The year 2019 that just passed was the year of "widow sister" Scarlett Johansson.
Starring in "Reunion 4", the global box office exceeded 2.8 billion, ranking first in the history of film box office.
The long-awaited independent film "Black Widow" by fans has finally been officially announced for 2020.
Not only that, widow sister also became the first 10 billion actresses in the Chinese film market and the first foreign 10 billion actors last year.
In addition to handing over a brilliant report card in commercial films, widows are also remarkable in the films of the awards season.
With "Marriage Story", she was nominated for "Best Actress" at several awards such as the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Just a few days ago, another new film starring widowed sister that exploded in word of mouth and was selected as the "Top Ten of the Year" by many media came -
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Jojo Rabbit
Director: Taiga Viditti
Writers: Taiga Viditti / Kristin Lernas
Starring: Roman Griffin Davis / Tomasin Mackenzie / Scarlett Johansson
Release: 2019-11-08 (USA)
Runtime: 108 minutes
At present, it has a Douban score of 8.7, which is the first place in the word-of-mouth list of new films this week.
Not only that, but it also won the "Audience Choice Award" at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival, which is in full swing during the awards season.
The film is a new work by New Zealand director Taiga Viditi.
You may not be familiar with the name, but you must know what he has directed.
"The Hunt for the Barbarians", "Thor 3", "Vampire Life Season 1" and so on.
In addition, Taiga Viditti is one of the directors of this year's most watched Disney series, The Mandalorian.
Taiga Viditti and Hammer Brother
In addition to the director and the female lead actress, the other leading actors in the film are also worth mentioning.
Sam Rockwell, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Three Billboards," Tomasin McKenzie, who won best newcomer actress for "Leave No Trace," and Roman Griffin Davis, a young boy who appeared in the film for the first time, among others.
Sam Rockwell
Thomasin Mackenzie and Roman Griffin Davis
Interestingly, director Taiga Viditti himself also played an important role in the film -
The male protagonist, Jojo,magotnes the Nazi leader Hitler.
Set at the end of World War II, Jojo lives in Germany as a young boy who is extremely fanatical about the Nazis.
His room was plastered with posters of Hitler, enshrined Nazi ideas.
He even imagined a virtual image of the Fuehrer, becoming his inseparable friend.
In Germany at that time, children under the age of 14 were recruited into Nazi organizations for collective activities.
In this country of hatred for Jews, these children were educated absurdly —
Jews, for example, have snake tongues, scales, and love to mate with fish.
In addition, they also have to learn various skills in the "Youth League".
Marching, bayonet drills, trench digging, poison control, shooting, and more.
Boys, trained to do everything, are always ready for battle.
Girls, on the other hand, are raised to be fertility machines and are proud to have children.
These ideas sound ridiculous, but they convince children who are not yet teenagers.
For Jojo, who regards the Fuehrer as an idol, he has become an active member of the youth league.
However, during one training session, Jojo made a joke —
When the officer asked him to kill a rabbit, Jojo moved into compassion and tried to release the rabbit.
Although Jojo's plan did not succeed, he became the laughing stock of everyone.
He began to have the nickname "Jojo Rabbit", which is also the origin of the title.
In another grenade practice, Jojo made another mistake.
The thrown shell was bounced back by a tree and landed right next to Jojo, injuring him.
Did you find out, jojo though, looked like a fanatical Nazi.
But in fact, he is a little boy who is not good at fighting, and he is soft and kind at heart.
These two public scandalous experiences have caused a lot of blows to Jojo's body and mind.
During Jojo's lowest period, an important woman appeared—Jojo's mother, Rosie.
In the years when the whole people were advocating war, Rosie was like a maverick being.
She will not encourage Jojo to advocate war, but to educate him to pursue peace and be a happy and happy person.
In order not to let her son feel excluded, she fiercely educated the officers in the Youth League.
When Jojo sees the tragic deaths in the war and tries to escape, Rosie will make Jojo face up to all the suffering and sorrow brought about by the war.
Such a woman who distinguishes between right and wrong, loves her children and knows how to educate correctly can be said to be a model of motherhood.
In fact, Rosie also has a special identity: she has been secretly working for the Allies, trying to end the war early.
In the early years, Rosie rescued Elsa, a Jewish girl, and hid her in her home.
In a fortuitous experience, Jojo discovers Elsa hiding in his home.
At first, Jojo treats Elsa as a monster.
Encouraged by the imaginary "Hitler", he repeatedly plotted the murder of Elsa.
Unfortunately, in the end, they all ended in failure.
In the accumulation of time together, as well as the mother's many educations.
Jojo finally realizes that Elsa is not a textbook "monster", she is just an ordinary girl who has lost her family and been hurt in the war.
Gradually, he also developed feelings for Elsa like a loved one...
The next story, there are not many spoilers, you can go to the movie to feel carefully.
Speaking of which, the World War II movies with children as the protagonists, I believe everyone has seen a lot.
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas", and "A Beautiful Life", which is being re-screened, and so on.
"The Whimsical World of Young Jojo" also examines this cruel history of human history from the perspective of a child.
Speaking of which, I have to mention the cinematography in the film —
The director seems intent on paying homage to Wes Anderson's audiovisual style, with plenty of symmetrical compositional shots in the film.
In addition, under the heavy theme of anti-war, a large number of brightly colored pictures appear in the film.
For example, Jojo and his mother are riding on the road, Jojo and "Hitler" are talking in the forest, and so on.
It can be said that "The Whimsical World of Young Jojo" is not a film that focuses on portraying the cruel scenes of war.
Instead, much of the film is advanced with fairytale-like graphics and photography, comedic and hilarious dialogue and narrative.
It is not until the last half hour of the film that the scene of the war is shown head-on in a playful way.
In this way of wanting to suppress and mix sorrow and joy, we will attack the dark history of Germany during World War II, expose the damage of war to the better world and the destruction of children's pure humanity.
In the audience's laughter and tearful viewing experience, the whole film is full of allegorical irony.
Rather than an educational anti-war film, I prefer to think of "The Whimsical World of Young Jojo" as a movie about Jojo's growth journey.
From being deeply prejudiced against Jews, to learning to understand and respect different races; from liking war to loving peace; from worshipping Hitler to kicking him off...
At the end of the film, Jojo achieves both physical and mental growth.
It is undoubtedly jojo's mother Rosie who plays a decisive role in jojo's growth, which is also reflected in the film through two important imagery.
The first image is a butterfly.
At first, Rosie asked Jojo what was the most powerful thing in the world.
Jojo's answer was metal, dynamite, and muscle, but Rosie told him that "love" was.
Because when you like someone, you feel like "there's a butterfly rolling in your stomach." ”
So at the end of the movie, when Jojo fell in love with Elsa and understood his mother's words, he finally experienced this feeling for himself.
The second image is the laces.
In the first half of the film, Jojo goes on an outing with his mother.
The clumsy Jojo always loosened his shoelaces, so his mother carefully tied them for him.
At the end of the film, when Jojo discovers that his mother has been hanged, he also fastens her shoelaces.
War is undoubtedly cruel, but it does not end immediately by the will of the individual.
Like the dilemmas we encounter in our lives, they don't change in a moment and a half.
Even so, we must still have hope in the face of adversity, always maintain a pure heart in a difficult environment, and a passion and desire for a better life.
Only in this way can we, like Jojo, reap the fruits of growth after suffering.
After all, people who have not experienced war will never be able to experience the joy of dancing freely.
Finally, give everyone a few lines at the end of the movie and encourage jun:
Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final
*Author: Zhang Bucai