Someday, when?

Matilda 2022-03-25 09:01:22

First time writing a movie review.

I hadn't seen a movie with this theme before, but I saw it was based on a true story, so I started watching it.

At the beginning of the movie, the two brothers, Erik and Elmer, were chased after stealing something. In this way, it was pointed out that they were problem children who grew up in a single-parent family. Single mothers could not take care of their children wholeheartedly. Coupled with the lack of social support system, children steal things, and my brother has even begun to "dabble" in various pornographic newspapers. At this time, the mother was diagnosed with cancer. The only uncle who could be the only possible caregiver for the brothers was unable to undertake this "important task" because he did not have a job or a diploma. In the end, he had to be sent to a boarding school.

The film perspective uses Teger, who has dyslexia, as the narrator and story narrator. As a character who has lived in this boarding school for many years, it brings the viewer into this strange place as soon as possible.

In the beginning, Erik told his brother, "When you've been through all this bullying and indifference, you'll make yourself stronger, and one day, it'll be all right." Left by Christmas anyway. The story gave people hope from the very beginning. You must have a positive and optimistic attitude. No matter how much suffering you go through, you must believe that you will see a rainbow.

However, the hardships and sufferings are much more cruel than they imagined.

Every teacher in a school is a perpetrator. Their most common use is a slap in the face. There are ruthless and ruthless principals who always show a righteous and awe-inspiring look, thinking that their education method is the real education, "No one can educate you any more, everything is for your own good, and you will not become a person without beatings. Man, you will appreciate this place, they will understand my contribution in the future." The perverted educational philosophy is unbearable for the audience. (Although the film does not show too much about this man in power, the few scenes make this character full of imagination, arrogant, three-dimensional, and mysterious.); The head teacher who is helpful to the abuse is like a big housekeeper, obedient to the boss, Ravaging children in every possible way; hateful pedophile residential teachers, and brutal sexual assaults that are disgusting (the movie kindly doesn't show too much of it, but it strips away the other side of humanity.); and The school doctor and the kind old aunt who is called the role of "land", plus the only teacher of culture class H. The latter three do not use violence directly against children, but there is no boundary between condoning violence and using violence directly. Sadly, Teacher H also used violence in the end.

Assimilate each student into an abuser. After the brothers were caught on their first day of escaping, the headmaster incited hatred for the brothers by punishing the others, which turned into punishment in which everyone took their anger out on them. Then there is bullying and violence by older children. When Elmer was found to have wet the bed, holding his sheets naked in the cold wind, all the students coaxed him to punish him for his "sin", even the child who was sexually assaulted the night before vented his anger on Elmer On his body, when the camera closes up to his hateful eyes, we feel the horror of the violence implanted in the body.

Faithful "astronaut" elmer. The young actor will undoubtedly become the protagonist of this movie. He has a dream of being an astronaut. Even if he is laughed at, slapped in the face by the principal, bullied and thrown rocks by his classmates, he still holds on to his dream. I think elmer is the savior in the movie. Although he is the youngest, he brings hope to everyone. He used the content of the letter he compiled to comfort the hearts of every little partner and let them regain their confidence in life. Whenever he reads a letter, there will be magical realism behind him, and that ray of light shines on everyone's faces behind him, bringing warmth and hope to people. "Astronauts don't know what's going to happen until they open the hatch," he says. "It takes courage to try." At the climax of the film, erlmer puts on his homemade "spacesuit" and climbs up the water tower, where he jumps off , the camera is also described in the way of magical reality: he ran to the moon, saw his mother's smiling face, and found the dazzling light that found the exit. At this time, when the camera turned, erlmer fell down, which symbolized him again. Good wishes are broken in reality and riddled with holes.

The real savior: the newly appointed prosecutor. The prosecutor is the only messenger of justice here. He also represents the image of a social supervision institution, reflecting the serious absence of the previous supervision institution in this aspect. After all, this cruel school has existed for a long time, but it has not found any problems in it. It is worthy of reflection by the whole society. of.

When erlmer went to Copenhagen to find Teacher H, what I thought was that under this brutal environment education, it is forcing children to mature in advance. Just imagine, a child who has not suffered such an experience would not have such a "scheme" ” (including the scene of smashing the car, it is all to leave evidence so that the prosecutor can collect evidence). Standing on the streets of Copenhagen, this dull-eyed child saw four children about the same age as his brother, talking and laughing, eating ice cream, what a desirable life it was... This huge contrast, It is to reflect the injustice of society: no money is guilty.

The whole background and pictures of the movie are all Nordic frigid style, and it is also specially designed to assist the completion of this sad story. Fortunately, the ending echoes what Erik said at the beginning, and it will come true one day. No matter in reality, whether that one day will come, or it is difficult for us to reach, but at least we have discovered this heavy social problem, and this is a progress towards the light.

"The focus of the film is not on the battle between good and evil, but on showing the position of each character in the tragedy, and really treats the children in the tragedy as the protagonists, why they surrender, why they resist, why they are brave. Tears are also full of warmth and hope."

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  • Kaia 2022-03-23 09:03:26

    The first time I watched this type of movie, I felt very depressed and uncomfortable, and my chest was blocked. When you watch too much, you will feel nothing. Maybe we have seen the darkness of human nature from the movie too early. , maybe in the future when this kind of thing happens to you, you will have two answers: 1. Why are there such people in the world. 2 why it happened to you.

  • Clementine 2022-03-22 09:02:56

    One day, it will get better. But we often forget that we don't act.

The Day Will Come quotes

  • Elmer: I'm not afraid anymore, Erik.