Director: Oliver Hissberg
This is a narration about redemption!
In 1975, Northern Ireland suffered and was traumatized by violent riots by the Northern Ireland Volunteer Army against Roman Catholic civilians. At the age of 17, little Alistair joined the Northern Ireland Volunteer Army under the influence of the atmosphere of violence, and was cruel in front of young Joe Griffin in a violent activity against Roman Catholic civilians. Kill Joe's brother. As the riots subsided, Alistair was sentenced to twelve years in prison, while Joe, who witnessed his brother's murder, lived with his mother's blame and guilt. More than 30 years later, a TV station invited both grown-up Alistair and Joe Griffin to attend a program recording, trying to not only restore the truth of the incident through interviews, but also hope that the two would reconcile. But in the face of the murderer, Joe, who has been tortured all the time, wants revenge, and Alistair has been living in the pain of murder. What choices will the two people who are also suffering make? This is the main line of the story.
1. On the Importance
of Choice Your choices made who you are today.
When the political orientation is dominated by violence, children under the influence of the general environment are the most easily deceived group. They are striving for self-worth, wanting to do something to prove the meaning of their existence, busy with Working parents don't even know what their children are doing. They can't even take care of themselves. Once the children go wrong, in addition to the growth caused by big changes, wrong ideas will be deeply rooted in them for a long time.
Alistair: "In our day, killing a Catholic was a sign of being a man, walking in like a man and being celebrated, and everyone around me instilled that in me. "
Whoever did the wrongs in the past hurt more is the awakened perpetrator or the victim shrouded in guilt and pain! ?
Alistair: "I've seen our people fighting from a very young age, you and your friends pick a side from a young age, but we don't just throw rocks, we shoot. I want to tell people The thing is, what society does is stop people from joining organizations in a pinch, because once you join, it's too late. No one can stop you, no one can change your mind, and once you join, you do Anything, you will kill anyone of the enemy, because that is the right thing to do, once your people join the organization, the society loses him, what he needs to hear is that before he falls, his own side stops him His voice. There was no blocking voice on my side, not in our town, not in our uptown, nobody told me anything but that it was right to kill him."
When you think you're doing the right thing Yes, and everyone around you is telling you that it is right, so even if it is wrong, it will become right, and because of this, Alistair sacrificed his life for five minutes of heavenly glory, carrying the burden of A lifetime of baggage, gained and lost, when the media connected the two again, Joe missed two five-minute chances in heaven (killing Alistair), but finally got a happy rest of his life, missed also received.
Did they really want that five-minute short-lived enjoyment of heaven?
Impulsive choices without consideration and scruples can really harm others and themselves. As bystanders, we have already seen the situation where there is a slight chance of losing the game.
Many detailed things in the film make us reflect, and behind every scene is showing us humanity, and new life is more meaningful than hatred.
2. Hatred and Forgiveness
We punish not others, but ourselves! The dead are often not the most painful, the suffering is always the living. The mother's unreasonable disregard and blame for everything Joe Griffin has done is unreasonable in our opinion. Joe is such an innocent person, Because of his mother's behavior, his future destiny was doomed. However, the suffering did not stop there. Great changes took place in his entire family. His parents died one after another. Another brother also committed suicide by taking medicine. .
Alistair: "They say time heals everything, they say you can always forget it, but all those years of smiles and tears make my heart hurt like a knife!"
When I saw this, I just thought There is a sentence: like a person drinking water, he knows whether it is cold or warm.
The damage we inadvertently cause is immeasurable. How powerful is it? This is equivalent to a negative energy factor, which is constantly growing and spreading, thereby affecting more people, just like a seed you plant inadvertently, you don’t know what it will eventually grow into.
Sometimes time can't heal all the pain, it may make the memories heavier, but life goes on, when you choose to let go of the heavy burden, you will find that the things in this world are worth cherishing There are many more. It is precisely because we understand how painful it is to lose that we should cherish what we have now.
3. A look of self-salvation
, a "entanglement" started for vanity, has become a lingering knot for the two of them for a lifetime.
The cause of hatred, the ups and downs of hatred, the choice made under impulse, forgive others and forgive yourself at the same time.
Hatred and forgiveness, both were finally redeemed.
Human nature is too complicated. When the problem already exists, when the problem affects one's life, it is so difficult and so easy to let go of hatred. We all need redemption. If we want to end everything, we must learn to let go and not let too much pain. Occupying your memory and thoughts, letting go is not forgetting, we just choose a better way of life, and living our life in the form of deception is also a way, we live, just to live a better life.
Political, religious and cultural beliefs, a short life is eternal in an instant because of the meaning of self.
Joe: "We're over."
Just like that, 33 years, the liberation of two people, 33 years of hatred is only for the "five minutes in heaven".
The two men were crying, and at that moment, both were redeemed at the same time.
The real charm of film art is that after watching it, you understand what it tells you. We will think and grow while laughing. The director of "Five Minutes in Heaven" interprets serious Social issues, the rhythm and atmosphere of the whole film are well grasped, clear and concise, the conflict is expressed just right, the emotions of the audience are stimulated, and the hearts of the protagonists are vividly expressed. The story arrangement and the actors' performances are convincing and moving. It's a really deep movie.
Antique Fish
2016.6
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