KraMer vs. Kramer - The naming of the lawsuit was borrowed from the movie's title. The Chinese translation did not follow the foreshadowing of the couple going to court, but the "Kramers" kept the last family warmth. Just like the cherry I watched yesterday, the film opens with a close-up of the character's face, and the protagonist's eyes with hidden emotions are powerful hooks that pull the audience into the background of the story, quietly waiting for the opening of the prelude.
The film tells the story of a self-fulfilling mother who runs away from home and a father who is forced to balance work and children. Although the story has the background of the feminist movement in the 1970s, the regret is also that the female characters are only used as foils in the end, adding a halo to the return of the male protagonist to the family. To a certain extent, both husband and wife have their own advantages and disadvantages: the wife's annual salary is higher than that of the husband and is an independent designer; while the husband has received emotional concessions from his wife and can continue to live with the children. But this apparent balance is false. The empathic figure of the audience is always the father. We understand his ignorance of the kitchen, regret that he lost his job, and we are even more moved by his dedication and love to his children. The mother's struggles only serve as a backdrop for the father's upcoming appearance in the spotlight. She is a character who abandoned her child, and no amount of self-declaration with tears can restore the hearts of the audience. What's more, in the end, she didn't even forgive herself. Aside from the ending I don't like, it's actually a very enjoyable story.
ps The marriage story should draw lessons from the couple's court case. Faced with the aggressiveness of the other's lawyer, they each opened their scars..
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