The film seems to be talking about zoos, but in fact it has nothing to do with animals. It mainly talks about people's hearts, how an ordinary zoo director and his wife, under the ravages of war, respect life and save the Jews who were victims of the war. Animals, on the other hand, act as a contrast at most. There is almost no high energy in the whole film, and there are not too many turns and ups and downs, but because of its heavy theme, it has to be awe-inspiring. A very good subject, it could have been made into a classic work like "Schindler's List", but because of the flaws in the script, the film was not satisfactory. But overall, it's still pretty good!
The title of the film is the zoo director's wife, but it has nothing to do with animals. Many people say, why do animals have so few scenes? Actually it's not necessary at all! The zoo is just where Yang and Nina work, the zoo director and the director's wife are their identities! The appearance of animals paved the way for Nina's kindness, and also to contrast with people. The zoo provided a place for the Nazi army camp and rescued people later, that's enough!
Because Nina also encountered turmoil when she was a child, we can know when Nina talks to the girl who was raped by the soldiers, so she likes animals and is extremely kind. At the beginning of the film, she gets along with various animals like family, including her risking her life to save the baby elephant in the elephant's garden, which also paved the way for her kindness. Because she is kind, she will offer to help the first woman hide! At that time, Yang, the husband, was still hesitating for the safety of his family, but Nina did not waver at all!
The short-lived animals are in contrast to people. On the one hand, it contrasts with the Jews who were persecuted during the war. These Jews are like animals. They use animals as their names and hide in cages. On the other hand, it is in contrast to those brutal soldiers. The animals are still so gentle and kind, but on that land, they burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil, even animals! Of course, this can't be all blamed on the soldiers, everything is because of the war, the culprit!
Yang's friend, Luz, another zoo director, had a good impression of Nina, which paved the way for Yang and Nina to use the cover of running a pig farm to help those Jews! In fact, at the party from the beginning, everything has been said. Luz said at the party that he had killed animals and saved a few animal cubs. In addition to showing that he had ambitions for animals and paving the way for the creation of disappearing animal breeds, he also revealed that he was not really much. Love animals, he has the nature of killing in his nature! And he defended Nina at the party, and Nina accidentally knocked over the tray after listening to him, which also implied that the next two people would be ambiguous!
In such a beautiful zoo, Nina rides a bicycle every morning, greets every animal, feeds them an apple, strokes them gently in the first ray of sunshine in the morning, and then works with her husband, everything It's all so peaceful. But the war swept over in an instant, and everything ceased to exist! The zoo was destroyed, all animals were facing extinction, and what was even more terrifying was that the soldiers hunted and killed Jews frantically, making them do heavy work and not treating them as human beings!
Nina, who has always been kind, found out when Yang's friend asked them to help preserve the specimens that there were still many places in their house that could help Jews hide, so she got the first one! Afterwards, the two discussed that they could use the reason of starting a pig farm, and let those Jews who were persecuted outside hide in when they went out to pull the discarded food of the Jews to feed the pigs. The reason why he was able to open a pig farm was not only because of Luz's ambition to breed extinct animal breeds, but also because Luz had always had a good impression of Nina and could not refuse their request.
For the cruel portrayal of war, there are not too many straightforward descriptions in the film, and everything is forbearance. For example, the girl who was insulted by the soldiers only acted out the intention of insulting the first two soldiers; another example was when ordering to clear the ghetto, there was no murder scene, but only a house burning scene... So for the war Cruel, in fact, did not show too profound. On the contrary, when the soldiers slaughtered the animals in the zoo, the cruelty of the war was vaguely reflected. And the crowds clamoring to leave the land also reflected the ruthlessness of the war.
Yang was inexplicably jealous when he saw the ambiguity between Nina and Luz. After returning home in the evening, he applauded his love with Nina almost as if he was venting, and thus gave birth to his youngest daughter, Theresa. In fact, this scene is completely useless, but does the arrival of Theresa symbolize a new life? Symbolizing that the war is coming to an end, these people finally see hope?
In those turbulent times, artillery fire was flying outside, but everyone inside was named after animals. During the day, they hid in the basement and couldn’t make a sound. At night, everyone left before they could come out for short-term activities. In a desperate situation everywhere, they were happy. Everyone sat by the fire and talked about the recent situation, listening to Nina's piano talk for everyone, and a moment of silence for the dead compatriots. The days were quiet and pregnant. possible. As if the artillery fire and sacrifice outside had nothing to do with this place.
I haven't read the original book, so I don't understand how the original book portrays Luz, and I don't know how the original book treats Nina and Yang Kai's pig farm. If it wasn't because Luz had a good impression of Nina, what was the reason for passing it? But as far as the film is concerned, there is nothing wrong with Luz and Nina's ambiguity! Although this frivolous plot is a bit blasphemous for a heavy subject, if Luz didn't have a good impression of Nina, how could they be convenient everywhere? But is ambiguity enough? This is indeed questionable. A soldier and officer, if he wants no woman, just touches his hands with a married man and is satisfied? Wouldn't he want to kill Yang and take Nina as his own?
The acting skills of the model worker in the film are indeed a bit of a drama. Although most of the time they feel good, but there are always a few scenes where I feel that her acting is very careless, and her voice is extraordinarily contrived! In the end, Nina's son could go, but he was willful. If he didn't go, he was almost beaten to death by Luz. He didn't stay at home and was seen by Luz on the street. He almost hurt everyone. This is enough. ! In the end, Nina dressed up so beautifully, not because she wanted to go to Luz to devote herself to saving her husband, but when Luz wanted to get in touch with her, she resisted, and I didn't understand it... My son was so cute when he was a child. When I was a few years old, I became bloated and uncomfortable to look at!
As for the problem of speaking English and accent, I don't feel that much. After watching the whole process, I don't feel much. For a person like me who has almost no contact with spoken English, it can hardly be heard. Moreover, film and television works are originally intended for dissemination, and sometimes the language does not follow the current or local context, which is normal. Do costume dramas have to speak classical Chinese? Do aliens want to speak an alien language that no one understands or knows?
In a war, an ordinary couple, because of their kindness, stood up, risked being discovered at any time, and saved so many lives. Ordinary people took a step towards greatness when they took in their first woman! This step seems very easy. Now, many people will say, what's the matter? If it were me, I would do the same! But in the face of so many soldiers and a hail of bullets, can you really take that step?
War is ruthless, but human beings are sentient. I believe not only the zoo director and his wife, but also the man who said he was looking for taxidermy, but he was actually here to help. Even in other wars, there are people everywhere. That kind of people! Risk your life to save others. When I saw the last family reunion, I was inexplicably moved! Although there are some routines at the end of the forced reunion, but when I think of the fact that the opening sentence is adapted from facts, I can't bear to feel the routine! No matter how many routines there are, if the facts can live one more person, then there are no more routines!
There are tens of millions of people who died. Maybe the 300 people they saved were insignificant, but for these 300 people, they saved their lives! In those days, it was a big deal to save one more! Seeing the last subtitle, the Warsaw Zoo is still open to this day, and I burst into tears instantly!
It's a good theme, but it's a pity because the script is not mature enough and has many flaws. But the film was made to show us that it was enough in itself to convey this spirit. Ordinary and great seem to be only one step away, but in the face of life and death, you will find that there is still a long way to go! Tribute to the great Zabinskis!
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