Isn't it a political metaphor for British left-wing intellectuals?

Bailey 2022-03-06 08:02:06

Why do you all think it's a romance movie? . . Several places in the film clearly point out the political implications of this film.
The true love Katya (a Russian name!) with a child (future/hope) was buried forever in the glacier in '62 (quoting the original "Berlin Wall has just been built"), never changed, but also out of reach;

male The protagonist (a left-wing intellectual - the film emphasizes his political orientation several times) married a counterfeit who looked alike, sometimes up and sometimes down, laughing at the Conservative Party Thatcher is a Nazi, complaining that high technology damages labor rights, pay attention Global warming melting icebergs, aging, frailty, hypocrisy for a lifetime.

Without political interpretation of this film, many dialogues will become inexplicable: for example, the wife's sarcasm about the male protagonist and katya's "nothing to achieve", the big "old people lose their purpose theory" published by the male protagonist, and so on. . .

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  • Filomena 2022-04-24 07:01:25

    Originally, I had been secretly praising the British screenwriter, and then I found out who the director was, and sure enough. The acting skills of the two actors are also really admirable, including the memory of large lines. The whole film is good, only the skirt of the heroine at the end is a failure. It doesn't fit well enough to be too distracting. /// If it happened to me, I'd say, "Would you like to go back to Switzerland? Let's go."

  • Devyn 2022-03-31 09:01:09

    #SIFF2015 I don't quite understand why I pretend to be in love and pretend to be living.

45 Years quotes

  • Geoff Mercer: What? You really believe you haven't been enough for me?

    Kate Mercer: No. I think I was enough for you, I'm just not sure you do.

    Geoff Mercer: Oh Kate - that's terrible!

  • Kate Mercer: Would you have married her?