This year's Oscar hits have basically been recommended by Xiaomei.
Only this one I've seen recently, it's...
"Flesh and Spirit"
Teströl és lélekröl
The film was the best film at the Golden Bear Award at the 67th Berlin Film Festival .
It was also nominated for Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards .
Director Iltiko Inyetti is a master figure in Hungarian surrealist cinema.
There are not many of her works, but each one is highly praised.
Her most commendable work is her debut novel "My Twentieth Century" .
It also won the Caméra d'Or (Director's Debut Award) at the 42nd Cannes Film Festival that year.
Later "Magic Hunter" (1994), "End Times Love Song" (1997), and then "Simon's Love" in 1999, the response was not bad.
This film "Flesh and Spirit" continues Iltico's style and beauty in photography .
Although the title sounds full of sensuality, it is actually just a surreal love story.
Ender (Geza Mosanyi) works as the financial director of a slaughterhouse.
His left hand is disabled, and he usually deals with some simple and trivial things.
Even when he eats, he prefers mushy food, because it is more convenient for one hand.
Because of this, he was extremely inferior . He just lived alone, without marriage or lovers.
Maria ( Alexandra Bolbey ) is the new quality inspector at the slaughterhouse.
She is withdrawn and likes to be alone.
She also has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and she does things in strict accordance with standards and regulations.
High-quality beef, just because the fat in it is 2-3 mm more than the specified value, she will mark it as grade B.
Colleagues were also reluctant to join her because of her eccentricity, but she caught Ender's attention as soon as she appeared in the restaurant.
Ender even took the initiative to strike up a conversation, but the effect was not ideal.
But soon, something connected the two.
Breeding drugs injected into cattle in slaughterhouses were stolen, and everyone was on suspicion.
Therefore, the police suggested that a psychiatrist do an evaluation to see if the murderer could be found.
Everyone was questioned by a doctor, and everyone was asked about a recent dream .
Ender said he had a peaceful dream:
In the dream, he is a male deer, walking with another female in the forest, looking for food and water.
Unbelievably, Maria had the exact same dream.
The details matched exactly what Ender had, who was the doe in her dream.
This coincidence made the psychiatrist very angry, and she insisted that it was a prank by the two of them.
But Ender and Maria's relationship begins to change because of this.
That night, they met again in a dream, and the two faced each other across a river in a snow-covered forest.
The discovery delighted the two of them, and they even began to muster up the courage to walk up to each other.
They just exchanged dreams at first, and then agreed on a bedtime.
Fall asleep together, see each other in a dream.
This kind of pure expectation and beauty makes them more and more close, and in the real world, both of them are beginning to get close.
But when they slept in the same room, they both had insomnia.
In the end, she could only get up and play cards. Maria's super memory allows her to win the game all the time, and the two of them get along very happily.
When Ender accidentally touched Maria's hand, Maria retracted like an electric shock.
This reaction shocked Ender, so he unilaterally ended the relationship between the two.
But in fact, Maria is just not used to being touched by others, and she also learns to change because of it.
Watching pornographic movies, watching other couples, mashing potatoes, lying on the lawn and feeling the water droplets.
When she finally overcomes her psychological fear and comes to Ender, Ender turns into a cold Ender.
Maria also felt hurt.
Then she played her favorite love song and cut her wrists in the bathtub.
Blood quickly spread throughout the bathtub.
But the tape jammed halfway through, and Ender's phone just happened to call, and he confessed on the phone.
Maria was overjoyed, and after she treated the wound briefly, she ran to Ender's house.
The two have sex.
This time, they achieved the unity of body and soul.
They didn't dream that night either.
But now, dreaming or not seems to be irrelevant.
It's perfect enough to end with a happy ending.
Romance movies always like to have a tragic ending, but surreal love is often a happy ending.
For example, "The Shape of Water", which just won the Oscar for best picture not long ago .
The love between a dumb girl and a fishman seems incredible, but it is extremely beautiful.
And "The World Through Your Eyes" .
Two unfamiliar men and women on the east and west ends of the continental United States can suddenly share their senses of sight, hearing, and smell.
The animation "Your Name" .
Taki and Mitsuha also met in a dream, occasionally swapped bodies, and finally met each other in reality.
Two people in this love, one is physically imperfect, the other is mentally problematic.
They seem to be alive and well, but they are all people walking on the fringes of society, easily isolated and easily ignored.
When they appeared in each other's world, they were each other's salvation.
But although their minds were close enough in the dream, it was still difficult to get close in reality.
Maria's withdrawal made Ender lose all courage to take a step forward.
Ender's words made Maria want to commit suicide.
What kind of personality are these two people?
But if you think about it carefully, isn't this what you and I are in today's society?
Everyone in the online world is the most real appearance.
When chatting across the screen, everyone is a big emoji and a playboy.
You can chat with like-minded friends, all over the world.
When it comes to actually speaking face-to-face, most of them are embarrassed.
It's fine when you're with friends, but it's a torture scene when you're with people you don't know.
Maria also specially used the puppets to practice the dialogue between the two.
On the other hand, many people are obviously close physically, but the distance in their hearts is separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.
Two people who are turning upside down in bed may only meet for the first time, and a couple who have been married for many years may already exist in name only.
Everyone is alone, but this film is hopeful:
There is also a magnetic field between lonely people.
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