Robyn
Film studies review
Tim
Buk Tu
The
director of this film is Adberrahmane Sissake; it is a drama exploring the
lives and experiences of Islamic rebels. The themes within this film are
revenge, religion, romance and a hit of love expressed by Kidana (Imbrahim
Ahemed) for his daughter, Toya played by Layla Mohammed. Tim Buk Tu allows us
to gradually build an understanding and
appreciation of the situation and story. As its characters are exposed and the
scenarios coalesce that we get a deeper understanding of the events we are
seeing, the viewer sees how society differed from that in first world
countries. I feel Adberrahmane created this film to give the reader an insight
to the control the government had and the restriction of people’s freedom. The
uses of repition highlighted the ‘no music’ policy to the audience and how we,
the viewer take for granted these unseen luxuries.
Overall
I feel the film portrayed a vivid image of how these people were treated and
controlled in society. I also feel the acting was very convincing as the
characterization as at an exceptionally high standard. However I do feel that
the way in which different scenes were collaged together sometimes confused the
viewer as the weren’t quite sure why certain scenes intervened with each other
as some seemed irrelevant to me.
Sound
played a major part in the making of this film such as in the first scene when
the as a id shot of a gazelle running and you could here constant harsh bullet
juxtaposing against its delicate nature. This foreshadowed that the men in the
van chasing the gazelle were in the latter half of the film going to scare
innocent people and use their guns as a shield to hide behind. Furthermore hen
the were chasing the gazelle they were shouting not to shoot at it and kill it
completely this also shows how they don’t like to be in the wrong and find
alternative ways to torture the people of the town without disrespecting god,
as religion is a major theme within this film.
Expanding
on the previous point it is made apparent that religion is very important to
the Islamic rebel’s as in one scene they enter a place of worship with their
shoes and weapons which is seen shun upon in the eyes of god. An old man
praying peacefully says to the gentleman that they are praying and should leave
and the gunmen peacefully back down. By doing this it is clear to the reader
that all these rules being created are in respect of god and they truly believe
that it is the right thing to do.
Sofiane El Fani, who really understood the power of the human
face, shot Tim Buk Tu and when to simply just frame it on screen, as you will
also see from her work on Blue is the Warmest Colour. By reducing the amount of
special affects it really grabs the readers attention for the right reasons. Instead
of being drawn to the explosives are superpowers they are purely attracted to
the actor’s emotions and emphasize with their situations.
This
film won two awards in the Cannes film festival, François
Chalais Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. Also at the Jerusalim film
festival it won the “In spirit for freedom” award. Overall I think this film
depicted a new take on life outside of the UK and in second world countries
imparticular and is a real heart frob to the audience who now see how much they
have in comparison to people whom have so little. I would recommend this film
to those who wish to have a different outlook on the way we see our lives and
objects and how much we have in comparison to the people who live on purely the
comfort of music.
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