It is difficult to find a better word for the name of the film than vendetta. This initially implies a sharp plot, revenge, restoration of justice (if this can be interpreted as the concept of blood feud). And filmmakers exploit this line, not at all embarrassed by the fact that similar plots and names are duplicated without any notes from different authors and directors. And therefore, talking about the film, you need to remember several options at once.
Vendetta is a retribution
The tradition of "an eye for an eye, blood for blood" exists among many peoples. Even in Ancient Russia, which was taught to "turn the second cheek", legislative orders prescribed that blood be given for the murder of one of a clan or family. But that is why the designation “vendetta” is rooted in all languages - this is a mystery. Either the word is so sonorous and energetically filled, or the “exploits” of the Sicilian mafia that gave rise to it are impressive. We will not talk about use in the literature, this is a topic for a separate extensive article. But cinema is another matter.
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V means vendetta”Utopia as a genre of fiction proclaimed an antagonistic genre in cinema - dystopia. It is to him that film scholars attribute the film of the American director J. McTig “V - means vendetta” based on the novel of the same name by Alan Moore. Starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. The action takes place in the not-so-distant future, in 2039. US domination over the world has fallen; Great Britain is next in line. The main character is a guy in a mask of Guy Fawkes, calling himself "V", a former prisoner of the camp, who harbored a grudge against the entire totalitarian regime. Its purpose is to destroy everything that represents power, including people and buildings, and begin life on Earth from scratch. Are such victims justified? Judging by the characters shown in the film, vendetta is the only way to punish a pedophile bishop, supreme homosexual chancellor and further down the list: it turns out that there were only perverts and sadists in the world! Circumstances are such that next to V is the television journalist Ivy, who gradually becomes drawn into his adventures, most often very cruel. Moreover, romantic feelings arise between them. The picture was released in 2006 and immediately exceeded the box office of movie rental leaders many times over. Quotes from the Vendetta movie have scattered around the world and in many languages. One of them contains the philosophy of this dystopia: “Violence can be used for good.” A dangerous illusion ...
The film "Vendetta 2" - "The Godmother"
The second title of the film is The Bride of Violence. This is a heavy drama co-produced by Italy, Canada and the USA, directed by Ralph L. Thomas. The main character Nancy, in the first part who decided to heal spiritual wounds in a Corsican monastery, is returning to America, and now she has to not only save herself again, but also save her daughter. It so happened that it was on them that conflicts of the mafia interests of the two clans were closed. If a weak woman can still be intimidated and forced to hide behind the walls of the monastery, then the mother protecting her child cannot be stopped.
"Vendetta in Russian"
And how would Russian filmmakers stay away from such an exciting topic? True, the Russian "Vendetta" is a rather weak repetition of numerous criminal plots based on a well-known conflict: criminal authorities from a certain Central Asian country - they are also drug lords - resist the noble Russian detectives. At the center of the conflict, along with the Asians, is the drug dealer Konstantin Oleinik, who solves his problem by inciting a “Haji” rival to heartbroken fathers - his own and godfather - who died at the hands of the mafia. The film is directed by Oleg Turansky, the cast is quite interesting: Evgenia Loza, Nikolai Dobrynin, Anatoly Zhuravlev and others.
These are just some cinematic works based on the idea of the inevitability of noble (or ignoble) revenge. In fact, the list of such films is much more extensive. However, this did not start yesterday: the classics of the genre are described in the beloved novel “The Count of Monte Cristo” and in its many adaptations. True, in this case, the reckoning for sins seems really deserved, and the procedure of vengeance - more refined ...