"The Violin and the Roller", director Tarkovsky's debut. It only lasts for more than 40 minutes, and the plot is quite simple: a story of friendship between a seven-year-old violin boy from a wealthy family, Sachet, and a young road worker, Serika.
In the Soviet Union in 1960, the boundaries between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie were clear. This is the background of the movie.
Sachet is an unhappy boy. His family was very strict, and he was so eager to play with other children, but he just stood in the shadows watching, waiting for him was a strict violin teacher. In a child's heart, a part of the world no longer belongs to him because of the distance brought about by class differences that he cannot yet understand. What kind of cruelty is this to him. In the process of waiting for class, he tried to use an apple to shorten the spiritual distance with the girl. The girl was excited and hesitant when holding the apple, and finally returned the apple core tremblingly. The unabashed interaction of naive children and the social environment is the most shocking.
What followed was the scene where Serika took Saxie to drive the road roller, and the friendship between the two protagonists was initially formed. Sachet became cheerful from the inferiority complex at the beginning of the film, and he could even draw a knife to help the injustice when he was encouraged by Serika. For Sachet, Serika is a bridge to another world, where he is equal to others, and he is happy. The scene that Sachet played to Serica on the violin showed Sachet's influence on Serica: Serica heard a pure heart from the sound of the violin. It can be said that he was convinced by such an unworldly innocence. Another world of interaction. The relationship between the two is like a father-son relationship.
The two made an appointment to watch the movie "Xia Boyang". But Sha Xie's mother disagreed and was locked at home by her mother. When Serika was waiting for him downstairs, Shashe folded the plane and wrote "It's not my fault", and the moment she threw it down, Serika turned away and missed the plane. These shots are very lyrical, seemingly melancholy, but the thinking behind them is heavy. At this moment, they gave up the pursuit of that ideal world, they compromised with reality, or in other words, the world without class consciousness and only sincere feelings between people was shattered. And there are no enemies to punish. The real harm is interacting with the environment that harms you.
The tone of the entire movie is smooth, without plot twists and tense shots. The plot line is very clear and revolves around a friendship between Sachet and Serika. Behind such an orderly manner are the complex social environment and the deep inner desires of the characters. Simple yet connotative, this film is short, but it is still a masterpiece. At the end of the film, Serika went to the movies with the girl she liked, but she still looked back and looked forward to the scene where the miracle appeared, which is intriguing.
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