The film is a biopic of Emile Zola, a 19th-century French literary master. The film uses few pen and ink to show Zola's literary contributions. It emphatically shows that he rushed for the Dreyfus wrongful case and abandoned his comfortable and comfortable life and was forced to hide in the English countryside. In the end, he used the sharp pen in his hand to constantly criticize the French government, the court and the army deceived the people for their scandalous behavior in disregard of justice. Finally justice was done.
The most memorable thing in the film is that Zola put forward in court that "this is not just to correct a wrong case, this is a country's urgent demand to save honor" when the nearly 4-minute long shot came together in one go. The courtroom is blurred, and the close-up highlights Zola's tough facial expression when he speaks generously. He said "Dreyfus is innocent" earnestly, and he criticized the contempt of the War Department when it released the guilty and imprisoned the innocent. It's all well done. The other is that after Dreyfus was released from custody, he went in and out of the cell door two times unbelievably, and finally came out of jail against the sun. The footage was also embarrassing.
The play reveals a set of thought-provoking contradictions. When the stability of the country, the honor of the military and the values of fairness, justice and honesty contradict. Some people choose the former at the expense of the latter. Zola and his friends chose the latter. The film award may also be the appreciation of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for this pursuit of fairness and justice.
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