If the film is in color. , You can easily see the beauty of this village. Orderly houses, large tracts of farmland, clear creeks, verdant mountains, heavy wheat ears in autumn, snowflakes in winter, thick snow... A family in a quiet and beautiful country with a large family There are many people who pile up children. But the children looked solemn and obedient, their words and actions were respectful and humble, and they had a degree of advancement and retreat. The girls wore long skirts with straight backs, and their hair braids were not messed up in a bun. Boys wear more shirts, vests, trousers with wide legs and black stockings. But such a beautiful and beautiful village is actually full of flowers of evil. In addition to the blatant vicious incidents, there are also many chronic horrors hidden deep under one roof.
First, the doctor rode home. As soon as he entered the garden in front of the door, he tripped over a thin wire tied between two trees, and the horse was seriously injured. I don’t believe that the doctor’s daughter, Anni, was not involved in this cruelty against her father. Because she was the target of her father’s long-term persecution, and she was motivated; “The doctor’s daughter witnessed the accident in front of the window”—she seemed to be waiting for this moment. Ying's wire is strongly suspicious and suspicious; the midwife went to school to pick up her son. When he met Martin on the way, he asked the midwife if he saw Anni? Sister Klara apologized for the abruptness of her younger brother, and then thoughtfully concerned about the doctor's injuries, and finally said: "Let's visit Anni, help or something." The children are most concerned about Anni, they are clearly in the same group. However, the tenant farmer's wife died accidentally while working in the sawmill, and the police went to work on it again.
Thanksgiving celebrations are still in its climax, and the baron’s vegetable garden was destroyed by the tenant farmer’s eldest son. This kind of behavior, in the eyes of the children who can be regarded as advisers and generals, must be too pediatric and too lacking in technical content. The baroness was so angry that her headache hadn't been relieved, and her son Sigi was gone. When he was found in the middle of the night, Sigi was hung upside down in the sawmill, his pants were stripped off, and his butt was beaten with blood. Then, the baron’s barn was set on fire, and the tenant farmer committed suicide.
The turning point appeared in the butler's little daughter. She confided to the teacher that things in her "nightmare" would always happen. For example, she dreamed that her newborn brother opened the window and then walked out of the window. A few days ago, it was because the windows of the baby room were wide open that the baby almost didn't freeze to death. She also said that she dreamed that the midwife’s mentally retarded son was about to have an accident, which was worse than Sigi. Sure enough, a few days later, when the mentally retarded child was found, he was wrapped in a sack and tied to a tree in the woods. Before it was over, the two sons of the housekeeper grabbed Sigi's flute. Fortunately, one of the sons hesitated for a while and went to the river to rescue him. The baroness said that this was the last straw that crushed her, and she was going to take the child out of this terrible place completely.
If you walk into a household, it seems that you will find that the soil that breeds evil is very fertile. The doctor and the midwife have committed adultery for many years, and the two suspected of murdering the doctor's wife. In order to cover up the adultery, the midwife had an abortion, failed and gave birth to a mentally retarded son. The doctor molested his 14-year-old daughter, the midwife bumped him into it, and his 4-year-old son also bumped into it. The elder sister was eager to protect his younger brother, covering up for the father, "Dad is helping me pierce my ears." The doctor actually responded lightly: "beauty comes at a price." He humiliated the midwife arbitrarily: You are old, ugly, dirty and bad breath. If this horrible place is not inconvenient for prostitutes, how could I have sex with you? I really hate you and despise you. You don't want to get out... So, the biggest mystery in the end It's not surprising to show up at the doctor's house. But I still don't understand, where did the doctor go? If Anni goes to school nonchalantly, what about her favorite brother? Why did the midwife run away in such a hurry? What about the mentally handicapped son?
The pastor's family has 6 children, and they will be punished if they go home late. The whole family is hungry, those who return late are flogged, and tied with white ribbons-humiliation and warning: current affairs are as pure as white ribbons. Martin was found masturbating, and his father gave him a lengthy and obscure guilt education plus intimidation and humiliation. Don't let it go, Martin will be bound to sleep with his hands since then. Daughter Klara played cover for the children playing in the classroom between classes, and was dragged by the priest to the corner of the wall by the ears. The priest underestimated his children, Klara and Martin, who are undoubtedly the core figures of the youth criminal group in this village. Especially sister Klara. This girl who always holds hands in front of her lower abdomen, is dignified and polite, not only dares to openly challenge patriarchy and theocracy, but is also able to bring out a juvenile delinquent team in a repressive environment that is closed to no pores. After killing her father's beloved bird with scissors, she placed the scissors and the bird carcass into a cross, and placed it in the center of her father's desk, clearly telling the priest and father: "Go to hell with your God." This group of young girls, whose every move, every word and deed was strictly controlled, planned and implemented a series of "retaliation." Their severely ill and damaged minds determine the object, timing, and method of "retaliation"... cruel and weird.
The housekeeper had two sons and a daughter, and the mother gave birth to a little brother. The two elder sons were jealous when they heard that they quarreled with each other, and the midwife slapped them with a big ear. The young man did not feel any consternation or anger, but lowered his eyes to admit his mistake. There are frequent slaps in the film, without warning, fathers beating sons, men beating women, and women beating other people's children. Except for slaps, lashes and kicks, like a gust of wind and rain. The son who had been beaten wildly by his father, when the housekeeper was about to retreat without success, he blew the snatched whistle frantically. To what extent does a child have to hate and be cruel to do so?
The story teller is a music teacher from another village. Eva, the baron's new nanny he fell in love with at first sight, was not from the village either. This is a bit too deliberate-delineating "evil" in this village. The teacher went to Eva's house to propose marriage, which is also a big family with 7 or 8 children. But the family atmosphere is much more relaxed, and Eva is able to have a "shy and honest" character. Suffering and losing her job, she cried and told her that it was Sigi that she was heartbroken. "Stop the child with such a cruel hand," she asked, "Who would it be?" She was an apprentice in the barber shop in town, and she was still thinking about it. How cute are the twins of the baron. Eva is witty and assertive again. On Thanksgiving Day, the housekeeper came to strike up a conversation and wanted to hire another babysitter for an excuse. Eva cleverly took care of the errands. If this detail is exaggerated by me, then when she was dating the teacher, the teacher said to go to the lake for a picnic. She gently but firmly refused, but offered a kiss on her own initiative to melt her fiance's displeasure. The equivalent is that the teacher loves her and respects her. And this love finally achieved a positive result. This is undoubtedly the brightest and warmest place in this dark film.
The priest's young son begged his father with fear and trepidation to allow him to take in a wounded bird. When his father agreed, the child smiled. This smile is of course very brilliant, but in the bone-to-shoulder cold of the pastor's house, this little smile is too delicate. Checking the pastor carefully, I want to find out that he "a warm current is in my heart", no. Only when both the divine power and the patriarchy were severely challenged by the daughter, and the youngest son brought the recovered bird to the father, did the pastor feel so moved. But would he use this flower of love watered by a little bit of father's love to reflect on it?
Martin once walked on the high railing of the bridge to see if God would take him away. Evil Younger is not born, nor does it happen overnight. Except for external factors, he has also struggled. But in almost closed villages, freedom is deprived, happiness is confiscated, love is cut off from asceticism, childlike nature is all strangled, and seeds of filth, hatred, and violence are everywhere. There is another leader like Klara who can calmly compile and integrate jealousy, indifference, cruelty, hurt, and fear. Then the devil takes shape, grows up, and finally grows strong enough that the father's power is beyond his grasp, and God has been silent all the time.
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