The film was made in 1953 by Italian director Federico Fellini when he was 33 years old. The black and white screen is 109 minutes long, and it is a great honor to see it on the big screen of the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival in 2020. This year's film festival is the most special. I was so busy and tired that I only watched the two screening films of the Italian "The Swinger" and the Belgian "The Barefoot Emperor". Affected by the epidemic after the Chinese New Year on January 23, cinemas across the country were closed for 178 days before they resumed work, which can be regarded as unprecedented.
The stagnation in the past six months has also made many movie fans really intolerable, because the sound effects on computer TVs are not comparable to the big screens in theaters. It was not until noon on July 16 that there was good news from the Film Bureau: on the 20th, cinemas around the world will gradually be allowed to open for business. On the same day, the Shanghai International Film Festival was also announced, and the date was confirmed to be held from July 25 to August 2. The cinema in Beijing, due to the resurgence of the epidemic in the seafood market but the effective containment measures, was delayed to officially open on the 24th.
Finally ushered in the smooth holding of the Shanghai Film Festival. Unexpectedly, more than 100,000 tickets were sold within an hour of opening, and the ticketing rate was 99%. This year, due to the impact of the epidemic, there were originally more than 50 screening theaters, but this year it has been reduced to 29. Each theater can only have 30% of the tickets, and it is required to wear masks in every row and every seat. In such an unbearable viewing environment, it is really exciting and exciting that 30% of foreign fans and 70% of Shanghai fans can support the situation where all the venues are full and one ticket is hard to get (the only regret: young The lateness rate of the audience is too high, and a lot of people enter the venue after half an hour, I hope you can pay attention to it because it will affect other audiences watching). This has also given hope to the cinema that has just resumed work.
Back to this film: At the beginning, the scene was fixed on the streets of an Italian town, and the big clock above caught my eye. At a glance, it was after 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, and a swinging group composed of 5 men was walking on the street. Some of them were drunk, some were humming songs, and some came forward to provoke them when they saw women passing by. A group of idle prostitutes kicked off the movie.
1. Let’s talk about the most slutty male protagonist first: After watching the film, I really want to slap him and kick his ass! Relying on his handsome looks, he not only talked about the beautiful beauty pageant champion as his girlfriend, but also hooked up with other women behind his back. Knowing that his girlfriend was pregnant, he packed his suitcase and wanted to escape, and had to give in after his father beat him with a belt.
After getting married, he had no job and was introduced by his husband to work as a salesperson in a friend's antique store. The male protagonist's family's economy is not good, and he is not down-to-earth, hard-working, and grateful for the return of living in his wife's house. But watching a movie has to use his wife's money, and he still slips out halfway to have an affair, and he doesn't let go of the older proprietress. After being fired if he fails to seduce, he bites back in front of his wife, husband and wife's brother. other people.
2. Wife's brother: At first, the male protagonist lied a lot in front of his wife's brother, and he believed it. He also complained about the male protagonist. He believed that the boss could not dismiss him at will, and should pay him an extra month's salary as compensation. For this reason, he also followed the male owner to the store to steal the statue left by the manufacturer to sell it for money. And stupidly waiting for the male protagonist to go home in the middle of the night after cheating with a woman he met in a nightclub. Unexpectedly, it was discovered by his wife: the male protagonist was wiping the lipstick on his face.
This time, the wife, who was heartbroken again and again, couldn't bear to pick up her big fat son and ran away from home. The male protagonist found that all the relatives did not have their whereabouts. When he finally came to his father, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his wife and son were there. At this moment, the male protagonist deeply reflected on his mistakes and apologized. Fortunately, his wife chose to forgive him. And his wife's brother still decided to leave the small town and go to the big city, because he imagined getting up in the middle of the night and going to work and self-reliant railway station to study as a teenager.
3. One of the male protagonist's friends: This dude is an old man who is idle and has no serious job. He likes to drink, sing, dance and speak well. With such a role model sister, she must not learn well. She found an older man with a family, and she also eloped with others. This brother and sister made her mother heartbroken.
4. The second friend of the male protagonist: He is a writer, and he is very attentive to writing. Even if he arrives home in the middle of the night, as long as he has inspiration, he can't help writing immediately. However, his works have always been ignored and not appreciated. In fact, he should cheer up and find a job to enrich himself to support himself, maybe he can get more and better inspiration?
5. The third friend of the male protagonist: This friend has few shots, no stories, and no deep impression, but his face seems familiar. One check: Oh! It turned out to be his brother who was one year older than the director Fellini. They really look alike.
After watching the movie, many audiences applauded together: applaud for this movie that was made so well in the 1950s; applaud for the movie with many characters, rich story, and profound criticism, and applaud for the movie that is still wonderful to watch today.
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