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ENicola - The two scenes: similarities and dissimilarities
by ENicola - (2020-02-16)
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In this part of the fiction, two characters appear: a man (Can) and a woman (Sanem).
During the scene she writes a letter which she puts in a bottle and throws it into the water, while he finds a gift on his boat and open it. The two scenes are different, because meanwhile they are in two different places: Can is on a yacht, instead Sanem is on the jetty. But nevertheless they are connected by two things in common: both are near the sea and are also alone. Then the two scenes seem to take place at the same time, because both are set at night. Also in the scenes the colours used are cold. So the director opens the scene with an object in the foreground, which is on the man’s boat and it is wrapped in a purple gift card. Can, going down to the cabin, finds it and he hesitates a little before opening it: is a book. That book makes him sad. Sanem instead sits on the jetty of the harbour. She has a diary, a pen and a bottle with a pill inside (maybe an antidepressant), which she then swallows. She writes something on a diary page and rips it off. After putting the sheet in the bottle, Sanem throws it in the sea. They are both thoughtful and melancholic while doing this, indeed both have tears in their eyes. They think of each other and memories make them feel bad. So another thing in common is that both Can and Sanem drop something into the water: the girl throws a message into the bottle, instead the gift card flies away because of the wind ending up in the sea. However, in this final scene the two scenes that have appeared from the beginning not connected to each other come together. Then in both scenes the director wants to focus attention on an object. Finally one dissimilarity I have seen, is the different reaction in facing something: Can begins to cry, while Sanem holds back tears and she throws the bottle to feel better.