Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
大韩剧场银幕大有什么用，头顶全削了，下次不来了。谁不想当佩内洛普梦女👊🏻！真会用色彩。不太是我的菜。
高清字幕在线第一刷
剧情进展大体能够猜到，除了被抱错的孩子有一个死去这点有些意外。影片主要有两个重点，其一是两个女主抱错孩子后的一系列故事，其二是挖掘祖先遗骸这贯穿始终的线索，二者有些割裂，并不怎么融洽，一个是个人悲剧，另一个是家国过往的惨重历史，还掺杂着些同性元素，感觉想表达的很多，但都是浅尝辄止。不过观影过程很舒适，故事不拖沓，很生活化，个人比较喜欢这种风格，多加一星。佩内洛普·克鲁兹的表演完美，影后实至名归。
我们会在没有黑暗的地方相见（最后给我看哭了还
真厉害啊，镜头有时候很平实，很普通，但是眼镜却有点目不暇接的感觉。一开始的情节稍微狗血，不过非常正常，阿莫多瓦啊。房间里及女人的衣服用具，颜色简直让眼镜舒适！很正常，阿莫多瓦啊。男主是西班牙冯淬帆！举杯敬妈妈、姥姥、姥姥的妈妈、女儿和自己的时候，我真感动了！牛逼！不过很正常，阿莫多瓦啊！还有和历史相关的部分情节，让这个片子有点割裂，主题分散，让我觉得整体上稍微有点问题。虽然他爱这么拍，谁也管不着，但从观看体验上来说，不太符合以往的经验。
剧情进展大体能够猜到，除了被抱错的孩子有一个死去这点有些意外。影片主要有两个重点，其一是两个女主抱错孩子后的一系列故事，其二是挖掘祖先遗骸这贯穿始终的线索，二者有些割裂，并不怎么融洽，一个是个人悲剧，另一个是家国过往的惨重历史，还掺杂着些同性元素，感觉想表达的很多，但都是浅尝辄止。不过观影过程很舒适，故事不拖沓，很生活化，个人比较喜欢这种风格，多加一星。佩内洛普·克鲁兹的表演完美，影后实至名归。
我觉得阿莫多瓦更想展示的是佛朗哥独裁时期黑暗历史这条线吧 抱错孩子主线反而有种割裂的感觉 整个电影的基调又定位在各种明亮温暖的配色之下 然后我的关注点也竟然在女主家里的软装和Ana的那套绿色家居服上…😂
孩子是所有历史的鬼魂和现身，他们的到来提醒我们个人以及宏大社会历史的创伤，从各个层面上。（虽然本来也是情节剧室内装潢大师，但这一次似乎有点精美有余生气欠奉了一些吧……）
平行线会相交
C＋/ 作为有明确政治关切的作品应该是不如自己以前的《活色生香》的，但阿莫多瓦的方法和二十多年前也已然不同。事件之间若即若离的关系不是问题，因为他完全可以靠对时间的拆解、重组与勾连将一些细微动作的强度和盘托出，从而迫出秘密破裂一刻的多层共鸣。问题可能反而在于两位女性的角力有些失衡：女配的功能就像那顶银色短发一样昭然若揭，而全无克鲁兹那般迂回却敞开的神秘感。牵引力几乎是单调的，因而失去了情绪的涌动。相比之下，那个割裂的“平行”关系，反而在最后孩童对骸骨的凝视中，以叹息的、稚拙的、疲惫的姿态，流淌出方死方生的力量。
补标（当时看的 Landmark Pico 已经歇业了
虽然我爱罗胖，但这部作品实在有差强人意，看起来像两个篇幅不够的内容硬捏在一起，抛开追溯历史的部分是一部罗胖炒冷饭，但硬要加点历史沉重感又没加好就有点别扭，可能是罗胖自己的情怀吧，除了海报美之外没太大收获。
一共两条线，狗血的那条线处理得很轻易，没能感受到两位母亲自己描述的那种“撕心裂肺”
7.5/10，《平行老母》故事的内核其实是一场叙事的滑坡——🆘，连阿莫多瓦都在回归传统了！可见疫时代对人类社会的思潮改变之彻底。不信你在细品一下电影的走向：尝试重新定义母亲，但还是回归生理母亲；尝试重新双亲，但还是恋母情结的不恋母了、母爱回归男性；一群女性的遗孀在召唤着失落的男性。阿莫多瓦说出来的是“历史不会被篡改”，但他隐晦的反思却也是“传统不会消失”。“拥抱传统吧，就像拥抱母性的本能一样”这也许是阿莫多瓦最深处涌动的一个不敢言说的念头。
阿莫多瓦这次把自己真正想表达的东西套在了一贯奇情的外壳之下，显得有些笨拙刻意，但是情感又真实动人。什么时候我们也能有历史记忆呢（不敢多说了
色彩还是那么炽烈，但是故事陈述的有点狗血，也没有以往的戏剧性。算是看过的导演的冲击力最平和的一部片子了。女主还是那么一如既往的美丽。最后半小时我震惊了，前半段的混乱很大程度上是女配接不住女主的戏，导致冲突和情感渲染不够充分，后半部分的历史确实让人大跌眼镜了。导演这次野心好大，猎奇的同时，还出土了历史，主题一下子就升华了。能把狗血剧情拍的这么有深度，不愧是你。这部电影，从三星改到四星，四星改到五星，越回味越觉得震撼。瑕不掩瑜。
差一点就拍到了点什么，然而被电影节产品的思维惯性彻底摧毁。
48/365 阿莫多瓦第一部 导演显然想通过日常的故事讲很深刻的东西 但是两个母亲错换孩子的故事和后面发掘乱葬岗没有形成很好的互文 但是好几个镜头很打动我 比如被风吹起的窗帘 乱葬坑里的活人
一边是下一代的乌龙延续，一边是对上代的追寻与祭奠。阿莫多瓦对红色的运用炉火纯青。最后一个由骨架变成有血有肉的人体镜头震撼人心，那些躺在坑里的骨架，他们曾经都有血有肉。而如果不被挖掘出来，灵魂不得安宁，战争不会结束。
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