At the beginning of February this year, the Goya Award, the highest award of Spanish cinema, known as the "Spanish Oscar", came to an end.
"Belated Rage" won four awards, including Best Picture and Newcomer Director.
Emma Surez in "Julietta" won Best Actress.
Roberto Alamo in "May God Forgive Us" won Best Actor.
"Julieta" has been recommended by Uncle Fish before, and the whole film still carries Almodóvar's strong personal style.
Today, Uncle Fish talks about this movie that no one has ever said yet—
May God forgive us
May God forgive us
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The film also won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2016 San Sebastian Film Festival.
As can be seen from the poster, this is a movie with two male protagonists.
Tells the story of two detectives who track down a serial killer.
The theme is not new, and you can catch such a story from the American drama "Criminal Mind".
But in the typical detective plot, there is a lot of novelty buried.
The story takes place in Madrid, the capital of Spain.
In 2011, it was the hottest summer ever.
Catching up with the economic crisis again.
One and a half million pilgrims await the Pope's visit.
Restless, restless, anxious, the city seems to exude a different atmosphere.
So a large number of police officers gathered in Madrid to keep them safe.
Our protagonists are two inspectors, each with his own troubles.
One played by Antonio della Torre.
This year, Goya will star in the best picture "Belated Rage".
Counting this one, he starred in two of this year's award-winning works!
He is well known in Spain and has been nominated for the Goya Prize 8 times.
Needless to say, he and Dustin Hoffman are really honey-like.
In the film, he plays a "stuttering inspector", Berard.
He was not born stuttering, but was beaten by his mother from an early age, resulting in stuttering;
The doctor said that he would recover at any time, but there has been no cure.
This is nothing less than a childhood shadow for him, and he has been very inferior in front of women ever since.
In contrast to his politeness, the other inspector was a "bald tough guy", Javier.
Have violent tendencies and cannot control their temper.
He is played by Roberto Alamo.
This is the goya award for best actor.
This is not the first time he has won the Goya Award, having won Best Supporting Actor in 14 years for "My Grand Spanish Wedding".
In the film, he fights with colleagues and once punches others in the eye until his vision is severely impaired.
Under investigation and counselling by superiors.
Just two people who are very different have to cooperate together to handle the case.
There were homicides in the city, and at first people thought it was just ordinary robbery and murder.
After an investigation, the careful stuttering inspector concluded:
This is not robbery, but rape and murder.
Strangely enough.
The deceased was an old lady!
Who would rape an old lady!
Neighbors told the inspector that the old lady who had been killed had been widowed for 24 years and lived alone.
No relatives or friends.
However, her home is filled with flowers that look like gifts from relatives and friends.
I usually don't like pets.
However, she has a water bowl for cats in her house.
The anxious bald inspector wants to close the case hastily, while the stuttering inspector insists on a serious investigation.
Just then, another murder occurred.
The victim was also an old lady who lived alone;
And also suffered rape.
They perceive that this is a serial killer.
The leadership ordered that the case must be resolved as soon as possible.
Because, the aforementioned Pope is coming.
This is the same as the inspection of our provincial leaders here.
At this critical moment, such an event that damages the image and makes people uneasy must not happen;
There wasn't even any media coverage of it.
By chance, the two encounter the murderer;
As a result, after a lot of trouble, he let him run.
This time, the basket caused the bald inspector to be suspended.
The Stuttering Inspector was transferred to the Surveillance Department.
The suspended bald inspector, at this time, found that his wife was having an affair and was hit squarely by him.
Work and life were not going well, and he was crushed.
Since he hadn't been home for a few days, his dog had also starved to death.
It was so sad.
But the murders did not stop.
At the same time, there were several homicides of the same kind.
So, the stuttering inspector was called to help.
At this time, the image of the murderer they sketched was finally clear.
The killer had a similar experience with the Stuttering Inspector.
The killer had a special relationship with his mother.
His mother had given him traumatic memories.
When he was raping and murdering these victims, he vented his anger at his mother on them.
In the process of investigating the murderer, the two inspectors gradually discovered that they were actually no different from the murderer.
In the pursuit of the murderer, they do not care about the cost.
The bald inspector abused violence and lacked effective communication with his surroundings, and his life with his wife was in vain.
The two of them ate together and watched TV, and his wife asked how the day was going and touched him, and he only replied, "Is there any yogurt?"
For colleagues, the temper is worse, and the fist is moved when the words are not agreed.
This is especially true of the Stuttering Inspector.
While pursuing the rape and murder, he almost raped a woman who had a crush on him.
Although, this was not his intention.
However, due to his own trauma, he could not get along with women normally.
I simply don't know how to express myself.
Stuttering was a symbolic sign that he could not express.
Especially after the death of the bald inspector.
He chooses to face it himself and solve the problem in his own way.
Neither inspector could control his or her actions.
One cannot control his actions, one cannot control his own language.
There is also a serial killer who is also unable to control himself.
The visit of the Pope and pilgrims inspired his murderous behavior.
In fact, in addition to the human level, this film has a deeper social significance.
The time background of this film is very special.
In May 2011, the "Angry" movement, also known as the 15M movement, broke out in Spain.
15M is the English abbreviation for fifteenth o fMay, the date of its launch.
Subsequently, it set off a large-scale anti-austerity protest in Europe, giving birth to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement in the United States.
At the time, the 15M Movement spoke:
"We are not angry about the Pope's visit, there must be some people who praise and some people who oppose this, we are angry that public funds are used to fund this activity."
The eviction of the police also caused large-scale demonstrations and clashes between the police and the people.
On that soaring day, hundreds of thousands of young people from all over Spain were on record, while gathering around Puerta del Sol.
And the director's film about the detective is from the other hand, into the crazy Madrid of that period.
The Pope visited, the marches, and no one noticed the deaths of several old ladies;
No one noticed that the two inspectors were chasing the killer.
The murderer was also a devout Christian, as was his mother.
Everyone can see the economic crisis that society is experiencing, but ignores the spiritual crisis that people are experiencing.
The murderer is abnormal, and the two inspectors are also abnormal.
And the abnormal them represented a normal state of the people in that period.
Therefore, Uncle Fish felt that this was the reason why "May God Forgive Us" was well received in Spain, and he reflected the mental state of the Spaniards at that time.
It, on the other hand, reproduces, and interprets that period.
Every Spaniard who has experienced 15M will feel the same way.
It's not just the economy that's out of control;
Or the human spirit, and the faith.
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