In 1961, Stanislaw Rozewicz created the novella film "Birth Certificate" in cooperation with his brother, Taduesz Rozewicz as screenwriter. Such brother tandems are rare in the history of film but aside from family ties, Stanislaw (born in 1924) and Taduesz (born in 1921) were mutually bound by their love for the cinema. They were born and grew up in Radomsk, a small town which had "its madmen and its saints" and most importanly, the "Kinema" cinema, as Stanislaw recalls: for him cinema is "heaven, the whole world, enchantment". Tadeusz says he considers cinema both a charming market stall and a mysterious temple. "All this savage land has always attracted and fascinated me," he says. "I am devoured by cinema and I devour cinema; I'm a cinema eater." But Taduesz Rozewicz, an eminent writer, admits this unique form of cooperation was a problem to him: "It is the presence of the other person not only in the process of writing, but at its very core, which is inserperable for me from absolute solitude." Some scenes the brothers wrote together; others were created by the writer himself, following discussions with the director. But from the perspective of time, it is "Birth Certificate", rather than "Echo" or "The Wicked Gate", that Taduesz describes as his most intimate film. This is understandable. The tradgey from September 1939 in Poland was for the Rozewicz brothers their personal "birth certificate". When working on the film, the director said "This time it is all about shaking off, getting rid of the psychological burden which the war was for all of us. ... Cooperation with my brother was in this case easier, as we share many war memories. We wanted to show to adult viewers a picture of war as seen by a child. ... In reality, it is the adults who created the real world of massacres. Children beheld the horrors coming back to life, exhumed from underneath the ground, overwhelming the earth."
The principle of composition of "Birth Certificate" is not obvious. When watching a novella film, we tend to think in terms of traditional theatre. We expect that a miniature story will finish with a sharp point; the three film novellas in Rozewicz's work lack this feature. We do not know what will be happen to the boy making his alone through the forest towards the end of "On the Road". We do not know whether in "Letter from the Camp", the help offered by the small heroes to a Soviet prisoner will rescue him from the unknown fate of his compatriots. The fate of the Jewish girl from "Drop of Blood" is also unclear. Will she keep her new impersonation as "Marysia Malinowska"? Or will the Nazis make her into a representative of the "Nordic race"? Those questions were asked by the director for a reason. He preceived war as chaos and perdition, and not as linear history that could be reflected in a plot. Although "Birth Certificate" is saturated with moral content, it does not aim to be a morality play. But with the immense pressure of reality, no varient of fate should be excluded. This approached can be compared wth Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Blind Chance" 25 years later, which pictured dramatic choices of a different era.
The film novella "On the Road" has a very sparing plot, but it drew special attention of the reviewers. The ominating overtone of the war films created by the Polish Film School at that time should be kept in mind. Mainly owing to Wajda, those films dealt with romantic heritage. They were permeated with pathos, bitterness, and irony. Rozewicz is an extraordinary artist. When narrating a story about a boy lost in a war zone, carrying some documents from the regiment office as if they were a treasure, the narrator in "On the Road" discovers rough prose where one should find poetry. And suddenly, the irrational touches this rather tame world. The boy, who until that moment resembled a Polish version of the Good Soldier Schweik, sets off, like Don Quixote, for his first and last battle. A critic described it as "an absurd gesture and someone else could surely use it to criticise the Polish style of dying. ... But the Rozewicz brothers do no accuse: they only compose an elegy for the picturesque peasant-soldier, probably the most important veteran of the Polish war of 1939-1945." "Birth Certificate" is not a lofty statement about national imponderabilia. The film reveals a plebeian perspective which Aleksander Jackieqicz once contrasted with those "lyrical lamentations" inherent in the Kordian tradition. However, a historical overview of Rozewicz's work shows that the distinctive style does not signify a fundamental difference in illustrating the Polish September. Just as the memorable scene from Wajda's "Lotna" was in fact an expression of desperation and distress, the same emotions permeate the final scene of "Birth Certificate". These are not ideological concepts, though once described as such and fervently debated, but rather psychological creations. In this specific case, observes Witold Zalewski, it is not about manifesting knightly pride, but about a gesture of a simple man who does not agree to be enslaved.
The novella "Drop of Blood" is, with Aleksander Ford's "Border Street", one of the first narrations of the fate of the Polish Jews during the Nazi occupation. The story about a girl literally looking for her place on earth has a dramatic dimension. Especially in the age of today's journalistic disputes, often manipulative, lacking in empathy and imbued with bad will, Rozewicz's story from the past shocks with its authenticity. The small herione of the story is the only one who survives a German raid on her family home. Physical survial does not, however, mean a return to normality. Her frightened departure from the rubbish dump that was her hideout lead her to a ruined apartment. Her walk around it is painful because still fresh signs of life are mixed with evidence of annihilation. Help is needed, but Mirka does not know anyone in the outside world. Her subsequent attempts express the state of the fugitive's spirits - from hope and faith, moving to doubt, a sense of oppression, and thickening fear, and finally to despair.
At the same time, the Jewish girl's search for refuge resembles the state of Polish society. The appearance of Mirka results in confusion, and later, trouble. This was already signalled by Rozewicz in an exceptional scene from "Letter from the Camp" in which the boy's neighbour, seeing a fugitive Russian soldier, retreats immediately, admitting that "Now, people worry only about themselves." Such embarassing excuses mask fear. During the occupation, no one feels safe. Neither social status not the aegis of a charity organisation protects against repression. We see the potential guardians of Mirka passing her back and forth among themselves. These are friendly hands but they cannot offer strong support. The story takes place on that thin line between solidarity and heroism. Solidarity arises spontaneously, but only some are capable of heroism. Help for the girl does not always result from compassion; sometimes it is based on past relations and personal ties (a neighbour of the doctor takes in the fugitive for a few days because of past friendship). Rozewicz portrays all of this in a subtle way; even the smallest gesture has significance. Take, for example, the conversation with a stranger on the train: short, as if jotted down on the margin, but so full of tension. And earlier, a peculiar examination of Polishness: the "Holy Father" prayer forced on Mirka by the village boys to check that she is not a Jew. Would not rising to the challenge mean a death sentance?
Viewed after many years, "Birth Certificate" discloses yet another quality that is not present in the works of the Polish School, but is prominent in later B-class war films. This is the picture of everyday life during the war and occupation outlined in the three novellas. It harmonises with the logic of speaking about "life after life". Small heroes of Rozewicz suddenly enter the reality of war, with no experience or scale with which to compare it. For them, the present is a natural extension of and at the same time a complete negation of the past. Consider the sleey small-town marketplace, through which armoured columns will shortly pass. Or meet the German motorcyclists, who look like aliens from outer space - a picture taken from an autopsy because this is how Stanislaw and Taduesz perceived the first Germans they ever met. Note the blurred silhouettes of people against a white wall who are being shot - at first they are shocking, but soon they will probably become a part of the grim landscape. In the city centre stands a prisoner camp on a sodden bog ("People perish likes flies; the bodies are transported during the night"); in the street the childern are running after a coal wagon to collect some precious pieces of fuel. There's a bustle around some food (a boy reproaches his younger brother's actions by singing: "The warrant officer's son is begging in front of the church? I'm going to tell mother!"); and the kitchen, which one evening becomes the proscenium of a real drama. And there are the symbols: a bar of chocolate forced upon a boy by a Wehrmacht soldier ("On the Road"); a pair of shoes belonging to Zbyszek's father which the boy spontaneously gives to a Russian fugitive; a priceless slice of bread, ground under the heel of a policeman in the guter ("Letters from the Camp"). As the director put it: "In every film, I communicate my own vision of the world and of the people. Only then the style follows, the defined way of experiencing things." In Birth Certificate, he adds, his approach was driven by the subject: "I attempted to create not only the texture of the document but also to add some poetic element. I know it is risky but as for the merger of documentation and poety, often hidden very deep, if only it manages to make its way onto the screen, it results in what can referred to as 'art'."
After 1945, there were numerous films created in Europe that dealt with war and children, including "Somewhere in Europe" ("Valahol Europaban", 1947 by Geza Radvanyi), "Shoeshine" ("Sciescia", 1946 by Vittorio de Sica), and "Childhood of Ivan" ("Iwanowo dietstwo" by Andriej Tarkowski). Yet there were fewer than one would expect. Pursuing a subject so imbued with sentimentalism requires stylistic disipline and a special ability to manage child actors. The author of "Birth Certificate" mastered both - and it was not by chance. Stanislaw Rozewicz was always the beneficent spirit of the film milieu; he could unite people around a common goal. He emanated peace and sensitivity, which flowed to his co-workers and pupils. A film, being a group work, necessitates some form of empathy - tuning in with others.
In a biographical documentary about Stanislaw Rozewicz entitled "Walking, Meeting" (1999 by Antoni Krauze), there is a beautiful scene when the director, after a few decades, meets Beata Barszczewska, who plays Mireczka in the novella "Drops of Blood". The woman falls into the arms of the elderly man. They are both moved. He wonders how many years have passed. She answers: "A few years. Not too many." And Rozewicz, with his characteristic smile says: "It is true. We spent this entire time together."
reminds me of how Hollyhock is loved by eight stepdads. Makes me wonder为什么一个母亲的爱只能通过三个男人才能传递出去，为什么一个女人没有途径自己养育孩子，自己得到医疗救助。父权制的阴影那么长，结尾本应作为情感高点的walk down the aisle and hand over the bride更是让人不适。
本来是要来替代绝症患者的克隆人，阴差阳错两人都活了下来，法律竟然规定决斗解决。女主钱不够付战斗课学费，代替付款的“潜规则”令人喷饭。最值得玩味的是当事人男友和母亲的态度，他们宁愿要脾气更好的克隆人留下，真女儿去死。这就意味着：个人不仅在社会中可替代，在家庭和亲密关系中也是一样可替代的，他人需要的只是你的一些功能而不是你本身。创作者的消极人生观令人绝望。
不管现不现实，就看了很温暖，娓娓道来，力量极大，好幸运这些爸爸妈妈都是很好的人，尤其是陪伴她最久的那个爸爸，好感人，开始觉得妈妈不着调，原来有隐情这么爱女儿，就是骗了后来的爸爸有点不公平吧，有钱老头真的也不错，亲爸也很好，男友差点，永野芽郁不仅哭好看，笑也好美。
剧情有点扯…我跟老婆说老婆就是可以托付的老实男哈哈哈哈哈哈。
冲着小粉来的，结尾引人深思，我一直觉着活着是一种诅咒！
前半段4星好温暖后半段2星毫无逻辑，综合7.5分，全剧最喜欢的是毕业钢琴那段，仙女落泪，以及咩酱和十元太美了
难得又中了试映会的票。虽然跟小偷家族一样，算是一个重组家庭的故事，但我觉得是一个比小偷家族更加温情、暖心治愈的故事。剧情前面有很多铺垫，其实都能猜到最后怎么升华，但还是忍不住的哭了……卡司全员哭戏真的演技爆棚。接力棒传递好像也是我们的人生。一个阶段过去还有下一个阶段，在一段段时间里我们遇到的人，经历的事。总有人陪伴你成长，总有人做一个温暖你的接力棒。有时候也许陌生人的爱意也不缺真情。
能看到石原里美和田中圭结婚，两个小时的无聊电影也值得了
a little bizarre and surreal. 芬兰片是不是都有点卡利马斯基的影子？
电影赢在颜值服装和滤镜，输在剧情没有逻辑，离谱又刻意没有代入感
剧情一言难尽，稀稀疏疏，细细碎碎，莫名其妙。让我坚持看完的是咩酱的仙女落泪和冈田弟弟的浓眉大眼。两个人在一起，就是和谐的罗西尼。能不能多一些两个人一起追梦的浪漫情节呀！
虽然里面的人都那么善良，让人有点觉得梦幻，但是还是挺好看的。里面的场景 色调 服装搭配 很赞！除了剧情有点傻白甜，看的很开心哈哈哈哈哈
reminds me of how Hollyhock is loved by eight stepdads. Makes me wonder为什么一个母亲的爱只能通过三个男人才能传递出去，为什么一个女人没有途径自己养育孩子，自己得到医疗救助。父权制的阴影那么长，结尾本应作为情感高点的walk down the aisle and hand over the bride更是让人不适。
真的也是挺感人的，前半部分是前后承接的两个时间点的故事，后半段是剧情纵深，日本的温情系电影这个调调的确可以
还有噱头是十元演咩酱的妈，我也拜托你导演…一个同框镜头都无🈚️！男女主cp感也毫无…田中还挺适合演爸的？二爸为什么又是那个万年有钱人的扮演者？十元也没有很妈…打扮好像从隔壁《校阅》跳戏来这边变“结婚狂”…好多“校阅”影子。
本来想给三四星的但是看了一些短评还是打算给五星，还是那句话不要在作品里找三观，影视作品也好小说作品也好不是给一些道德高地选手找优越感用的，是作者阐述表达含义和传递价值内容的渠道，可以就从喜欢或者不喜欢来评价但是从道德三观我真的是大无语了。故事塑造的妈妈就是一个很特别的人啊，本身就不会是你身边的三姑六婆，不要把自不自私奉不奉献的世俗套到文学作品人物身上去，显得很狭隘好吗？男性角色也好，善人说成大冤种，负责任说成老实人，人生词汇就这么单一到看不起任何故事角色的单纯设定？多线叙事加上人物众多确实有一些些表述不足，结局台词我也有点不喜欢，但感觉是制片方决定要搞“点题”手段，加上传递传承的中心，强行尬了一下。就从故事表现上虽然是能猜的到的剧情，但依旧表现不错，打个四星，多一星是被道德小标兵们逆反的。
有余味的电影，在伦理和科学方向都有探索和很好的展开，缺点嘛女主角的生活太过平淡无趣了，不如好莱坞喜欢把剧情搞得跌宕起伏，但仍然是一部完成度很高值得肯定的作品。
前半段4星好温暖后半段2星毫无逻辑，综合7.5分，全剧最喜欢的是毕业钢琴那段，仙女落泪，以及咩酱和十元太美了
难以用常规思维理解的尬片～
u1s1，电影前半段的故事实在让人喜爱不来，演技节奏和铺垫都太仓促用力以至于缺乏了让观众感同身受的能力，让人感到的是些狗血奇怪的走向。
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