From an interview with Brigitte Fossey

Nico 2022-01-20 08:01:31

When children are plunged into war, it's very powerful.
War wins out, and children are corrupted.
They are no longer children, but monsters.
Death is a game for them.
The term is "introjection".
When we're shocked by something as children, the only way to get over it is to reenact what initially shocked us.
So they kill animals, because they'd seen people killed in the war.
They create a cemetery.
It's horrible.
It's monstrous and macabre.
...
To me, lighting creates an emotional space.
Robert Suillard created light tinged with emotion, Like Rembrandt.
He used chiaroscuro to express the soul.


-from an interview with Brigitte Fossey, 2001

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  • Trudie 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    "Keep it for a hundred years", is that the time limit for love? Under the fire of war, children who like to go to the cross, you are sad, but you are also innocent. The little cemetery you built for the little animals is a beautiful paradise you built for yourself. In the end, Paulette did not see the completed "Cross Cemetery", how regrettable. Michelle's little hero dream finally could not be realized.

  • Dillon 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    Does the director also have a young daughter? The child's movements, looks, and psychology are so vividly captured. Children are puzzles that are difficult to understand, reflecting the mirror image of the adult world in a direct and difficult way. Many comments are heavy, saying they are meant to be ironic, but I think the film is quite light and there is no need to over-interpret it. Just read "The Collapse of the Third Republic", this film can be regarded as a footnote. My only opinion is that I am a little bit self-pity and sentimental, five stars minus.