"Life is short, and everyone should complete the journey of life with mutual understanding." This is one of the things that the Danish film "After the Wedding" wants to express.
The film tells a story about emotions, about family, about choices, about breaking through difficulties The past is intertwined with a long-cherished emotion-Jacob, who works in child relief in India, is invited to return to his hometown of Copenhagen to talk with Jurgen (played by Ralph Lasgard), a rich man who has fundraising intentions, and is caught Invited to attend the wedding of Jurgen's daughter Anna. What Jacob didn't expect was that he actually attended the wedding of his own daughter, and the rich Jurgen was dying. He was terminally ill and would die soon. While hiding his illness from his wife's family, he appears to be planning to leave everything to Jacob, including turning his fortune into a charitable fund, including his wife Jurgen's 20-year-old lover Helene (Sids Babbitt. Played by Knudsen), Jurgen and Helene's daughter Anna, herself and Helene's twin sons...
Many people burst into tears when watching part of the plot of this film, which is somewhat puzzling to me, Xu is right This kind of film is a bit numb, but the main reason is that the emotional part of the film is a little bit out of balance, and this imbalance is caused by the young actors acting too hard, and other mature actors such as Mads Mico. The emotional tone of the film created by Irson, Sids Babbitt Knudsen, Ralph Lasgard, and Steen Fisher Christensen, who plays daughter Anna, in Jurgen's office , The storm-like crying of truth when he learned of Jurgen's illness made it awkward.
Perhaps the incomprehension of the tearful audience will once again be considered by some people to be hard-hearted - not long ago, because I was not moved by the film "Atonement", and was quite critical, I was questioned by friends, but I think "Atonement". " is a film that has been torn apart, as if out of breath. Of course, "After the Wedding" doesn't have the feeling of being split. It is complete, smooth, and a bit slow-paced. Although I am not moved, I am impressed by its simplicity and delicacy and its subtle light and shadow presentation techniques, especially The use of visual effects to enrich and describe the inner activities and feelings of characters is more intriguing.
Director Suzanne Bier is undoubtedly sensual and capable. Although the film has a slow rhythm, it is not sloppy. The use of a large number of local close-ups not only slows down the rhythm, but also highlights the characteristics of the characters. Close-ups are a common weapon in film and television, which is not surprising, but it is gratifying that Susannah Biel did a good job - simply omitting the transition of the general concept between some close-ups, and placing the close-up directly in the two close-ups Among them, at this time, the advantages of the portable show (although I usually don't like to look at the portable), the seemingly inadvertent shaking and partial enlargement are meaningful due to the development of the plot and the advancement of emotions, and there is no abrupt The feeling of being cut off; in addition, a large number of close-ups of the eyes of different characters capture the most instinctive feelings of the characters in a timely manner, and sometimes even only one staring eye, flashing eyelashes and the skin around the eyes fill the whole picture, The eyes are the windows to the soul, and Susannah Biel has captured this window to an effect that is expressive and sensual.
Suzanne Biel is also one of the screenwriters of the film. She and another screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen have cooperated more than once. The success of "Open Heart" and "Brothers" has made them reach a tacit understanding of how to tell a story. . "After the Wedding" still continues the "Bill + Jensen style" in terms of style and focus. What arouses thinking is the propositions about social ethics, spirituality, moral traceability and human care, and they seem to know more and more how to eliminate these kinds of stories. The blind spots and embarrassment that are easy to fall into during the story are also due to the advance of the previous plot, the emotional foreshadowing, and the superb performances of the main actors, which make the ending of the film seem appropriate and clear.
The Danes have no hesitation about this national film - "I can't really count the shortcomings of this film, but I suggest you watch it quickly, or you will miss a beautiful moment in the history of cinema." American It is relatively objective - "This film gives the impression that the rhythm is too slow, and sometimes it seems to be still. But it is a deep and clear river, and behind the surface peace hides huge potential energy. Once it encounters an exit In my opinion, apart from the characteristics of the lens language, the story itself is like a modern Danish fairy tale, because the feelings between human beings are more complicated and more difficult to solve. The former love and the latter love, life and death, betrayal and growth, or trust and entrustment.
In addition, in the camera picture, the beautiful Copenhagen is indeed pleasing to the eye and I like it endlessly.
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