I don't remember where I read the article or listened to the radio to learn about "Starting Line". I put this "Graduation Exam" on my to-watch list, and I finished watching it by blind selection today.
It was the first time I saw a Romanian movie, and I didn't know any of the actors. Although they looked like passers-by, the actors of my father and mother acted so naturally. The two crying scenes made people cry so sadly that they brought the pressure of life away. And the helpless interpretation of life choices is so real [strong]
The director Christian Mongi is known to be an internationally renowned Romanian director, and he won the Best Director at Cannes for this film.
With a learning attitude, I carefully think about why the director of this film can win this honor. I think:
The first is to let the five lines of family, school, examination room, hospital, and police station be linked together through the accidental events at the beginning, so that the protagonist can face marriage, affair, education, daughter's education, professional ethics, purpose of life and many other tests at the same time. These stories The line and the pressure are connected in a reasonable and reasonable way, so that the audience can't help but feel a deep sense of substitution in this plain and true plot, thinking that he is indeed facing so many intractable things in this society, and thus has a strong commonality with the characters in the film. love (especially parents with children who are under pressure to further their studies);
The second is that the scale of the many one-on-one dialogue scenes is extremely well controlled. There is neither an extra line nor an extra expression. It feels like watching a scene in real life without any trace of interpretation. "A bit like;
The third is that the scenes and atmosphere of a confrontation scene and a night scene are particularly good. The scenes of the confrontation scene are very clever, ranging from calm - angry - annoyed, and the sound is handled very carefully with a few empty scenes. It definitely feels like a thriller. It's a bit like the part of "Mulholland Drive" where the murderer is found outside the coffee shop. It makes me want to turn the camera and look around. Through the over-the-shoulder vision, I can see the feeling of "Resident Evil". , Seeing this is sudden, but also very shocking.
It is very different from the way of dealing with tears in the laughter of "Starting Line". This boring, depressing, and dull film is presented in a real and cold way, as if people have experienced the predicament faced by the protagonist. After the feeling of "fortunately this is just a dream", the ability to tell a story is indeed very sharp.
The central idea of this film is actually to advocate that no matter what difficulties their children encounter, parents should respect their children's independent judgment and self-determination, and should not use the attitude of "this is for your own good" to help their children make decisions; The best way to educate your children is to lead by example rather than preaching. I have to keep those two things in mind too, eh?
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