A: Wearing school uniforms embodies equality and inhibits the psychology of comparison; standing up in class and raising hands to answer questions is the norm for students; respecting teachers and teachers is a traditional virtue; solidarity and mutual assistance reflect collectivist values. Judging from this, such regulations will cultivate good children who love the motherland, the collective, and the people.
This might make sense in China, but the Germans don't think so.
The plot is not complicated: a middle-aged teacher who believes in anarchism is rigidly assigned to be responsible for a week-long "centralized dictatorship" lecture. Although he was reluctant at first, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the students, he established a simulated dictatorship organization "wave" in his class. ”, and gradually expand its influence on a small scale. The results of this experiment were surprisingly good, and even the most mischievous students of the past began to obey the discipline. Although some people questioned it, the school still acquiesced in seeing the good changes in the students. But the situation slowly got out of control. When the week of experiment was coming to an end, an unexpected tragedy happened...
The Germans' sense of responsibility for history is indeed respectable. "The Tide" tries to use the typical Hollywood structure and language to portray the severe social reality, To warn the world against the rise of neo-Nazism. Calling it a fable feels a little too blunt, and calling it realism feels too preachy, like a copycat roast duck, the skin is burnt on the outside and the meat is undercooked on the inside. Use a lab class to argue that Germany (or the world) still has fertile ground for a Nazi revival. The director and the playwright's attention to practical issues is certainly worthy of recognition, but they are not successful enough in plot connection and characterization.
After the "Inspur" organization unified gestures, logos and uniforms, the students' enthusiasm for participation was high, and the feelings between the members also heated up. Some students even ventured to climb to the high-rise buildings to paint the "Inspur" logo. convince. However, Carlo, the most enthusiastic beauty of the organization at the beginning, suddenly turned into a staunch opponent of the "wave", which was a bit abrupt; the performance of the teacher's beginning to enjoy power and respect was not natural and lacked in detail; Carlo's boyfriend's opinion after the water polo match Mutations are also confusing. The part where the teacher announces the end of "The Wave" is the climax of the film, but it is too deliberate and the expected tragic ending hardly resonates.
The characters in the movie are pale, the casting fails, and the emotions can only be expressed bluntly with lines. Personally, there is only one flesh-and-blood character in the whole film, who is the maker of the final tragedy: he has no warm family, is introverted, and lacks a sense of security. It is not surprising that "Wave" has become his only support. And the actor who played the student was full of emotions and had a very vivid expression, especially the tearful eyes and the twitching corner of his mouth when he was "betrayed". In comparison, the beautiful Carlo and his handsome boyfriend are much more empty: Carlo did not show enough anger after being slapped by her boyfriend, the power outage did not show obvious panic when handing out flyers, and her boyfriend was very bland as a whole; The hug between the two at the end was even contrived.
Of course, the lack of experience of young actors is excusable, and if there are vases, they can at least be viewed as idol dramas. However, the teacher's emotion towards the course arrangement was not satisfactory from the beginning of the resistance to the acceptance. The director did not give a satisfactory answer to when and why he indulged in power. After all, the film did not describe how the teacher was embarrassed at the beginning. We can only Find a clue from his quarrel with his girlfriend. Regarding the portrayal of the teacher's other half, it is another failure of the film. The actors' emotions are not in place, and the role of the characters in the development of the plot is also weak.
This film can be viewed in comparison with France's "Between the Walls", which is also a school theme. The latter focuses on the expression of anarchist tendencies in France's multiculturalism, with a stronger sense of realism.
If "The Tide" is shown in Chinese schools, students can watch it as a thriller, and teachers can watch it as a black comedy, and they all get their own way, but only if the party branch turns a blind eye to the film's suggestion of demeaning collectivism.
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