It is a blessing to be able to watch this pioneering political film on the big screen, and it is even more honorable to see the 85-year-old director, Mr. Gavras, in person at the Film Archive. I don't see many political movies, but a movie that nakedly restores political events is really shocking! The whole film begins with the sentence "If the story of this film is similar to any real thing, it is no coincidence, but intentional." Awesome! The film is based on the real incident in 1963 of the Greek United Democratic Left Party Congressman Gorios Ramblakis was killed by the right-wing military forces, and finally the military dictatorship came to power. Two of the episodes shook me quite a bit. One is that a rally hosted by a leftist congressman was obstructed in various ways. The military instructed hooligans to attack the venue, and the attack on the opposition leader was very realistic. There was no cover-up or symbolic metaphor. The brutal methods, especially the decadent back of the leftist MP who was beaten in the room, made me extremely depressed and forced to feel the fear, as if I was there. Another is a young judge trying to convict the military against all odds. The trial process of every military figure and the way of filming are the same. The character walks through the outhouse surrounded by reporters, gives the character a close-up of the medal, the character enters the inner room and sits down. The judge tells him that he has been sentenced to first-degree murder, and the character is ashamed and angry. 's departure. Shooting with the same four-stage program does not give people a feeling of repetition, but relief! Very relieved! Until then, the emotions that I had been repressed were completely released, and I felt like I was seeing the sun through the clouds. After watching this film, my heart is heavy. Of course, the ending is still not good. This is the true face of politics, but I can feel that Z's heart is still beating! Salute to the old man!
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