The unbearable weight of life

Jasmin 2022-03-22 09:01:29

[Hanna] Hanna
Director: Joe Wright Joe Wright
Starring: Saoirse Ronan / Eric Bana / Cate Blanchett / Olivia Williams Williams
Genre: Drama / action
level: PG-13
Publisher: American focus
release date: April 2011 8



my name is Hannah, the mother of the late, by former CIA agent Eric's father, Eric Bana ornaments ( ), who had been born and died in Germany with his partner Marissa Wigler (Cate Blanchett), but a mission failure turned them against each other. The ruthless Marisa insisted on killing them all, but my father had no choice but to take me to hide in a log cabin in the snowfields of northern Finland. And he was extremely strict with me, teaching me various fighting skills and killing methods. Years after years of training have already allowed me to hone my will beyond ordinary people. Adapt or die." The encyclopedia and a copy of Grimm's fairy tales are my whole life outside of training, and I've never left here in 16 years, and the outside world is like a wonderful fairy tale to me.

The long-awaited revenge operation finally started. According to the plan, I was captured by CIA agents and returned to headquarters. I wanted to kill Marisa, but she was captured. I narrowly escaped and fell into the Moroccan desert. When I was dying, I was rescued by a family of four who passed by here. I soon became friends with a girl named Sophie (Jessica Bardem), and my contact with her made me realize the original ice and snow. The outside world is so beautiful, and the happiness that I have never had is gradually loosening my mission. But I understand what my father expects from me, and I also know that Marissa will not give up. In order not to implicate Sophie, and to break free from the shackles, I am determined to make a break with all of this...



Growing pains

Hannah is a complex and sensitive character. The external factors in every aspect of her growth have had an important impact on her. This is more realistic than the Hit Girl in [Kipian King], and more realistic than [Nikita]. for cruelty. So [Hannah] is not an action movie that is packaged as a "girl killer", all its focus is on the inner trajectory of this girl, and the whitewashing of fists and feet is always a means. Joe White never lost his literary and artistic feelings. He re-enabled Saoirse Ronan, the Irish elf who escaped from [Redemption]. In [Redemption], we can vaguely see her unique and isolated temperament. The generous judges Trying out an Oscar nomination to encourage the little girl who was only 13 years old at the time, Zhang Ailing's admonition to "be famous as soon as possible" became a reality for this ignorant girl; Keira Knightley praised Ronan's acting skills. Absolutely, Peter Jackson invited him to star in [Lovely Bones] with just one look at the video, and last year she went on [The Way Back] with Peter Weir. The young Saoirse Ronan has swayed her innate talent in many types of movies, this time she met [Hannah], two equally tough and oligarchic women met, what is "Hannah"? In what direction will Ronan take Ronan, or where will Ronan flee with Hannah?

Growing up for everyone always has a price, but for Hannah, her life is intertwined with too many complex entanglements. He is his father's beloved daughter and a pawn of revenge in his hand. In the icy snow in Finland, the father and daughter fought brutally again and again. Hannah's emotion for her father's bet can only be to make herself more powerful. This feeling of suffocation in distress is what drives Hannah forward - only revenge can set her free.

Sixteen years of days and nights have only been for killing enemies, but when it comes to real implementation, everything is beyond control. She pretended to sob and twisted the body's neck, so she became Marisa's prey. On the way to desperation, she began to gradually touch this world, which is very strange to her, and those ordinary things are full of incredible beauty to her. The appearance of the girl Sophie made her understand that fists and guns cannot really resist the world; Sophie's existence injected unprecedented warmth into Hannah's cold heart, and the long-awaited fairy tale world seemed to be about to open a new chapter. But the cruel reality lies in front of Hannah, and all this is far from possible. So, the superhuman girl can only clench her fists and erect barriers again, regaining the blood and killing she has long been tired of... The


unbearable weight of life

[Hannah] The role of the father in the world of [Hannah] faces her persona formation played a decisive role. It is conceivable that as a former CIA agent, Eric Bana's father, Eric, had a brutal training, but when Eric's mission failed and left a grudge in his heart, in order to wash away the shame, he put the same The "torture" was transferred to his biological daughter. Is he blaming himself too deeply, or is he revenge for having a grudge with his teammate Marisa at the time and unable to let go? For Hannah, who is just a little girl, even if she understands, she will not expose it, because she believes that Eric, as a father, will never forget that no matter how "cruel" he has done to him, it is hers. Daughter, and Hannah, on the basis of knowing this, will recklessly die for her father.

The above shows about the flesh-and-blood relationship can be said to be logical, but if you just stay here, I am afraid that you will be accused by the audience from the beginning to the end. Naturally, the story changed after Hannah's failure to perform her father's mission, and then there will inevitably be a drama - an inner struggle. If this part is handled well, the quality of the film will be greatly improved. This is also Eric Bana The important task that needs to be done together - can I play Saoirse Ronan more like a father and daughter than a lover, I can only blame Eric Bana for being too dashing and Ronan for being extraordinarily beautiful, but as long as he plays It should not be a problem to meet the standard normally. If this proposition is true, the strong guilt in Hannah's heart that the failure of her father's entrustment action will become more credible. Hannah hopes to be affirmed and loved by her father Eric, but the negative emotions brought about by failure also make Hannah go to the other side of her father's love - ordinary. For the CIA agents, this sense of life that ordinary people would despise has always been something their father and daughter could not ask for, but Eric's long-term "indifference" made Hannah sob in her heart and have to face it. Whether this father-daughter mutual "torture" love will bring light or destruction to their futures, the persistent Hannah believes in the former and will do anything for her and her father to be able to live together.

"The Queen"'s signature lore,

Cate Blanchett's Agent Marissa, isn't a badass face. From her horrified gasp of air when she sees Hannah killing her double, we can see that under the guise of her old-fashioned haircut, neutral uniform, and "standard villain attire" with a quirky Southern accent, her pursuit Hannah's intention is definitely not as simple as cutting grass and roots, which includes surprise and appreciation for Hannah's agile skills and ruthless character. As a senior agent, Marisa is naturally reluctant to let such a good seedling go, so the plot becomes more ups and downs. For Marisa, it is obviously more valuable to let her live than to kill Hannah to avenge her.

This is also the best context to push the plot to a climax. Who doesn't want to see the wonderful scene of "The Royal Sister PK Queen" in the film, but for Blanchett, who has been alone and seeking defeat, fighting with the little girl She has long disdained this kind of eye-catching drama. What the "queen" pursues is the domineering that can kill everything in seconds with just her intimidating eyes. So in [Hannah], with her neat uniform, she can't move her hands as fiercely and savagely as "Shot". Senior leaders always just need to pose with a pistol. But this still does not prevent us from looking forward to the Chinese part of her film. In the opposite scene with Tom Holland in the Safari bar, Blanchett explained what is called a "queen" with just a few understated eyes. field. Although it is not difficult to see that the scenery in the past few years is the same, Blanchett's pace has indeed slowed down a lot recently. We can only glimpse his past from the mediocre commercial films such as [Indiana Jones IV] and [Robin Hood]. Prodigious. But fortunately, after [Hannah], Blanchett will still work with Joe White on the nostalgic film [Indian Summer], which should show that Blanchett is back in the embrace of literary films of care.

A light in the dark

Sophie, played by the newcomer Jessica Bardem, has an extraordinary meaning in Hannah's life. The appearance of the Sophie family symbolizes the opening of a new window to Hannah's life. As the story happened, Sophie gave Hannah the warmest care in a desperate situation. This experience is too sparse for ordinary girls like Sophie, but it is enough to impress Hannah, who is naturally isolated and simple and simple. Heart, hard and bloodthirsty are just the shell of Hannah as a murder tool, but when she met Sophie who would tell her how to write her name and teach her to live happily, Hannah's nerves that had been tense were stretched, but if she wanted to really Holding on to this beautiful life, Hannah is bound to continue a fierce rivalry with Marissa and even her father. Of course Hannah didn't want to see her only friend in her life getting hurt because of her life experience. When she parted, she did not forget to ask Sophie to promise "don't follow me". At this moment, she is only for rebirth. There is still a chance to continue, and more depends on Hannah herself.


Create "Hannah Saoirse Ronan"

It is probably not impossible to compare the relationship between director Joe White and Saoirse Ronan to being a teacher for a day and a father for life. Although Ronan has been regarded as one of the female stars of the same generation with the most solid acting skills, he starred in TV dramas and starred in films such as [Can't Help Falling in Love with You] before he was photographed by Joe White, but as the real point of Ronan The man who turned stone into gold, Joe White still deserves it. Thinking of the opening of [Atonement] at the Venice Film Festival, on the one hand, the comments praised director Joe White's ability to restore British style and narrative skills, and secondly, I am afraid that the focus was entirely on the 13-year-old Saoirse Ronan. Ronan showed the process of the girl's repressed love finally going to destruction. When the outside world questioned whether Joe White was suspected of hiding Ronan's age, the "revelation" of the truth blew all the clouds away, and Hollywood moved out again. After the fact, Zhuge Liang's attitude made up for the mistake of "seeing away" before.

With this perfect cooperation, Ronan's acting career has not become wider and wider. On the contrary, due to the high level of acting skills that broke out this time, the subsequent series of films have been questioned by the media that will ruin people's future, including Peter Jackson tailor-made for her [Lovely Bones] are unexpectedly Waterloo. Joe White is waiting for the opportunity again, hoping to step on the idea of ​​the right time and place. Judging from the characteristics of [Hannah], the contrast between this role and the actor's true personality is exactly what Ronan used in [Atonement]. One of the keys to the performance's acclaim, no wonder the director has always exclaimed how suitable [Hannah] is for Ronan to play, no matter whether it is a new bottle or an old wine this time, Ronan will cooperate with Joe White again [Hannah] It may be the real expectation of fans to start the name of his youth acting school.

A similar situation also happened to director Joe White. Although public opinion has always been positive about the director's ability to restore the background style of the story, it is also worried about his narrative grasp, and it is not difficult to find that the past success is more from the local long-standing literature. Traditional support, so from the debut [Pride and Prejudice], some people questioned the problem of the director's sometimes overdone style, and finally it was exposed in the completely Hollywood production [Solo]. It should be said that this is a good thing for a young director, and while Joe White in [Hannah] is looking for new breakthroughs, he also tries his best to capture some non-unfamiliar creative environments for filming, such as not using the United States ( Hollywood) star as the protagonist, continue to carry out the "Joe-style" style transformation of the story type, etc., and what we most want to see is Ronan's perfect presentation of "Hannah Saoirse" under the luck of Joe White. Ronan's solitary charm.

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Extended Reading

Hanna quotes

  • Rachel: I feel so grounded in the countryside. The city stifles me, emotionally, creatively, spiritually. Places like this bring us closer to God.

    Hanna: God?

    Rachel: Well, not in any monotheistic sense. Buddha, Krishna, the god within. Whatever you believe in.

    [pause]

    Rachel: What do you believe in, Hanna?

    [gets no response, laughs]

    Rachel: Nothing.

  • Hanna: Come and find me.

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