A good movie can always arouse people's infinite reverie, or blind thinking, it doesn't matter, the Czech "The Female Teacher" in 2016 reminded me of the class teacher who taught me chemistry back then. She did what she did to me. Everything, put it aside now, can be regarded as soft violence. Let’s not talk about me personally, let’s talk about the film. In order to better understand this film, we must first talk about the background of the story. The story happened in Czechoslovakia, which was still a socialist country in 1983. It has already passed since the Czech Republic became a socialist republic. In 23 years, in 6 years it will become the Federal Republic of Czechoslovakia, and in 10 years, in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia will be peacefully separated as two independent and sovereign states. One of my favorite writers, Milan Kundera, was born in Brno, Czech Republic. His masterpieces "The Unbearable Lightness of Life" and "Life Elsewhere" have been smashed by the petty bourgeoisie.
In November 1989, a democratization revolution against communist rule took place in Czechoslovakia, known as the Velvet Revolution in history. This revolution promoted the democratization and peaceful transfer of power in Czechoslovakia. It is called the Velvet Revolution because of this The revolution did not go through massive violence, but was velvety smooth and soft. The story in the film happened before this, and it is said that there are character prototypes. The scene is an ordinary elementary school. There is a new female teacher, Damari. In the first class, she calls names one by one. The classmates who call the name need to stand up and announce their parents' occupations aloud. Note that there are many wonderful little details in this film. This "loud" can be regarded as one. This is a behavior that only adults can understand. It can be understood as the teacher's legitimate understanding of the students and their families, and also Other understandings are possible. Damari, played by Susannah Morali, interprets the character's psychology in a daunting way. If you don't know the plot - I always advocate being an idiot before watching a movie, and don't read or listen to any movie reviews, that's all , you can get an objective first impression without being affected, and you will see the image of a capable female teacher who looks upright, serious and friendly. Until the end of the film, Susannah did not interpret the character as a simple black or white, and if she wanted to give some political color to her, it was not a single color. Female teacher Damari's husband died, and her only sister was a high-ranking Soviet official. This information is passed on many times in the film. She said to the parents who helped her and are helping her: "It's too hard to be alone. I have to do everything by myself.” Therefore, there are parents who run errands for her, repair electrical appliances for her, buy sticks for her, and students help her with housework after class, cleaning the glass and cleaning the carpet for her. The parents of a new transfer student have met parents or classmates who came to help more than once at Damari’s house. Everything seemed so natural. Polite and well-mannered, Ms. Damari will whisper to those who have helped her at the appropriate time: "Review the third question of Lesson 16." Instead of helping her students as required, such as the suicide attempter who loves gymnastics Danka, Damari would publicly suppress her in class time and time again, saying that she is not a material for study, and her language sounds understandable: "Some people are good at other skills, such as gymnastics, but there are always winners and losers in sports, no one can blame others. ...... You are not the material to study, sports are your forte, one day you may become a world champion, but your academic performance is the last in the class. "This sounded high-sounding, and there were prizes and derogations. The children only paid attention to the "last place". They began to laugh at Danka for being a "stupid", and let her be the last in the line for the meal, because the meal had to be lined up according to the learning ranking.
At the end of the film, I don't know whether to copy the real scene. It seems that the director is also very entangled. He doesn't want to think too bad about human nature. , After the Velvet Revolution, Mr. Damali still took office, still the familiar floral dress, high heels, one by one, calling out one by one, and loudly reporting the parent's occupation.
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