flipped frame is the friendship between prosecutor Benjamín and his alcoholic friend Sandoval. Sandoval, an ordinary court clerk, is dull and honest, but he will casually say a few poetic words of praise to flatter the female boss; he will accompany the whimsical Benjamín to do silly things and then show his feet because he bought one from a convenience store. A bottle of whisky is too conspicuous to drink in one breath; when he likes to drink at a bar, he has to pay Benjamín to pay for the drink and then beg his wife to bring him home; he always pats Benjamín on the shoulder from behind at a critical moment, scaring him to death. The friendship between two old men is like the playfulness between two children, naive and innocent. All of the above were performed well in the first half of the movie, until someone was seeking revenge and Sandoval was killed by the enemy. Sandoval's image was just too cute. We all thought that his death was just to show that someone was seeking revenge and the situation was serious. . But, at the end of the film, Benjamín recalled that the frame with his own photo was turned down, telling Morales: "Maybe, I mean maybe, Sandoval's death may not have been that simple. The three men went to seek revenge at Benjamín's house, and a drunk Sandoval was woken by the sound while lying on a chair. The man just kept asking "Are you Benjamín Esposito?" At that moment, Sandoval suddenly lost his ridiculous childlike demeanor, shakily walked to the front of the bookcase and flipped over the frame with Benjamín's photo in it, and then Says "I am" with his perpetual alcoholic hesitancy. Sandoval's eyes were so clear as he lay down on the bed before he was shot, probably the only time in his life when he wasn't drunk. closed door
Regarding the image of the door, it seems very abrupt from the beginning of the flashback in the film. 25 years later, Benjamín returned to the court where he once stayed to find Irene, the woman he once loved, Irene asked his assistant to buy coffee and then asked Benjamín what to talk about, whether to close the door, the door was not closed - this is the first time in the film The abrupt emphasis on closing the door.
The second time, 25 years ago, after Benjamín found Morales at the railway station every day waiting for the murderer of his wife to appear at the fixed railway station, he was so moved that he immediately came back to discuss with Irene. When he excitedly told Irene how he was moved by this persistent love, Irene suddenly stood up and closed the door, thinking that Benjamín might be about to confess to him. The door, like a symbol, symbolizes that a woman finally has to artificially set aside a part in a three-dimensional infinite space, and a part of the closed private space for the man she also loves deeply. But Irene was blocked by Sandoval when he closed the door. It turned out that Benjamín just wanted the three of them to discuss how to restart the rape and murder case he couldn't let go. It might be this moment that Irene knew that she couldn't close the door for Benjamín, so she decided to agree to someone else's proposal.
The third time, 25 years later, when Benjamín returned from Morales' residence, he was deeply aware that he had been stuck in the past, and he felt that the only thing that could make up for the lack of his pale life in the past was to confess his heart to Irene. At the end of the film, he walks into Irene's office and closes the door.
Irene's door was always open to Benjamín. Benjamín was about to leave the city. When the two parted at the train station, Irene waited for Benjamín's kiss. After Benjamín got on the train, she chased the handle of the train to feel Benjamín's hand at the window. With the passing train - Irene had been expecting Benjamín to close her door and circle the two together.
Typewriter missing an A
Coming back 25 years later, Benjamín is awakened by a nightmare and writes "TEMO" (scared); Irene hears that he is going to write a novel and takes out the typewriter he used to use that lacks A; finally Benjamín wakes up and adds a between Temo A becomes "TEAMO" - "I love you".
He finally knew what he lacked, A, the courage to pursue love. When Irene saw the pain when Irene and her parting, which Benjamin described in the novel, she asked, "If it's so painful, why didn't you take me away?" How funny is the so-called thoughtful hesitation in front of love. Some people may laugh at me for being reckless and naive, but isn't love the one who lets you lead you to the "right" when you feel it? What can be a hindrance? Is it the frame in the film that Irene is a young, rich and charming Harvard-graduated justice so she can't be with the mediocre Benjamín? Or is it the character, family background, distance that some people will say? My understanding is that you have the courage to wait patiently when love doesn't come, and you have the courage to accept and pursue it when it comes. After all, who knows what will happen 25 years later?
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