Welcome to the North II "Mother's Day" poster
Mom visited Valentine in the hospital
Valentine and Mom
Valentine and family
Valentine's mother and brother and sister-in-law
French comedy guru Danny Byrne's family-focused laughter and tears, Welcome to the North II, was released nationwide today and released a Mother's Day poster. When the film was released in France, the film's unique perspective on mother-child feelings and family and ideals was well received, and it won the third place at the annual box office in 2018. In China, the on-demand screening has received countless word-of-mouth praise, and it is one of the most unmissable high-quality films on Mother's Day. Today we take stock of the most noteworthy points and highlights of this re-legendary French laughing and tearful work "Welcome to the North II".
A Must See on Mother's Day, a small-town hardcore mother's view of family education
The film is the work of Danny Bourne, a French national treasure comedy master, and although the entire film is wrapped in strong comedic colors, the family entanglement between mother and son is still the core of the entire film. In the film, the male protagonist Valentine and his wife struggle in Paris, on the road to the ideal of many years, in order to enter the higher class circle, he had to give up his family and hide his origins. When the mother came to Paris to find the male protagonist living in a lie, she was very disappointed, even so, when the male protagonist had an accident, the mother still waited by her son's side. "You can become rich, but you can't forget your roots" - this is a very sad sentence left by the male protagonist's mother for her son's wrong choice in the film.
In the film, the male protagonist has been lost, and a coincidental amnesia has made him wake up and finally choose to return to the family. In fact, in reality, many people have made the same choice as the male protagonist, and they have not seriously cared about their parents for many years, which may be forced by helplessness or may just be an escape. In the film, the male protagonist is lucky, in addition to his wife who has always supported him, there is also a mother who cares about him and teaches him an important lesson in life. For this young son who has not returned home for many years, she has never doubted his son's feelings for the family, paid attention to everything about her son from magazine reports, and only wanted to spend her 80th birthday with her children, so she came to Paris thousands of miles away despite her husband's obstruction. The hardcore mother from the north quickly saw her son's thoughts, leaving a sentence "Since you gave up this family, today I admit to losing a son", poking the audience in tears. After the male protagonist lost his memory, fortunately, his mother stayed by his side, and with her help, he found his original heart, reconciled with himself, and harvested complete happiness from the family. The story of the mother and son in the movie is believed to resonate with many people and get inspiration about happiness and family.
Dialect Terrier is a comedy film with artistic texture
In the first book, Welcome to the North, Danny Byrne tells a story about ?" The story of "North" created a box office miracle in French film history in one fell swoop. In this newly created "Welcome to the North II", Danny Bourne still sets the background of the story in his hometown - a small town in northeastern France, where a family with a strong northern accent collides with the male protagonist lost in the vanity in Paris, and the collision of language makes the whole film's intention clear and unconventional, jumping out of the exaggerated body language and expressions that float on the surface for the sake of film effect in conventional comedy.
In addition to the story line, director Danny Bourne strictly controls the artistic details of each scene, from the ghost horse design that meets the male protagonist's design at the beginning to the environmental protection concept product after waking up, each part bears a very important plot preparation. In the interview, Danny Bourne said: "In fact, art and vision are very important to the artistic texture of a film, but in the field of comedy films, sometimes artistry may not be so necessary, so it is often overlooked, but I don't think so, this may stem from the fact that I came from an art student - color, picture frame, graphics have always been important to me, so from the first film to the next film, I have become more and more precise, more and more demanding, in my opinion, Good visual presentation is already the most basic part of the job. ”
A path of redemption in reconciliation with the mother and reconciliation with the family
The contradictions and inner struggles experienced by the male protagonist in the movie are not often encountered in our lives. Floating in a foreign land, we inevitably have to make trade-offs between family and ideals, and for the sake of professional ideals, we sometimes have to hide a lot of real selves.
Some people are forced to leave their hometowns in order to give their families a better livelihood, some people are not satisfied with the stability of small towns and want to experience the prosperity of the metropolis, some people are obsessed with the capital of Beijing in order to realize their hearts, and some people are just impulsive in their hearts when they are young... Leaving home may be the most helpless choice for everyone, but returning home is also the warmest emotional way we can expect.
Douban netizens who watched the point of view said: "Comedy is difficult to shoot. The plot that relies on spoofs and the opposition between good and evil is easy to hit the street. This movie is a story about reconciliation. The aura and indifference of the male protagonist at the age of 42, the ignorance and enthusiasm of the 17-year-old, the simple villagers mistakenly entering the design circle where celebrities gather, and the conflicts brought about by differences in living habits, language, and form, can't help but be amused. In this film, director Danny Bourne skillfully combines many elements, whether from emotion or comedy style, to give the audience a refreshing experience, Cat's Eye netizens also commented: "Very good! French comedies continue the usual style, and the themes expressed are also very good! The process of the mother in the film going to Paris to find her son is very touching, and the final reconciliation between the male protagonist and his mother gives us a very warm human feeling. Humorous, funny, and constantly laughing in the audience. We were impressed by several French actors we were familiar with, especially the director himself as the male lead, and the other two who played the mother's father also played a realistic role. ”
"Welcome to the North II" has landed in theaters nationwide today.