About the movie "Idyll at the station" #002

Wearing her white dress, the same one in which she once danced at a ball with Don Carlos, Rosaura goes to the train station — but not to where she usually stood with her friends. The last time we see her is on the tracks, running towards the oncoming black bulk of the train, stopped in our memory by a freeze frame... The idyll that began so touchingly at the station ends so sadly.



Without changing a single cell in the plot outline of this retelling-the libretto, it would be possible to make a variety of films based on it. A melodrama, for example, where we would cry over the deceived love of a devoted pure soul. Or a drama that is somewhat similar to Bardem's long-standing "Main Street": in this case, the focus of the picture would no longer be the love of the heroine, but the exposure of the deadening lack of spirituality of provincial life. Or, finally, a retro film that is now fashionable, where the events themselves would turn into just an excuse for nostalgic admiration of the beauty of forgotten fashions — lace hats and long dresses, bowler hats and canes.



There are grains of any of these paintings in the film, but he himself is different. Everything that happens on the screen is removed from us by the distance of the narrator's irony: the narrator is sitting right in the frame, sitting at a cafe table in the city square, addressing us as today's TV commentators address us. The ironic distance of the story deprives the viewer of the opportunity to empathize: the heroine's life passes in front of us, as if in an aquarium, behind the glass of which opens an amazingly beautiful sight, exquisite in craftsmanship, magnificent in subtlety and richness of colors, but fundamentally unwilling to declare itself as a vital reality. The director seems to deliberately demonstrate that he is engaged in "calligraphy", an aesthetic game with material that in itself cannot interest enough to become a reason for serious conversation.



But why the director cannot or does not want to take up the material for the conversation seriously is another problem. Maybe the reality that surrounds him seems to him as uninteresting as the heroine of his film, the clean, well-maintained backwater of her town. Maybe the topics he cares about don't suit the producers. Or maybe — the latter seems the most likely, although it is only an assumption — political conditions do not allow us to talk about what we want to talk about. In any case, the irony and self—irony of the author's intonation makes one believe that he would like to talk about something Else. About what? Maybe we'll find out at one of the subsequent Tashkent festivals... Beyond the welcome offer, casino players can unlock reload bonuses, cashback offers, and weekly slot promotions. By applying the promo code for 1xbet while signing up, users gain access to exclusive casino campaigns not available to regular accounts. These bonuses often include extra spins on new releases and deposit matches for weekends. Such promotions are perfect for extending gameplay time while managing bankroll carefully and playing within responsible gambling limits.