The "Song of the Skin" (also translated "Cut" 2014) by the German-Turkish celebrity director Feis Akin, is looking forward to a long time. The grand layout, ambitious, and humanitarianism are all unrestrained. But after all, it can't match the pain of Nazaret, the person in the film. A good little blacksmith in the Turkish town of Mardin has raised a pair of lovely twin daughters, and a good wife takes care of the family. The days are warm.
In 1915, on the eve of the outbreak of the First World War, ethnic cleansing against the Armenians broke out. Let all warm dreams come to nothing. As an Armenian, Nazaret was caught as a strong man, and since then he has embarked on a path of cutting his heart.
Hungry, tired, and almost killed, the trachea was severed and he couldn't speak. The road to escape was so long, and when she met her dying relatives, she could only be sent off in pain. Will also meet well-wishers.
From Cape Al Ain, across to Aleppo. The starry sky of Mesopotamia was shining, and it was learned that his wife had died to protect a pair of daughters, but there was no news of them. To the sea, to Cuba, to Florida, to Minneapolis, to Nebras.
After all the hardships, she finally found her lame daughter Lucini, tears flying like rain. Unexpectedly, her sister Asini died in 1923. From 1916 to 1924, the sword that hung over Nazaret's head in 8 years finally fell to the ground.
This completely subverted all the films before the director, and also brought a successful conclusion to his "Love, Death, and Devil" series of films. The thankless grand theme, Herzog tried. Angelopoulos tried. Kurosawa tried it. David Lean tried. All these illustrate the multi-faceted nature and risk-taking spirit of a director.
There are always new impulses, and then they are implemented, and creative bursts come from this. This is the most important character of a director. As for the quality of the film, time will tell.
2015, 5, 19
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