A love story spanning nearly ten years, but also from the real life of the director's parents

Lucie 2022-03-22 09:02:16

The story takes place on the land of Poland after the end of World War II. The title starts with a piece of national musical instruments unique to Poland. The film basically uses static footage, which is shown scene by scene like a drama, and it is not in the same scene. of different camera shots.

It incorporates the shadow of some music movies, a bit of the Polish version of Lalaland, as well as various forms of music, movie soundtracks, symphonies, folk dances, jazz, dances; The singing method of the heroine has also undergone various changes, There are duets in auditions, auditions for solo debuts, scale practice, group cantatas, musical-type choruses, studio soundtracks for movies, and solos on small stages, most of which are The method of a cappella can also restore the human voice the most, more like half a piece of music; the position of the corresponding male protagonist has also changed several times, from the conductor in the audience to the audience in the stands, and finally even the People disappear.

You can see in the film, like our buses in the 1970s and 1980s, in the 1950s, an era when we were still poor and hungry, Poland, a country ravaged by World War II, However, industrial production and life have been carried out normally, and there are still a few songs that are familiar to the elderly, the Internationale and Katyusha. The current Internationale is always ringing in the ears when watching the film, but who can sing him completely, not even as good as The group of people in the film for more than half a century. Another point of view is that at that time Poland, a country that was completely biased towards the Soviet Union, looked at the Soviet Union in various places, sang the praises of the great leader Stalin, and wrote red and specialized content on the score of the national orchestra, before going to the GDR. political education on the train.

The Polish language used in the first half of the film, with a little French in the middle, finally returned to the motherland and returned to Polish language. After traveling to several countries, Poland, the GDR, and France, the way the male protagonist returned to China was even more bizarre. The spy who was identified as the British betrayal of intelligence was taken back to China and thrown into prison. With the unremitting efforts of the heroine, he was finally released. In an abandoned wilderness church, the final sense of ceremony in the church gave the two people the best home. Walking with the two people on the road at night said that love without the witness of the church is not true love.

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Cold War quotes

  • Zula: Now I'm yours. For ever and ever.

  • Zula: Let's go to the other side.

    [pause]

    Zula: The view will be better there.