When watching Ceylon's new film, I kept thinking of the "infamous" "Love You To Kill Her" by Filipino director Mandoza, who was also the darling of Cannes. In 2010, Mandoza won the best director in a controversy at Cannes, including Ceylon, because he was one of the few directors in the jury who supported Mandoza.

Now it's Ceylon's turn to shine at Cannes. This is also the second time he has won the Jury Prize. The last time was back in 2003, when he won the Best Actor Award for "Distant" at the same time. This time, fans all over the world were expecting him to win the Palme d'Or, but it was only one step short, and it was still a pity that he still stopped at the Grand Jury Prize, that is, the "second place" in form.

This is a masterpiece. The beautiful photography and composition, the extremely calm and slow narrative, the intricate character relationships, and the sharp contrast between the countryside and the city all make up a wonderful work full of metaphors. The photography in the film is maintained at the high level of the past, with the occasional light of a few lights in the dark night, and the car is driving on the endless Anatolian plateau. The nightly search in the first half, in terms of rhythm and atmosphere, really reminded me of the first half of "Love You To Kill Her". The process was slow and winding, testing and torturing the patience of the audience along the way.

There are many characters in the film: doctors, prosecutors, sheriffs, criminals, village chiefs and other characters all appear on the stage, and the topics of their conversations build a cruel realistic social background: corrupt bureaucracy, failed husband and wife relationships, A ruthless criminal, the next generation born of hatred...

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Lew 2022-03-20 09:02:14

There is no emotion in the shot of a good movie. It has nothing to do with morality and reason. Everything is to record the story. The emotion is determined by the audience.
Brionna 2022-03-27 09:01:13

Life always goes on, no matter how cruel it is, just like the sound of the autopsy at the end of the film, the woman walking into the distance, the child kicking the football back to the school playground, not to mention the doctors and the others are just doing themselves. Work outsiders too. The paragraphs of the night scene use the strength of natural sound and the subtle changes of the weather many times to set off the solemn atmosphere of the story, which is a very good technique.