On the complexities of love The film captivates, first of all, the love of the director Teshine in his heroes, namely the heroes. The word “characters” doesn’t fit well here. Such humanity in a cinematographer who is over seventy and who knows the viciousness and rigidity of the surrounding world better than others is great.
A woman doctor who made helping a different meaning of her existence.
A woman farmer, because of the inability to have her own children, adopts a young African-American (only chocolate, not black), and after she miraculously became pregnant, continues to love her adopted son no less.
Brave and kind soldier, almost perfect warrior-protector.
Reflective and charming teenagers, a little wild, as befits the children of the mountains, restless, but very kind. Often catch yourself thinking - well, is there such a thing? and immediately the film gives another hint - of course there are, since there are sensitive and loving adults around. The contrast “black and white” is wonderfully played, and in dynamics, even on the loss of mise-en-scene (winter-summer, fight-kisses). At first, the black boy takes the lion’s share of sympathy (he is in the frame more often), but gradually his counterpart, evolving, growing up and suffering, comes to the fore, both visually and emotionally. I liked Casey Mottet Klein the actor the most. But Corenten Phila, although he tries, hardly in his 28 years portrays a schoolboy.
The mountains of the Alps play a much bigger role in the picture than just the scenery. At some points there is even too much with landscapes - they begin to take away the audience's sympathy from the actors, lubricating the credibility of the plot. why swim in a cold mountain lake in winter?? turns out, only to show how beautiful it is. In addition, the television manner of shooting, the lack of long plans and an overabundance of short episodes lubricate the impression.
I was a little confused by the lack of music. The sounds of nature, of course, mostly compensate for this, but it is difficult to imagine that modern teenagers do not need at least songs that are consonant with what is happening in their souls.
But that's in the nitpicking category. Love matters. Parents to children, children to parents, their home, each other. It is not easy to reproduce it on the screen. In this case, we succeeded.
9 out of 10