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Jillian 2022-12-20 02:50:29

This is a straight-forward, all-encompassing didactic film. There are not too many gorgeous techniques in the narrative, but the events connected by numerous dark humor and innuendo firmly attract the audience for 2 and a half hours. And under the cloak of humor, the subject of reality—father and daughter and their respective problems—is what the audience really wants to know, because it captures the fragile nerves of modern people.

The script is rich and rigorous. At the beginning of the chapter, a lonely old man and a panicked daughter are in conflict. The more restrained the daughter is, the more the audience feels the sharpness of the contradiction. And every time he hurt his father, the audience also felt the sadness. Dramatic events give the characters enough opportunities to express psychological changes. These events, psychological changes time after time, explain the relationship and contradictions of the characters, making the characters and the plot extremely full.

For me, the two great climaxes of the film are the song performance and the nude party. What's even more exciting is that one father and one daughter, the whole film basically uses one party's performance to express the other's psychology. In other words, when one person is talking, the director always points the camera at the other party's reaction, which is wonderful! !

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Toni Erdmann quotes

  • Winfried Conradi alias Toni Erdmann: Don't lose the humor.

  • Winfried Conradi alias Toni Erdmann: Don't you dare steal my idea.