Good themes are half the
battle. In recent years, many Eastern European countries that were originally under the supervision of the CPSU have begun to collectively reflect on that unbearable history. Excellent works emerge in endlessly, similar to Romania's "California Dream", "April Three Weeks and Two Days", Hungary's "Human Statue", "Son's Glory" and so on. This film has undoubtedly caught up with this wave of fashion. Uncle Mickey played the old grandfather Baidan, who had engaged in the progressive movement of "freedom and democracy", which caused the whole family to suffer political persecution. However, the director’s cleverness lies in the fact that he has nothing to do with these political things, and did not conduct in-depth investigations or the corpse-like complaint treatment, which also made the film a bit less heavy and a little lighter.
Parallel Narrative Techniques of Two-line Longitudinal
A car accident started, involving two families, and also extended two parallel "longitudinal lines". The first line is the line of "searching for memories" where the amnestic Sassi regained his self and slowly embarked on the road to return to his hometown; the other line is the line of Sassi's family who fled to Germany more than a decade ago to escape domestic political persecution. The line of "memories". The two lines take turns to narrate, the same is linear structure, not flashback or interspersed narration, this kind of technique is very interesting, it feels that people are watching two movies at the same time. However, these two lines have a common theme, which is to find salvation in a certain sense. One is for the redemption of physical freedom, and the other is for the redemption of regaining one's "identity". It is also very intriguing that one line is the escape of the family from their hometown to a foreign country, and the other line is the journey back to their true hometown from the "foreign country". Thousands of revolutions, from the origin to the origin, implies the reincarnation of life.
Backgammon old man-my dearest Uncle Mickey
Although the two lines are parallel, they are inseparable from the most important core: that is Baidan played by Uncle Mickey, and his backgammon. From the words of the Bulgarian secret police in the film, it is not difficult to know that Baidan once "struggled for ideals", but the years of hard work finally made him converge to his edge and become wise, confident and peaceful. This old man, who lives leisurely on backgammon every day, has a child-like persistence and enthusiasm in his heart, but it has never been extinguished. His open-mindedness and his insights into life deeply affected Sassi, who was once caught in the quagmire. And the backgammon that seemed to possess magic power had been running through the two lines from the moment Baidan gave it to Sassi as a birthday gift. As the original poster, I have never played backgammon, but I am convinced that it will definitely be like chess and go and other board games, with its own unique spirituality, and it is pregnant with countless philosophies and human life problems.
Miki Manojlovic is another big surprise for the film. This former Yugoslavian character actor who made me pay attention to from "Underground" is very brilliant in almost every movie he participated in. Needless to say, "Underground" and Kusturica's dry film, the queen actor. The brothel boss he played in "Spring in the Cave" and the master Baidan he played in the film are unforgettable. Frankly speaking, he is too suitable for such a role, and the wild and unrestrained nature of Yugoslavia is more radiant against him.
Details determine the success or failure of a
good subject, and smart narrative skills, in addition to these frameworks, there must be flesh and blood. The supporting role of the film is brilliant, Sassi's parents, father's cowardice and mother's literary youth temperament are more profound. In addition, in the refugee shelter, a young man who longed to go to the United States all day, and a middle-aged man who looked like an intellectual, their optimism, strength, and kindness were equally impressive. It is a pity that when Sassi returned to this Italian town on the border many years later, the former still did not go to the United States, but the latter had gone to heaven. It was embarrassing. Here, Sassi re-encountered a toy car he once buried in the cave. It was a little secret he shared with a little girl...The past scenes came to mind, Sassi finally filled his face, and his The memory is completely back! Seeing his grandson "come back" again, Bai Dan was finally relieved.
Светът е голям и спасение дебне отвсякъде
Later, we learned, in the missing days. Sassi's parents chose to break up, Sassi was brought up by his mother alone. Sassi's character has become taciturn and lacking self-confidence due to the influence of the asylum and his incomplete paternal love. Moreover, as a smuggler, his identity will inevitably be suspected, and all this has become the root of his inferiority complex. The car accident magnified all this to the extreme, even though he had lost his memory.
He is a man without a past, and more serious, he is a man without a future.
Fortunately, Baidan appeared on the corner of the world of Sassi...
He was like a father who taught Sassi backgammon, smiles, rode a co-drive to see the world, don’t miss the people he likes, and, Throw all those shit medicines into the trash can!
Sassi's homecoming has therefore become a veritable journey to find roots. Any wanderer has nostalgia. Homesickness is a kind of inextricable sadness, no matter where you are in the world.
New-born Bulgaria, new-born Sassi
When the co- coupling once again ran through the vast and fresh land of Eastern Europe, Sassi was the only one.
Baidan, this lovely old man, could not hold back for a long time, and went home first. The rest is left to Sassi to choose.
Baidan knew that this time, Sassi would not let himself down.
When Sassi drove into Bulgaria, a huge slogan was given a long close-up: Newborn Bulgaria.
And Sassi, why not regained his new life.
The original two-line narrative has now quietly become a one-liner. Let Sassi write this line.
At the end,
Sassy won the grandfather and reaped love. The movie should be over.
Thanks to the director, the creator and all the cast and crew, for making the process of subjective viewing of the film incredibly wonderful.
May God take care of all those who are suffering or who have suffered.
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