We roughly see the natural chronology of the film as two faces, three photos, and one language. In fact, it is not so absolute. I think that in the second face part, the time is not continuous, but disrupted by the director, so that it can fully explain why those photos taken in Macedonia appeared in Annie's studio.
one. The opening
story should start with Annie, a picture editor in London, England. Annie was looking at the photos when she received a call from the doctor and learned that she was pregnant. When she went out, she met her mother, who hoped that she could have a good talk with her husband, but they met Anne's lover, Alexander, a famous photographer.
Alexander used a camera to film a scene of a friend shooting a prisoner. He thought he had killed a murderer, so he urgently asked Annie to leave London with him and go to Macedonia. Because Annie was pregnant and needed to negotiate with her husband, she did not immediately agree to Alexander. , but said she needed time. Alexander flew back to Macedonia alone and experienced some of the things that happened in his hometown of Macedonia.
During this time period, Annie and her husband Nick met in a bar. Annie revealed the pregnancy and filed for divorce. Unfortunately, a chaotic shooting in the bar came, and Nick was beaten to the blood of the right eye and the right face.
Alexander writes to Anne, telling her the truth about killing people with a camera. Anne later called Macedonia to find Alexander, but they couldn't communicate because of the language barrier. So Anne decided to go to Macedonia to find Alexander.
two. Development
Alexander lives in Macedonia with his Serb friends happily. They broke with the Albanians over ethnicity, but he still liked Hannah, the Albanian, so Alexander visited their house and gave them gifts. Despite the hostility of the Albanians, Hannah's family was happy to chat with him.
Hannah's daughter, Sammy, was shaved with short men's hair for being unruly. One day, the unruly Sammy killed Alexander's Serb cousin, Pojen, and the angry Serbs grabbed Sammy and wanted to kill him. Drop her, an eye for an eye. Alexander insisted on saving Sammy at Hannah's request. Just as he was pulling Sammy away, the Serbs shot and killed Alexander by mistake.
Sammy ran to the nearest church where Corey was, and it was raining heavily. So she hid in the room of Ke Rui, who had sworn silently, but the two had ambiguous feelings.
At the same time, the Serbs held a funeral for Alexander, and Anne happened to appear not far away, watching all this quietly, and couldn't help but say, "Oh my God." There was a boy next to him recording all this with a camera.
When the Serbs heard that Sami was hiding in the church, they asked the priest to search, but they did not find him. The priest at the church found her hiding in Cory's room, and they expelled Cory and Sammy from the church and let them both fly away. Just when they got to a relatively safe place, Sammy's grandfather and family showed up. Grandpa couldn't accept Corey due to racial issues. Sammy insisted on leaving with Corey. Sammy's brother killed her with a machine gun, leaving her behind. Next Corey sighed alone. At this time, the boy with the camera captured this moving scene.
three. In the end
, Anne returned to London, heartbroken by the Macedonian experience, and she couldn't help crying while taking a shower.
Annie continued her life and work in the office, and still received photos from all over the world. She calmly looked at the photos of Sammy and Corey sent by the boys in Macedonia.
One day, Anne was sitting on the floor at work when she suddenly received a call from Macedonian Corey looking for Alexander. She said he had left and was no more. Actually he is dead.
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