Douban's 8.7 score of "Crazy Dating Mirador", directed by Sylvia Jomai, tells the story of grandson Chabin who was kidnapped by the mafia to Mirador while participating in the Tour de France bicycle race. In order to save Chabin, Grandma takes the puppy Bruno to Mirador, meets the three sisters who are popular in Mirador, and breaks into the mafia lair with the three sisters to save Chabin.
"Crazy Dating Mirador" is full of French national atmosphere, director Sylvia Jomai uses exaggerated techniques to shape the character image, and uses exaggerated contrasts to show the allegory of the animation and the French romantic color. Sylvia Jomai's famous works include "The Old Woman and the Dove" and "The Magician", and his "Crazy Dating Mirador" has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song.
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The film focuses on the character of Grandma, using absurd and warm small details to show Grandma's excellent qualities and love for her grandson Chabin. The French imagination and sense of humor allow the film to tell the whole story with the expressions and body language of the characters with very little dialogue. In the process of growing up with grandson Chabin, Grandma also completed self-cultivation and became the almighty Grandma.
At the beginning of the film, when the program of the Belle Ville Trio ends, Grandma asks her youngest grandson Chabin: "Is the show over?" Don't you want to talk to Grandma? Is that the end of it? Without getting a response from her grandson, Grandma turned her head unwillingly and stared at Chabin. Grandma didn't care if the film was over, only whether Chabin could respond, but Chabin just looked at Grandma silently.
Chabin lost both parents at an early age and became dependent on his grandmother. Children who have lost their parents are often character flawed, and Chabin is such a child, unwilling to talk to people and uninterested in life matters. And Grandma sees everything in her eyes and tries her best to make Chabin happy and make up for his missing love.
When Chabin watched the piano playing program on the TV intently, Grandma couldn't wait to clean up the dusty piano in the house for Chabin to play; watching Chabin sit silently on the edge of the bed every day in a daze, Grandma was heartbroken, bought a puppy for Chabin to accompany, Chabin smiled for the first time, but in the end did not make Chabin really happy.
One day Grandma found that someone had cut a part of the newspaper, and looking at Chabin's twinkling eyes, Grandma knew that Chabin had not told her something. When Grandma cleaned up Chabin's room, she found Chabin secretly collecting information about the bike race under the bed, and Grandma looked at the photo of Chabin's parents on the wall: Chabin's parents snuggled on a bicycle, showing a happy smile, and Grandma finally realized that Chabin liked the bicycle.
Chabin's love of the bike stemmed from the thoughts he missed his parents. The fact of losing her parents, Grandma can't change, all she can do is give Chabin more love in her ability, carefully explore Chabin's hobbies, and let Chabin spend a happy childhood.
Grandma's love is unique and gentle. In the film, whether it is observing Chabin sullen in the room or giving Chabin a bicycle, Grandma is hiding behind the wall and silently observing. Grandma knew that Chabin was suffering from autism because of the loss of his parents, and that he needed silent companionship and guidance for autistic children, rather than a strong response. Only patient observation and guidance can make Chabin truly cheerful.
Because he loved bicycles, Chabin grew up with a goal: to win the Tour de France. In order to make Chabin realize his dream, Grandma decided to become Chabin's coach, from living and eating to competition training, taking care of Chabin in all aspects, so that he can train with peace of mind.
The camera slowly moves from the dark cloud-covered sky of the French town to Chabin, who is training in the rain, and the exhausted Chabin is still training on cycling, while Grandma rides the children's bicycle that she gave Chabin as a child, and rhythmically whistles to encourage Chabin to persevere. After a day of training, Grandma helped Chabin carry his bike into the house and gave him a full body massage. While controlling Chabin's diet, the training bike tires were repaired.
I was amazed at what Grandma had done for Chabin. In real life, an old man is impossible to complete such a large amount of sparring exercise, after the end of the training, the grandson has been lying on the table unable to move, and the grandmother still has the strength to massage the grandson, repair the tire, and even move the grandson to bed to let the grandson sleep. The director uses such an exaggerated way to describe Grandma in order to illustrate Grandma's efforts in Chabin's growing up, and also to illustrate Grandma's selfless love for Chabin.
Although the film describes Grandma's dedication in a very exaggerated animated way, Grandma's love for her grandson is not exaggerated at all. There is a phenomenon in China called generational parents, the elderly often have a feeling of loneliness and loneliness, when the elderly and grandchildren are together, the spirit will produce great relief, they know that their lives are about to reach the end, but they are full of hope for their grandchildren, hoping that their lives will continue in the new generation. Although we see more of grandma's nurturing and helping Chabin, why isn't Grandma's dedication to Chabin's attachment?
It has been reported that the 70-year-old grandmother risked her life to donate a kidney to her grandson in order to save her grandson with uremia. The bond of family affection is often beyond life. Grandma's love for Chabin made her a professional coach and a universal assistant, and became an indispensable role in Chabin's growth path.
In Grandma's daily life with Chabin, the director shows us her extraordinary abilities, and when Chabin is kidnapped by the mafia, the director shows us the more shining human characteristics of Grandma: bravery, independence and wisdom.
1. Have the courage to go to the unknown to save Chabin
When Grandma learned that Chabin had been kidnapped by the Mafia to get on a cruise ship, she did not hesitate to go to the beach to rent a small boat to follow. Here the director uses exaggerated contrasts, using a huge cruise ship and a small ship to contrast, highlighting the strength of the mafia and the weakness of Grandma, and more highlighting Grandma's bravery and love for Chabin.
Another description of Grandma's brave side is that when she learned that Chabin was locked up in the Mafia's property, the French Liquor Center, Grandma made plans with the three sisters of Mirador to disguise themselves into the Mafia's lair, disguised as engineers to save Chabin, and on the way to get rid of the enemy, they fought with the Mafia and successfully rescued Chabin.
2. Make a living with skills without money
In order to rent a boat to track the mafia, Grandma spent all her money, leaving only the puppy Bruno to follow. Grandma doesn't steal or rob, and doesn't even let dogs and homeless people grab food. Under the bridge, Grandma endured hunger and beat the waste tires on the side of the road with a stick to make a musical sound, making music in pain. I didn't expect that the music that was casually tapped could attract the popular beauty of the three sisters, and the three sisters took them back to the dormitory.
Time flies, and the three sisters are no longer young and beautiful, and can only rely on their talents to make a living in the tavern. Grandma helped the three sisters with housework in the dormitory, and when they went out to perform, Grandma also made a living with her music skills of beating tires.
3. Use wisdom to successfully rescue Chabin
The film repeatedly shows grandma's wisdom in exaggerated ways.
The first time was during the race, the mafia used nails to break the rescue car that Grandma was riding in, and Grandma glued it to the wheels with the dog's favorite candy, so that the dog could bite the tire, using the dog as a tire to make the car walk. This is the creative method used in animated films, accomplishing things that are impossible in reality.
The second time was when Grandma disguised herself as a blind man to track down the Mafia engineer and successfully stole the Engineer's clothes to get Chabin's clues.
The third time was when Grandma disguised herself as an engineer, escaped mafia interrogation, rescued Chabin from the mafia's lair, and fought with the pursuing mafia along the way, successfully getting rid of the mafia.
There is a very interesting scene on the way out of the mafia. Since Grandma is a long and short foot, one foot always wears particularly high and thick high heels. The mafia boss chased after the car, and while crossing a bridge, Grandma tripped the car with her shoes outstretched, causing the car to fall off the bridge and fall into the chimney of a cruise ship at sea.
Not only does the film not describe the mutilation of the grandmother in detail to arouse the sympathy of the audience, but even when it is most important, this mutilation saves everyone and lets us know that the most important thing for a person is not her appearance, but his qualities. The mafia boss falls on the chimney of the cruise ship, echoing the scene of his kidnapping with the cruise ship, suggesting that the evil person will eventually have a bad retribution.
Throughout the film, grandson Chabin is a soulless being, the film does not convey Chabin's thoughts, and even after he is kidnapped, he is expressionless, like a prop, connecting the whole story. At the beginning of the film, Grandma asks Chabin if the show is over, and Chabin does not answer. At the end of the story, Grandma is no longer alive and Chabin is old. He turned his head to the void and said the only and last sentence: "Yes, it's over, Grandma." ”
Grandma's story is over, and Chabin's story is coming to an end. At the end of the film, a few words appear on the film: "Dedicated to my parents." Maybe Chabin wanted to tell his parents that Grandma took good care of him and that he had an independent, brave and wise Grandma to accompany him growing up.
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