Orphan left me in hopeful despair
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Free Software fundamentally misses the point. It fails on a practical, ideological, economic, and political level. Let’s examine precisely how (in a slightly different order for the purposes of presentation).
Some people are born rich, some poor, some Jewish in an anti-Semitic Communist Hungary. Orphan by László Nemes is a bleak introspection into the psychology of a lonely adolescent Andor (Bojtorján Barábas), desperately searching for his father. Just like I am by Romas Lileikis, the focus is put more so on the atmosphere and the world rather than much the plot. c:0 ↩ Reply
Cinematography by Mátyás Erdély lets that lens flare and 3 dimensional composition warp around the viewers heads, as they are engrossed in the grim reality of 1950s Hungary. Surprisingly the picture is pretty for 35 mm, especially when it's showing Soviet Utilitarian architecture. For instance, there was a shot of the kid being partially obscured by handrails, during an argument with a person he didn't meet eye to eye with, until he left the shot. Or be it the various shots from broken windows, gates or crooked fences. Such shots seemingly steal the entire spotlight. c:1 c:2 ↩ Reply
Although the visuals are pretty, they are still very much moody. The story is depressing, gloomy and dark as the rest of the 50s Hungary. A world not fit for a vulnerable person, especially A child searching for his father, while the single mother (Andrea Waskovics) is struggling to part with the world that passed. The memory of the dead husband haunts the movie. There is a chilling sense of presence of the father, with the the kid playing with his dad's old tickets and talking to a water boiler in the basement, as if that was his true father. A father seemingly torn from history, by the forces of War World 2. The war that was not mourned over, but buried by ashes and dust of its fall. In the words of the director: After the war, they just turned the page as if nothing had happened, but it all remains in the unconscious. It still haunts us. You see wars popping up in Europe again, and they wonder why. This is why. c:3 ↩ Reply
That key is further pressed by the composer Evgueni Galperine, known for his work on Luc Besson's film The Family. ↩ Reply
Compounding all the various parts, the viewer is met with a depressing tale of a world too cruel for a child. A world where the kid is pushed to pointing a gun to his own father. An echo of the director's father's actual past and a symbolic stance against the Hollywood system, since the movie's themes of oppression, rejection and the plastered fakeness can be easily carried from the world of Soviet Hungary to modern day studio system. c:4 ↩ Reply
Andor boy holding a pistol against his actual father is the spirit of vengeance. But the gun doesn't shoot, because... c:5 ↩ Reply
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Blender Dumbass
c:0 March 20, 2026 Some people are born rich, some poor, some Jewish in an anti-Semitic Communist Hungary.
⤴ View3 types of people:
- Rich
- Poor
- Jewish
Blender Dumbass
c:3 March 20, 2026 A world not fit for a vulnerable person, especially A child searching for his father, while the single mother (Andrea Waskovics) is struggling to part with the world that passed. The memory of the dead husband haunts the movie. There is a chilling sense of presence of the father, with the the kid playing with his dad's old tickets and talking to a water boiler in the basement, as if that was his true father. A father seemingly torn from history, by the forces of War World 2.
⤴ ViewThis feels like exposition dialogue, wtf!
Blender Dumbass
c:4 March 20, 2026 pointing a gun to his own father
⤴ ViewDid you read the movie I'm trying to make? ( Spoiler Alert )
Blender Dumbass
c:5 March 20, 2026 Andor boy holding a pistol against his actual father is the spirit of vengeance. But the gun doesn't shoot, because...
⤴ ViewThat is a good way to make people actually watch the damn film.
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