The rhythm of the film is very slow, with a long close-up of the male protagonist's face, listening to him gasping for breath, there is basically no soundtrack, and the monotony of life is deliberately created. The male protagonist is middle-aged, his wife and daughter died unexpectedly, he lives with his mother, and he is a policeman.
One morning, the police arrived at the scene of the murder and found that the deceased was an 11-year-old girl, naked, dripping with blood, and her lower body was stuffed with rags. The policeman's spirit was greatly stimulated. He ran wildly in the wilderness, fell into the mud and gasped, and could not calm down for a long time.
The policeman's neighbor is a slutty girl, and the two have a good relationship. The police told her about the brutal murder that just happened, and the girl said that "human nature is unimaginably ugly". The girl waited for her boyfriend, and the two entered the house to have sex. The police saw that the door was unlocked, so they couldn't help but peep. The opening scene of the film sets the tone: real ugliness. The director's next purpose is to expose the ugliness, show the ugliness, and criticize the ugliness.
It's a long process for the police to solve a case because it's hard to get a clue. The girl's boyfriend is a school bus driver who picks up the children. The police and he are also friends, and the three often go out together. The police followed the school bus and the children to investigate, but found no clues. The child is too young to give any clues. Because of anxiety and emotional disorders, the policeman's psychology gradually went wrong, and he became more silent.
The girl noticed that she was being peeped by the police, but she didn't get angry immediately. She often comforted him and teased his lonely nerves. The girl's sexual needs are very strong, and her crazy coitus with her boyfriend is like a fight. There are three bed scenes arranged in the movie, and every time the audience is drowsy, there is an unobstructed battle immediately, which also shows the director's cleverness and heavy taste.
The unit where the girls worked went on strike, and they collectively went to the city government to ask to see the mayor. The police were already devastated by the rape and murder case, and had no patience to deal with any strikes. He scolded the girl group and drove them away. The girl had an argument with the police.
The police's mother also warned the girl: My son's family has just broken up and you have a boyfriend, so don't harass him. But the girl felt more and more pitiful for the police and wanted to comfort her. One day, she finally couldn't stand the cowardice of the police, who couldn't even kick a fart with three feet, and dragged him directly into the boudoir to give him her body as a gift. In the face of such a direct request, the police again showed a useless side, and he was scared away and returned home to cry. The girl was also lying on the bed sobbing, and the director's camera shot maliciously close-up of the girl's naked lower body, which was both ugly and ridiculous.
The policeman's emotional instability and unusual performance (stroking the sow for a long time in the pigpen and talking to himself) made me think he was the real murderer, but the director made a joke again, before the police handed over the case to the police. Shortly after giving it to others, the real murderer was caught immediately, and it turned out to be the girl's boyfriend.
Looking back at this case, it is actually very simple. The fault lies in the fact that the police subjectively do not believe that their friend is the murderer, and deviate from the correct direction of investigation. The girl's boyfriend was crying at the police station. He lost his usual mighty power. The police hugged him comfortably, stroked his face, and kissed his mouth to calm him down. This scene is quite ambiguous, and art films need this kind of ambiguous scene to stimulate Wen Qing's G-spot.
The case was over, and the girl burst into tears, but the policeman showed a yin and yang smile, looking very angry and suspicious. Maybe this tragedy will fulfill the love between the policeman and the girl. For the policeman, this is a happy ending.
The director of the film is Bruno Dumont. His most outrageous film is called "Twelve Palms", which also caused great controversy (attention) at the time, but in recent years his anger has disappeared and he has actually made a comedy .
The film has received numerous accolades and won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor/Actress at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. It seems that if an actor wants to win an award, he has to make himself as ugly as possible. If you can stand the slow pace of Europe, this movie is worth watching.
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