The whole film lasts for two and a half hours. If I didn't recognize the name Jacques Audiard on the poster long ago, and if I was fully prepared to go there (the De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté almost didn't kill me back then), it might be shown in the movie. In the middle of the time, I will feel very depressed-because its form and what it wants to express are not in line with the usual, at least in my perception.
In terms of form, this is a prison gangster scene - all the elements are present: the silver fox boss nicknamed "Caesar" by the Corsican school (I thought it was an Italian at first, but after checking with people, it was confirmed that it was Corsican Signatories); the new Arab faction was united by religious power (in a way, the crime industry in France is now dominated by Arabs); a small case was sentenced to prison without a boss The little tadpole who has no friends and three fights back, of course, is our hero (I really can't remember the name). The backbone of the story is that the male protagonist grew up from a younger brother who was forced to kill, and finally stabbed the former boss in reverse and took over the entire river and lake. If this is a Hong Kong film, it is already complete.
However, JA is keen on crime subjects. Besides I have always been suspicious of his personal interests, Yi seems to be obsessed with finding a balance between human nature and the environment. This film is called "The Prophet". Of course, on the one hand, our male protagonist is the magic lamp brother, and its religious leader, Mr. Mohammed, is the "prophet". This is a character, but on the other hand, the man who paved the way for the male protagonist at the beginning. The image of the hero always exists as the "God of Inspiration" of the male protagonist. It seems that under the protection of this inspiration, an illiterate thief finally overcomes the difficulties and grows into a new generation of bosses. And just before the final handover ceremony, the "Brother Inspiration" who had been inseparable with the male protagonist finally disappeared. Probably at this time the male protagonist "the lamb in his heart stopped screaming." He may have worked for Caesar at first to make his life a little better, but as soon as he saw the opportunity, he began to plan to defeat Caesar, and the various efforts he made after that, in my opinion, were just to make "Inspiration Brother" — that is, his inner guilt — rest in peace.
Brother JA does not change his dark nature. The rhythm of this film seems to be tight before and then loose. It should be said that there seems to be no climax of the final comeback. Only the male protagonist runs alone and everything is over - but this It is also quite in line with Yi's style.
PS: Caesar walked to the bench in silence and looked at the hero, only to see him and the Arab gang come in like a buddy, with a hostile meaning on the wall facing him Standing on the ground, he winked at the male protagonist and asked him to come over. In the end, he couldn't get a response, so he had to walk over by himself, but the scene where he was blocked and knocked to the ground was very pitiful.
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