At the 70th Cannes Film Festival, the post-90s Russian director "Kantemir Balagov"'s work "Intimacy" nominated a focus unit. Although it is his personal debut work, the style of the video is very mature and he has a masterful style.
At this year's Cannes Film Festival, the director was nominated again and won the "Best Director Award" in a focus unit with his new work "Tall".
After this, "Tall" has conquered countless critical film critics in Russia. It was officially announced that it would represent Russian films in the upcoming "Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Competition". It was a high-quality and good film. The background of
is set in 1945, after the victory of World War II. The city devastated by the war was deserted. Although there were no scenes of continuous artillery fire, they had lost all their anger, and everyone lived like a walking dead.
The protagonist's name is Iya, a nurse at Leningrad Hospital. In the beginning, she worked on the front lines of the battlefield. But fate is ill-fated. In an accident, Iya was hit by artillery fire, leaving behind the sequelae of a concussion, she was slow to act, and she would lose consciousness and faint if she didn't pay attention.
Fortunately, this small concussion will not affect Iya's daily life. She can still take care of the sick and cook for her son Bazaar, who is dependent on her.
Unfortunately, when a concussion occurred, Iya couldn't help but fell on the young Bazaar, and suffocated Bazaar to death. She killed her own child by herself...
"Tall" gave the audience the greatest feeling of "gorgeous depression". Red, yellow, and green are decorated with large-scale colors like oil paintings, which are in sharp contrast with the indifferent people in the city, thus creating a sense of confusion and illusion.
It seems that people are alive and well. Eat, sleep, and party with friends. Even the wounded soldiers who retreated from the battlefield were not desperate at all. Optimistic and play games with the nurse's child in the hospital.
but actually? There is no color in their eyes, and their smiles are stiff and unhappy at all. Using the strongest color picture to contrast the cruelest parting of life and death and war damage, this way of expression makes the audience feel extremely shocked. The main point of the story of
is to accuse the war—the battle of
started on September 9, 1941 and ended on January 27, 1944, and lasted for more than 900 days of the "Battle of Leningrad." There were countless casualties and it was called one of the bloodiest wars in history by the public.
but very unexpected. The director did not shoot many scenes of ruins after the war, but focused on the living conditions of people after the war. From close-ups of numb appearance to pathological psychological activities, it shows the harm caused by war blacks.
takes a large number of wounded soldiers after the war as an example. During the
war, they saw too many tragic ways of death: being attacked by shells and starving to death. Each one is shocking and makes them appreciate the preciousness of being alive. Therefore, they embraced the post-war sunshine like they had never seen sunshine before, becoming the only optimistic existence in the film. The contrast between
and the wounded soldier is the soldier who knows he no longer has a way to survive. They are either paralyzed or terminally ill after the war.
also saw death, they did not want to live in the world in embarrassment, resolutely chose euthanasia. On their faces, there is a sickly calm. It stems from the damage caused by war, but also from the despair of life.
In the previous article, I mentioned a little bit about Iya who suffocated the child. She has a shocking secret, which is related to the child's life experience, and this child's life experience is extremely metaphorical. The relationship between Iya and the child's biological mother creates the strongest dramatic conflict in the film, giving people a sense of absurdity and despair.
In addition to what is described above, "Tall" has a lot to appreciate.
, like the complaint about the uneven distribution of materials during the war, was an irony of the bureaucratic supremacy at the time.
doesn't have any song from beginning to end, all of which are piled up by scene music. Suppressed panic, panicked screams, and faint breathing sounds during death. Every sound has a sense of self-destruction.
If you are interested in this type of movie, it is recommended to choose a late night watch.
becauseIt is like an old man dying, without any hope in sight.
is too depressing, so this story is destined not to be seen in the cinema.
But I still want to recommend this movie to everyone, because of his awareness of reflecting on history, and because of the strong personal style of the director in the film.
, whether it is story shaping or artistic presentation, is a rare boutique. Not watching is the real pity!
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