The little warmth in those details

Dakota 2022-03-24 09:03:29

In fact, when we label the Swedish film Fifteen Years Old as a gay movie, it represents a conscious or unintentional difference in our inner treatment of homosexuality.

Of course, you can also call it discrimination. But in fact, subjective malice is required, and this subconscious differential treatment is not actually a form of discrimination.

But it is this "not my race" attitude that creates the ground for discrimination.



In fact, the theme of "Five-Year Adopted Son" is not new, and the values ​​of the adopted child and the adoptive parents are contradictory.

It can be said that adolescence meets menopause, and it can also be said to be an extension of family themes. But if the adoptive parents happen to be gay, the whole movie is a lot more interesting.

A boy, adopted by a gay couple, basically the boy's first reaction is "is there any dirty inside story?"

One of the arguments of many homophobic people is that they are worried that "they will be raped by gay people"... …

While homosexuality is just as imperfect as heterosexuality, society is more critical of homosexuality. This is actually a kind of "not my race" news.

The number and frequency of sexual assaults against girls by middle-aged and elderly men are far higher than that of same-sex pedophiles every year.

But it is still easy to label homosexuality as a pedophile.

This includes Goran and Sven's adopted son Patrik.



Patrik's mother died, his father was on drugs...you can basically guess what happened to this kid.

Must have been abandoned by the adoptive family, and then have various criminal records and so on.

Of course, he's still a boy who doesn't like gays very much.

As a result, he was adopted by Goran and Sven, who had been looking forward to adopting a child for a long time, just because the Welfare Bureau got Patrik's age wrong.

Goran and Sven thought Patrik was only 1.5 years old, but he turned out to be 15 years old.



For Patrik, he was adopted again and came to an unfamiliar environment. As a result, the adopters were still a gay couple.

The 15-year-old boy was naturally terrified. He couldn't sleep even in full clothes the first night, for fear of what happened to Goran or Sven.

Of course Goran and Sven weren't satisfied with adopting such a big and bad boy.

But in the process of getting along, Goran found that he had a fatherly love for the child. And Patrik also has a father-son attachment to Goran.

But all this made Sven very dissatisfied. After all, there was suddenly a child who was a little bit disgusted with homosexuality in the two worlds. How did he live?

So, the two separated.



Of course, the ending of the story is that Goran and Sven reconcile, Patrik calmly accepts the fact that he has a pair of gay fathers.

The most interesting thing is that the daughter of Sven's ex-wife also forgave Sven, so the family of four plus a dog, this is simply a perfect story.



"The Fifteen Years Old", like all European films, has many symbols and depictions of details.

Yes, Sven doesn't look like a perfect man, he's a little bit unworthy of good old Goran.

But you saw that Sven finally quit drinking for Goran, and put on the sportswear that he never wore again to participate in morning exercises with Sven...

You can know how important a place Goran is in Sven's heart.

And Patrik, from the beginning when he didn't dare to take off his clothes to sleep to when he finally saw his two fathers making out there, it was no wonder, and when he fell asleep wearing only his underwear like a normal boy...

This means that he has accepted it in his heart . After Sven and Groan, I no longer think that these two people will be the weirdo who sexually assaulted him.

Of course, Goran's daughter has changed from a non-mainstream to a girl who is improving. Maybe this is Goran's understanding of how to be a father in his relationship with Patrik?



Well, since it's a gay movie, of course, it doesn't forget to mock heterosexuality.

For example, the two model couples who always love to laugh at homosexuality in the film cheated on their lovers behind their backs in private...

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  • Zion 2022-03-15 09:01:08

    It’s very cute. I like watching a group of neighbor’s kids babbling and calling patrik "Glass." Then patrik is very angry, "I want you to regret saying this!" I rushed out to chase them.

  • Kamille 2022-04-21 09:03:12

    The first Swedish film I've ever seen. A beautiful misunderstanding caused by a decimal point error sets the tone for the film's warm comedy. However, the conflict between a gay couple and an anti-gay and bad adopted son feels a lack of process. Thomas Ljungman plays cute most of the time, and he's done well for that. Gustaf Skarsgård is the best of the three leads.

Patrik, Age 1.5 quotes

  • Göran Skoogh: What did your dad look like?

    [no response]

    Göran Skoogh: What about your mother?

    Patrik Eriksson: Like a strung-out old whore.

    Göran Skoogh: Patrik!

    Patrik Eriksson: Well, that's what she was. And my dad can't have been much better. Or maybe he paid to screw her. I don't know.

  • Göran Skoogh: Tomorrow you'll get to meet your new parents.

    Patrik Eriksson: As long as they're not like you.