For many movie fans, the name of Icelandic director Grimm Hacknelson is relatively unfamiliar, and Icelandic films are also relatively unfamiliar, because this Rams )" has an obvious Nordic style, and it is easy to be thought that it is made in other Nordic countries.
The narrative tone of the film is relatively stable, and it is quite resistant to tell a family story in the name of sheep in the "square inch". It is a warm sketch interpreting human nature and emotions in a small format. One word: The estrangement between brothers, after years and months, with sheep as the thread, will finally be broken. The simplicity of the story does not mean that it is weak and weak. The script of the film is relatively solid. Occasionally, there is a suspicion that the foreshadowing is too much. I don't make it, I like to listen to operas, like to read and other details, and use this to compare the sloppy and rough living conditions of my brother.
There is very little dialogue in the film, and the story is told in an orderly manner, from the ram race to the discovery of scrapie, from receiving instructions to cleaning up, from secretly hiding "roots" to discovering secrets, from brothers feuding to relationship thawing, step by step, with a straightforward approach. The cinematic techniques of the film promote the development of the story, create relatively full and three-dimensional characters, and present a brotherly relationship with prominent contradictions.
The brothers in the film look like twins at first glance. They are both bearded and fat and bloated. If they are dressed as Santa Claus, they absolutely only need to change their clothes. The only difference in the first impression of the body is that my brother They are more plump and mellow than their younger brother. These two older brothers have not spoken to each other for 40 years, yet their houses are next to each other. For the younger brother, the unruly life of the elder brother is simply a burden. Their new contradiction is that in the ram competition, the elder brother's sheep wins by a slight advantage, the younger brother's sheep is the runner-up, and the unwilling younger brother is investigating the elder brother's sheep. When going to the ram, he found that the sheep was sick and reported it, so old hatred was added to new hatred, and this Liangzi was settled.
The rift of family affection usually deepens over time, probably because the elder brother's wild personality is too unreliable, and he is not as cautious and self-disciplined as the younger brother. Before his death, the father made a will and left the farm to the younger brother. When the mother who was worried about the child's livelihood was dying, the younger brother promised the mother that he would keep the older brother on the farm, so the older brother lived in the old house and occupied the old farm, while the younger brother only It can open up a new one on the side... The distribution of inheritance and the difference in character are often the key to causing family problems. Such a bridge seems to be universal in the world, but fortunately, this film uses an interesting one.
In view of the temperament of these two old children, when the film shows the brotherhood, some small humor flashes from time to time, such as preparing to participate in the ram competition at the beginning, one of the first loaded the racing sheep, drove the car on the road, and passed by the other At the time, he pretended to drive over easily and inadvertently. After driving out of the fence, he immediately got off the car and closed the fence to bring inconvenience to the other party. Another example is that when the brothers had to communicate, they relied on a shepherd dog to pass notes. The grumpy brother shot and smashed the glass window of his brother's house after being drunk, and the younger brother asked for the glass fee through the shepherd dog. Another example is that the elder brother was drunk and slept in the ice and snow. The younger brother used a shovel to scoop up the drunken elder brother and drove all the way to the hospital. After arriving, he unloaded it directly and left coolly. There is a seemingly contradictory but interesting grimness. Warm, violent tenderness.
Iceland, an island country located in the North Atlantic, is probably the least densely populated country in Europe. The pictures in the film repeatedly show the loneliness and harshness of the vast land and the sparsely populated areas. The video style also has some of the characteristics of the people in the film-willfulness, which is overwhelming. The white and capricious climate is full of features, the unique natural landforms, the raging wind, the gloomy sky, and the sparsely populated valleys are even more severe after the arrival of an extinct sheep plague.
The audience can foresee that the seemingly irreconcilable brotherhood will inevitably have a chance for reconciliation, but this opportunity in the film comes naturally and appropriately, which is in line with the characters of the two brothers shepherds. As a shepherd, it is necessary to report the epidemic. As a shepherd, you also have a sense of mission and responsibility to continue a biological species. When the above orders must be slaughtered, for the herdsmen, it is tantamount to a disaster. In order to make a living, many People leave their hometowns to develop in other cities.
Compared with the elder brother's scolding and alcoholism, the younger brother is doing practical work. He bypasses the quarantine department and slaughters the sheep himself, just to leave a "spark of fire" and slaughter it himself. For a person who regards sheep as treasures, It was a painful experience, and my younger brother, who was relatively calm, was competent. However, the paper could not contain the fire, and the secret hidden in the basement was still discovered. The younger brother asked for help from the older brother. The shepherd's genes played a role, and the conflict began to collapse. Digging through ice and snow to warm my brother with body temperature... The opening at the end didn't come out of the blue.
Although it is said that "life is too short to be used to hold grudges." But if there is no grudge, how can we show the beauty of reconciliation?
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