Enfants de la cité

Titre original : Ditya bolshogo goroda

1914
37min

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Elena P. Smirnova in Enfants de la cité (1914)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSeamstress Mary dreams of a better life in luxury instead of her badly-paying sweatshop grind. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of Victor, a bourgeoisie, who invites her to ... Tout lireSeamstress Mary dreams of a better life in luxury instead of her badly-paying sweatshop grind. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of Victor, a bourgeoisie, who invites her to dinner and makes her a lady. But about a year later, she has become tired of him, and than... Tout lireSeamstress Mary dreams of a better life in luxury instead of her badly-paying sweatshop grind. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of Victor, a bourgeoisie, who invites her to dinner and makes her a lady. But about a year later, she has become tired of him, and thanks to her his money is almost gone. When he asks that they settle down outside the big cit... Tout lire

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A Piercing Drama of Human Nature

This Yevgeni Bauer drama is filled with piercing commentary on human nature. It is quite pessimistic in its views of the ways that we treat each other, yet for all that it is quite revealing and often convicting.

The story centers around a young woman, played believably by Yelena Smirnova, who grows up in poverty, only one day to make the acquaintance of a wealthy young man who takes a liking to her. The ways that he naively trusts and indulges her, and the ways that her own nature changes once she finds prosperity, are uncompromisingly depicted. In this as in a number of Bauer's features, it is the female character who is the strongest and most dominant, but the points that the story makes about human nature transcend applications that would be limited to one sex or the other.

The film also shows Bauer's restrained creativity, using devices such as double exposures to good effect. The final sequence efficiently brings the main themes together, and the final scene, for all that its symbolism is rather obvious, is a biting statement on ingratitude and materialism. It effectively closes out this somber, worthwhile feature about human nature.