Les Misérables is a European film about race and human rights.

Rosemarie 2022-04-19 09:02:41

A poster that has almost nothing to do with the plot is the starting point of the whole movie. After the carnival of the whole people, the French riot broke out. Carnival is like the calm sea, riot is the vortex of the deep sea. The vortex is caused by the game of power and human nature, as well as the people's resistance to the drawbacks of capitalism's alternate rule. Freedom and equality have always been the mainstream ideas of developed countries in Europe. However, ironically, there are still racial discrimination and contradictions in European countries. Since the refugee crisis in Europe, France has become a popular refugee destination. For some policy issues left over from history, the French government, which is full of elites, has not issued effective policies in time to suppress the anxiety caused by the dissatisfaction of the living conditions of the majority of the lower-class people of different cultures who cannot receive higher education. Muslims, Gypsies, or ordinary black people...their marks of a third world country that cannot be erased from their skin and blood, but are influenced by the culture of world powers, resulting in a lack of sense of identity and belonging, and their inner feelings for this are growing more and more. The living atmosphere of discrimination between races caused by the worsening social phenomenon of class inequality in France is also very sensitive. The film is to seek this inner balance, to find the cause and answer for the bloody reality in life. The superiority of the film lies in the conflict after two hours. The first two hours are like a perfect microcosm of life, but life goes on forever, and a bad but acceptable ending will not win a better beginning, so With the clip of the director quoting "There are no bad crops in the world, there are no bad people, only bad farmers", there is a strong and stubborn counterattack from the disadvantaged. Although this conflict between children and society is the end of the film, it is also announcing that new groups are showing their existence to the existing social system and various social classes, and this is just a notification. For history, time will not stop, for Europe, France is just a microcosm, so this is just the beginning.

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Extended Reading
  • Edwardo 2022-03-20 09:02:30

    The noble lion sits in a cage, unable to contain the law of the forest where the weak eats the strong. Silent eyes wandered in the sky, unable to see all the suffering and helpless people. If venting anger can be exchanged for listening, can the cheering in front of the Arc de Triomphe dispel hatred? If respect can be gained by fighting hard and bravely, then the cry in the circus will kill the smile after all. In this miserable world that seems to be quiet but turbulent, who is going to draw a rainbow to the children's sky? First of all I think of Toki’s "Perfect World" and then Paul Haggis’s "Crash". Although the creative concept of this film mainly highlights the conflicts caused by differences in social ideology, the final point does fall on the young generation. The brutality on the faces of those menacing adults, the ferocity in their eyes, the bullying they passed on, the lawlessness they followed, they all had a panoramic view, and finally turned into the burning anger in the hands of the teenagers, which slammed into the miserable world. Compared with the warm watchman painted by Dongmu, there are only the evil peasants described by Hugo. The presentation of the rhythm and the description of the social perspective are precise and sophisticated, completely unlike the debut, and I am optimistic about the director.

  • Lue 2022-03-17 09:01:06

    It's hard to imagine that this is just a debut, and now only France dare to make a film that truly exposes the reality of ethnic themes. All the actors performed naturally, and I really doubt whether the director went directly to the street to find them. However, what is going on with children living in government low-rent housing even with drones? Even the middle-class children in Paris can hardly have them.

Les Misérables quotes

  • Chris: You just arrived and you're lecturing us? We're the only ones respected.

    Brigadier Stéphane Ruiz, dit Pento: Respect? People around here just fear you.