Before watching the movie, I didn't know that he was a work of Italian neorealism, or that he was talking about war. I just watched it with an open mind. After watching it, I felt very complicated. I haven't felt this complicated and indescribable for a long time.
This film is humorous, warm and touching.
Humor: The humorous display is revealed from the reality of the characters. In this film, everyone shows their true appearance. It does not deliberately portray the Italians as good people who are selfless and kind in every way, and does not show the Germans. Totally dark. On the contrary, here we see Italian women who are robbing things, we see "true fragrance" clergy, we also see naughty children who slap their faces, and we also see old grandpas full of desire to survive. There's an energy in them even in the midst of adversity, which lends a sense of comedy to an otherwise tragic film.
Warmth: It is shown in "father" and "son". Francesco respects the confidentiality of children, and has won the love and trust of children. He gives an equal mode of getting along. The children say that I will call you tomorrow. Dad, Francesco is also out of respect "if you will.", won the child's response "I do, I like you to call you Dad."
Touching: The extraordinary in ordinary people can always move us. The priest in the film is dedicated to helping justice. He seems to be the God who wants to save everyone, but in fact he is just an ordinary person, and he needs every day. Worrying about food, he also has his own work every day, but his spirit is so sublime, he is always wandering between ordinary and great times, the best example is when the Germans called down all the Italians in that area. , But there was an old grandfather who was paralyzed, so the priest was just able to go up to pray for him, and by the way, he stopped a child from putting explosives. Not long after he went up to stop it, the officer came up to check, and the priest just arrived at the grandfather and pretended to pray for him. At this time, the officer was about to come in, but when the grandfather saw the priest, he shouted, "I'm not dead yet, why are you here?" successfully escaped the catastrophe. And it is this truth that makes this character even more lovely. So much so that the priest's spirit caused the officers who interrogated him to fall into contemplation, and the officers who touched him hesitated.
Two types of Germans: I think that there is no strong and focused expression of the cruelty of war in the film, but there are two types of Germans in wartime. One is the one who knows how to reflect and realizes that everyone is equal and that he is the same as other nations. They are all high races, because they are so persistent and longing for freedom; the other is cold like the female officer (I don’t know if it’s an officer, she called it that way first), the film omits how she and Malina met each other , How did Malina tell her the information, but from her disregard for life and finally picking up the coat she gave to Malina and saying "it can be used next time", it can be seen that she represents cruelty and Despicable fascism, she was more terrifying than all the torture the officers did when they extorted confessions.
In general, what this film shows does not seem like a "fictional" film, but more like a real record, which truly reflects the scene at that time, so that we are even more moved when we watch it. I think the film is a little loose, and the handling of the plot is not very smooth, there is no sense of coherence, maybe it contains more elements.
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