May the peaceful paradise never break...

Einar 2022-04-21 09:03:09

When the laws of existence are defeated by the greedy desire of human beings, then the day when human beings are defeated by nature is not far away. The intrusion of nomadic families broke the tranquility of this pure land and distorted the laws of operation. I can't help but think of the unnatural change of the bourgeoisie in the Industrial Revolution to "the way of life", thus shattering the vision of the ideal state. I really appreciate the scene of "human and animal coexistence" at the end of the film. I hope that this "toxin of temptation" can be completely swallowed and disappeared forever, and I hope that the peace and tranquility of the world after rebirth can be avoided forever.

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  • Bianka 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    A pair of old mother and daughter waited quietly all the time, a family of herdsmen broke in noisily, the valley was temporarily noisy, happy, and contradictory, the old woman who always understood the rules of the hive better is destined to be the master of this place, and destined to be forever by the valley. bondage. Generations of Albanians and Turks left, and in the end only the old woman and a few cats remained, and the sound of the valley and the seasons remained the same. The filming is steady, clear, and meaningful, but isn't this also a common sight in Chinese independent documentaries, showing the flow of life from a certain ethnological perspective. Perhaps the Oscar judges are used to seeing the backtracking of the second point of the news, and these ethnological life-streams are also honey from exotic places to them? So leave a documentary nomination? Just like the group photography art documentary "Days and Nights in Hale County" last year. But what about bringing it closer to the Best Foreign Language Film nomination?

  • Margarette 2022-03-15 09:01:07

    The lonely little world of the female bee picker, the winner of the Sundance Award. The director spent three years building trust, allowing the subject to completely ignore the existence of the camera and reveal his truest side. Life is like honey. Leave one to take one. It is both a video record and a complete story. It is too rare to break the boundary between feature films and documentaries. People should respect nature!

Honeyland quotes

  • Hatidze Muratova: Take half, leave half.