Being born in a normal family is a kind of happiness

Sigmund 2022-04-24 07:01:16

I have always had a very complicated feeling for Hirokazu-eda. His films are very unique, and the way of narration is different. But his films are hard to watch. The subject matter has always been a seemingly ordinary story. At the end of it, it is often chest tightness.

Hirokazu Kore-eda is like a documentary director, but he is more objective. He puts all the edges and corners of human nature naked in front of you. He doesn't judge whether it is good or bad. Feeling uncomfortable, like looking at myself in the mirror, without any halo. Psychology says that a life without self-deception is impossible to live, and it is Hirokazu Koreeda who is making people experience this nearly suffocating effect.

In this film, except for the grandmother and father Azhi, everyone's life is related to the family of origin. The film cuts in from the smallest, and the whole process from the beginning makes people deeply sigh the importance of the family of origin, but it is helpless to be uncontrollable. No one can choose their own birth. Reincarnation is a kind of knowledge, but it is not learned. I really sigh that although my parents are not excellent or rich, they are at least normal. If you really live in a Yuri family, you can’t choose whether to steal or rob, and you are so small and powerless, just like Yuri’s last expression, dazed, you may wonder why she was born, and I don’t know how With what kind of heart shadow to finish this life.

The older I get, the more I feel that my happiness is really the result of various coincidences. Of course, I have my own efforts, but sometimes efforts really can't change everything.

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Extended Reading
  • Rosalia 2022-04-24 07:01:16

    It's more like "It's Hirokazu-eda"'s summary of past movies. The narrative returns to the period of "Illusionary Light" and "Nobody Knows". It was difficult to enter at first, and there were many idle brushstrokes, but the later it became more gentle and trembling. The most moving moment in the whole film must belong to the fireworks show that only hears its sound. As a group that is not illuminated by society, at the moment of sudden warmth, these ants are stronger than giant elephants. Congratulations, Hirokazu Kore-eda has entered a new stage. ◎SIFF21

  • Rickey 2022-03-24 09:02:43

    Theft negates the economic function of the family, and abduction negates the blood function of the family. Apart from these functions, what is left of the family? Probably the silent "Thank you", the silent "Dad".

Shoplifters quotes

  • Hatsue Shibata: I was sure she'd want to go home.

    Nobuyo Shibata: Do you think she... chose us?

    Hatsue Shibata: Usually you can't choose your own parents.

    Nobuyo Shibata: But then, maybe it's stronger when you choose them yourself.

    Hatsue Shibata: What is?

    Nobuyo Shibata: What is...

    [pause]

    Nobuyo Shibata: The bond. The bond.

    [pause]

    Hatsue Shibata: I chose you, too.

  • Osamu Shibata: [to Yuri after seeing television reports of Yuri's disappearance] Do you think you can make it home by yourself?