When I first started watching the movie, I realized that the protagonist looked like a netizen I knew when I was a master! Oops, the kind with a very attractive and attractive face.
And Marchek also exudes a charming atmosphere between boys and men. There is a manly mature and leisurely gesture between gestures, and leisurely turns into a naughty expression in the next moment. Yes, even if he has experienced wars and uprisings, he is only 17 years old after all! Lying lazily on the grass, he seemed to have no idea that he needed to point a gun at someone the next moment.
After falling in love, Marchek changed and didn't want to kill anyone. Here is the connotation of the contrast between love and persecution. The contradictions brought about by the war are deeply reflected in this boy. When he killed the party secretary, the party secretary rushed at him, and he caught it. Suddenly, the fireworks burst out in the air, as if the endless hesitation in his heart had nowhere to release in an instant.
The title is called "Ashes and Diamonds", and Marchek talked about the poem engraved on the tombstone recited by his lover in the film. It was a beautiful and very good poem. At the end of the film, Machek died in pain in the garbage heap. This pain is heartbreaking for a young hero...
The tone of the entire film is somewhat surreal, and some critics say it's confusing. But it is precisely such chaotic scenes and exaggerated actions, as well as people's various confused expressions, that make us experience the chaotic situation of Polish politics and society at that time with mixed feelings when watching the film.
Excerpt from this poem:
"Like a spark
burst out of your body
when it's flying
You can't help burning yourself
I wanted to find freedom
But it is destined that all possessions become lost
only rain and ashes
And then fall into the abyss forever
comatose...
the moment of eternal victory
deep in the bottom of the ashes
twinkling
That's the remaining diamond."
—Polish poet Cyprian Norwid
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