"Poetry"--Poetry in English became the loudest foreign language film title in 2011 except A Separation.
Meizi, the protagonist in the film. , If I see a person like Meizi in Korea, I don't know what honorific to call her. Her beauty and tenderness make me reluctant to be called 할머니 (grandmother), but the crow's feet at the corner of her eyes and the nostalgia for the past in her eyes revealed her rich life experience. She wears a white hat, spares her beauty, wears a neat suit, and speaks lightly and tenderly, all of which show her nostalgia for youth and her pursuit of elegance and beauty.
Miko's life is very simple, and life is not poor , Occasionally cleaning up her neighbor's half-paralyzed president's body can make her very happy. Her pursuit is not very high. She cooks for her grandson every day and plays badminton after meals. These are the main parts of her life.
Meizi Her passion for life and self is trying to be released in this ordinary life. She remembered a simple sentence from her high school teacher---Miko, you will write poetry in the future, so she joined various poetry troupes to perfect her childhood dream. She When I saw the predecessors who made poetry, I asked, how can I find inspiration and how to make poetry? The film does not give a clear comparison between Miko and other poets who want to be poets, but we clearly perceive Miko's perception of the beauty of art, poetry and the world. Her pursuit is definitely not a general statement. She has a desperate desire to learn the creation of poetry, but the inspiration and the key point that the teacher has repeatedly emphasized to her-the perception of the beauty of the world has failed to resonate with Miko.
Meizi, is in trouble. On the one hand, she struggles to integrate herself into the world to feel and touch beauty, on the other hand, the terrible news of her grandson jumping into a river at school and a woman raped by other unknown boys and dying has become a hurdle for her to overcome. Guilt, her shame, subconsciously stopped her desire to seek beauty. How could she be worthy of the dead girl when she pursued beauty at this time? Meizi was constantly entangled, she couldn't stand the indifference and cruelty of the other five students' parents, she avoided their conversation, went outside and wrote the poem "red like blood" to the rose, from this moment on the girl's death Not only has it become the cause of her inner emotional waves, but it has also become the source of her artistic inspiration.
Meizi's confusion is very subtle in the film. Except for a few head-on conflicts between Meizi and her grandson, you can hardly see many of her emotional turns. . But the film continues to foreshadow the various things that Miko did because of the girl's death: she went to the mourning hall, stole the girl's photo, ran to the science classroom where the girl was raped, and went to see the river where the girl died. These small things are interspersed. In the movie, it really shows that Meizi's own guilt is constantly increasing. She can go to the poetry party during the day, and talk about poetry with others happily during the dinner, but when the dinner is over, she squatted outside the corner and cried loudly, Guilt and guilt kept attacking her, she was so helpless, she didn't know how to redeem.
In stark contrast was the behavior of the beautiful children and grandchildren, who ignored the consequences despite committing the crime of abuse, and watched TV without showing any pity for the dead girl In the face of his grandmother's doubts, he chose to ignore and escape, and this behavior made Meizi unable to obtain any relief, but instead deepened her guilt towards the girl. In order to pay the girl's family a settlement fee, Meizi did something against her personality. things, but from Miko's eyes, I don't see regret, I'm convinced that she never regrets her decision, that she sacrificed herself in her own way is an act of self-salvation. She thought that in this way, guilt would be Disappear, the soul will be liberated, and she can return to the beautiful woman who was at the beginning of the film.
But she was not liberated. Unable to look the teenage mother in the eyes at the reconciliation meeting, she got up and left, because the inner moral charge made her unable to forget the indifference of her grandson. The money given to the teenage mother was only a comfort, after all What kind of method should be used to really atone for sin? Meizi's inner pursuit of justice forced her to make a difficult decision, killing her relatives righteously and submitting her ignorant grandson to the police station. In
the last 15 minutes of the film, Yin Jingji's acting skills were sublimated again, she Her determination and reluctance for her grandson, her confusion and recognition of right and wrong, the peace she pursues and the stability she breaks.
With the departure of her grandson, the wall in her heart finally collapsed, and the inspiration poured in. She wrote her first poem with a pen. Miko's disappearance brings an open ending. Where did Miko go? What did she do? Is she still wearing a floral suit and wedge heels like before? She also occasionally watches the trees and branches flutter. To seek beauty? But as if everything is not important, Meizi has achieved her own redemption, and her liberated mood can infinitely feel the beauty of the world, her elegance will always be with her, write it down in her own notes A thousand words, the true meaning of life.
Yin Jingji has been nominated for many Best Actress for this film, and won numerous awards. After watching the film, many people were impressed by the elegance and delicacy she still retains in her 60s. And mine South Korean friends talked about Yin Jingji, only to learn that there was a scandal when she became an actress and the president. It was rumored that the president introduced her to a pianist who lived in France for a long time, so Yin Jingji escaped from the media and never returned to the silver screen and South Korea. She and the president Some people say that she was forced, but there is no way to verify it. But with her deep acting skills and her perfect interpretation of the role of Miko, I can't stop feeling good about her. Those who evade and French What kind of opportunity created such a woman?
At the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, Li Cangdong won the Best Screenplay Award for this film.
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