Movie Review - 'Freeze, Die, Come to Life!(動くな、死ね、蘇れ！)' : Running past your childhood.

Hi, everyone. What if you can go back to your childhood? Do you go back? Today I'll talk about the greatest film I've ever seen, "Freeze, Die, Come to Life!"

The film is a story about Valerka, a 12-year-old boy who lives in a desolate coal mine town in the Soviet Union. He plays with the caring girl named Galia. Though it is a kind of coming-of-age story, their life is too messy to be beautiful. In the snow-covered town, everyone looks disgusted and speaks harshly. A drunk staggers singing in a loud voice. A young woman runs after a soldier with her butt exposed. And an insane old professor dips a piece of rationed bread in mud, and munches.

The film was directed by Vitali Kanevsky, who had been jailed for eight years in spite of his innocence. It is a semi-autobiographical film. However, there is no room for nostalgia. Even in such terrible surroundings, Valerka and Galia play around, get into mischief and grow up. How lively they are! And the style of the film is also vigorous. Scenes and shots jump from one to another, therefore, each of the fragments sticks into consciousness. This is what cinema is!

When the film ended up with the unexpected, I couldn't understand what I had just seen, and up to now, it has remained in my mind. "Freeze, Die, Come to Life!" is hard to follow. It just run past his childhood, and it will come to life, before your eyes!

Thank you.