Distinctive and profound character
Penelope, a female writer, represents the so-called civilized society of the intellectual class that should take care of vulnerable groups, women and children, the elderly and the weak, and incomprehensible acts of violence when her son was knocked out by other children. When it happened, Penelope logically believed that he had the commanding heights of morality, and when the other parent came to visit, he put on an intellectually suave attitude, even like a mentor who taught children the best way to raise children, and wanted to control the whole conversation from beginning to end. scene.
As a lawyer, Allen represents the business elite's principle of putting business interests and personal freedom first. As for his son's injury to his companions, as long as he does not violate the law, he has nothing special to do with his son. care. The countless times of answering and calling the other party's home to contact the business caused the owner's dissatisfaction, but he always put on the appearance of a business gentleman living under legal restraint and maintained his good image as a successful person; Legal Confucius' lawsuits and countless games of power and money transactions have become commonplace.
As a professional woman, Nancy herself does not have the directness and sharpness of the intellectual like the writer Penelope, but she is used to seeing her lawyer husband looking at his mobile phone more than himself all day long and the habit of his own professional agent. , also showed a numb catering to modern life. At the beginning of the day, he immediately apologized and politely responded to his son's injury to others. However, in real work and life, the pressure is heavy, and after endless disputes and fruitless replies After that, Nancy simply lost her patience and could no longer bear the pain of this day.
Penelope's husband Mike may be the most common one in the film, and he is also like the character that is usually said to be rough. He originally ran a hardware store and had to control it at the request of his wife. He gave up his usual irritable temper and held back his laughter. Later, after everything was relieved, he smoked a cigar, drank wine, and became himself. It can be seen that in reality, people always seem to have to disguise so as not to reveal the animal nature of human beings.
The dramatic conflict was approaching layer by layer.
From the very beginning, the parents of the children of both sides showed polite expressions and relatively peaceful words to each other, but the cause of the incident always made both sides slightly embarrassed. Having a disagreement leaves clues for the next series of conflicts; especially when the conversation between the two sides was interrupted by the ringing of Allen's cell phone many times, the biggest conflict catalyst in the film, Penelope and Allen, escalated. It is well prepared for the construction stage and development climax of the whole play.
The contradictions between the two sides in this film include the misunderstanding of the contradictions between the husband and wife and the family, and the misunderstandings rushed out like a flood. Letting out a burst of direct and refreshing laughter, perhaps the director said loudly to us here: "What civilization? It's all spit all over the place!!!" The most ironic thing is that it was spit on Penelope's beloved art album. , here is also ridiculous.
And it is these absurd and ridiculous plots that make the audience feel that these ridiculous and sad things are not a kind of self-mockery of the so-called "civilization"? Perhaps the conflict is deepening step by step at this moment, and in the end, it returns to the conflict between civilization and primitive society. We evolved from primitive society, but now we have returned to the barbaric state of primitive society. Is this a kind of progress? Or backwards? This is also the reflection that the director wants to arouse through the film, so he constantly creates contradictions and rational conflicts through the irony and self-deprecation of each character and the particularity of his profession, from the conversation to the psychological confrontation between the two sides and then to the occurrence of quarrels and disputes. The changes in the performances and dialogues of the actors are mobilized, and the whole atmosphere becomes abnormally frozen just from the language, and then escalates to a discussion of phenomena of different classes and categories in the whole society!
The gap in the ending returns to real life
After a lot of arguing, the four of them must sit calmly and return to their normal lives. The rest is more reflection, and life still has to go on. Looking back, you are the most "special" in your life. "It's been like this in one day, and maybe it's only this day that everyone can think about the true meaning of "civilization". For idealists like Penelope, the dream is beautiful, but the reality is still very cruel. In a civilized society, it does not mean that everyone's behavior is "civilized". Never test human nature." Many things cannot stand the test.
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