Juliet's pain runs throughout.
The reason for Juliet's crime, in fact, I vaguely guessed it from the beginning, and I didn't feel surprised until the end of the film. Therefore, in the process of watching the movie, I did not find out much about the truth, but paid more attention to Juliet herself.
Juliet's pain starts from the moment she learns that her son is ill and runs through to the end of the film.
Analyzing the motive of the crime, it consists of three parts: 1. The deep love for the son, and the unbearable pain. 2. Guilt – blaming yourself for your son’s illness. 3. Sense of responsibility - I have brought you pain, but I should also eliminate it for you.
There may be more complicating factors, but I find this cold analysis pointless. For this mother, the analysis of others is blasphemy; the analysis of herself is shirk.
No motivation. There is only love: I love you so much that I suffer so much because I have seen you suffer. I will not let you continue to suffer, but I am still suffering. Because, it is I who have to let you go. Because I love you so much.
Needs
Juliet is frosty, self-contained, and withdrawn from others. But it's not the same as pain, because it's not always there. Juliet's transformation is very obvious:
at first, she was dressed in dark and old fashioned; her expression was stiff and numb. Later, she dresses up beautifully and elegantly; often with a charming smile.
At first, she was fed up with her sister's adopted daughters and yelled at them. Later, she taught them how to play the piano, told them stories, and played games with her little sister. Deep down, she would kiss them.
At first, she rejected the people around her indifferently and had no friends. Later, she drank coffee with the police; she took the initiative to call the professor to have a heart-to-heart talk... When a group of friends gave her a birthday that even she had forgotten, she was so moved that she seemed to cry. Finally, she and the professor came together.
At first, when she first arrived at her sister's house, she was insensitive to everything. Later, she went to see her new house, looking forward to it. She ran from one room to another and kept asking, "How is the lighting? Is the area large enough?" Finally, she smiled at her sister and said, "In the future, you can come to my house as a guest."
Juliet's indifference and closure is not because of the pain, nor because of her love for her son. True love leads to warmth and light, not coldness and darkness.
The real cause of Juliet's indifference and closure is the indifference of the people around her. Not only did her parents not understand, they thought she had brought shame to the family, and they even had to erase the image in her sister's mind, who had never seen her in prison (for this reason, her indifference to her sister lasted the longest, and she I feel resentment towards my sister). Just like the later factory manager, he gave Juliet a rough definition without even asking why. The inhumane treatment made Juliet's heart form a thick layer of ice. For fifteen years, the ice thickened with each lonely day.
Juliet once said that when she was about to be released from prison, she even had nightmares. I dreamed that she was standing in nothingness with a suitcase, and there was no one around. It can be seen that she needs people around her very much, with love, understanding, and concern. The more indifferent and autistic she is, the thicker the ice in her heart, and the more she needs the warmth of the world.
Fortunately, she has love in her heart. There is love for my son, there is love for my sister - "It's her who made me come here today.".
Power
Juliet has great power inside.
Even though she was constantly being ostracized by indifference, she did not despair of human affection. She opened a door in her heart and was able to perceive the beautiful emotions, love and care around her. Even though the painful wound would accompany her for the rest of her life, she did not give up her life, and slowly stitched up the wound with great patience to rebuild a new life.
The love for her son does not make Juliet indifferent and closed, but it is precisely the beauty that she still retains in her unfortunate life.
This love is so powerful that it allows the heart to absorb the same beautiful emotions: the love of her sister for her, the attachment of her adopted daughter to her, the care of her friends... This kind of beauty extends outward to the beautiful scenery and fresh air. , warm spring breeze, warm sunshine, books and music... (Juliet sat on a bench in the park to read, then closed the book and smiled;) Beauty was absorbed into Juliet's heart and became a source of strength to rebuild a new life.
And the power of beauty flows into the heart, which stabilizes Juliet's deep love for her son and adds to the beauty of this love. This forms a virtuous circle within Juliet.
Emotions
Human emotions are a trickle. It flows slowly from one heart to another, and even if there are many barriers, it can always seep in through a small breach. This is the power of human emotion.
The people around Juliet can actually do very little. I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, I'll stab her. But being too careful can also hurt her. what can we do about it? If others are hell and nothing is right, why don't they just do nothing? If it were me, I'd rather go on - in the best way I can - love her and care for her. Because what you do, what you do, doesn't matter, the emotion behind it is the most important.
In fact, Juliet knew in her heart that they - people who tried to do something but couldn't do anything, even accidentally made mistakes - were so overwhelmed because they loved her. This is enough.
It is difficult to understand each other and the estrangement is deep. However, love, but it will not be spent.
Reconstruction
With great patience, Juliet slowly stitches up the deep and long wound in her heart. Even during the stitching, she was accidentally touched again, or even torn open... but she continued to endure the pain.
This is the most precious thing about Juliet.
Therefore, I don't understand how my sister finally had the heart to ask?
When Juliet, because she couldn't bear the pain of being torn again, had to cry out, I felt very distressed.
She kept crying: "What can you do?!" The
sister answered this question with a tight hug. A belated hug, after Juliet had been ignored, misunderstood, and isolated for a long time, finally came with her sister's deepest apology.
Juliet could finally speak slowly about the wound that she had been reluctant to mention for a long time.
In the end she said, "The death of a loved one is the greatest prison, and you will be imprisoned here forever."
Yes. One cannot forget the pain of losing a loved one because "I have always loved you deeply". Love and pain are now one and cannot be separated. What's more, Juliet's situation is so special, her pain will be doubled. Therefore, Juliet will always suffer and be imprisoned forever.
However, this captivity is different - Juliet opens a small window in her inner prison. From time to time, someone came to visit, and brought a ray of sunshine of love, which made her feel a little warm. From time to time, the warm wind blowing, accompanied by a beautiful breath, made her see new hope. Just like the beautiful raindrops at the end of the film.
"I'm here, I'm here." Juliet is telling not only herself, but all the people she loves and who love her at the same time.
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Different people have different understandings of the same movie. But I finally want to use the director's words to provide a basis for my understanding:
"'I want to use this film to explore the rebirth after suffering.' Philip Claudel said, 'Although people are very fragile, but also To be able to rebuild oneself, to be able to find something back, to withstand trials, gains and losses and misfortunes.' He invited old friend, French rocker Jean-Louis Aubert to compose the soundtrack for the film.' The characters were special at first Stiff, numb, emotionally indifferent due to pain, and slowly began to look forward to life after a period of time. So the sound effect should be fast at the beginning, no change, empty feeling, and then it began to enrich. Because she slowly listened to it again. The world and the beauty of life.' That's what Philip Claudel asked for the soundtrack."
I write this review at length mainly because I disagree with the conclusion drawn by the Midnight Book Club:
when Yesha describes Juliet, she says that Juliet is from beginning to end. They are turned away from people thousands of miles away. But in my personal opinion, Juliet's transformation is very obvious. I have detailed before.
Mr. Liu believes that all the plots that the director filmed before are to pave the way for the final outcome. In the end, it was concluded that Juliet would never be able to get rid of the pain, and that the director made the whole film just to show "the love of mother and son".
And I think that the director put the truth at the end, in addition to enhancing the suspense and shock, it is mainly a contrast to Juliet's reconstruction of life before, highlighting the character's inner strength and yearning for beauty. If only because of Juliet's pain in the end ignores all the good things that have been built so hard, I think it is a failure of the whole movie.
Shu Yiliao believes that the gap between people is so deep that people around Juliet care for her only superficially, and even stab her. I’ve already detailed this too—no matter how deep the divide, how little care, or even wrong, Juliet can still feel the love behind her apparent actions. Because of the sincerity of love and the strength of Juliet.
In the end, Yesha's summary seems to give Juliet an inner life sentence.
There's no mention of Juliet's "reconstruction" throughout the show, which I think is the heart of the film. The conclusion of the show is negative, while the whole development of the film is in a positive and beautiful direction.
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