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WARSAW. Polish director Lech Maevsky does not hide the fact that modern cinema cannot stand. And although advanced computer technologies were used for his film fantasy on the theme of Peter Bruegel’s canvas “The Way to Calvary”, the atmosphere of the film “The Mill and the Cross” is foggy, gloomy and uncomfortable. Like the times she illustrates - tells snoom.ru .

Times do not choose

Both the famous canvas, which the Dutch classic Peter Bruegel created in 1564, and the film Mill and the Cross have one historical context. Peasants crawl out from under the feather-beds and get to work, a man rolls a wheel, a young couple leads a calf for sale, lumberjacks find a suitable tree in the forest - the picture is almost idyllic. But the army of the Spanish Duke of Alba bursts into the leisurely life of the 16th-century Flemish village with an order to destroy heretics in the Dutch possessions. The bloody era of terror of the Inquisition begins.

Lost in the crowd

At this time, a wealthy art collector orders Peter Brueghel a painting that reflects the ongoing lawlessness. The artist depicts what he sees: the path of Christ to Calvary, which did not end at all in the 1st century. The Savior coming to execution seems to be lost in the thick of life itself, because Brueghel’s canvas is a huge theater with hundreds of characters, each of which can be seen in detail. Soldiers, boys, peasants, beggars are busy with their own affairs, while a drama is called on to change the fate of the world.

Millstone of Fate

The passions of Christ were transferred by Brueghel (and after him Mayevsky) to the 16th century Holland, where women thoroughly wash door sills and put bread on their stomachs when they want to become pregnant. The role of Christ is now played by the young Flemish. The eternal plot is watched by a miller from the mountain. This is a symbolic figure: what kind of madman erects a mill on a peaked peak? And while the Spaniards in red suits are repairing their unrighteous court, the huge millstones do not stop spinning. What do they grind? The fate of people or the story itself?

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