The story is so simple that the spoiler does not affect the viewing. A woman who is about to be fired due to depression needs to persuade her colleagues to vote for the bonus and choose her to stay. The extraordinary thing about the Darnet brothers is that they portray the character of Sandra, which is extremely sensitive, indifferent, and fragile. In the process of persuading her colleagues, Sandra said to her husband who has always supported her, "You don't love me anymore, we haven't had sex for 4 months." You were looking forward to Cotillard's "Oscar moment" show with Hollywood stereotypes, but she just looked at each other with her husband, and the two of them were speechless. At this moment, two people do not need to show their love for the sorrows of life and their rational love for each other. I felt the sense of despair. I don’t need to let the whole world spy on how hard you are living like watching a reality show. I don’t have the strength to yell and hurt others. This kind of powerlessness is not knowing how to continue after speaking.
The same fine details still exist in one scene after another where Sandra persuades her colleagues. Some people criticized the filming of these persuasive dramas for no change, but no change is the best way to present it in my opinion. Someone was carrying goods in the grocery store without telling his wife. He could feel the pain of Sandra about to lose his job, but he was powerless; a tough guy who played football came up to tears because of his inner anxiety and simple guilt; Domestic violence woman, the transformation of her emotions and decisions has become a dark line, so that Sandra's persuasion behavior affects other women, which has a more profound meaning.
Compared to "Son of Others", which I liked very much before, the Darnet brothers seem to be getting more and more sunny. But in my opinion, their rank has improved again. It is no longer necessary to use movies to express their ego and style. They create their own context and use the lens to capture the people, stories and emotions they care about. Extremely simple and deep internal strength.
The production design of the film is particularly prominent. The color collocation in Cotillard’s home is particularly beautiful, with blue and green (who knows what green is this called?) color bathroom walls, white flowers and sky blue bedroom wallpapers, even the white color that photographers hate most. Out of the clean French chic, the pd is absolutely fashionable and charming. Cotillard’s middle-class blue-collar standard clothes are not good-looking in themselves, but they have further magnified her fragile beauty while conforming to her character characteristics. Cotillard’s various panic moments did not sweat the character as simply and rudely as in Hollywood (see Cate Blanchett in "Blue Jasmine", every mood swing always makes her sweat on makeup), but not more and less. Let the characters infect the audience, instead of using technology to "enhance" the characters.
I was looking forward to Marion Cotillard's performance before, and the result was even more pleasantly surprised. All her star traits disappeared in the characters. She is Sandra, fragile and strong. She does not sell her own sadness but always arouses the desire for protection of others.
I watched this film last night, and I still miss it after I got up today. Just right is an extremely difficult master stroke. There is no artificial discussion of human nature, nor does it pile up metaphorical symbols that are easy to be over-interpreted. Only talked about people resisting life, as always.
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