The Man Who Cried

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Johnny Depp stands among few remaining Hollywood stars of today for having much of its stardom built on playing quirky characters in films that, more often than not, strayed from Hollywood films. Some of them were low budget or independent, and some of them weren’t Hollywood at all, like The Man Who Cried, 2000 Franco-British period drama written and directed by Sally Potter.

The plot begins in 1927 Russia where young Jewish girl Fegele Abramovich (played by Claudia Langer-Duke) gets separated from her father (played by Oleg Yankovsky) who has decided to provide for his family by seeking fortune in America. After her village is attacked in pogrom, Fegele escapes and finds her way to Britain where her foster parents give her new name “Suzie”. A decade later now grown Suzie (played by Cristina Ricci) joins singing and dancing troupe that works in Paris. She befriends older Russian dancer Lola (played by Cate Blanchett) who catches eye of Dante Dominio (played by John Turturro), successful Italian opera singer. Thanks to that, Lola and Suzie become members of opera company run by Felix Perlman (played by Harry Dean Stanton). In the meantime, Suzie has fallen in love with Romani horseman Cesar (played by Johnny Depp). Their lives become ultimately affected by Second World War and Nazi German forces approaching Paris.

Sally Potter, British director who has gained fame with her quirky gender-bending period epic Orlando, shows a lot of her directing skills in this film. Her efforts are helped by talents of Sascha Vierny, famed French cinematographer for whom The Man Who Cried represented the last film in his impressive filmography. A film also benefits from interesting choice of music that include both classical operas and Romani music. Very diverse international cast, which includes Cate Blanchett in one of her more energetic performances, on the other hand, seems wasted due to poorly written and often dislikeable characters. That includes Suzie and Cesar, which Johnny Depp, like in so many films, allowing broodiness of his character to succumb in “artsy” pretentiousness. Potter’s script, which tries to explores themes of identity through story that spawns different decades on different continents, begins to fall apart when dealing with Second World War. That segment of film is both cliché-infested and incomprehensible to audience because Potter not giving necessary exposition to complicated wartime politics. Because of it and pretentiousness of the scene showing a ship being torpedoed, the subsequent ending The Man Who Cried loses much of the emotional impact and leaves audience cold. Potter’s film, somewhat unsurprisingly, didn’t have much success among critics and is now considered one of the more obscure titles in Depp’s filmography.

RATING: 3/10 (+)

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Today, let's talk about a British film (although it is a collaboration with France). It's called "The Man Who Cried (2000)" . Set in Russia in 1927, this film tells the story of a Jewish - Russian woman. It is the story of a girl who broke up with her father when she was only about 5 years old and goes through ups and downs and finds her father again after almost 20 years.

If you watch a movie, when does 'The Crying Man' come out? But, after watching the movie, my thoughts are - A man who appeared in the first and last scenes of the movie, although he was a supporting actor, was the 'crying man', and if this movie was real, maybe the movie would be a cover. It makes me think that I must have been crying throughout the passage of time for about 20 years. It was in the top 20 of the 3000+ films I've seen so far, and although it was a commercial failure and received bad reviews from critics, I first made the direction of director Sally Potter, the acting of the great actors, and the cinematography and screenplay were really good. is thinking. Adding to this, I also thought that this movie might be a movie that I should watch when I get older.

British director Sally Potter's artistic flair is amazing. Through this film, he confidently showed that he is a director who allows you to experience a work of art, not just a movie that you watch for about two hours for fun. Would you say that it feels like you are wearing a large bucket full of water from the top of your head on a hot summer day? Plus the cold charm of Christina Ricci (Casper's lead actress) and Johnny Depp's 'now' mature acting skills (though critics criticized the actress' performance)!

And ah, the music! Sally Potter's confidence seems to stand out especially in the selection of the soundtrack. Georges Bizet introduced the song Je crois entende from Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers: “Pearl Fishers” in Korean), an opera performed in France in 1863 (?) as the main theme, and I think it was an excellent choice. In fact, despite the fact that the film deals with a very different subject that has no connection with the opera's music, the director boldly added Je crois entende to the film's intro, several parts in the middle, and even the end credits to make it happen. you seemed to maximize the effect. this, along with the main theme, the story but can be accurately determined is whether certain instruments while deeper pressure on the mind of the beholder is very low, rhyme, or sound effects of the bass is heavy weeping throughout the film occasionally makes you fall in love.

Side Note : The opera is set in Sri Lanka, where the friendship between two men is on the verge of breaking down due to their love for a woman (the woman is unintentional), while this woman even makes a covenant to become a priest. You come to a point where you can't let go of your regrets for worldly love. In such a situation, the story of these three people continuing, wouldn't it be great? It's a stage work that I've only seen on video, but I've never seen it in a real theater, so it's a very disappointing stage work.

The film is a romantic comedy ever . Oh , you nip. In some parts of the film, traces of love between Ricci and Depp's characters are expressed, but they are not clear and there is no love triangle at all. This may not be the case, but the director, Potter, may have decided that the grand and beautiful melody of this music itself was enough to gamble (?).

The video below shows Alfredo Kraus singing Je crois entende from the opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) .

Below are scenes from the 2000 film The Man Who Cried. The background music is Je crois entende. Someone edited it very nicely. Thanks to the soundtrack, the movie's end credits are just as impressive as the movie.

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