> What we choose against what fate chooses
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> What we choose against what fate chooses for us. Based on the old Spanish play about a wedding tragedy. It all sets in the rural Spain and tells the story of…
> What we choose against what fate chooses for us.
Based on the old Spanish play about a wedding tragedy. It all sets in the rural Spain and tells the story of a bride who involved in a love triangle. It takes us back to her childhood day to reveal us her crush on one of two friends, but feudal between the friends families puts her in a tight spot. Especially as growing up knowing she has to choose one of them to marry. Finally the time comes to that, the day is set for the big occasion, but an unexpected twist brings a chaos during the celebration and the old rivalry awakens among the young generation.
It was a little dull narrative, mostly because of the quietness and lack of depth in both the character explorations and the story. I might say it is only a finishing touch work, we can't get any details we want for a better understanding, especially the past events remains slightly mysterious like how it all began. That's fine, because they thought they chopped away the boring stuffs, and yes they did, yet that did not bring any good result either.
Anyway, this film's focus was the three friends who grew up together, so this story is only about what happens around them. Beside them, the old woman who often appears is a puzzle that's need to be explained. But I assumed she's kind of witch who manipulating the peoples mind to go against each other.
Since it revolves on a wedding event, I was desperately looking forward the ceremony to begin. That's the other reason I felt letdown for it to delay. Until then the pace was too slow to keep myself engaged with this, but once the celebration began, it lit up my mood and followed by the conclusion that came with a light speed. So I kind liked the third act in the entire narration and according to me, that's the best part of the film.
> "Bitterness is the worst punishment of all."
There's nothing much happens in the story section, we can easily know what's coming up next after the each scene. Because like I said, there's no great developments, everything was about getting ready for the marriage and during the marriage. It is like learning everything about it prior to the watch, yet the final scene, the solution was stronger than I expected. For an end like that I expected tearjerker atmosphere. The emotions showed between the characters, but for the viewers those are ineffective.
Shot in the cool places, I mean it looked like a semi-desert that did not bring the Spanish atmosphere of my knowledge, but blended well with the story. The character executions were fine, even the direction was good, but the writing was a disappointment. This 80 year old story needed a serious update, because the presentation was very stylish, but the tale was so simple. Yes, it looks so simple to follow, but complicated to fully understand it.
Just keep in mind that it is not a romance nor a revenge film, but a slice of equal both. About other things as well like love, life, family, culture, especially the three main characters linked with, such as the bride's choice, the groom's fate and the their friend's deception. This is definitely not an entertaining film, not for people like me, but what I call it is a story to decode. Like in the line of 'Enemy', 'Upstream Color', 'Borgman' et cetera. There're lot more about it than what actually the story tells, but only discussing with others who had watched it will bring the details out. Honestly, I was not very impressed with this, certainly not a bad film to ignore it completely.
6½/10
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★ 3 / 10
Not exactly enjoyable.
MartinHafer
"The Bride" is a film version by Paula Ortiz of the classic Federico Garcia Lorca tragic play "Blood Wedding". However, unlike the original play, the order of…
"The Bride" is a film version by Paula Ortiz of the classic Federico Garcia Lorca tragic play "Blood Wedding". However, unlike the original play, the order of the story had been changed significantly and begins at the end of the story. Because of this, the audience is both confused and knows that some sort of murderous event has taken place. I found it helpful to read through a synopsis of the play before watching the movie.
The Bride (she is given no other name) is going to marry the Groom (he also has no other name). However, Death (disguised as a poor beggar woman) has come to the Bride and begs her not to marry unless she is truly in love with the Groom. Apparently, she is not, as she has fallen for a married man named Leonardo. But, despite this, she marries. However, during the wedding party that follows, she and Leonardo run away together, leading, naturally, to disaster.
The synopsis is simple
the film is not. As I already said, the order of the story has been mixed up in Javier García Arredondo's screenplay. This decision makes this a much artsier sort of picture
though also one that is difficult at times to follow. Additionally, the picture is full of the Bride staring into space, long extended takes and slow motion cinematography. The acting is very, very slow and deliberate as well and makes the film somewhat poetic. Some may like this
as for me, I would have preferred a more direct telling of the Garcia Lorca play—especially since it, too, has a lot of symbolism. Additionally, knowing that bloodshed is coming at the very beginning of the story seems to take away from the suspense of the tale. Overall, this is a nice looking but confusing and not altogether enjoyable film. If you want a Spanish language tale of fated romance and death, I suggest you instead try the Oscar-nominated picture "The Crime of Father Amaro" ("El Crimen del Padre Amaro"). I don't love that story either, but it is less confusing and enjoyable
if a story about death and romance can be enjoyable.
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