TRACE (2011, M. Tayfur Aydin, Turkey, A+15)
If I were a woman, I would do what Buse (Tarçin Çelebi) does in
this film. Before I break up with a guy, I would make love to him before
breaking up. I’m glad to see a female character who does what I would do in her
place.
This film presents a topic I like very much—the understanding of
pain between people. I like films which presents a character who comes to
understand and/or sympathize with the pain of another character. However, TRACE
is different from most films I like which present the same topic, because TRACE
doesn’t show us “dramatic flashbacks”. TRACE only relies on the voiceover of
the grandmother to tell us what happened in the past. And it tells us very
briefly. In doing so, TRACE avoids being melodramatic. And it somehow makes me
think about the “limit” of this understanding of pain. TRACE shows us that
though the son and the grandson may gain more understanding about the pain of
the grandmother, the son and the grandson can never fully visualize what
happened in the past, and may feel only 1% of the pain of the grandmother.
I’m not saying that “dramatic flashbacks” are good or bad. I like
both films which dramatic flashbacks, which sometimes move me to tears, and
films without dramatic flashbacks, which are more realistic like this one.
MY FAVORITE FILMS ABOUT THE UNDERSTANDING OF PAIN BETWEEN
GENERATIONS
(in alphabetical order)
1.ANGELS (นางฟ้า) (2013, Bongkot Kongmalai +
Viroj Srisitsereeamorn)
2.ARARAT (2002, Atom Egoyan, Canada)
3.THE BARBECUE PEOPLE (2003, Yossi Madmoni + David Ofek, Israel)
4.THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (1995, Clint Eastwood)
5.THE GUAVA HOUSE (2000, Nhat Minh Dang, Vietnam)
6.INCENDIES (2010, Denis Villeneuve, Canada)
7.THE HAPPY STORK’S GRIEF (2010, Eileen Hofer, Switzerland)
8.THE JOY LUCK CLUB (1993, Wayne Wang)
9.SOME SECRETS (2002, Alice Nellis, Czech)
10.VOICE OF MY FATHER (2011, Orhan Eskikoy + Zeynel Dogan, Turkey)
11.WINTER REMINISCENCE (ความทรงจำดีดีในหน้าหนาว)
(2010, Thanaphan Palakawong Na Ayutthaya, 14min)
12.WOMEN IN THE MIRROR (2002, Yoshishige Yoshida)
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