that strong atmosphere and deep emotion.
Another major feature of this movie is that it is very quiet, with almost no soundtrack and very little dialogue, but uses a lot of natural sound effects, such as insects, birds, rain, running footsteps, and squeaks stepping on wooden boards. Wait, these sound effects make the movie look extra quiet, and the scene is extraordinarily special, as if you are really in the deep mountains and old forests. And this slightly depressing sound effect environment also just echoes the restrained emotional setting.
In addition, it is quite interesting that eggs, milk and honey, three common elements in daily life, as the theme of the director's trilogy, are repeatedly mentioned in this film seemingly inadvertently, which should be an echo of the director's trilogy. Well, but it makes me want to check out the other two.
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