The four protagonists in this film all have personality defects to varying degrees, which are also related to their life background and frustration experience. Different people have chosen different ways of life, and then under different temptations, provocations and persuasion, they have made different changes. The end of each story is the value of their own choice, so the director finally let the actor dance Going on, expounding the definition of faith in the most torn and straightforward way.
The male protagonist Kevin stood on the top of a tall building to understand and save his beloved woman. In the last time he told the police his story and asked a last word "Tell her I love her", and finally chose Sacrifice and death. The Kevin in the story is a handsome man who looks very charming and lively. He was a former university teacher and a hotel manager. He doesn’t mind becoming roommates with a gay, and he cares for his colleagues and friends around him. The man also had a painful past. In a car accident, his daughter died out of self-preservation. His ex-wife could not forgive him for leaving him. He seemed even more unable to forgive himself. He started life again with deep guilt until Met Shana. His first feeling for Shana was out of wanting to rescue the wife of a fanatical Christian. It also started when Shana’s holy thing was just like his daughter as a teddy bear. Invisibly, Sana became a projection of his daughter. He rescued her and fell in love with her, which also contained feelings of love and guilt for her daughter. Even when he finally stood on the edge of the building with a picture of his daughter in his hand, and chose to take a leap, I felt that he not only wanted to prove his love for Shana, but also wanted to prove his love for his daughter, or Said that he wanted to prove that he could choose to sacrifice for the faith of love.
The hostess Sana is a beautiful and charming lady. She took drugs and prostitution when she was young. After being beaten up, she was rescued by her husband, so she chose to marry him. She has always had complicated feelings for her father in her heart, and because of her gratitude to her husband, she chose to believe in God. So when faced with the temptation of Kevin's love, the original marriage became pale and weak. What she had always wanted was to be loved, not to believe in God. I am more sympathetic to her betrayal of this marriage. She and Kevin are just two people who have the same heartache leaning against each other to keep warm, and find the need to love and be loved in each other, but who can Saying that this kind of love is not love!
Husband Joe, an avid Christian. His past was in tatters, and he even lost hope in life. It was God's faith that redeemed him and changed him, but he also became an extreme Christian. Therefore, the conflict between him and Kevin about religion and belief is becoming more and more intensified, and even insisting on changing other people's concepts and values. This approach will undoubtedly cause strong disgust. Regarding his inner world, I saw more of a timid, weak and helpless person. God became another powerful self he imagined, giving him spiritual support and allowing him to continue living. courage. He had discovered his wife's first derailment, but he didn't have the courage to pierce it. He could only keep admonishing his wife in the name of God that the consequences of betrayal and sin would be deep into hell. In the end, he forced Kevin to stay one of the two. After Kevin's death, his expression of consternation, as well as the confession of kneeling down in prison, showed that his heart had been suffering continuously in hell.
Another story in the film is the fourth protagonist, the policeman. His existence is the leading link between the beginning and the end of the film, and it also reflects the point of view the director wants to express. When the police learned that he was suffering from infertility, he had no idea how to choose between his wife's betrayal and the existence of two children. It is precisely because of Kevin's story and reminder that he knows the essence of life. The important thing is not who the child's father is, but the important thing is that he is the father of two children. He returned to his family, stopped praying, and continued to live peacefully. It cannot be said that he fully understands the way his wife loves him, but I think he already knows that love needs to be guarded, marriage needs to be tolerant, and life needs to move forward.
The two stories and the four protagonists interspersed together through the intertwined flashbacks of the film, allowing the audience to think about the definition of values from different angles is also the interesting and wonderful part of this film. Regarding love and marriage, it has always been the most difficult topic for mortals in their lives. The love between Kevin and Shanna in this film is also worth mentioning. In my opinion, their love has a sustenance for a part of their missing emotions. Kevin's love and guilt for her daughter and Shana's desire and attachment to her father just met the emotional needs of the two people, and the love became deeper and deeper. This reminds me of the passage of a psychologist I once read. It probably means that "When we grow up, our relationships with others are repeating the pattern of interaction with our parents in our early years. Intimacy is an upgraded version of interpersonal relationships. In particular, the emotional needs of young children will also be transformed into the needs of lovers." There are many modes of love and marriage. When you and your lover have a tacit understanding, give each other when the other party needs them, and can constantly change roles, then maybe you meet the right person. The long-term love needs not only passion and enthusiasm, but also comfort and tacit understanding.
Of course, the main theme of this film is dialectical around the values of religion and belief. There is a certain reason why religion still exists and has a great influence in the development of human beings. The insignificance of human beings in the cosmic world inevitably needs spiritual strength to support. I believe that people need faith, but they do not necessarily have to be attached to religious shackles and shackles, nor do they have to be given the name of love. Everyone has the right to choose their own beliefs and should be respected accordingly. The charm of the movie is to put forward different outlooks on life and values through different stories, so that people are constantly awake to understand the essence of life. The gradual strength of a person's heart requires continuous development of the unknown, self-judgment of the right things, and a calm face of real life. What I firmly believe in is still the human nature. Only by bravely accepting in the face of weakness, fear, and loss, and constantly conquering, can you become a better version of yourself and find your faith!
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