Miryang, the hidden sunshine, dictates the life of this world, clearly recognizes the meaninglessness of this world, but still has to work hard to discover the meaning. Just as at the end of the film, the ground is nostalgic for a few minutes of sunlight, and the hidden sunlight in the crevices of debris accumulation in the corners is not God's intention, but the director's intention: although life in this world is ugly and rough, it is still necessary to seek and find meaning. He took the audience to a circular track to run with him. People on the road thought that the end was ahead and the truth was ahead. Only those who stood in the stands knew that this circular track had no end, only a circle of lost paths. . This is the crux of belief and non-belief. A mind obsessed with what it sees and obsessed with the world cannot escape its own lost path and look at the truth, just as a drowning person cannot save himself. Awe-inspiring love from heaven is salvation.
Shin Ae's tragedy is sympathetic, not only for her fate but also for her ignorance. In this way, it may make Jeon Doyeon fans quite upset, but she can't hide her ignorance, her inability to recognize herself, her inability to recognize others, and her inability to recognize God.
Unawareness of yourself:
She never knew herself well, so let alone love. She is a woman who doesn't know how to love herself. In the vague dialogue and monologue, we can see Shin Ae's past, the depravity of her girlhood, her rebelliousness, stealing, lying, rebellion, and broken relationship with her parents. She always lives in escapism. She even denies the fact that her husband is having an affair. It can be said that in such a cruel world, she protects herself in her own way, and it can also be said that she establishes the best image in her life for herself. This is the basis for her tenacious existence. She needs to think that she is beautiful and more beautiful. need the approval of others. Just as she took her son to the birthplace of her deceased husband to start a new life, a woman making such a choice is itself a strong symbol of bravery and constancy. Excessive vanity and wanton lies were met with the malicious intentions of the coveted people, luck and self-righteousness prompted her to secretly take away most of the ransom that was not enough. In the end, the murderer became angry, and her son was brutally torn apart. Since then, her fate has been rewritten, she vented all her anger on the murderer, she avoided responsibility, just like avoiding the failure of marriage, she was good at numbing herself, just like in the past, she even numbed herself to blame.
Suffering can happen anytime, anywhere. Just like death is unpredictable, people who died in earthquakes and tsunamis are the same as those who died unexpectedly in traffic accidents. No one has a premonition that they will die in the next second. This is the greatest sorrow and hopelessness of life. Everyone is equal in this. Resenting why suffering happened to me is as pointless as asking myself why I have to eat and sleep, but Joon Ah's death was not an accident, it was an accident involving two people, the murderer and Shin Ae. How does a person who can't recognize his own fault, a person who doesn't know how to self-examine, and a person who doesn't admit his sins approach God, I can't help but doubt Shen Ae's belief, whether she believes in God or in herself.
Inability to recognize others:
She doesn't even know herself, and she also doesn't know the people around her very well. The film starts with a beautiful blue sky in the child's melancholy eyes, Jun'er looks smart and naughty, but I wonder why this child always feels a little autistic, he likes to hug his legs, bury his head, and don't talk, he doesn't like talking to his mother . If Joon Ah is Shin Ae's entire world and spiritual support, then does it mean that Shin Ae cannot communicate with the child?
The 39-year-old man Jin has been guarding and caring by her side, and she also showed numbness, disapproval and even rejection. This man should have fallen in love with Shen Ai when he first repaired her car. Although he has a worldly and dull side, he is more warm and tolerant. The surface is rude but has a soft heart. When we first met in the car, Jun Er asked him if he had chewing gum, but he remembered it. When Shen Ai went to thank him, he handed Jun Er chewing gum. I think it was the director. 's careful writing. He is not hypocritical, frank and sincere. When he met Shen Ai's younger brother for dinner, he said, "As long as I see Miss Shen Ai, I will be at a loss." Later, he was mocked by Shen Ai and his brother, and he didn't take it seriously. It can be seen that The cuteness of his character. His feelings are restrained and persistent. He has been meticulously waiting for Shen Ai after Juner's death. Shen Ai also accompanied her when she went to church. Even if Shen Ai didn't like him following her, he volunteered to maintain church traffic and accompany Shen Ai. Love sings hymns loudly beside the train station. He doesn't ask Shin Ae for anything in return, he just wants her to be happy and get back on his feet, so when Shin Ae gets revenge on God for flattering him, he scolds him loudly. Until the end of the film, you can see the smile of this gentle man who holds a mirror for Shen Ae to see her cut her hair. This smile is the only clue of warmth in the film. In contrast, Director Li's interpretation of churches and Christians seems strange and warm on the surface. Frigid.
If this is a movie about faith and God, I can't help but think, how merciful God is, even if Shin Ae rejects God and God's justice, and even rebels, takes revenge, and does all kinds of extreme bad deeds, God keeps making Kim waiting by her side.
The ignorance of God:
"Out of the womb the wicked are estranged from God, and out of the womb they go astray and tell lies." (New Testament Psalm 58:3) She fell into an institutionalized belief before she fully understood original sin and basic Christian teachings. middle. She never feared God, and she could say she loves God as much as she loves a lover, which is at the heart of her faith crisis. There is an equal relationship between lovers, love is a subtle emotional bond between two people, and the sanctity of God's love is not optional. He has loved you before you were born, and God's love exists in this life and eternal life. The road of faith is not the sweet road of love, but the ascetic road of bearing the cross with God. Only by knowing God and fearing God can we be justified by faith. Christianity is not just saying "thank the Lord for always loving me", nor is it Do good deeds and seek praise and approval from others. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, but the gift of God; and not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Shen Ai error equates God with goodness. She therefore believes that in her belief that God is good, she has the right to demand that everyone fulfill a moral concept, and to condemn and curse those who do not hold this concept, so as to make herself feel at ease. Shen Ai believes that she can seek spiritual redemption by relying on the feeling of "returning grievance with virtue", which is usually the view of liberty ethics in the theory of humanism. Life has left me scarred, but I am innocent. My body should not bear such scars, but in the end, who will be responsible for the scars that my body should not bear? Shen Ae's philosophy of life fell into a huge black fog. It was impossible to hold me accountable for my indebtedness in my body, and it was impossible to hold me accountable to God. The only thing worth investigating seemed to be the natural accident, and the natural accident happened to be unaccountable.
In any case, the film ended up being one of the most controversial hits, even if the Christians seemed uncomfortable, the non-Christians were somewhat uncomfortable. The metaphorical sunshine is more like a poem, full of literary and philosophical colors. Behind the film, we cannot ignore the inner struggle of the director. What really contributed to this heated discussion was the director's in-depth thinking about the foundation of life. The hidden sunshine shone in his heart, and God's will is always running. Wait and see.
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