Youth is cruel

Candice 2022-04-19 09:03:16

The cruel youth of a good age in a bad environment is never easy, always painful. Like they are almost always sexually harassed or discriminated against wherever they are. Understated, calm and restrained, with very little dialogue, it seems that he is simply facing the topic of abortion and women's confusion. The final presentation is extremely powerful, with many blank spaces and questions that are thought-provoking. The reticence of the two sisters is like a silent struggle. Small bags and large boxes that make it difficult to move, just as bad circumstances often oppress them. In life, as she sang on stage, "He forced me to do things I didn't want to do and say things I didn't want to say." It's a pity that the message she conveyed, no one would care except for her cousin, and she would only attract the word "slut" from others. When the doctor kept repeating "never, rarely, sometimes, always," she sobbed and choked back from her initial pretense of calmness. At this moment, discomfort, sympathy, indignation... all kinds of complex emotions gathered together and smashed into the hearts of the audience. In the end, exhausted, she took a nap and had to go back to the bad town. The only consolation is that the two sisters have a deep friendship and can walk through this cruel youth together holding hands.

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  • Abigayle 2022-04-14 09:01:06

    This is the first time I watch a movie that conveys the physical pain of a girl in such a subtle way. Although there is no specific scene, my hands are shaking as I watch it. The males in the film are basically negative images, but the doctors and nurses are really gentle and humane. . The pain of moving boxes in the subway really resonates too much... These old subway stations always have no barrier-free elevators, and the escalators up are always closed!

  • Theo 2022-04-14 09:01:06

    Before I read it, the four words are like prose. After I read it, I realize that the name is so direct. The director is so patient and I love her little cuts and reflections. The lens is unremarkable, which also means that the lens never takes over. She tells the bad things that girls can encounter in an orderly manner. Despite this, the traces of calculation are not too strong, and she adds a lot of life-like plots like carrying a suitcase and taking the subway, which makes the story very convincing. However, like the fireworks at the end of "The Beach Rats", the works still have an academy atmosphere, but lack some kind of wild power, maintain such patience and calm in an anti-intellectual society, and keep the boundaries between things and things. Sad, but extremely rare.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always quotes

  • Social Worker #2: Whatever your decision is is totally fine, as long as it's yours.

  • Social Worker #2: Your partner has threatened or frightened you. Never? Rarely? Sometimes? Always?

    Autumn: Why are you asking me this?

    Social Worker #2: I want to make sure that you're safe.