After the harsh winter, it is spring

Jerald 2022-03-25 09:01:13

Turkish director Ceylon's latest work, "Hibernation," which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2014, is not only dauntingly long, but also thought-provoking -- assuming you stick with it.

The vast and atmospheric scenes of Turkey can be seen everywhere in the film, and these images reflect the characters' complex moods and fluctuating emotions from the side. The scene where Aydin stayed on the snow-covered railway and didn't know where to go brought me a deep touch. The innate sense of loneliness of human beings became extremely vivid at this moment. At this moment, the audience and the film The role of the character has achieved emotional resonance and emotional resonance, and if you taste it carefully, it is full of sadness.

In the face of the harsh winter and difficult reality, how should we go on the road of life? Faced with an imperfect and traumatized self, how do you compromise with it? I believe that after watching the movie, you will fall into contemplation, and even more believe that you will find your own answer.

"Hibernation" is a prose with beautiful writing and profound artistic conception, from which you can feel Ceylon's simple original intention as an artist - life is destined to be with pain and loneliness. The more you can feel the courage of this film to confront human nature and the sincerity of self-analysis.

Winter will bring physical drowsiness and mental sobriety. "Hibernation" brings not only the chill, but also the warmth behind the ice and snow.

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Winter Sleep quotes

  • Aydin: Justice doesn't even exist in nature, why should it exist here?

  • Aydin: [Epilogue] Nihal, I didn't go away. I couldn't. Whether it's because I've grown old, or I've gone mad, or because I've become a different man, think what you like. I just don't know. But this new man inside me for a few days won't let me go away. Please, don't ask me to go either. I now understand nothing is calling me to Istanbul. Everything is alien to me there as it is everywhere else. I want you to know that I have no one but you. And I miss you every minute, every second that goes by. But my pride will never let me tell you this. I know very well how to terrible or impossible it would be to part from you. Just as I know that you do not love me anymore. I know we can't go back to the old days. And there is no need to. Take me with you like a servant, like a slave. And let us continue our life even if we do it your way. Forgive me.