A dog is not enough for her to wade into the muddy waters of this world!

Theodora 2022-03-21 09:02:29

The narration of the film is extremely plain and simple, even a bit dull and monotonous, but it is extremely infectious and can be said to penetrate the back of the paper. The focus of the story is naturally on two women: Aunt Wanda, whose tribulations, struggles, and prominent past have shaped her legendary life, full of worldly lusts; and Ada, her niece, who lives from birth to adulthood , has lived a pure and unblemished nun life.

The film begins at the moment when Ada is faced with a life decision: whether to continue the life she had before, to remain a virgin and serve the gods all her life, or to step into the colorful world. At this time, she was arranged to live with her aunt, Wanda, for a period of time. Under the leadership of Wanda, she explored the whereabouts of her parents. In fact, she was guided by this typical representative of worldly life to see this complicated world. There are cruel betrayals and killings in this world, deep sorrow and regret, confusion and helplessness, but also warm and romantic love.

I met the young man who played the saxophone. They drove through the fields in the rain. They chatted in the dark. Ada, who came back from the trip, unexpectedly laughed when the nuns were having a meal. This earthly life seemed sweet to her. The sudden suicide of her aunt gave her a second chance to leave the monastery.

In this room that was left by the deceased, she put on high-heeled shoes, put on lipstick, wore a gorgeous dress, smoked, drank, listened to music, and spun and swirled under the white gauze, and then she fall down.

Ada is quiet and taciturn, but in one sentence, her understanding of life reveals wisdom. After talking with her boyfriend who plays the saxophone, they talk, and her boyfriend invites her to a small town to watch them play:

"We can go to the beach," he said.

"Then what?"

"And then we get married?"

"Then what?"

"And buy a dog..."

Ordinary people want to come, this plot can be described as warm and romantic, but Ada is unmoved. Until now, perhaps a dog is still the expression of deep love between men and women, but a dog cannot support the whole life. If the secular marriage life is all about it, then she doesn't care about it. So the next morning, I changed into the nun's clothes again, and then resolutely walked towards the snow-white world of the gods. From now on, she probably won't laugh uncontrollably while eating.

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Extended Reading
  • Alexane 2022-04-21 09:02:50

    The fixed camera position, precise composition, and no fragmentary editing remind people of Ozu, Bresson and Dreyer in Schrader's mouth. The director's meticulousness and attentiveness are reflected everywhere, and even the clouds sprayed from his mouth have character. It presents historical Poland as a contradictory organism: religion and ideology go hand in hand, jewish and anti-Semitic coexist, decadence and tidy coexist, quiet and restless one after another. The waves are choppy under the calm, I love it so much!

  • Trystan 2021-12-26 08:01:32

    Photography is only limited to the concept of "composition", and the large amount of top space that appears is actually meaningless, purely for good-looking and cool (I thought it only appeared in the nun space, but later found out that it was used casually), basically nothing New ideas, posturing is first-rate.

Ida quotes

  • Lis: ...come along then. You'll listen to us play, we'll walk on the beach.

    Anna: And then?

    Lis: Then we'll buy a dog... Get married, have children... Get a house.

    Anna: And then?

    Lis: The usual. Life.

  • Lis: What are you thinking about?

    Anna: I'm not thinking.