You are never fully liberated from Auschwitz, 11 July 2016 Author: Red-125 from Upstate New York The French movie "À la vie" was shown in the U.S. with the translated title "To Life (2014)." It was written and directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. The film is a Post-Holocaust saga, although it opens with scenes in Auschwitz that are truly horrific. Hélène (Julie Depardieu) and Lily (Johanna ter Steege) were friends in Auschwitz, and they managed to survive the death march from Auschwitz to Louslau together. A third friend, Rose (Suzanne Clément) was unable to walk, so they were forced to leave her behind. As it turned out, Rose survived until the liberation of Auschwitz. The three did not see each other again until 1962, when they come together for a reunion at a beachside resort in Northern France. We learn early in the movie that Lily divorced her husband after the war, and is living as a "free soul," with no permanent partner. Hélène and Rose both married concentration camp survivors. The plot of the film--based on the lives of three actual friends--revolves around their interactions during the reunion. No matter how much ice cream they eat, and how they display their new bathing suits, thoughts keep circling back to Auschwitz. They quarrel about tiny details which they remember differently. They revive horrible memories. It's clear that the reunion will change their lives, but whether the change will be for the better or for the worse is an open question. For reasons I don't understand, "To Life" caries a terrible IMDb rating of 6.1. Fortunately, we saw it as part of the excellent Rochester Jewish Film Festival. If we hadn't had "All-Event" tickets, we probably would have stayed home. This is a movie to be seen, not missed. Ignore the rating and seek it out. It's available on DVD, and it will work well on the small screen. See it!
就那一小片街区景来回用，那黑白不就是掩盖布景的假么，最大的问题情感跳戏啊，是一会儿感受孩童的天真，一会儿又体会父母的无奈。
For the ones who stayed, for the ones who left, and for all the ones who were lost.
私人回忆+儿童视角+黑白影像，好像也变成了新套路。
我是真的不太懂奥斯卡了，开玩笑呢，工业水平甚至不如英剧，说成是舞台剧还差不多。
越过岁月的墙，有关过去已经简化作黑白的片段，而让导演震撼并对他产生深远影响的画面却被童年的想象填补上色彩从未褪色。虽然是以暴动为背景，却在孩童的目光下简化并喜剧化了。剧作比《罗马》更轻盈和温暖，母亲形象的塑造贴合北爱尔兰人乐观外向的性格，并不存在用力过度之嫌，其余几个配角也都独具个性，懵懂的初恋和耄耋的爱情都让人感动。乡愁，就是有人离开，有人留下，有人逝去。
昨天的移民故事会给今天的困境找到一些答案吗？未来存在于过去中
①估计大多数国人看这部电影，是因为包括奥斯卡在内的一堆电影节提名荣誉在身，没错我也在此列，但半个多世纪前北爱尔兰一条街道上某家庭的经历和少年成长故事，似乎与中国观众距离远了一些，无论是地理距离文化距离，还是情感共鸣方面的心理距离，加之全片的故事性并不强，所以前后24小时我才磨磨唧唧断断续续看完；②我对黑白片向来不太感冒，总觉得导演无非是想增加年代感（包括前阵子看的《兹山鱼谱》），但代价是失去了很多可以倚赖颜色传递的信息和意象，且平添了一份矫情和人为的匠气。电影毕竟不是平面摄影，一张黑白照片的所有信息可以在一瞬间通过注视抵达观者内心，电影表现手段是极为复杂和丰富的，放弃色彩，相当于放弃了无数种可能性。
每个镜头都经过精心设计，给人影片毫无起伏的感觉，抓不到重点，没有可共情视点
竟然在一个讲北爱尔兰60年代的片子里找到了好多共鸣，小时候爸妈分隔两地的孩子可能都会被触动到。Balfe和Dornan也太适合model working class了吧，体现出了“爸爸”和“妈妈”所有的美好，爷爷奶奶竟然是Judy Dench和Ciaran Hinds！
只是話口未完，2021最被高估電影，還得強調。
三百年根源的对立，二十世纪后三十年的流血冲突，几次在内战边缘。政治，民族，宗教，这些蔓延在街道社区的仇恨，隔阂，冲突，是笼罩在每一个离开或者留下来的人一生之中的。直到今年还在因脱欧的爱尔兰海边界问题，芬党领导人的防疫问题而引发冲突流血及恐吓。比照电影，是无论如何，都不能以轻佻，软弱来批评的。这种视角的选择，是艰难前进的和平进程中，可贵的真挚感情。
Shedding tears in the theatre. Delicate, quiet, floating, and touching. Textbook-level shots and larger-than-life themes. Brilliant end and soundtracks.
疑惑的镜头和疑惑的色彩运用。并不能好好回忆的回忆录
呃真的是毫无惊喜的命题作文式电影……2.5
配乐奇奇怪怪，使用随心所欲，风格变幻无穷
6.5/10 摄影尤其是构图当然很精致，也描绘出自己对贝尔法斯特难以割舍的情怀，一个充满人情味的城镇跃然幕上，但终究还是太私人了，或许会因为某一段的纯真与质朴发笑，但远远未能达到入戏的程度。
#TIFF2021# 肯尼思·布拉纳写给家乡贝尔法斯特的一封情书，很私人，但能感受到深深的怀念和满满的爱意。关于童年的回忆在黑白的影像中展开，冲突与暴乱打破了平静快乐的生活，负债累累的一家面临搬离与留下的选择。天真的孩童视角，初恋和亲情的温馨多少能化解一些伤痛，很多处镜头的设计仿佛让他回到曾经的生活并与之对话。在黑白的回忆里，电影和戏剧却是彩色的，足见二者对导演本人的影响之大。
11h30 02/03/2022 à l’Utopia BDX
无法忍受。这样的黑白影像，这样的自传性质的文本故事，很难不碰瓷到《罗马》，但与其相提并论起来完全不能比。同样选取社会动荡大背景下与家庭往事的融合，但本片真的做到了假模假式、工业又刻意。大环境夹杂到家庭中去，但一味通过人物台词过分强调动荡不安，就像糖衣炮弹一样。片子呈现出的不是往日生活而像是流水过程，整体太过割裂，就连冲突与平复都如此儿戏，大环境-小环境没有更好融合。过分强调小男孩作为第一客体视角，将他塞入其他客体的镜头中去。摆出太多没有意义的独特机位，塞了太多不合时宜的往日金曲，就连自传性质的迷影属性也是如此苍白无力。
爱尔兰的历史纠缠是影片的背景，爷爷奶奶是全片亮点，然而总体上觉得缺点真实感，仿佛看到了存在于记忆中的片段，与主角小孩越近越真切，远些的就有点虚了。
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