Latin American films are rich in a variety of dictator themes, from the "Fugitive Chronicles" adapted from the Argentine junta kidnapping case, to Chilean director Pablo Laraine's "Dictator Trilogy", to Guatemalan director Jero Bouroullec. Stamant's "The Crying Woman", more and more Latin American directors are trying to interpret this theme in different genres. The New Order , directed by Mexican director Michel Franco, uses an allegory to tell a story set in the near future. The film shocked the media after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. The large-scale violence in the film drew attention from everyone. In the end, the film won the Venice Jury Prize as a dark horse.
Latin American movies are always full of a TV soap opera flavor, which may be related to the preferences of local audiences, and this "New Order" is no exception. The story kicks off with a wedding scene, where family members take turns appearing, leading to complex character relationships and class conflicts. In a short 80-minute short story, the director advanced the plot with extreme dramatic effects, making most of the characters into tools. He disregards the characters' behavioral logic and motives, and puts on them a clear mask of good and evil in order to brand them with sharp labels such as class, human nature, and interests. It is naturally difficult for these characters who are not fully formed to arouse the empathy of the audience.
I haven't seen the previous work of this Mexican director, who is said to be quite good at portraying erotic violence, and this film lives up to its reputation. He has a lot of curious perspectives on violence and the dark side of human nature , such as the scene where the wedding is attacked by thugs at the beginning, and the second half of the scene after the hostages are caught in prison. However, the lack of in-depth analysis behind these behaviors can only allow the audience to harvest low-level sensory stimulation in bursts of exclamations .
However, this dystopian fable is not without merit. In the film, the figure of the dictator is deliberately hidden, and the focus is on the contradiction between the capitalists and the working class. the victim. The formation of the so-called "new order" is nothing more than a ruse by the dictatorial military government to manipulate class contradictions behind the scenes to suit its own interests. The biggest inspiration from this near-future fable is to be wary of military dictatorship. In the ever-changing international environment, this is no longer an alarmist. Isn't the recent incident in Myanmar a terrible coincidence?
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