Director, you are too lazy

Melisa 2022-04-19 09:03:10

Ahmed was still a child, and he was bent on killing his teacher several times because he taught Secular Arabic (instead of Quranic Arabic). Ahmed never misses any prayer time, he doesn't wear short sleeves, he doesn't bow his face, and he doesn't shake hands with women. He calls his mother an "alcoholic", accuses his sister of being "scandalous," and he has no objection to the extremist "Imamu." "As a god, shut out other people's concerns. He kissed his girl (he was also attracted to her), and he persuaded her to convert to Islam, because it would alleviate his sins. From his mother's mouth, we learned that a month ago, he was just a kid who was addicted to video games with his friends. What happened this month? Ahmed stumbled and fell in the last "assassination" operation, lying on the ground unable to move, and said "forgive me" to the teacher who came to rescue him. Does he really apologize? What will happen to him in the future? When the audience saw him fall, they felt that he deserved it, and there was a kind of schadenfreude to see a little kid do it for himself. But what if the accident hadn't happened? What will he develop into? There is no before, no after, no "why", no "how", no effort to explain why, and no anticipation for the future. This film, in addition to the Darney brothers' skilled realism film language, is their abandonment of reality. I really don't know if this is laziness or just showing an attitude. Best Director at Cannes. This year's Cannes was somewhat inexplicable, and the best picture "Parasite" was also unworthy of its name.

2019.12.07 EU Film Festival

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  • Eldora 2022-04-22 07:01:54

    #2020Shenzhen EU Film Festival# shows one side of the current complex Muslim issues in Europe. While watching it, I inexplicably remembered Xiao Xiao Qiao, who was also watching this film festival. Look how similar such a teenager who has lost all his feelings for some kind of virtual craze is like Xiao Qiao who gave up himself for Xiao Xiao Qiao. In turn, it reflects the absurdity of extreme religion. And after watching it, I kept thinking, will this film make the Muslim community feel offended and discriminated against? How should European tolerance and political correctness respond to the new reality? It's not easy for European people. . I am very grateful to some directors who continue to make such films. Even if they are biased or controversial, they do not evade the problem. They insist on expressing and providing the audience with a subjective perspective of complex issues, so that they can better discuss and think about it.

  • Karson 2022-04-21 09:03:44

    The top three impressions of the year! Darney's images are still vigorous, and on the basis of his keen observation of life, he can accurately restore and recreate the self-salvation process of a young man who believes in extreme religion. As for how he was saved, he adopts the most simple, direct and yet ingenious method. Way. The sense of loss of control of the lens, the camera behind the characters, we passively accept everything. As much as I love "The Bicycle Boy", I love this one as much. "Deliberately expressing style is self-defeating. You should find something in the world worth reproducing." The two brothers' views on extremist religions are the same as their movies themselves: you can't directly change a person's consciousness and opinions through the outside world. , but through subtle influence, you can't stop a righteous person from doing a wrong thing, you can only let it digest itself. Ahmed, who planned the assassination, has been teetering on the brink of danger. The fragility and helplessness after falling "open" applies not only to himself, but also to all those who have gone astray. You can call them ridiculously stupid, but you can never erase their "human" side. ——EUFF