Only God Forgives
Have you ever experienced being in a complete silent cinema room? No one talks, no one moves... No one... breaths... Only God Forgives is one movie that gives you this strange feeling. Every single part of it tends to create silence.
The story first. A mother sexualy not clear in the relationships with her sons - Kristin Scott Thomas, brilliantly nauseating - wants to revenge the murder of her first born, a killer paedophile. She wants the youngest, a super violent frustrated drug dealer, to take care of it. This one is intensively played by Ryan Gosling.
Always behind them, a cop who thinks he has a divine mission to accomplish. Vithaya Pansringarm manages to keep the exact same expression on his face during the whole movie. He does not forgive. He kills with this cold indifference proper only to super-skilled killers. The training at dawn with his Thai sword is without a doubt one of the most beautiful scenes along with the Thai boxing fight between him and Julian - Gosling.
Forget the post-card Thailand
The set also adds to the discomfort. Bangkok. Mostly by night. Darks alleys and neon signs. Drugs, prostitution, murder. We are nothing near the trendy holiday destination that Thailand had become over the past few years.
The music and the lights, proper to Winding Refn's cinema, always push the spectator further inside his seat. Acute sounds and thud rhythms are coming at regular intervals, announcing the arrival of the blade falling on the sinner. Blood red color mattes punctuate the story, as to say that all will finish with death on Earth. Because only God forgives. And God is not with us, here below.
After 1h30, when the lights turn on, there is the feeling of waking up from a weird dream... You did not really understand it. You cannot say if it was a nightmare or a pleasant one. The return to reality is blurry and violent at the same time. It was visually and technically impressive. It was an experience. It was a piece of this fantastic art that cinema is.
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