In 1961, Stanislaw Rozewicz created the novella film "Birth Certificate" in cooperation with his brother, Taduesz Rozewicz as screenwriter. Such brother tandems are rare in the history of film but aside from family ties, Stanislaw (born in 1924) and Taduesz (born in 1921) were mutually bound by their love for the cinema. They were born and grew up in Radomsk, a small town which had "its madmen and its saints" and most importanly, the "Kinema" cinema, as Stanislaw recalls: for him cinema is "heaven, the whole world, enchantment". Tadeusz says he considers cinema both a charming market stall and a mysterious temple. "All this savage land has always attracted and fascinated me," he says. "I am devoured by cinema and I devour cinema; I'm a cinema eater." But Taduesz Rozewicz, an eminent writer, admits this unique form of cooperation was a problem to him: "It is the presence of the other person not only in the process of writing, but at its very core, which is inserperable for me from absolute solitude." Some scenes the brothers wrote together; others were created by the writer himself, following discussions with the director. But from the perspective of time, it is "Birth Certificate", rather than "Echo" or "The Wicked Gate", that Taduesz describes as his most intimate film. This is understandable. The tradgey from September 1939 in Poland was for the Rozewicz brothers their personal "birth certificate". When working on the film, the director said "This time it is all about shaking off, getting rid of the psychological burden which the war was for all of us. ... Cooperation with my brother was in this case easier, as we share many war memories. We wanted to show to adult viewers a picture of war as seen by a child. ... In reality, it is the adults who created the real world of massacres. Children beheld the horrors coming back to life, exhumed from underneath the ground, overwhelming the earth."
The principle of composition of "Birth Certificate" is not obvious. When watching a novella film, we tend to think in terms of traditional theatre. We expect that a miniature story will finish with a sharp point; the three film novellas in Rozewicz's work lack this feature. We do not know what will be happen to the boy making his alone through the forest towards the end of "On the Road". We do not know whether in "Letter from the Camp", the help offered by the small heroes to a Soviet prisoner will rescue him from the unknown fate of his compatriots. The fate of the Jewish girl from "Drop of Blood" is also unclear. Will she keep her new impersonation as "Marysia Malinowska"? Or will the Nazis make her into a representative of the "Nordic race"? Those questions were asked by the director for a reason. He preceived war as chaos and perdition, and not as linear history that could be reflected in a plot. Although "Birth Certificate" is saturated with moral content, it does not aim to be a morality play. But with the immense pressure of reality, no varient of fate should be excluded. This approached can be compared wth Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Blind Chance" 25 years later, which pictured dramatic choices of a different era.
The film novella "On the Road" has a very sparing plot, but it drew special attention of the reviewers. The ominating overtone of the war films created by the Polish Film School at that time should be kept in mind. Mainly owing to Wajda, those films dealt with romantic heritage. They were permeated with pathos, bitterness, and irony. Rozewicz is an extraordinary artist. When narrating a story about a boy lost in a war zone, carrying some documents from the regiment office as if they were a treasure, the narrator in "On the Road" discovers rough prose where one should find poetry. And suddenly, the irrational touches this rather tame world. The boy, who until that moment resembled a Polish version of the Good Soldier Schweik, sets off, like Don Quixote, for his first and last battle. A critic described it as "an absurd gesture and someone else could surely use it to criticise the Polish style of dying. ... But the Rozewicz brothers do no accuse: they only compose an elegy for the picturesque peasant-soldier, probably the most important veteran of the Polish war of 1939-1945." "Birth Certificate" is not a lofty statement about national imponderabilia. The film reveals a plebeian perspective which Aleksander Jackieqicz once contrasted with those "lyrical lamentations" inherent in the Kordian tradition. However, a historical overview of Rozewicz's work shows that the distinctive style does not signify a fundamental difference in illustrating the Polish September. Just as the memorable scene from Wajda's "Lotna" was in fact an expression of desperation and distress, the same emotions permeate the final scene of "Birth Certificate". These are not ideological concepts, though once described as such and fervently debated, but rather psychological creations. In this specific case, observes Witold Zalewski, it is not about manifesting knightly pride, but about a gesture of a simple man who does not agree to be enslaved.
The novella "Drop of Blood" is, with Aleksander Ford's "Border Street", one of the first narrations of the fate of the Polish Jews during the Nazi occupation. The story about a girl literally looking for her place on earth has a dramatic dimension. Especially in the age of today's journalistic disputes, often manipulative, lacking in empathy and imbued with bad will, Rozewicz's story from the past shocks with its authenticity. The small herione of the story is the only one who survives a German raid on her family home. Physical survial does not, however, mean a return to normality. Her frightened departure from the rubbish dump that was her hideout lead her to a ruined apartment. Her walk around it is painful because still fresh signs of life are mixed with evidence of annihilation. Help is needed, but Mirka does not know anyone in the outside world. Her subsequent attempts express the state of the fugitive's spirits - from hope and faith, moving to doubt, a sense of oppression, and thickening fear, and finally to despair.
At the same time, the Jewish girl's search for refuge resembles the state of Polish society. The appearance of Mirka results in confusion, and later, trouble. This was already signalled by Rozewicz in an exceptional scene from "Letter from the Camp" in which the boy's neighbour, seeing a fugitive Russian soldier, retreats immediately, admitting that "Now, people worry only about themselves." Such embarassing excuses mask fear. During the occupation, no one feels safe. Neither social status not the aegis of a charity organisation protects against repression. We see the potential guardians of Mirka passing her back and forth among themselves. These are friendly hands but they cannot offer strong support. The story takes place on that thin line between solidarity and heroism. Solidarity arises spontaneously, but only some are capable of heroism. Help for the girl does not always result from compassion; sometimes it is based on past relations and personal ties (a neighbour of the doctor takes in the fugitive for a few days because of past friendship). Rozewicz portrays all of this in a subtle way; even the smallest gesture has significance. Take, for example, the conversation with a stranger on the train: short, as if jotted down on the margin, but so full of tension. And earlier, a peculiar examination of Polishness: the "Holy Father" prayer forced on Mirka by the village boys to check that she is not a Jew. Would not rising to the challenge mean a death sentance?
Viewed after many years, "Birth Certificate" discloses yet another quality that is not present in the works of the Polish School, but is prominent in later B-class war films. This is the picture of everyday life during the war and occupation outlined in the three novellas. It harmonises with the logic of speaking about "life after life". Small heroes of Rozewicz suddenly enter the reality of war, with no experience or scale with which to compare it. For them, the present is a natural extension of and at the same time a complete negation of the past. Consider the sleey small-town marketplace, through which armoured columns will shortly pass. Or meet the German motorcyclists, who look like aliens from outer space - a picture taken from an autopsy because this is how Stanislaw and Taduesz perceived the first Germans they ever met. Note the blurred silhouettes of people against a white wall who are being shot - at first they are shocking, but soon they will probably become a part of the grim landscape. In the city centre stands a prisoner camp on a sodden bog ("People perish likes flies; the bodies are transported during the night"); in the street the childern are running after a coal wagon to collect some precious pieces of fuel. There's a bustle around some food (a boy reproaches his younger brother's actions by singing: "The warrant officer's son is begging in front of the church? I'm going to tell mother!"); and the kitchen, which one evening becomes the proscenium of a real drama. And there are the symbols: a bar of chocolate forced upon a boy by a Wehrmacht soldier ("On the Road"); a pair of shoes belonging to Zbyszek's father which the boy spontaneously gives to a Russian fugitive; a priceless slice of bread, ground under the heel of a policeman in the guter ("Letters from the Camp"). As the director put it: "In every film, I communicate my own vision of the world and of the people. Only then the style follows, the defined way of experiencing things." In Birth Certificate, he adds, his approach was driven by the subject: "I attempted to create not only the texture of the document but also to add some poetic element. I know it is risky but as for the merger of documentation and poety, often hidden very deep, if only it manages to make its way onto the screen, it results in what can referred to as 'art'."
After 1945, there were numerous films created in Europe that dealt with war and children, including "Somewhere in Europe" ("Valahol Europaban", 1947 by Geza Radvanyi), "Shoeshine" ("Sciescia", 1946 by Vittorio de Sica), and "Childhood of Ivan" ("Iwanowo dietstwo" by Andriej Tarkowski). Yet there were fewer than one would expect. Pursuing a subject so imbued with sentimentalism requires stylistic disipline and a special ability to manage child actors. The author of "Birth Certificate" mastered both - and it was not by chance. Stanislaw Rozewicz was always the beneficent spirit of the film milieu; he could unite people around a common goal. He emanated peace and sensitivity, which flowed to his co-workers and pupils. A film, being a group work, necessitates some form of empathy - tuning in with others.
In a biographical documentary about Stanislaw Rozewicz entitled "Walking, Meeting" (1999 by Antoni Krauze), there is a beautiful scene when the director, after a few decades, meets Beata Barszczewska, who plays Mireczka in the novella "Drops of Blood". The woman falls into the arms of the elderly man. They are both moved. He wonders how many years have passed. She answers: "A few years. Not too many." And Rozewicz, with his characteristic smile says: "It is true. We spent this entire time together."
挺好的。众人聊天局确实有《繁花》的味道。老乌最后讲故事那段还挺动人的。配乐的节奏感可以做更好。
昨天看完电影《爱情神话》，今天还在回味。
书架上有一本《繁花》，我现在有兴趣看看了。
另外，难道就找不到一位上海的年轻演员吗？一个上海味的片子，普通话都显得异样。找一个同样文化环境的演员很难吗？
3.7星。有趣的清淡的中年文艺男女爱情面面观。1.这是一部女性意识很浓的电影，但又不会让大多数男性观众心理不适。2.主题很简单：中年人的爱情要面对现实，但，也请心怀童话。3.索菲亚罗兰那个故事让本片多了一股仙气，调和了本片所谓的烟火气。4.有些很妙的未解留给了观众：倪虹洁爱徐峥嘛？索菲亚罗兰的故事是真的吗？5.三个女人一桌戏那段和马伊琍倪虹洁吐槽中国男性编剧那段很有力道，编剧挺有东西的。
2021年的最后一部电影，非常适合在上海的跨年夜看的一部非常上海的电影，好笑又好看，如果熟悉上海一定能get到，如果能听懂上海话就能get到更多乐趣，而且这部电影还很女性视角。非常喜欢鞋匠这个角色，彷佛扫地僧般的存在。还有，这个《爱情神话》居然真的是费里尼的《爱情神话》！第一次看到这个片名就想到了费费，最后大家一起看这部电影的反应也是很真实了哈哈哈哈…… 我爱费费！2021.12.31 @静安 百美汇
徐峥做监制还是厉害的，题材选的好，生活中的小细节可以说是面面俱到了。演员请的好，各有特色的35+女演员。上海话说的也好，方言出来的一瞬间，市井味儿扑面而来，这部电影错不了了。
不一样的地方是两性关系的设定不再刻板狗血，反而都是活生生有自己想法的独立人格人，每个年龄段都是。
灵的！导演很牛吖 完全看不出新手，故事起转承合，矛盾爆发，收尾点题 相当成熟工整又不失趣味性的一部电影！（诶呀原来是红佛夜奔！微博之前还关注过她 确实是有料的才女！）
我！真！的！太！喜！欢！了！
我遇到过很多人，有人让我发烧，我以为那是爱情，结果烧坏了所有；有人让我发冷，从此消失在生命里；有人让我觉得温暖，但也仅仅是温暖而已；只有你，让我的体温上升0.2℃。——《巴黎野玫瑰》
生动的爱情小品，真是出乎意料地好看！
放映厅和电影里的欢笑声交织在一起，竟让我无法分辨
如果每个人的人生都会到达一个最好的阶段，在那个阶段上你对一切尺度的拿捏都近乎恰到好处，你不需要奋力着让别人看出你的奋力，也无需着急着讨好谁，无需把自己的破碎扒开来吸引谁的好奇与注意，你只是坐在门前晒着太阳，平静地讲一个小故事，也自然有人聚在你的身边，觉得这故事有趣，你也有趣。恍恍间过去了一个下午，再会想起来，你可能也不大记得那个故事，但你会永远记得那个下午。
全片笑点密集，在众多爆笑修罗局里藏着偶尔一闪的刀锋。展厅里剧场式的光和站位去讨论了核心问题。性别的倒置更是用讽刺引出思考。总的来说质量中上，虽然老乌最后太工具人，但是瑕不掩瑜，看在国产电影的份上还是满分吧～
2021年我的华语电影前三
恢复了冯小刚城市贺岁片喜剧传统，敏锐地呈现中国社会机理的细微变化，只是这20年来文化先锋已经由北京变为上海。在上海这种发达国家水平人均硕士人均包租婆人均性解放的地方，终于拍出了一部侯麦那种衣食无忧只探讨暧昧关系主题的电影，中老年角色依然像曾经的北京青年一样洒脱。采用我爱我家和春晚这种受众极广的搞笑手法，揶揄了大量当代生活细节，再插入一首首歌曲提升情绪，现场笑果极佳。但仍然是从男性徐峥的角度去追女生，对爱情关系的探索深度远远不及《被光抓走的人》甚至《完美陌生人》。它只提及爱情萌芽时的激情阶段，尚未落地到生活中（当然上海这种富裕条件允许不落地到生活），如此的结论是：文艺中年最爱文艺中年。但是文艺中年适合文艺中年吗？本片相信爱情却不相信婚姻，离婚的未婚的丧偶的，一个处在婚姻之中的角色都没有。
法租尬神话。老实讲没啥大感觉，反思了一下，我想主要还是因为内环里厢呒拨房子个关系，要么下辈子争取投胎辣康平路再看看较。IMHO几个主演里厢好像只有野芒个上海闲话讲得比较正，其他人多多少少侪有眼背台词个搭僵感（both演出郞and发音郞）。PS最后小鲜肉个朋友圈里好像露出来半本《爱说教个男人》，大概也算是只彩蛋了？
真不愧是2021年国产最佳。
灵啊，有哭有笑，不上价值，意犹未尽，就是好片子了。
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