are so many films titled "Breathe", which are produced in South Korea, Russia, Turkey and other countries. It can be seen that the breathing is full of human needs. The "Respire" directed by the young French actress and young Melanie Roland focuses on high school girls and dedicated a French version of "cruel youth" to the audience. .
As the second feature film directed by Roland, "Breathe" is more mature in plot structure and narrative skills than the previous "Adoption". Although the story is structured in a small format, the background and character emotions are presented. It is fuller, and has made considerable progress in the description and advancement of the psychological changes of the characters, which has made the whole story fuller. Although some sections of the film are suspected of procrastination and the technique needs to be refined, Roland still feels here. Happy, and express appreciation for her patience and ability to lay out emotions and plots.
The girl in the film, Charlie, suffers from asthma. Breathing is particularly important to her. The 17-year-old was not only facing many problems that girls of this age had to face during her senior year in high school, but also due to family, Many factors such as personality and friends are facing more unbearable situations. In many cases, personality determines a person's behavior. When Charlie is attacked and retaliated by her close friend Sarah, all she has always been restrained and calm is patience, but usually unexpected things and unexpected things. Youth extreme cases are made by people who watch quiet and behave on weekdays. When things hit the bottom line, the outbreak will be violent and unstoppable.
Unlike Charlie, the transfer student Sarah infected everyone around her with her cheerful enthusiasm. She took the initiative to be friends with Charlie and quickly integrated into Charlie’s life, sharing Charlie’s secrets, and even becoming with Charlie’s mother. friend. However, once the emotions go too fast and the friendship comes too violently, there will be many uncertain factors and variables. After the two returned from an outing, they were separated due to some subtle things that happened during the period, and then they were tacitly alienated. Now, even in school, Sarah, who is good at performance, is still facing Charlie with a smile, but the content has changed. Then the real rupture comes. At the young age, it is easy to see one thing as particularly important. Once it is broken, it cannot be recovered, and it can only be made worse by temperament.
Looking back at the family situation of these two girls, it is not difficult to understand how they dealt with the situation. Sarah’s mother has been drinking and violent all year round. In order to give her family a decent image and negotiation resources, Sarah beautified her mother’s career and made herself appear. Well-informed and knows everything. Charlie's parents just broke up, and his father's leaving home created a gap in Charlie, who has always been meek. The appearance of the talkative Sarah seemed to make up for this gap. However, Sarah, who has not been treated well by her mother, has a cold inner world. This can be seen from Sarah's various attacks after the two broke up, especially when Charlie ran in the playground because of her quarrel with Sarah. When there was a sudden asthma attack, the students’ concerned faces were surrounded, and finally Sarah’s face also appeared, but it was indifferent. Even after witnessing Charlie’s condition, a smile appeared at the corners of her mouth. , And then leave. Therefore, when Charlie thought that she would be able to reconcile with Sarah as before, she could only be disappointed. Sarah was ruthless to those who had "betrayed" her. This was actually a stress response from an extremely insecure person. Sarah's behavior As if mocking Charlie's innocence and wishful thinking, a fragile and innocent heart was hurt by another heart that was riddled with holes, resulting in unbearable consequences.
The two young actresses in the film performed well. One performed Sarah’s charming charm and the brutal strength after privacy was violated, and the other was competent for the introverted and quiet charlie’s mood changes, especially in the last scene. In the movie, Joséphine Japy squeezed the emotionally extreme charlie, and accompanied by almost suffocating gasps, reproduced the layered feeling of intense changes in his heart.
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