After the introduction of the film, a monologue-style child's voice said something, as if it were a story. At this time, the film was still dark. Later, the director let the audience know that it was in a dark room with two young brothers and sisters. Share this little story in your own bed that your mother doesn't know about.
Our protagonist is this little brother.
The first day we know, the little boy excitedly told the neurotic man that he was going to Germany. This is the first question left to us. Why is he so happy and seems to want everyone to know . Then, the next scene is that the sister and brother stand at the exit of the station hall again with their schoolbags on their backs (they came silently once at the beginning of the film, but that time they could only watch the train leave a little helplessly. ), this time, they were still a little hesitant. They came to the exit of the waiting hall and stopped there. It can be seen that they still had inner struggles, but it was only for a moment. Passengers are about to get on the bus. At this time, they resolutely got on the train, so the train started to move, and the simple and naughty music also sounded with the train (the soundtrack of this film is very noteworthy and nice), two figures of them passing through the door glass Start moving slowly across the lens. At the same time, the view returns to the inside of the car. The little boy said, "We succeeded." The older girl didn't seem to recover at this time, as if she was still immersed in the excitement and anxiety of the adventure. After a while, she said "We succeeded" in a positive tone. At this time, the music also stood out in the whole audio-visual feeling, and then the sister and brother smiled and hugged each other for a long time, full of happiness. From the laughter of my sister, I could also feel that the anxiety that I had just got on the train was relieved at this moment. The figure of the departing train turned into a little in the dark, and only the street lights on the side of the railway were bright.
Here is another question. In connection with the first question above, that's it, why are they eager to go to Germany? What is attracting them? At this time, the director didn't say anything, and of course he didn't say anything. So, the viewer started the adventure with the siblings with such questions.
But, soon, with a little girl raving monologue, we know why:
"Dear Daddy, we wanted to write to you that we decided to set off to meet you. We never saw you, so we both I miss you so much, we have been talking about you all the time. Mom would be very angry if she knew we were gone. We actually love her very much, so please don’t think we don’t care about her, but she really doesn’t understand at all We. We don't know what you look like, Alexander (the little boy) and I have mentioned it several times, he dreams of you a lot, we really miss you. Sometimes on my way home...I always feel When I heard the footsteps behind me, I thought it was your footsteps. When I looked back and saw that there was no one there, I felt really lonely. We don't want to burden you, we just hope to have the opportunity to understand You, then we will leave obediently. If you want to reply... just tell me with the sound of the train... Da Da ~ I'm here, waiting for you here.
" A sincere monologue in my sleep revealed the above mystery for us. At the same time, this monologue also eloquently explained the misses that the sister and brother had repeated in the depths of their hearts. They sneaked into the car, and the two fell asleep leaning against the cold train door frame. Here is a very touching part. Well, the next step is their journey to find their father.
This is the end of the introduction to the film, and it can only go so far. From this time on, the tone of the whole film has basically been set, and we can almost imagine the outline of the story. The rest really needs you to walk in, see, and feel...
It is said that this film was dedicated to his daughter by director Theo Angelopoulos. Since then, it has deepened my understanding of the film a little bit closer. In fact, I don't want to go into the details of how the film is. It is more important to be able to move people.
[At the beginning of the film, the man only appeared for a short time, with special body movements and nervous words. After watching their next setbacks, he thought that the rain would wet his wings and he would not be able to fly. Such words may seem inadvertent, but It's not that I feel that this is a deliberate arrangement by the director. As an allegorical aphorism for growth. You can think about it when you watch it. 】
"The film tells the story of a search for a father in the late 1980s. Ulla (Tania Palaiologou) and her younger brother Alexander (Michalis Zeke) overhear their mother that they had never met. Their father was far away in Germany, and they were determined to embark on the arduous road to find their father. However, what the mother told was just a lie—they were just the illegitimate sons of a man in this world. However, the stubborn Ulla was still with her. The younger brother went on the road together.
The journey was full of wind and snow, mud, the cruelty of human beings and the ruthlessness of the world. The two brothers and sisters struggled forward in the endless cold and misery until they met the circus actor Oreste. Ulla's concern made Ulla slowly unload her defenses. Ulla took Alexander to Oresti's car, and she was very grateful to the only man in front of her who brought them warmth. However, the despairing fate could not give Ulla Taking a breather, she fell into the abyss again...
The tired sister and brother finally came to Germany, but will they be able to see their father, maybe this journey is destined to be just a cruel coming of age ceremony." The
above is from the film introduce. Some information can be obtained from it. Especially the last sentence "perhaps this journey is destined to be just a cruel adult ceremony," such a sentence with adult subjective color is not accurate. In the hearts of adults, and in the hearts of children. Such a comment should not be so harsh to say. Are we adults on the line? In fact, it may be better to simply understand it as a story of looking for a father. If this film is mainly made for adults, is such a story a little light, and if it is made for children, is it a little heavy? So, let us simply listen to the story!
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