"The best of youth" is an Italian film about the youth, death and old age of a pair of brothers - in fact, the director wants to express much more than that, the film from the 1960s From the beginning, until 2003, four decades of upheaval, struggle, struggle and revival throughout Italy. Divided according to the type of film, of course, it belongs to "epic films". The usual clichés of such films are either "speaking of condescending and preaching to save mankind"; It has almost become our main theme. But "A Splendid Life", as an epic film, is completely unconventional, and it is difficult to frame it from the existing framework. It is like an antique, which is a long-lost treasure.
The older brother Madio is a melancholy young man with a quirky temper, and the younger brother Nicola is a tolerant and kind-hearted young man. They are both good-natured and good people.
Because he couldn't bear Zuo Zhen to be tortured by electric shock in the mental hospital, Madio stole Zuo Zhen out and sent Zuo Zhen home with Nikola. The father quarreled and broke up. The brothers had to take Zuo Zhen away, and no one knew where to go. When Zuo Zhen was buying ice cream, the police aroused suspicion, because it was a crime to bring Zuo Zhen out in violation of regulations. The two brothers could only see Zuo Zhen being taken away by the police and could do nothing. That night, the two brothers slept at the train station, Nicola fell asleep, and Madio boarded the train to leave. Nikola woke up and asked Madio, why did he go alone? Because they had already made an appointment to travel to northern Europe, Madio only said that he had failed the previous literature exam, no more words. Nikola closed the door angrily and turned away...
——This is the first time Nikola closed the door. Since then, the two brothers have parted ways, each embarking on a different life path. (In the latter part of the film, Nikola closes the door twice, once when his girlfriend Julia decides to leave the family for a radical revolutionary cause. Nikola blocks the door, but after all, it is no match for Julia's desperate expression and bitter pleading, and Nikola opens the door. , Julia picked up her luggage and left, Nicola closed the door and separated from now on; the last closing was the night before Madio's death, which was Italian New Year's Eve. After Madio visited his family, he was uneasy and prepared to leave. Nicola blocked the door again and asked Madio, "Everything is fine." Madio replied "It's okay" as usual. In order to dispel Nicola's worries, Madio also ate a piece of candy that Nicola was carrying. Nicola looked With Madio leaving, and then closing the door.——These three closings have affected the lives of three people. The first closing, Madio embarked on a special life path, the second closing, making Julia embark on an extreme path, and the last time After closing the door, Madio committed suicide. Nikola's last grief is self-blame and remorse.)
Nikola gave up clinical medicine and should study psychiatry, while Madio devoted himself to the army and became a soldier. Nikola met Julia, gave birth to a daughter Sarah, and became better and better at his profession; Madio became a policeman and dealt with thugs according to discipline, and at the same time, he was angry with this discipline, and his temper became more and more hot. During the New Year, after seeing his family in a hurry, Madio jumped from the balcony and committed suicide.
At this time, the story has only been running for 4 and a half hours. Nikola endured great grief and continued to do her job. Others are like Nikola. In the next hour and a half, Madio only appeared in one scene - it was still the director's virtual scene - but for the whole hour and a half, a quarter of the movie, what everyone saw was the nostalgia for Madio.
Rome, the eternal city. It is also the place where Madio jumped. The most heartbreaking part of the whole movie is Madio's suicide, which is unreasonable and deserved. Madio is a brave, smart, and righteous person, but suddenly jumped off the balcony, which caught you off guard, shocked, and thought about the reason. If you can understand Madio's cleanliness, how can you understand his "Happy New Year" wishes to everyone but give up on yourself?
When Madio was visiting his paralyzed colleague, the colleague read a poem, and Madio took the words of his colleague and finished reading: "The catastrophe of the sun shining on mankind" - this is a portrayal of Madio's life, his strong, indifferent appearance Underneath, there is great sadness and despair, permeated with sympathy and resistance to suffering, but Madio knows that he is not the savior after all, he can only "control his own life". So, this time, he took control.
Dear Madio, you have gone to eternity in the eternal city, and the remaining sadness is more sadness, but this sadness is no longer a "disaster when the sun shines on mankind", this sadness is the reflection of your immortality in memory, just like That "Madio who calls himself Nicola".
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