Throughout the entire "Curfew", it is obvious that the overall color of the film is dominated by cool and dark tones, with a little bit of bright red in the middle. The living environment of young men is a place for the poor in cold and dark tones, and the way the cold and dark tones are processed is entirely to highlight the bright red inside, which is a little warm and enthusiastic in the cold environment. The scenes at the beginning and end of the film
are the most vivid in the film: the bright red telephone, the dark red floor tiles and even the blood-stained bathtub of the young men are all young men’s desire for salvation. Red is a symbol of passion, desire and life, just like the little girl in red in Schindler’s List. The red hue of the suicide bathroom of young men in The Curfew also gives the audience a great visual shock, as if the whole story is cold and dark. Just to emphasize the bright red in the bathroom at the beginning and end. If the red at the beginning is a symbol of despair and suppressed passion, then the red at the end is the hope of new life and life, and the colors here also form reincarnation and progress.
Sophia and the curfew
remove the symbols of sound and color. The details of the film also contain metaphors. The ubiquitous ingenious design and metaphorical symbols are important reasons why the film stands out among many microfilm works. The name of the little girl in the film, Sophia, is a metaphor throughout the entire story. From the mouths of the young men, we know that Sophia is the name of the protagonist in the little book read by the young man and his sister when they were young. The sister chose this name for her daughter. To commemorate the love between the two men, when the young man returned to his previous home and took out the little girl from his childhood, he said "Sophia will never die", which is a metaphor for the love between the young man and his sister will never disappear.
In addition, the title of the film is the biggest metaphor. In Western society, curfew means "go home on time." When the little girl saw a young man, she handed him a piece of paper with various rules and regulations in her hand and told him that she must go home at ten o'clock. Going home on time is a curfew for the little girl, but it is also a break away from society. The curfew of a young man who wants to seek relief through death must abide by the curfew, return to the family and society on time when his sister and the little girl call for family affection. Although the
film "Curfew" is only a short ten minutes, it tells a profound and memorable story thoroughly and richly, and it is indeed an excellent work.
