Touching family affection——On the central idea of ​​"Bath"

Janis 2022-02-27 08:01:44

Seeing the word "bath", I believe that a naked body painting will emerge in the audience's brain, which will give the audience a strong sense of expectation, expecting a naked woman taking a bath to appear in the field of vision. In fact, this film reproduces the touching family relationship between the father Lao Liutou, the son Daming, and the mentally handicapped son Erming in the Beijing Siheyuan through the story in the bathroom.

Although the eldest son has not been home for a long time, the relationship between Lao Liutou and his son Daming has been bad. It is just a scene: Daming insists on taking a shower with cold water. After seeing the father, he turned on the hot water without saying a word, which made a warm family feeling. The water flowed through Daming's body. This touching detail makes us feel the silent affection between father and son. The director clearly shows the way Chinese people express their love from the front. There is also a subtle shot. When it rains, Daming is awakened by the wind, rain and thunder and sees his father climbing to the roof after repairing the bathroom. The eye contact is their heart-to-heart communication, which makes this kind of love deeper than the heart, and shallower than the layer, which further strengthens the theme of the film.

After the mentally handicapped son Erming was lost, his father walked in the front and Daming in the back, looking for the dialogue between Erming, which made us feel the concern of Daming and his father for Erming. The actor is committed to expressing the psychological world of the characters through the control of words and his own actions and language, which further demonstrates the actor's ability to express great family affection.

Daming never told his wife that he had a foolish younger brother, but after his father died quietly in the bathhouse, Daming gave up going back to Shenzhen, he told his wife, and at the end did not explain whether the conflict was resolved. Daming has always taken care of Erming, and the relationship between the two is very deep, as always. From the beginning to the end, many details of the film let the audience feel the deep affection.

The curtain call scene of this film is Erming singing "My Sun" affectionately. He can clearly be heard singing "I love you, Dad," as the camera gradually blurs. Ending in this way expresses Er Ming's feelings for his father, and makes us feel the touching affection again.

As a Chinese, watching "Bath" several times will purify your heart, cleanse your soul, and feel the touching affection.

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Extended Reading
  • Lorenz 2022-03-18 09:01:09

    When Er Ming sang my sun against the echo of the bathhouse, it was also the peak of Jiang Wu's career. Three men can also play a show, and they have four women as supporting roles. Although the two scenes of Tibet Shengshui and Shaanxi lack of water are a bit blunt, they are not as blunt as bulldozers to overthrow traditional Chinese culture.

  • Wilfred 2022-03-20 09:02:57

    The beginning is an ideal fantasy full of speed in the hurricane era at the end of the century, taking bathing as a business and a consumer product, and the end is a melancholy aria about the passing of an era. The echo and resonance are made even more lonely by the full wall of white tiles. The wine in the water is impressive, and it is amazing at first sight. In terms of actors, Jiang Wu is particularly good. In contrast, Pu Cunxin and Mr. Zhu Xu's performances are a bit heavy. Great Northwest and Holy Lake are completely off topic.