"Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual adaptation of a novel by Elio Vittorini. Focused on the triumphs and failures of a group of laborers and farm hands who pooled their resources to operate an alternative collective farm after the end of World War II, Operai, Contadini features a cast of 12 actors who read aloud from Vittorini's book for the duration of the film, either reciting from memory or using a clearly visible script. Hardly designed to be a crowd pleaser, Operai, Contadini proved to be controversial among the audiences for its showings at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
"The group makes up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life and hunger, and to protect them from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, the characters build and invent a rapport both in their professional and daily lives between themselves, the sexes, generations, diverse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic political camps.
The group maintains a 'register', a kind of diary, as if it were entering the minutes of an inquiry or a trial." -Steve Grayson
"my favorite Straub-Huillet films are Too Early, Too Late and Operai, contadini (2001), both color landscape films with especially acute senses of place as well as of nature in all its harsh beauty." - Jonathan Rosenbaum
这一路看老爷子下来见证了他老去的过程——一点点和自己和解，和世界和解，和人生和解，锐气终化为了柔和。他说「我不知道怎么治愈老」，尚存的一丝哀叹也只有童话得以抚慰了。
（整体有点难以入戏）人生智慧 沙漠夕阳 小镇柔情 这太像一个谢幕 观影时总在害怕这会不会是东木最后一部电影 希望他健康长寿🥲
一个老人教会旁人如何温柔地看待老去的故事。
老爷子的内心很柔软，所以一切的呈现都是偏温柔的童话的美好的，视觉上倒让那只活力的公鸡抢足了戏。
剧情各方面很一般。老爷爷90岁自导自演真的是厉害。今后应该不会再出来拍戏了吧
慢慢讲故事的东木老爷子，能看出确实是老了，身子有些驼了，有时候还是能看到坚毅的眼神但是难掩暮年神伤。一老头，一小孩儿，一只鸡，一段公路之旅，故事形式很老套，情结也没有多少跌宕起伏扣人心弦，简单看看不错。
看多了爽片，偶尔看一下这么温馨的电影还真不太习惯，老爷子今年都九十多了，还拍片，真是热爱啊，居然还在电影里谈了场恋爱。
太乏味了，整体故事都提不上劲，像东木每一句台词的有气无力，仿佛都是仙气
虽然明显垂垂老矣，但那种对电影和风格的坚持，还是让人愿意看下去。老头子真的太厉害。
感觉老头子有点为了在有生之年多拍点片而不得不有片就拍。
东木爷爷的安全电影…91岁了啊！还再拍，还再演，就这一份执着，就值得无数个赞…希望他长命百岁
情感上无比敬佩，理性上百感交集；那个深邃、坚毅、沉稳、笃信的老牛仔，多么不愿意看他老去，无论是精神上还是形体上，但是在这部英雄迟暮的电影里，所有的担心都跃然眼前，竭尽全力难掩衰枯。老爷子的眼神开始空洞无神，行走双膀后甩，心有余而力不足的感觉惹人生怜。其实，我们不能把它看成是一部戏，这是东木叔在告诉我们，一个91岁为电影而生的老人，正在刻不容缓的为自己灵魂的钟爱做着什么……
东木老爷子的电影还是看着很舒服。这老爷子给你自己晚年生活整挺好
剧本、台词、节奏、配乐、表演有一样在线吗?
英雄有迟暮，铁血含柔情。深夜观影毕，多打一颗星。
其实很明白老而弥坚的东木导演自导自演这部电影的心境，宝刀已老，虽然曾驰骋疆场，但现在却难堪大用，心理落差可见一斑。电影里的故事情节体现出了东木导演牛仔气质的一面，为了保护心爱的女人孩子离开家。但是故事情节和人物成长都太单薄了。
三星半。一出童话，关于成长、老去和自我救赎的童话。老牛仔风采依旧，但不再那么尖锐，而是平静且温和。
看到东木大爷，满满的感动！一生都献给了电影事业
现在看老爷子的自导自演就像再看一场平克的演唱会一样，无关作品本身，更多的是敬仰吧。片尾曲真迷人
老爷子依旧审视着，却无力辨析或施加什么，看看挺好。愿他平安。
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