There seems to be a trend of moral conservatism and moral cleanliness in society now. Once private morality does not fall into the eye of orthodox morality, it will be punished badly. This is also reflected in the criticism of Polanski's new film "I Complain" at home and abroad. The great French director Roman Polanski, whose wife was brutally murdered in Hollywood when he was young, was accused of raping his young daughter in the United States in the 1970s, and has been living in Europe since then. This year's new film "I accuse" won the Caesar Award and caused a huge sensation in France, but some people think that the film is Polanski calling Qu Xaibai for himself. But if you put Polanski's old case of coming of age aside and only talk about movies, "I Indict" is an excellent historical reflection film. Whether or not it was out of the director's personal thoughts, the film makes today's French, and even the whole of Europe, look back at the anti-Semitic traditions of the past and experience the plight of the disadvantaged who were oppressed by prejudice and the system. The film tells the vindication of a famous anti-Semitic wrongful conviction in French history. According to Hollywood routines, it is likely to be made into an ode to personal heroism. But Polanski is not provocative, he is just a restrained and somber attempt to restore the individuals involved in the wrongful case, and the system and society they wrestle with hypocrisy, prejudice and hatred. It's this frivolous tactic that draws the audience out of the stereotype of individual heroism and focuses on the system of official protection, the media that fan the flames, and the rabble full of prejudice and anger under the banner of patriotism. Isn't this the real irony brought by Polanski?
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