Maryse

Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war between the Dutch and Spanish. A tiny village in Flanders is invaded by Spanish troops. The townsfolk have heard of Spanish cruelties in other towns, and decide to deflect the vanquishers by playing dead. This isn't terribly effective (you have to take a breath once in a while), so t...

第一次世界大戰敲響二十世紀的第一記警鐘，從國際佈局、人文精神到文藝和電影，都深受震撼和啟發。阿貝爾岡斯透過三個人的愛情和友誼，反抗戰爭的風暴，並呈現面對國家和戰爭的思想矛盾，叩問人性和文藝的價值。悲壯的結局，飽含失落與不斷戰勝失落的願望，正是影片不衰的意義。岡斯終生熱衷於敘事和影像實驗，風格今天看來依然前衛先鋒。本片與其後的《拿破崙》（1927）同為岡斯的鉅構，技法多樣而熱情，拓展了電影的藝術語言。