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[{'start': '5.720', 'end': '12.320', 'text': "Evas is a drama and comedy film produced in 2025. The\nfilm's duration is 1 hour and 50 minutes. It is not suitable for those"}, {'start': '12.320', 'end': '19.439', 'text': "under 15 years old. Available for viewing. The\nfilm's story: On the last day before the demolition of a local stadium in a"}, {'start': '19.439', 'end': '25.519', 'text': 'small town, two teams of middle-aged men meet to\nplay a farewell match that lasts for hours.'}, {'start': '25.519', 'end': '32.559', 'text': 'With every kick of the ball, hidden bonds\nof friendship, nostalgia, and fear of the end are revealed. The'}, {'start': '32.559', 'end': '38.559', 'text': "film's main title is a match without an audience and a drama\nwithout a soul. The film offers a"}, {'start': '38.559', 'end': '44.039', 'text': 'cinematic experience unlike what we are accustomed to from\nsports films. It does not seek excitement or competition, but rather'}, {'start': '44.039', 'end': '50.520', 'text': 'stops at the limits of contemplation and regret for a time\ngone by through a frustrating poetic tone and a calm narrative that'}, {'start': '50.520', 'end': '56.480', 'text': 'tries to give simple moments from the lives of men who have\npassed the peak of their lives a bit of immortality. However,'}, {'start': '56.480', 'end': '62.680', 'text': 'this attempt comes at an excessive slowness. A work that combines\nnostalgia and boredom, and a sincere love for the game'}, {'start': '62.680', 'end': '68.720', 'text': 'and an exaggeration in stripping it of movement. The screenplay\nand dialogue: The screenplay is deliberately slow to the point of'}, {'start': '68.720', 'end': '74.680', 'text': 'stagnation. The dialogues, although they start naturally at times,  The film has\nmoments, but it lacks the vitality and depth'}, {'start': '74.680', 'end': '80.400', 'text': 'needed to attract attention. Many of the characters\nspeak as if they are whispering into space, without a'}, {'start': '80.400', 'end': '86.479', 'text': 'clear dramatic escalation or dynamic exchange that gives the scenes of\nencounters emotional or narrative weight. The characters are'}, {'start': '86.479', 'end': '93.640', 'text': 'many, but none of them take up enough space, so they\nseem like passing faces in a long dream. The'}, {'start': '93.640', 'end': '99.000', 'text': 'events take place in a small town during the\nnineties on a simple field called Soldier Field,'}, {'start': '99.000', 'end': '104.759', 'text': 'where two teams of middle-aged and elderly men gather to\nplay one last baseball game before'}, {'start': '104.759', 'end': '110.640', 'text': 'the field is demolished to build a new school. The game is not\njust a sporting event, but a final farewell occasion'}, {'start': '110.640', 'end': '116.520', 'text': 'for a place that has embraced them for a long time, and perhaps for a part of\ntheir lives as well. These men, despite their flabby'}, {'start': '116.520', 'end': '122.840', 'text': 'bodies and low energy, cling to the game by every\nmeans, driven by a hidden awareness that this'}, {'start': '122.840', 'end': '128.720', 'text': 'moment will pass, and with it something of them. The\nfilm plays at a slow pace, similar to the Ives pitch,'}, {'start': '128.720', 'end': '134.280', 'text': 'which is an unnaturally slow baseball pitch that is\ndifficult to predict, in direct imitation of its title and'}, {'start': '134.280', 'end': '140.160', 'text': 'content. There are no moments of excitement.  Really, there are\na lot of long shots, heavy walking,'}, {'start': '140.160', 'end': '146.040', 'text': 'failed slips, and silences saturated with sadness and\nlightness at the same time. The script leans heavily'}, {'start': '146.040', 'end': '152.000', 'text': 'towards a simple, contemplative style. The characters don’t\nsay much, but what they say, or rather what they don’t'}, {'start': '152.000', 'end': '157.360', 'text': 'say, reflects a great deal of\nsuppressed pain and longing. One of the most prominent dialogues that'}, {'start': '157.360', 'end': '163.159', 'text': 'reflects the spirit of the film is the sentence said by\none of the players: “I feel like I need to finish my business. I'}, {'start': '163.159', 'end': '168.760', 'text': 'think this is the end of me.” This is a phrase that mixes\nblack humor and'}, {'start': '168.760', 'end': '174.440', 'text': 'surrender. The direction, cinematography, and lighting: The\ndirector presents a very personal vision characterized by'}, {'start': '174.440', 'end': '180.440', 'text': 'longing and a sense of transience, but he fell into the trap of subjectivity. The\nfilm is closer to a graduation project than a'}, {'start': '180.440', 'end': '186.200', 'text': 'coherent cinematic work. Its attempt to emulate a\ncalm documentary style is more contrived than'}, {'start': '186.200', 'end': '192.920', 'text': 'skillful, and the film lacks an emotional or\nvisual impulse that would have made its slow pace justified and'}, {'start': '192.920', 'end': '199.319', 'text': 'likable. The photography carries an aesthetic pebble in the shots of\nnature and the rays of the sun that gradually creep into a'}, {'start': '199.319', 'end': '204.959', 'text': 'sad sunset. The colors are warm, reflecting the atmosphere of\nautumn and the gradual disappearance of an entire world.'}, {'start': '204.959', 'end': '210.480', 'text': 'But despite…  The beauty of the turbidity, but the camera\nwas more than necessary still, which increased the'}, {'start': '210.480', 'end': '216.480', 'text': 'feeling of stagnation. The quality of the photography is high, but it is\nnot visually exploited to create dramatic contrasts and a'}, {'start': '216.480', 'end': '221.920', 'text': 'clear visual narrative. Examples to illustrate the scene of the\ncontinuation of the game in the dark. The players'}, {'start': '221.920', 'end': '227.720', 'text': 'refuse to stop despite the night falling, and the\naudience brings their cars to light the field. The director here does'}, {'start': '227.720', 'end': '233.480', 'text': 'not present this moment as drama, but as a\nnormal still shot, which enhances the feeling of quiet rejection'}, {'start': '233.480', 'end': '240.120', 'text': 'of the end instead of the struggle. One of the players runs\nvery slowly towards the base and falls to the ground, and everyone'}, {'start': '240.120', 'end': '246.360', 'text': 'laughs. The scene was executed in one long shot\nwithout cutting, which creates a human moment of jurisprudence,'}, {'start': '246.360', 'end': '251.599', 'text': 'but it is saturated with implicit sadness. After the end of\nthe match, the players leave the field quietly'}, {'start': '251.599', 'end': '257.040', 'text': 'without anyone speaking. The lack of use of music or\nvoiceover here conveys the idea of \u200b\u200ba'}, {'start': '257.040', 'end': '263.040', 'text': 'normal ending, as if nothing happened, as if they knew that\nthis scene would not be repeated. The'}, {'start': '263.040', 'end': '269.600', 'text': 'editing is inconsistent with what is supposed to be a\nsports film or even a contemplative film. The rhythm is heavy'}, {'start': '269.600', 'end': '275.160', 'text': 'to the point of exhaustion, and the repetition of long shots\nwithout a tangible event made many scenes'}, {'start': '275.160', 'end': '281.479', 'text': 'pointless. The film could have been shortened.  The'}, {'start': '281.479', 'end': '287.240', 'text': 'soundtrack is dull,\nas if it were a background soundtrack for lost memories that cannot be'}, {'start': '287.240', 'end': '293.080', 'text': 'recovered. There are no musical moments that remain in the memory,\nnor are there clips that highlight specific scenes. It seems that the'}, {'start': '293.080', 'end': '299.280', 'text': 'director intended for the music to be almost absent,\nbut he forgot that silence also needs'}, {'start': '299.280', 'end': '305.880', 'text': 'careful management so that it does not turn into emptiness. The decor, the\nstadium, the stands, the pizza truck, all looked'}, {'start': '305.880', 'end': '312.240', 'text': 'real and familiar, but they did not take advantage of creating an\nintegrated world. The filming locations were limited and lacked'}, {'start': '312.240', 'end': '319.560', 'text': 'visual diversity, as if we were living inside\none long, repetitive scene. The actors’ performance was random and'}, {'start': '319.560', 'end': '323.560', 'text': 'lacked harmony,\nalthough some actors presented honest glimpses of'}, {'start': '323.560', 'end': '328.800', 'text': 'fatigue and attachment. However, the absence of\neffective directing made many scenes seem like'}, {'start': '328.800', 'end': '335.000', 'text': 'amateur improvisations. The most prominent thing that can be said about the\nacting is that it is realistic, but it is realistic to the point of vulgarity'}, {'start': '335.000', 'end': '341.759', 'text': 'at times, and devoid of any dramatic glow. In the end, it is an\nintellectual experience more than a cinematic one, but it is a'}, {'start': '341.759', 'end': '347.479', 'text': 'heavy and unexciting experience. I do not understand the secret of the\npositive reviews it received, and I do not see'}, {'start': '347.479', 'end': '354.880', 'text': 'what deserves this excessive appreciation. The\nfilm is rated 6 out of 10.'}]