It was the first time I heard the film "Confession" because it was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The word "Confession" was both familiar and unfamiliar. If every film has a color impression, there is no doubt that "Confession" is almost gloomy. This is a film that vaguely tells about the darkness of human nature and explores life under the cloak of horror. The unfamiliar can't understand the work to the extreme. However, it is the one that I have watched the most repeatedly and shocked me the most. It is already a masterpiece in my heart; since it is profound, it should be left as a bystander's interpretation. The story begins with a kawaii song "Milk" and is brought into the set. The desks are crooked, the legs of the chairs are creaking, and a group of noisy first-year junior high school students are scrambling in the classroom of the last class of the semester. They all look innocent, but the emotion and tone are very different; the indifferent Mr. Moriguchi Yuko gently set up the textbook before get out of class and announced his resignation. The students were stunned for a moment and then cheered instantly. Maybe it was right. Moriguchi's "kind" response? She then wrote the word "Fate" harshly on the blackboard, admonishing that "life is very important", but she knew and knew her students too well, they didn't understand, so she made up her mind. Moriguchi calmly announced a little-known confession to the class: her 4-year-old daughter Aimi was killed by two teenagers in the class... With a few words, the students fell silent, and the atmosphere of the classroom changed without a trace. Every change is full of emotional tension, so students have to focus on listening.
Moriguchi told everyone about the murder of his daughter, citing teenagers A and B as code names. I thought it was a suspense movie, but it started to reveal who the culprit was. This is a group of 13-year-old junior high school students protected by the "Juvenile Law". "Even if you kill someone, you will not be charged." When the crime could not be punished by law, she chose to respond in a unique way. Even though Mr. Moriguchi has resigned at the beginning of the new semester, her confession has shrouded the entire class in darkness, and her ghost is still reverberating. This is the beginning of revenge. Seeing this, I have taken a deep breath, this dark style theme is "not normal". In fact, director Tetsu Nakajima also used a special presentation technique to create an excellent depressing atmosphere. He adopted montage-style editing and stylized narration, advancing the story with episodic inner monologues around several characters, and restoring the truth from each confession. In the parts that are difficult to explain in the monologue, the exaggerated slow motion, the angle difference between the close-up and the distant view, the interlacing of bright and dark tones, the distorted convex lens projection scene is presented, and the soundtrack is just unparalleled. . In particular, there are a few bridges of the soundtrack that I can't forget. Teen A, Shuya Watanabe, despite his excellent grades and talents, has always lived alone and transparently, "I don't have a mother, I'm always alone." Being ignored for a long time makes him more eager to be noticed by people, but he actually hopes to create a shocking The murder case attracts the attention of the world. Boy B, Shimomura Naoki, is mediocre, cowardly and has no friends. He is an idiot in terms of sports and academic performance. He has never "felt alive". It was Shuya who took a fancy to this and went to the extreme to murder Moriguchi's daughter together with Naoki. Under the projection of the lens, at the usual school crossing, along with the powerful fast-paced rhythm of AKB48's "River", Shuya took the initiative to meet Naoki. The turbulent melody actually finds its way into the plot, and the big TV of Naoki's family flashes the figure of a beautiful girl from time to time, which is chaotic and attractive. That was the first time I met AKB48, and it became the origin of the fans!
Back to the topic, the psychological distortions of teenagers A and B seem crazy, and there is an inevitable cause and effect behind them. In the face of inner torture, the characters narrate their thoughts and thoughts. Although they are not evaluating, their words are enough to cause us to think deeply. It can also be seen that this is a story triggered by maternal love. The three mothers have completely different characteristics, and their actions have inadvertently pushed their children to hell. The Mourning of Abandonment——Mother of Young A Shuya "My mother is a promising electrical engineer. She married the worst mortal and gave birth to my child. My mother sacrificed her bright future as a scholar in order to be a good mother... "…" "My mother never told fairy tales, but read me Ohm's law, Newton's law or electric motors. She took apart cute dolls and taught me the structure of objects, but I always couldn't learn..." "I can't stand it. My father decided to get divorced, and my mother put on her researcher’s coat again, and at the same time threw me away. Before I left, my mother only left me a pile of books and a sentence.” Looking at my mother’s back, “I heard at that time, the important thing is The sound of things disappearing - slap, the world around me will disappear." Xiu Zai regretted his childhood inability to make his mother leave, but he was sure that his mother's great genes made his talent. In Xiu Zai's eyes, his mother was detached from ordinary people. Existence, "Under the protection of my mother, I can better play the talents my mother gave me." So he has to follow in his mother's footsteps. Although Xiu Zai longed to be recognized by his mother, he never dared to contact him positively. He was afraid of being abandoned again, and then chose to win the attention of the world and attract the attention of his mother. The invention of "reversing the clock" is a totem that Shuya recalls to his mother, allowing time to go back to the moment when his mother left to pray for reset. It is a pity that these miraculous inventions cannot be understood and cared about by mortals. Whether it is the "Lunaxi" incident or the "execution device" that tortured animals, he accidentally made him feel that this is what adults care about, and regards life as nothing and complicated. Oedipus complex, because of the lack of love, created a sad ending.
The pain of doting - the mother of young B Naoki His mother is a gentle and beautiful housewife, who usually takes care of her family at home alone. In her eyes, "Naoki is a well-behaved child" and has always given him imaginary comfort, while Naoki always Unable to live up to expectations, her doting is unknown, "(Naoki) is such a poor child" so "Only I can protect him". Facing the mad Naoki, she knew that the good life she cared for would not return, and she was wet with tears, "It's all the fault of that woman, my cute little Naoki has changed, that woman... It's like your daughter died. It was Naoki who did it, he was just tricked by a bad friend to help." The hysteria pinned on the diary to relieve her depression, but she never wanted to admit that it was her beloved son who committed the heinous crime. This protection made her finally collapse. Naoki went from madness to calmness, and he gradually awakened, "I just want to prove that I am not a loser." The chilling dialogue came from the heart: "No, if you die, what will my mother do?" "I am a murderer. "No, you're just covering your friends and disposing of the body" "That's not a body, he just passed out and was thrown into the pool by me to die" "There's no way, who knows she's not dead yet" "Mom, you Wrong (smile)...I saw her wake up...then I put her..." The music gradually reverberated, and the annihilation scene was replayed, and Naoki's mother collapsed at this point "I'm sorry, my mother didn't teach you well" "He has already It's not Naoki anymore, the kind Naoki is gone." The moment when Naoki swung the knife with a heavy price, blood splashed on the wall, and it ended beautifully and cruelly.
The wound of revenge - Yuko Forest (the mother of beauty) No matter how kind people are, there is a dark side, she is twisted in her heart because of the loss of her beloved daughter "I can no longer hold her little hand, her soft cheeks and hair , I will never touch it. Amy's death can be said to be the fault of me as a parent, but... I can't stop there." "Teachers have the responsibility to guide students on the right path, and I hope they will recognize their sins and understand Life is precious, understand that you have committed a serious crime, and then live with it.” However, on the good side, she always taught “recognize the importance of life and reflect on the sin you have committed.” Between the determination for revenge and the pain in her heart, she repented several times. Tears are not completely dehumanized. The mutual exclusion of good and evil creates a chaotic personality. She is indeed crazy, but she is sober. At the same time, she is also a victim, even the most hurt.
This class is not normal After Mr. Moriguchi resigned, he was replaced by a young and enthusiastic male teacher Werther. He worshipped Sakuranomiya's educational philosophy, blindly implemented "education of love", "pretend to be familiar at the first meeting", and wanted to be friends with every student. The students are greeted by nicknames, naively thinking that as long as they get along with the students, they can understand their hearts. However, knowing nothing, he has completely become a big idiot in the hearts of students, both cute and ridiculous. His sunshine was completely taken advantage of, and he himself became a pawn for Moriguchi's revenge, and the "incentive" that led him to insist on going to Naoki's house every week indirectly drove Naoki crazy. My favorite character of Kitahara Mizuki is played by Hashimoto Ai, who is only 14 years old and has a very dark temperament. The performance in the film is amazing, and it is also her famous work. Mizuki's monologue occupied a considerable amount of weight. As the class leader, she felt that "this class is abnormal" from the perspective of a normal person. When Werther took out Sakuramiya Masayoshi's book, it seemed to return the classroom to the shadows. "Maybe everyone is very timid and wants to escape from the truth that Yuko-sensei said, and would rather pretend to be stupid." Only Ruo Kuang complied. The classmates gave her the nickname "MeiDai". The "Dai" name was also in line with her contemplative attitude, soberly looking at the crazy classmates without being moved. Compared to Werther's complete lack of insight into anomalies, she was still full of enthusiasm to visit Naoki's home, and Mizuki, who accompanied him, hated this ignorance from the bottom of her heart, which was the essential difference between her and Werther-sensei. However, her other dark side is an admirer of "Lunashi", a person who despises life countless times and has attempted suicide. She kept asking Moriguchi-sensei a question in her heart, but this question was never answered. It was also the "What is life?" the film wanted to express. When she learned the terrible news of Naoki's mother-killing, the film gradually played the wonderful soundtrack of "Rainbow Origin", Mizuki seemed to see Naoki's back in the classroom, and Werther was foolishly worried that she was frightened. The long corridor leading from the classroom to the teaching office, accompanied by a low and hoarse rock music style, Mizuki followed Werther calmly, the sky outside the window was still dense, and the impetuousness of the rooftop was never calm; she kept pondering "Is life precious? Is everyone the same?" Until Shuya, who was waiting silently, clapped his hands with her, her smile exuded a haze. "His (Werther) life is not important." She wanted to kill Werther, but because of Mr. Moriguchi's advice, her consciousness gradually became confused. In the teaching office, in front of the school director and the police, he pointed out the fact that "it was Werther who drove Xiaozhi crazy", and Werther suddenly lost his color. It was the same long aisle, Xiu Zai who greeted him silently, Mizuki who smiled calmly, only Werther walked with his head down in frustration, he had lost the sunshine! The scene full of dark and fierce beauty is matched with the rock and roll of despair and psychedelic texture, which is enough for me to revisit countless times.
Because of the bullying in the class, the relationship between Mizuki and Xiuzai has been created. Although both of them despise life, Mizuki is for herself, Xiuzai is for others, and the same understanding of life is vague "My life is not valuable, Your life is precious." However, Mizuki really likes and understands Shuya. She wanted to discourage Moriguchi from taking revenge in the restaurant, but in her opinion Moriguchi is also "abnormal". But she couldn't save Shuya, so she cried when she was killed by Shuya. The moment before his death, the diary will always stay in the unfinished words "Teacher, life is..." "Teacher, this class is crazy" is also from Kitahara Mizuki's confession. That classroom is also a small society with a collective madness. The second grade starts. Unexpectedly, the boy B Naoki is absent, and unexpectedly, the boy A Xiuzai is here. All the classmates received anonymous text messages: "Whoever leaks Moriguchi's secret will become C". No one was willing to mention or open their hearts, as if dead silence, until Werther came, and the emotions that were difficult to suppress instantly collapsed. Although Miyoshi Ayaka is an actor of the same age as Hashimoto Ai, she has another charming and arrogant temperament. She plays Tsuchida Ayaka, who belongs to the "class flower" level, and at the same time leads the class to carry out "God's punishment" against Shuya. Impressed. The director specially used slow motion to show the trajectories of various bullying against Xiu Zai, and used fast mirror to focus on the words "murderer" in Xiu Zai's textbook. They were enjoying the fun and pleasure brought by punishment.
Under the stupid suggestion of Mr. Witte, giving Naoki "love encouragement" at work is also very impactful. In the second year, Class B continued to show the bright smiles of the collective, which was in sharp contrast to the miserable situation of the teenager B's torment at home. What's more, the inspirational words they wrote together were actually the Tibetan initials that read "Death to the Murderer", which directly stabbed Naoki's mother's heart and then forced her to destruction. The dark psychology of a 13-year-old child is so inflated, and every happy scene makes me horrified, no wonder the genre of the film is defined as thriller. About the ending "Teacher, you can't hear, the sound of important things disappearing, pop". It is the afterimage of Shuya when she was abandoned by her mother. "I heard the sound of something important disappearing. It wasn't a bang, it was a bang!" It was the loud noise of Moriguchi's grief-stricken memory of losing his beloved daughter. She angrily crushed Shuya with a sonorous voice, answering that life is a powerful weight! "This is my revenge, this is the living hell, and from now on it is the first step in your rebirth." At this time, Xiu Zai had already shown a completely defeated expression, and at the end, Moriguchi's last sentence "just kidding" appeared. The ending becomes deep, and the meaning is even more scrutinized. My mood watching the movie has been fluctuating with the rhythm of the movie, and it has been difficult to calm down for a long time. Although not everyone likes dark themes, once they can read it, they can be deeply intoxicated.
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