it's all about control. It's the first sentence of the movie.
That's what this movie is about. No matter how thorough the analysis of the characters is, if you can't see this clearly, the story will be told in vain.
"Each dictatorship has its own uniqueness, for example, ancient Rome gave the people bread and gladiatorial fights, making people reluctant, other dictatorships used other methods to control people's minds... These patterns run through The whole historical process" the protagonist of the film said this at the beginning, and said it twice, with slightly different words, and he also emphasized that "this is an infinite repetition and must be remembered."
The movie is called "The Enemy". In this movie about the enemy, who is the enemy of whom?
The protagonist said: Dictatorship!
The protagonist said: The dictatorship controls people's thoughts and restricts people's behavior by giving them favors -- the protagonist is the accused.
A woman is a dictator, the woman beside the protagonist, a wife and a mother. He has been firmly controlled by them, and unconsciously, he has gone crazy.
There are many favors women give to men, one of which is that every man cannot resist "sex".
The protagonist likes sex, and he is deeply infatuated and cannot extricate himself, but he does not want to be controlled by it. So he split.
Helen might use sex at first, then use children, and finally catch sex.
The authority that a mother is is established since childhood, needless to say.
When Helen found out that her husband was schizophrenic, she didn't care about her husband's mental health. As long as her husband was still hers, the rest was not important.
When Anthony talked to his mother, he didn't get attention, but got a sentence don't think about it, you are my only son.
All these women care about is whether their men are still under their control. As for what worries and pains you have in your heart, it doesn't really matter. They only think: Men should be like men, go out to earn money to support their families, and be hard and tired, that's what you should do!
From that perspective, the film is brutal, stark, and realistic.
The director didn't dare to say it too clearly, probably because he was afraid to go home and kneel on the washboard.
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