"Look at my clothes"!

Charley 2022-03-23 09:03:11

At first I thought it was a film about a childhood story, so I felt abnormal when the film didn't see the sun in the middle of the film. Another translation of this film is "The Sun was Bright That Year". Movies about childhood, generally speaking, are difficult without sunlight, or a high level of light and color processing. Such as Paradise Cinema, Paradise Children, Father's Glory, etc. Sunshine means that the focus of a film is on childhood.
The lighting in this film is gloomy, and you'll see why.
The film is full of politics, but the overall feeling is strong, not like the 1900 movie starring Depardieu and De Niro: the story is cut to pieces by politics. The film is about a tragedy in Latin America, which tends to lead to the association that the tragedy is caused by life being drawn into politics. Or rather, life is divided by various political factions. There is very little politics in China's life, or we hardly feel politics in our life. We only have the economy and only make money. Latin America and China, which one is better and more meaningful, this is what the film can make us think about.
Of course, as a growth film, the film can naturally move people, but this is not the real feature of this film, it is a political film, and it is politically moving. As the last subtitles indicate: Dedicated to Father Gerrado Whelan.

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Machuca quotes

  • María Luisa Infante: Children will kill each other.

  • Patricio Infante: Socialism might be better for Chile but not for us.