Silent Resistance is a biographical war history film released in 2020, directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Matthias Schweigh?fer, clemence poesy and ed harris, and adapted from the true story of mime actor Marcel Marceau. The story tells that during World War II, Marshall and his family with Jewish descent left their hometown of Strasbourg to join the underground resistance organization in free France, and secretly helped other Jewish orphans pursued by the Nazis with his English and mime skills.
The fundamental spirit of art with people as the core
From Jojo Rabbit, which just won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, A Dog’s Way Home, which is adapted from children’s literature, to Silent Resistance, which has real characters and story background, it seems that there are a lot of movies with the theme of Jewish oppression during World War II. Although it may make some viewers feel a little bored, in today’s period when the whole world is severely hit by the COVID-19 epidemic, three movies, including Silent Resistance, are aimed at similar events with different themes.
Did the movie Silent Resistance have a good review?
Silent Resistance focuses the whole story on Marshall, an unknown mime who dreams of bringing joy to the audience, through his initial dispute with his butcher’s father about his future, his voluntary participation in helping children in order to get close to his favorite girl Emma, and his appeasement and care for the refugees and orphans who fled Germany because their parents were killed, so that they can temporarily grow up in forget the sorrow. Not only let us know more about Marshall’s early life experience as a great mime actor, but also make a good combination with the background of the times by making laughter.
Undeniably, Silent Resistance did make some changes different from reality for the sake of dramatization, but it still won’t affect Marshall’s greatness for Jewish children during World War II. Because of his rich wisdom and artistic cells, coupled with his enthusiasm and kind character as a comedian, Marshall can bring soothing entertainment to the children who lost their families and were displaced after the Nazi invasion through his silent mime. In this regard, it is quite worthy of recognition that Silent Resistance can completely present the stories of little people who have contributed to their ideals and justice in this great era under the real background of Nazi occupation of France.
The mime of Silent Resistance and World War II
I believe that most of the audience know marcel marceau, a mime actor who is inspired by Zhuo Bielin and is famous for his "Mr. Bishop" in striped clothes, but how many people know his story of saving Jewish children? Therefore, "Silent Resistance" is more about how he used this talent in wartime than describing his talent and achievements in mime. In addition to drawing close to children quickly, he also used performances to teach children how to resolve the crisis calmly and help them escape from the clutches of the Nazis, just as mime made him be seen by the world, but it was his kind and brave behavior during the war that made this man great. I think this is marcel marceau and Silent Resistance.
Silent Resistance takes "silent mime" as the core throughout the film, which not only symbolizes that Jews were unable to confront the Nazi oppression and had to escape from the situation of silence, but also requires the audience to construct themselves in their minds with the rich imagination of children, so as to clearly understand the comedy performance that the performer wants to convey the situation, and at the same time bring out people in war, so they must hold positive hopes and not.
The core theme of the plot of Silent Resistance
The original title of "Silent Resistance" is literally translated as "resistance" or "resistance". The film contrasts with Nazi aggression and persecution through the representative significance of silent mime, which not only shows the fundamental spirit that art is people-centered after all, but also shows that Marshall, as a rebel who can’t shoot, also makes the audience understand that as long as he has good thoughts from the heart, he can’t shoot.
Just as Marshall said to Emma, who wanted to avenge her sister, "We can’t kill all the Nazis. Instead of putting ourselves in danger where children may be left unattended, we might as well save more lives, because the best way to fight against the Nazis is to continue to live." Overturn the idea that we should try our best to knock down the enemy in the war in the past. After watching a movie with real history as the background, we should not only know that such an event has happened in the world, but also think about it. Can it make us look at things more diversified in the future? I think that’s the most important thing.
The film criticism conclusion of Silent Resistance
On the whole, Silent Resistance takes us to see the greatness behind the mime actors who are mostly funny on the stage. Although the plot of the whole film is a little dull, the plot tension of several scenes not only makes the audience feel the tension of Jews who are avoiding Nazi pursuit at any time, but also highlights the courage that the resistance forces such as Marcel Massio can sacrifice for others. Looking at the final crowd, Qi Xin broke through the encirclement network and successfully arrived in Switzerland. After experiencing many difficulties for a long time, he finally felt relieved. Silent Resistance tells people that the core theme of "there is hope if you live" may be what this chaotic world needs most.
Scoring:
Cool degree: 7/10
Plot: 8/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Subject: 7/10
General comment: 7.8/10