It's a very simple, heartwarming feature film.
Last night, the BAFTA (commonly known as the "British Oscars") awards announced the nominations, and this American film adapted from the French film "The Belliers" won the "Best Adapted Screenplay" nomination. From French herdsmen to American fishermen, the screenwriter precisely strips out the beautiful themes with commonality and puts them into a brand new scene. It should be said that the screenwriter has not only found the subtle differences between the North American context and European culture, but also is faithful to the sincere moving that the film can convey across time, language, and racial barriers. I think the nomination is a well-deserved compliment. .
Because the happy ending of the story and the positive central idea are very obvious, this type of film is often regarded as a clichéd "chicken soup for the soul", and has been ridiculed and criticized by many professional film critics and art lovers. However, no one can deny that such films occupy an extremely important position in the hierarchy of emotional needs of the "average" audience - from "Knock When Happiness" to "Wrestle Dad", in different countries and different cultures Most of the silent audiences have proved the fact with practical actions that no matter how avant-garde the art of film has developed, people always need a lot of rich "chicken soup" to comfort their body and mind. There is no need for non-linear narration, frame extraction and black and white shots. In many cases, what people need is a complete story with relaxation and relaxation, and a warm experience in which laughter and tears flow.
Of course, not everyone can cook chicken soup well. Such a clear-cut film can easily fall into the rut of boring and boring. At this time, the director's ingenious scheduling and design are required.
"Listening Girl" successfully portrays two delicate bridges. The first is the scene where the girl suddenly falls into silence during the re-singing performance. This unexpected blank has the wonderful effect of "silence is better than sound at this time". The director did not use any language to describe the complex emotions of deaf and mute parents mixed with pride, joy, grief, and confusion. The crowd cheering and applauding and the family members looking at each other formed a set of tragic comparison pictures. I remember when I was in the symphony orchestra, my parents also came to see me perform. I don't know what was going on in their hearts at that time, but I knew they would be happy for my happiness. I can't imagine how cruel it would be to deprive parents of their ability to perceive their children, thereby depriving them of their ability to understand and be happy for their children! If you think about it like this, it's really heartbreaking.
The second is that the girl couldn't help but sign language to the family upstairs during the interview at Berkeley. I take this as a contrast to the above paragraph: the former is the helpless family who tried their best to understand the daughter's enthusiasm, and the latter It is the daughter who has always been sensible and tries her best to make her family feel her love. The two scenes, one silent and one emotional, seem completely different but point directly at the true meaning of "family". The so-called family, isn't it exactly like this that love each other, rely on each other, and achieve each other? At this point, all the conflicts and contradictions in the whole film have been resolved, and all the threads have returned to the most simple theme, exuding a warm and warm light in this cold winter.
If every bowl of chicken soup for the soul tastes so good, I'd rather have high cholesterol.
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