A film that reveals the reality of the Gulag. It tells the story of seven political prisoners who escaped from the Gulag concentration camp after the Soviet Union divided Poland in 1939, and escaped from Siberia to India via the Himalayas.
It took only 20 minutes to describe the sinister environment of the Gulag, and the remaining 1.5 hours of scenes were all on the way from Siberia to India. Frigid forests, icy Lake Baikal, Mongolian Gobi, grasslands, deserts, snow-capped mountains. 5,000 miles away, lack of water and food, relying on the sun to identify the direction, from winter to winter, extremely harsh environment, all the way to avoid the minions of the Soviet army and the alliance, the seven companions died or left one after another, the journey of escape is far from complete Imagine romance.
Due to the lack of dramatic conflict, although the second half of the escape subtly uses the geographical environment to suggest the passage of time with the seasons, the dialogues used are rather simplified due to the documentary tendency of the film, but because the conflict of human nature is not strong enough, the emotional handling is also very Subtle and restrained, audiences who are used to Hollywood stories will definitely feel bored and aesthetically fatigued.
However, I like this narrative style more recently, and I am very happy that the screenwriter has not fallen into the stereotype of Hollywood dramas. The only entertainment element is a few funny words from Pistachio, which is very nonsensical, a bit like me.
The finishing touch is late at the end of the film. Smith and Januz, one of whom made his son die in order to punish himself, and the other who knew that his wife's perjury in extreme circumstances would make her regret and suffer for the rest of her life, so they both chose to use hardships. torment yourself.
It is said that friendship is the hardest on long journeys. After watching the film, I want to send a WeChat message to my traveling companions.
GS in April 2014
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