"Father and Daughter" reading notes - simple and very affectionate

Ryley 2022-10-29 02:43:13

a long time

According to the IMDB database, there are 2 versions of the film, one is the Argentine version of 9 minutes and 22 seconds, and the other is the American version of 8 minutes and 13 seconds, both of which are 25 frames per second. I have seen both versions, but there is nothing in the plot. different. So you can see which version you want.


two honors

In 2001, "Father and Daughter" won the 73rd Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, which is one of the most important awards. Another important honor is that in 2007, the film was selected as one of the sixteen best films by the Canon of Dutch Cinema (Netherlands Film Festival) held by the Netherlands Film Festival. The full list of 16 works is attached as follows:

The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach (Willy Mullens and Alberts Frères, 1905)

A Carmen of the North (Maurits Binger, 1919)

Rain (Joris Ivens, 1929)

The Tars (Jaap Speyer, 1934)

Houen zo! (Herman van der Horst, 1952)

Fanfare (Bert Haanstra, 1958)

Like Two Drops of Water (Fons Rademakers, 1963)

Blind Kind (Johan van der Keuken, 1964)

Ik kom wat later naar Madra (Adriaan Ditvoorst, 1965)

Living (Frans Zwartjes, 1971)

Turkish Delight (Paul Verhoeven, 1973)

Flodder (Dick Maas, 1986)

The Northerners (Alex van Warmerdam, 1992)

The Pocket-knife (Ben Sombogaart, 1992)

Het is een schone dag geweest (Jos de Putter, 1993)

Father and Daughter (Michaël Dudok de Wit, 2000)

Looking at the nearly 100-year history of Dutch cinema, it is a great honor to be one of the sixteenth.


Three video content

The father and his young daughter rode a bicycle to the lake. After the father kissed his daughter goodbye, he rowed away alone. However, the father never came back, and the young daughter had to ride away alone. After that, the daughter returned to the lake nine times successively to look at the lake where her father once traveled. During this period, she gradually grew up, enjoying the joy of traveling with her classmates, the sweetness of joining hands with her lover, and the warmth of walking with her husband and children. At the end, the daughter ran at a rapid pace, and she also returned to her childhood, her father was waiting for her not far away, and they finally hugged each other tightly.

1st

Dad rode a big bicycle, and his daughter rode a small bicycle. They were speeding on the road together. When they reached the lake, Dad raised his beloved daughter. Dad went boating alone, and his daughter waited happily by the lake. But after a long time, my father didn't come back. My daughter went home alone. Maybe my father will wait for her at home.

2nd

It was extremely difficult for my daughter to ride uphill alone for the first time. She arrived at the lake, and the bicycle left by her father was still there. Under the setting sun, she looked at the direction where her father left.

the 3rd time

Maybe it was autumn. The wind was very strong. This time the uphill was particularly difficult. She surpassed the old woman who was pushing the bicycle with difficulty. When she arrived at the lake, the bicycle left by her father was still there. Her hair was blown by the wind. When I left, I saw the old woman who was pushing again.

4th

The daughter has grown up, wearing a lovely blue raincoat, and is going uphill with difficulty. It is almost to the lake. The rain on the road clearly reflects her and the old woman in the black raincoat beside her. After completing the ceremonial version of the view, she went home alone, in the rain.

5th

The daughter and the other three partners swim together. Although the slope is still very steep, with the partners, the daughter feels that the uphill is not so difficult. When they got to the lake, the daughter kept looking at the lake, reluctant to leave.

6th time

The daughter has grown up, she has a lover, and she is sitting behind his bike. They lingered by the lake, until the moon was on the treetops, and they reluctantly rode home slowly under the guidance of the bicycle lights.

7th time

The daughter and her husband and their children came to the lake. The four of them rode on two bicycles. The reflection on the lake was no longer lonely, but when they reached the place where the father kissed him, only the daughter was alone, and her husband and children were by the side. play.

8th time

My daughter came by bike alone, without family. This time she was wearing a blue coat and turban, and passed the young woman opposite. She went to the old place to see the lake.

9th time

The daughter is even older, and still came alone on a bicycle. She passed by a little girl, and she still looked at the "lake surface" from the same place. In fact, the lake has almost dried up.

10th time

My daughter is also getting old, and she has no strength to ride, so she pushes the bicycle slowly. She came to the lake. She walked into the now drying lake bed, and in the middle of the lake, she saw the wreck of the boat that her father rowed. She lay quietly in the middle of the boat, as if in her father's arms. (She doesn't stop the bike in the screenshot, but the bike fell again, which should herald the end of her life).

end

The father who is not far away from the daughter is running and getting younger and younger. Pay attention to the fact that the daughter when hugging is basically an adult, not the figure of a child when they separated.


four music

The whole film has no dialogue, and has a soundtrack throughout, starting with the accordion version of the waltz of "The Danube Wave" (composed by the Romanian composer Jan Ivanovic at the end of the 19th century), and then adding piano and long Number (or horn, this is guesswork) to express the daughter's mood changes. Of course, there are also soundtracks specially written by the composer for the film, which are naturally integrated with "Waves of the Danube".


Five thoughts

The concept of the film is very simple, and the elements of expression are nothing more than bicycles, going uphill, and passing passers-by. The person who passes by is always a woman, which should be a metaphor for the different stages of a daughter's life. The hard work on the uphill road proves that the daughter without a father has a hard time growing up. When you go to the lake, you will definitely look at the direction where her father left. This ceremony starts from It hasn't changed, as if I can see my father in this way. The simple combination of elements is indeed very powerful. The tradition of father and daughter has not changed. In the heart of the daughter, the father has always been on the other side of the lake. In the end, when the daughter was wandering in her mind, she saw her father coming to greet her, and they would continue to live happily in another world.

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