Excellent plot, clever timeline, consolation ending. excellent work. I won't elaborate on the plot. After watching a movie, you will feel that the story is not complicated. An injured mother repeated the case she had experienced for revenge, and the police officer who had gone through 15 years solved the whole case. But the director’s process of showing the plot was tortuous, and he told the story in his own way. There are three lines about the timeline and storyline of the film. Two current story lines and one memory line from 15 years ago. The two current timelines were separated at the time when Officer Wu saw the leader drinking tea and Xizhen's mother called. After this point, the first thing that appeared in front of the audience was that Xiaochun was arrested, and then Xizhen's mother returned to the small shop where Han Zhe left the black umbrella. The timing of these two events was reversed. From then on, the director deliberately slowed down the timeline of Xizhen’s mother’s own investigation, while the main line’s time was normal. The two lines were intertwined since then, but the two lines of time moved forward. The speed is different, but it creates the same illusion for the audience. Even if the audience does not think it happened at the same time, they will at least think it happened in the same time period, because the development plot "in chronological order" is in the audience's mind. Things are default. The two current story lines rejoined at the same time when the truth was finally revealed (the advantages of this arrangement will be mentioned in the next paragraph). The third line is also interspersed in the main line through overlapping plots and appropriate memories. The three lines are orderly and not chaotic, staggered appropriately, and cleverly separated and combined, which is a highlight of the film. Regarding the so-called "bugs", those generally considered so-called "bugs" are not mentioned. I said two other "bugs". Respectively about the plot and logic. First, Han Zhe can guess that it was Xizhen's mother who committed the crime. When Officer Wu found white flowers on the roadside, he asked Xizhen's mother and replied that there was no one, that is to say, no one except the police understood the whole case. Even if Han Zhe didn't know this, when he experienced these things he designed, the first thing he thought of must be Xizhen's mother. Fifteen years ago, he could perfectly commit a crime and turn everyone's jokes around. Now, can't even think of who the murderer is? Will not. The second point is that before Xiaochun was arrested, the man in black planned to arrest a little boy. Is this what Xizhen's mother would do? Definitely Not. This action is logically unreasonable, but in the plot, because of these foreshadowings, including the director’s arrangement of the storyline of Xizhen’s mother, the audience only found the result in the final recording. The moment Xizhen’s mother slowly turned back, Only then will she be enlightened, she is the murderer. At this moment, 15 years ago, the cases overlapped, the identity was replaced, and the doubts about the differences and branches of the cases became abrupt. Break the truth, the truth is revealed. The audience would not have expected all this in the first half of the film. And the impact on the audience at the end is beyond the normal writing arrangement. This is also a highlight of the film. Sometimes the story happens just like history and cannot be assumed. When the story does not develop according to your expectations, it may not necessarily be a problem. It may also be that the director gave up the rationality here for the rationality elsewhere. There is no logic, it is perfect. Why watch a movie with a critical eye? Watching a movie should be because of interest. With this attitude, it will be much purer when watching a movie. I can also appreciate the outstanding places. Therefore, a good movie can have different interpretations, and it can also be free of "bugs," depending on how people look at it. Regarding the character's feelings and ending, in the film, when Police Officer Wu first met Xizhen's mother, she asked "Are there any new clues?" She hadn't given up in the past 15 years. Perhaps you have also noticed that Xizhen's father and Xiaochun's grandmother have never appeared, and there is no reason. The director deliberately weakened these two roles. In this way, for Xizhen's mother and Han Zhe, the daughter is the whole world. For the sake of healing, for the daughter, because of love, you can take risks. For revenge, for the daughter, because of love, you can ignore it. When Xiaochun returned to his parents' embrace, all the dust settled. Police Officer Wu who fulfilled his promise, Han Zhe who pleaded guilty to his granddaughter, and Xizhen's mother who made the criminals repent, all received the comfort they deserved. At the beginning, Xizhen's mother gently hugged her daughter's tree, pitifully. At the end, Xizhen held the tree tightly, and the pain, endurance, and tears of 15 melted in the breeze of the forest at this moment, and dissipated in the gleam of the forest. Perhaps only Xi Zhen can hear it, and only Xi Zhen can see it. In the ending film, when Police Officer Wu asked Xizhen's mother for the first time, she asked "Are there any new clues?" She hadn't given up in the past 15 years. Perhaps you have also noticed that Xizhen's father and Xiaochun's grandmother have never appeared, and there is no reason. The director deliberately weakened these two roles. In this way, for Xizhen's mother and Han Zhe, the daughter is the whole world. For the sake of healing, for the daughter, because of love, you can take risks. For revenge, for the daughter, because of love, you can ignore it. When Xiaochun returned to his parents' embrace, all the dust settled. Police Officer Wu who fulfilled his promise, Han Zhe who pleaded guilty to his granddaughter, and Xizhen's mother who made the criminals repent, all received the comfort they deserved. At the beginning, Xizhen's mother gently hugged her daughter's tree, pitifully. At the end, Xizhen held the tree tightly, and the pain, endurance, and tears of 15 melted in the breeze of the forest at this moment, and dissipated in the gleam of the forest. Perhaps only Xi Zhen can hear it, and only Xi Zhen can see it. In the ending film, when Police Officer Wu asked Xizhen's mother for the first time, she asked "Are there any new clues?" She hadn't given up in the past 15 years. Perhaps you have also noticed that Xizhen's father and Xiaochun's grandmother have never appeared, and there is no reason. The director deliberately weakened these two roles. In this way, for Xizhen's mother and Han Zhe, the daughter is the whole world. For the sake of healing, for the daughter, because of love, you can take risks. For revenge, for the daughter, because of love, you can ignore it. When Xiaochun returned to his parents' embrace, all the dust settled. Police Officer Wu who fulfilled his promise, Han Zhe who pleaded guilty to his granddaughter, and Xizhen's mother who made the criminals repent, all received the comfort they deserved. At the beginning, Xizhen's mother gently hugged her daughter's tree, pitifully. At the end, Xizhen held the tree tightly, and the pain, endurance, and tears of 15 melted in the breeze of the forest at this moment, and dissipated in the gleam of the forest. Perhaps only Xi Zhen can hear it, and only Xi Zhen can see it.
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