After tasting a work, I believe everyone has gained a lot. The most important feeling at this time is that you can't forget. Don't think that you can handle your feedback casually. The following is my feedback on Moon River, and I will sort it out for you. Welcome everyone to learn from and refer to. I hope it helps you.
Moon River, co-produced by India and Canada, is an art film. I watched it completely and quietly twice.
The status of Indian women is low, and the fate of widows is even more tragic. The story background of the film is 1938 India under colonial rule, and the society is in a period of ideological agitation. The foolish traditional view holds that the death of a husband is bad luck brought by his wife. Widows were deprived of all their property by their people and sent to the "widow's home". They are not allowed to wear jewelry. They can only wear white saris and eat only one meal a day.
At the beginning of the film, 8-year-old Chua Meier became a widow in ignorance, cut off her long hair and was sent to the "Widow's Home". There are many poor widows living here. The heroine Carly Anne is a quiet young woman with an angelic appearance. The "widow's house", which seems to be poor and lonely like a dry well, actually hides evil. In order to satisfy her selfish desires, the fat woman Maidumati even arranged for Carly Anne to sell herself to the aristocratic host family on the other side of the Ganges, thus sowing the seeds of the heroine's tragic ending.
Karianne and narayan, a Brahmin (the most noble caste in India) youth, fell in love at first sight, pursued the truth and believed in Gandhi. Just when I thought that the movie finally showed a hope, Kari Anne was in the same boat through thick and thin. From then on, when she and narayan, the handsome and knowledgeable Mr. Right, moved towards a happy marriage, things reversed. It turned out that narayan's father ruined her, a respectable celebrity full of benevolence, righteousness and morality. Carly Anne, who is burdened with heavy mental shackles, is swallowed up by the dark society. When narayan arrived, she silently sank into the sacred river-Ganges, which flowed quietly day and night.
Mademodi sent the young Chua to the other side, repeating the fate of Kari Anne. After Shakentara knew about it, she caught up with the train in a coma and asked narayan to give Chua to Gandhi. Watching the train leave, Shakentara was full of thoughts ... The ending still seemed to bring a little bright color to the gloomy tone.
The film changed the traditional style of Indian films, and there was no singing and dancing performance at all. The picture is simple and realistic, cold and depressing, and the gorgeous scenery is abandoned, even unique. Indian film soundtrack, all the characters are dressed in white clothes, without heavy makeup, showing completely different characteristics from Ashoka. Most importantly, traditional Indian films often avoid the contradiction of social reality, and the plays are full of songs and dances, paralyzing the people. A musical of this genre and mode can't compare with a Moon River, even if one thousand musicals are made. Moon River has the courage to expose the tragic fate of women at the bottom of India and rebuke India's caste system, women's unfair status and ignorant traditional concepts, which has strong practical significance. Not only do I feel bad, but I also think that watching Ashoka represents the highest peak of Indian movies, which is actually wrong. There are better movies than that.
The English name of Moon River is WATER, which is very simple. The narrative technique of the whole film is as calm and silent as the Ganges River, and there is no magnificent bridge or sharp contradiction. Karianne was sent to sell herself, fell in love with narayan at first sight, found out the truth and sank into the Ganges. The plot developed smoothly, and there was no violent sadness or joy. Even when narayan arrived and learned that Karianne was dead, she didn't cry. But all the emotions of the actors are deeply embedded in every part of the heart, eyebrows, face and body, which makes the film filled with a touch of sadness and melancholy and adds a deep power that touches people's hearts.
Love is the eternal theme of literature and film and television works. When they met for the first time, narayan was about to get angry when she suddenly saw Carly Anne. She immediately came to her senses, changed the subject, asked about her residence, and couldn't bear it. It turns out that love will come so quickly, because she is worthy of his heart. You see, Karianne is wrapped in a white sari, with a quiet face, hibiscus coming out of the water and a kind heart. It's true that only a handsome and knowledgeable law student like narayan, Gao Feixia, can match it. In fact, she is also moved, not as calm as she seems. She was bound by moral principles, refused to see narayan off with reservation and determination, and hinted at her residence.
This leads to the next story, that is, narayan met each other without giving up his widow. A lot of things have happened. "This is the widow's home. Men are not allowed to come in. " Sakentara gave him a cold door. It seems more difficult for two people to meet each other if they want to cross the gap of identity, status and secular concept. Just when he came back from the Great Depression, he was accidentally drenched in water, but it was Carly Anne who was upstairs wringing clothes. In an instant, snow and flowers bloom, and the world is boundless. People upstairs and downstairs changed from anger and panic to endless joy.
Narayan is an ideal Indian man, handsome and elegant, with high social background and noble morality. He dared to break through the secular concept, really fell in love with the widow that others could not avoid, and decided to spend his life with her. After learning that Karianne was insulted by her revered father, after a night of thinking, she still didn't abandon the innocent heroine, and she came to see her the next morning. How much courage it takes. Sublimated their love connotation, from the initial infatuation with her beautiful appearance to the attraction of two souls. Unfortunately, waiting for him is a cold body. Is he late? "When this endless sadness continues" left the audience with endless regrets and thoughts.
The main content of Moon River is not about love, but the love of the hero and heroine twists and turns, which ends in tragedy after a short period of light, deepening the theme of the film.
Although this film was co-produced by India and Canada, it actually contains few Indian elements except that female directors is of Indian descent. Due to the intimidation of conservative forces in India, the film was shot in Sri Lanka, and the actors were basically locals. When the film was released, female directors Deepa Mehta also received personal safety threats, but it was two years after it was released in Indian mainland.
The beginning of the film shows that it was a long time ago. In fact, I think this is also about India today. This ancient civilization bred by the Ganges River basin still has traditional customs. I read a newspaper some time ago and reported that two young men and women in India fell in love. Because the woman is an aristocratic caste and the man comes from a low caste family, according to the custom, they can't fall in love and get married. They eloped to defend their love. After the woman's family caught up with them, they were stoned to death. It's terrible, and the law won't punish the perpetrators!
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