Failed salvation

Beulah 2021-12-27 08:01:42

The most confusing movie I saw during the Shanghai International Film Festival. It's not that professional audiences just think it's not amazing in all aspects, it's a forced film that was made for the sake of winning the prize.
My personal understanding of the story is that a prisoner who was sent to work in a concentration camp was on the verge of collapse in his spirit and beliefs during his four-month life in the concentration camp. After seeing the child who survived in the gas chamber, he was still executed by the Nazis. Consciousness of yourself After all, he couldn't escape the death penalty, so he was eager to find the story of the rabbi for the children and the sustenance of the spirit and faith for himself. So the protagonist from start to finish doesn't care about the uprisings of his companions, the lives of others, and other Jewish victims except the rabbi. He himself has been crazy. It was a movie that couldn't agree with the protagonist's values. In the end, his persistence did not help him find the true rabbi. It only accelerated the death of his companions and can only hope for others or the afterlife.
The film is depressed as a whole. In terms of shooting techniques, there are a lot of shallow focus and dizziness when you follow the shooting. Many reviews say that the background and background dialogue are good, but the film festival has no translation at all, ha ha! It's just a film that gathers the shooting techniques of World War II, the Nazis, and Swordsmanship to summon awards, and the ending is not understood, bad reviews! ?

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Son of Saul quotes

  • Saul Ausländer: I have to take care of my son. He's not from my wife.

    Abraham Warszawski: When did you last see him?

    [pause]

    Abraham Warszawski: You have no son.

  • Abraham Warszawski: You failed the living for the dead.

    Saul Ausländer: We are dead already.