The road to success is difficult, but because of his excellence, one day he will definitely stride there.
The Douban score of 7.6 is based on the novel "The Wanderings of the Bitter Child" created by the nineteenth-century French writer Ekdo Marlowe. Released in China in November 2019, the film harvested the tears and wide acclaim of the audience with a healing story full of sincere feelings.
The plot and character settings in the film deeply express the essence and connotation of the healing fairy tale, the beautiful picture and the exquisite design, which make people fall into the atmosphere of the film and cannot extricate themselves, which is really a fantasy adventure movie that integrates family, family affection and growth.
The film mainly tells the life of the protagonist Remy who is sold to the street artist Vitalis by his adoptive father and wanders around with him. During the journey, Vitalis discovers Remy's natural singing. So he traveled all over France on a great adventure, in which Remy was always encouraged and cared for by Vitalis.
The reason why "The Adventures of Remi" has received praise from the public after its release is that in addition to the audience's preference for the original work, it is also because it is a second processing of the original that directly hits the heart and explodes the public's healing psychology. Remy's fate is unfortunate, and after experiencing twists and turns, he has always maintained the upward quality of kindness, simplicity and bravery in his heart. The director uses this film to express a warm story of positive energy, so that children and adults watching the film can understand the healing power of growth.
This film can be seen from the name that this is a story around "healing", and compared with the pessimistic color of words such as bitter child and wandering, the adventure shows a spirit of optimism that does not think of suffering. Therefore, today we will analyze the "healing" effect of the film from three aspects: the audiovisual language of the film, the photographic picture, and the emotional direction.
This film is indeed a pleasure for the audience's hearing. The right melody in the film can always control the audience's tears, whether it is a child or an adult, hearing the melody of the music, it is immediately brought to the scene. The narrative of the film does not drag on, but the choice of music as a main line of the whole film is a creative method for the director to set off and heal emotions.
(1) The seemingly lucky natural child's voice actually shows a positive attitude when encountering difficulties in growing up
Remy in the film is a boy with a rather unfortunate life, it can be said that his experience is very sympathetic, can a little boy reinvent himself under the pressure of life? The design of the natural child's voice is a foreshadowing, as if "heaven closes a window for you, it will open a door for you", and the beautiful song is the straw to save an unfortunate child.
At the same time, this film also shows a process of self-discovery, a person who is not valued by fate, and even has a voice that can be proud, which can be said to be the biggest spiritual comfort and pillar on the road to growth, and it is also an emotional sublimation of Remy's exploration of his own heart.
Of course, this part of the film is the most heartfelt place is that the setting of the role of Remy, the actor and the role in the film are suitable in music, and Malham Kampa, who plays the role of Remy, is a member of the Paris Choir, musically talented, the so-called natural child's voice is from his own mouth, which shows that the director is also very cautious in the choice of actors.
(2) The lullaby in memory is a little expectation of pursuing hope, and it is also a spiritual bondage to the hometown
At the beginning of the film, Remy has an indelible lullaby in his mind, you know, he has no impression of his parents, but the song that remains in his mind seems to tell Remy that you have a retrospective goal, and you have a place to explore.
The setting of the film is actually emphasizing a sense of abundance emanating from within, a kind of courage to laugh at life.
Some viewers commented that the lullaby was actually a fantasy in Remy's heart, and Remy may have imagined it to give himself a little sense of light. As a little Remy who lost her parents, lullaby does not care whether it really exists, but through the wandering story direction, showing Remy's determination and perseverance to return home.
Therefore, when the lullaby sounds, it is not only the fragile heart of the child who does not want to leave the mother, but also the worry and heartache in the mother's heart that the child is not around.
The film uses non-explicit expression methods, mixed with music to release, Remy's natural sound, the lullaby in memory touches on the thick flesh and blood family affection, but also the most fragile and soft place in the audience's heart.
The most elaborate part of this film is the strong impact of the picture, we can see the mystery of the medieval castle, and the clean and dazzling sky like an oil painting, we can feel the European style of the carriage and the cloak, and we can also get a sense of permeability on the soothing hillside.
(1) The mysterious castle is the unknown and possibility of spying on the heart
In the film, we can easily blend into the mood, the medieval European style has a hint of romance, and these have nothing to do with Remy. The color of the castle is mysterious, symbolizing the unknown possibility, and it seems to carry a veil compared to the steppe Hoobo, which coincides with the setting of Remy's life.
Remy has always wanted to know everything about himself, and the cruelty of reality makes him have a positive attitude in his heart, retaining a trace of romantic expectations for the future, believing that the world is still beautiful.
I think that the director's large-scale giving of the picture such rich colors is to create a heart-warming healing scene, which is the same as the film's title using the expression of the word Adventure, which is to convey a continuation and pursuit of love.
(2) The elaboration of the Tao of Obedience, from the outside to the heart of the character
Whether it is the costumes in the film, or the props, or the makeup of the characters, we can see that it is very suitable, no exaggeration, no inopportune, it can be said that it is the maximum perfect restoration of the romance and style of the European period.
Here we can feel that both the color and the scenery are more able to highlight the grasp of the actual situation than the black and white lines. Remy's misfortune is black, and the choice of color pictures and background designs is to let people see that the inner sunshine has always been there, which is the connotation that the director wants to show.
Therefore, we can see that although Remy has a lot of hardships in life, there is no lack of love around him, and he is surrounded by love.
Compared with the original work, this film deletes some of the more icy plots, and because of this, Remy, as an "outcast", under the background of the contrasting color picture, also emphasizes the tough side of Remy's personality, adding a degree of healing.
One of the biggest features of "The Adventures of Remi" is healing, and there is nothing that can give people the greatest healing effect than love. There are four emotions hidden in the whole film, the warmth and moving of this love, and the natural sound of Remy, the lullaby in memory, which together compose the meaning of life, which is to tell the viewer an attitude: the power of growth must be indispensable to the internal driving force.
(1) Vitalis and Remy: Deep affection like a father and a teacher
The most emotional part of this film is the love between Vitalis and Remy, which is also where the director spends a lot of ink. He taught Remy knowledge, singing, how to perform, Remy nervously fell a dog eat when he first performed, the audience laughed at Remy's antics, vitalis's sentence This is not bad to start your first performance in your life! It cleverly resolved Remy's embarrassment and shyness.
Vitalis wants to convey remy's optimistic attitude, and the foreshadowing here also deeply links the plot behind it: Remy still has the confidence to face the cruel life.
There's a deeper expression in the film, when Liz's mother offers to take Remy with her, Vitalis says, "I taught him how to live a hard life around me, and it was much more useful to him than for you to tell him to leave me and live a life that was actually a slave." ”
From here, we can see that the director wants to convey a view of cultivating children's personality through the film, and he believes that difficult conditions are a way to better exercise children. This is also a call to parents through the film.
The spirit emphasized in the film "The Adventures of Remi" is a kind of pursuit and praise of truth, goodness and beauty, and at the same time, it is also an attack on the phenomenon of false evil and ugliness. A cruel and sinister society allows people with good hearts to be treated unfairly. But there are still valuable, rare qualities that are revealed, which is the healing, warm expression effect of the film.
(2) Between Remy and the little monkey in their hearts, Captain Kapi the little dog: a kind of companionship like a friend
In the character shaping of the protagonist Remy, it is not only suffering, the addition of little monkeys and puppies adds a touch of pure love to Remy's character. "The Adventures of Remi" not only shows a beautiful and pure human true love and true love, but also presents a touching scene of human and animal feelings, which is a kind of wordless silent companionship. There is a scene in the film that illustrates the deep friendship between Remy and the puppy.
When the wolves are looking at the tiger and Remy is in urgent need of help, the puppy bravely fights back the wolves, it is not frightened by the snowstorm, but anxiously looks for passers-by to rescue Remy in time. The scene was deeply moving, and the healing effect was a perfect score.
The clever and funny little monkey is Remy's partner with Vitalis, in fact, more like a family, the film pays more attention to the disclosure of true feelings, aiming to express true feelings can move everything, can take away the darkness, and defeat difficulties.
More importantly, whether it is a little monkey or a puppy, the director's intention is nothing more than to convey through the film, and Remy's adventures are not alone. Having a smile and tears is a profound creative technique for healing effects, and it can poke the audience's heart more.
(3) Parental affection: I have never seen it before, but I give up the strong flesh and blood feelings that are constantly giving up
In terms of character setting, Remy has never met her parents. The lingering lullaby in the memory, the experience of persevering in the difficult situation of the adventure experience, and later finding the biological mother, etc. The directors have tried to use the simplest flat and direct way to show the inseparability of flesh and blood, a kind of inner guidance.
Although the film does not have ups and downs, it still does not affect the tears of the audience, and this kind of mother-child love that is not mixed with impurities is like a touch of sunshine, sprinkled in everyone's heart, which can't help but tear up and heal people's feelings.
Careful viewers will find that the composition of the whole film is very steady, the thinking is clear, more like the author telling a touching story. Cleverly, the director deliberately made some blank spaces in some unobtrusive links. Therefore, you will find that under the plot of always an inadvertent, even no special tear point, you are still infected, still moved.
The whole film has been fully prepared from the aspects of audiovisual effects and costumes, so you can easily integrate into the atmosphere of that era without any sense of violation. Every emotion it shapes is extremely infectious, and every love is beautiful and pure, clean and transparent.
Therefore, this film conveys a healing spirit and heart-warming effect from beginning to end. Remy's perseverance in a life of suffering, the inseparable friendship and companionship between the little monkey and the puppy, and the constant master-apprentice relationship between Vitalis, the father-son relationship. All the plot design makes the film seem warm and full of power everywhere, and in the face of the challenges of life, Remy clearly and clearly conveys his attitude towards life. I believe that this film can naturally bring you a different healing experience.