Behind the scenes of Anna in troubled times

Anna in Gone with the Times follows the characteristics of Julio Mittan's works, with fantastic pictures, imaginative and surprising plots. The title of the film is taken from my sister Anna. They grew up together and loved painting. They died in a car accident. The film also draws a lot of inspiration from her brilliant works. In memory of her sister Anna, who died in a car accident seven years ago, Mittan hopes to transcend death and preserve her brilliant and powerful painting life and high female consciousness forever. Mittan compared her tenacious self-realization female spirit to the flight of pigeons and birds, which crossed the airspace of every country without restriction. Therefore, the beginning and end of the film are close-ups of pigeons spreading their wings, facing the airflow and moving firmly in a certain direction.

Anna in the film and her father, who is not called the beast, live a quiet life in a cave in Ibiza, Spain. When she was selling paintings in the market, she was invited by eustace, the patron of artistic creation, to the Madrid Art Village for further development. There, she fell in love with Say, a teenager from Sahara. The desert and birds in his paintings gave her a strong and inexplicable shock. Then an accidental picture-a lobster in an aquarium in a restaurant was caught by a ruthless human hand-made her emotionally collapse, and memories that did not belong to her surfaced in her mind. It turned out that she and Say had already started a deep connection in the Sahara in their previous lives. Then, with the help of the hypnotist, counting from ten to one, the painful experience of every life dormant in her subconscious gradually became complete and clear.

Counting from ten to one, the structure of the whole movie itself echoes the procedure of hypnosis ceremony, and eleven paragraphs are separated by ten numbers. On the surface, the countdown is actually the beginning of Anna's departure to the other side (her side), from the island to the capital Madrid and then to the world city of new york, from the initial border to the core of civilization; On the surface, Anna is getting farther and farther away from her hometown, but in fact she is getting closer and closer to her destiny and mission as a woman.

In fact, the art village in the film is also an art exhibition venue full of flowers. There are painting, sculpture, action art, and various dialogues between reality and reality created by video equipment. Anna in Gone with the Wind accidentally witnessed the avant-garde experimental style of Spanish contemporary art creation. Therefore, Anna's female friends love to shoot dynamic life with a camera, so that Anna can enter the hypnotic world. Not only can she blurt out strange old sayings in past lives, but you can even bend your body into a bridge unconsciously. All this is because her camera left concrete evidence, and also let the sober Anna verify her out-of-body experience attitude. At the same time, these distorted words and actions can be compared with the awakened past life images, so that Anna in Gone with the Wind can be presented side by side with a more accurate surreal image. Therefore, art is no longer just an ornament to show identity or make beautiful packaging, but a necessary means to influence the progress of the plot.

About actors

The lineup includes newcomers Manuela Velles and matthias habich, veteran sasha jackson charlotte rampling, and a new generation of Spanish female singer Bebe Rebolledo.

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Anna in troubled times: Julio Mittan tells the legend of fate

The real charm of this movie is that it makes the audience eager to know what the next turning point of the movie is. The whole movie is very attractive, even if it lasts for nearly two hours, you won't get bored. -Graham Keeley (Hollywood reporter)

For the young heroine, it was so suffocating that her personal experience turned into a thrilling trip. Mittan shows a tense, abstract or exposed picture, so dazzling, so visual and so conceptual, which is more brilliant than Mittan's previous works. Unfortunately, the confusion did not penetrate into the second half. -Jonathan Holland (Variety)

Mi Tan's movies are full of imaginary dreamy scenes, beautiful scenery and pictures, and amazing heroines. Anna in Gone with the Wind is no exception.

Some fans can't remember the name of Spanish director julio medem, but everyone is familiar with his works, among which the more famous ones are Lucia's Lover and The Lover of the Arctic Circle, which are suitable for entry-level recommendation and repeated viewing. Different from Almodova, Mittan's films can make you feel at home as soon as you meet: dreamy scenes full of imagination, beautiful pictures and scenery, amazing heroines and people struggling with fate. He likes to try irregular and suspenseful narrative forms. In addition, every film will be explained with an animal as the theme.

"Chaos Ana" is no exception, just like cows, red squirrels, tide insects and reindeer before. This time, he put the eagle and pigeon at the beginning, and two animals with opposite temperaments and their relationship echoed at the end, which is also a common screenwriter technique in the rice altar. However, the political intention involved in the ending is too straightforward, which greatly weakens Anna's artistic quality in Gone with the Wind.

The film tells the story of Anna and her father living a "cave life" in Ibiza, Spain. Once, she was invited to Madrid by an art sponsor and gained a completely different life experience. There are friends and lovers, but it is followed by terrible emotional shock. Anna seems to have a memory connection with people in previous lives.

The reciprocal of 10, 9, 8, 7 is exactly Anna's hypnosis and memory release in the film, which also splits the story into different paragraphs. The film is full of color, flavor and fragrance, and exudes the unique style of Iberian Peninsula. Mittan's personal characteristics can be seen everywhere: he prefers to show women's bodies, suddenly becomes bloody and cruel, and likes to take pictures from underwater. Anna wandered the streets of Madrid and new york, reaching out and eager to meet different people. A few short and broken shots are very beautiful. Manuela Velles, the heroine, has just made her debut. After shaping the rice altar, she exudes unusual energy.

In the film, Anna finished the painting of Mitan's sister Anna, who died in a car accident in 200 1 year. At the end of the film, subtitles are used to explain that the film is dedicated not only to the director's dead sister Anna, but also to his future daughter Anna. This character Anna is the heroine of Mittan's many works, but their endings are different: Anna in Lovers in the Arctic Circle has a fateful tragic ending, and the audience strongly protests. Therefore, Mittan had to arrange a happy date for Anna in Lucia's Lover.