The Student, written by Kirill Serebrennikov,
Marius von Mayenburg, the former is also directing the film
A different
version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E
and
http://realini.blogspot.ro/
The Student
is an interesting, provoking film.
But it is
not in the same category with:
-
Leviathan aka Leviafan, Burnt by the
Sun, Andrei Rublev, Unfinished Piece for Player Piano, Moscow Does Not Believe
in Tears and so many more
There are
some important themes:
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Religion and fanaticism, racism,
education, sexuality and many more
The hero is
Veniamin Yuzhin.
He is a
very troubled young man.
At the very
beginning, there is a scene at the swimming pool, where there are so many young
people, many attractive girls.
But he is
not interested in getting close to them…on the contrary, he is reading his
bible and perorating against what is going on.
He jumps in
the pool, only he is dressed with his clothes and that provokes an audience
with the school authorities.
The possessed
young man is rambling about what he has read in the bible and –in my view- has misinterpreted.
I will
refer to an authority in religious matters, Karen Armstrong who says that
religious texts should not be read literally.
There are
hidden significances and we should not believe that the world was created in
seven days, literally…
Alas, this
is what the second most powerful man in the world believes.
Mike Pence
is also a denier of the Theory of Evolution, Climate change- together with his
crazy boss- and a man who refuses to have a meal alone with another woman other
than his wife…
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Peter, Joseph and Mary!
The lunatic
student is therefore one of these fundamentalists.
He attacks
so many groups:
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Women, Jews and homosexuals among
others
His positions
and manifestations are extreme.
When his
biology teacher brings some carrots and condoms to the school and teaches in
class about protection, Venya takes the center stage.
He undresses
himself and creates a commotion, attacking education, civilization and all that
I stand for.
With that
he makes me mad.
I must say
that I already hated the lunatic.
Which probably
means that the film maker achieved his purpose that may very well be provoking
an outrage and audiences thinking on the subject.
Religion is
so important in a world where so many kill in the name of faith and so many
fundamentalists try to impose their view.
After all,
evangelicals have contributed in the election of the most powerful in the
world, even if this is a very “sinful man”.
The student,
who sees himself as a sort of prophet attacks women and their way of dressing
and “disobeying men”.
He is also against
homosexuals and Jews.
The outrageous
thing is that the school master is condoning this lunatic.
Instead of
taking action against his outrageous behavior, the school leaders start
discussing the fact that the biology teacher might be Jewish!!!
In a few
ways, this is a great film.
It discusses
education and so many of the prejudice3s of modern day Russia, where Putin
enjoys an astonishing 80% popularity rating.
Variety said
about this film:
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“Kirill Serebrennikov's study of a
problem teenager's religious awakening is as aesthetically kinetic as it is
intellectually rigorous.”
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