First time watching a Nuer movie, one of the religious trilogy. After reading it, there are quite a lot of highlights, especially some of the plot designs are ironic and imaginative.
The script of the movie is a three-act play. The most powerful is in the last scene, and all the ugliness are shown in the last episode, smashing the goodness shown before, and the hypocritical humanity is fully exposed. This is also a form of rhythm in the narrative of the film.
What interests me in the first act is the uncle's self-righteous nobility and self-deceitful sympathy. Expecting sin to be exposed to the sun becomes something that can be forgiven and even sympathetic to. For example, the uncle told the servant that he did not rape his niece, hoping to move her to stay.
The mutual malice of the various servants in the second act, as well as the illegitimate child's pity for dogs and sin towards people, further illustrate the nature of hypocrisy. Instead, Verityna's kindness is like the Madonna in the hymn in the movie. Also, the scene where the cat fights the mouse is very interesting. It is a metaphor for the illegitimate child to occupy the servant. I have to think that he and his father will have the same ending.
There are too many bright spots in the third act, the naked display of the sinful nature in the dinner, and the imitation of "The Last Supper" at the table, which greatly satirizes their hypocrisy and the hypocrisy of the church in nature. The process of carnival is also the oozing of sins that go deep into the bone marrow. The ugliness of human nature under the chants is very powerful.
The scene where the three people play cards together at the end is a bit ridiculous, and the face-to-face are all hypocritical opponents.
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