In fact, the movie is not an epic production, but the actors are indeed the best actors and actresses. "The Author"), starring Christopher Waltz and John C. Reilly; the director is even more heavyweight: Roman Polanski; and the scene is relatively simple, in a house with a very warm home furnishing.
It is estimated that only such a combination dares to use a single scene (note: there is only one scene from the beginning to the end), coupled with the superb acting skills of the actors, to show a movie about "modern civilized people hysteria".
The origin of the story is a fight between two children, one of which knocked out the other's tooth, and their parents want a civilized, effective and peaceful solution to the problem. Penelope, the mother of the injured child, is a writer, a modern civilized person, who considers herself elegant and connotative, and she took the initiative to invite the other's parents, Nancy and Alan, to come to her home for mediation. Why doesn't she want to go to someone's house? Because she thought she was the injured party, the parents of the other party should come to apologize. At the beginning, the parents of both parties were quite polite, after all, both of them are modern civilized people... They also used a statement as a way of peaceful mediation. (Using a text statement as a means of mediation is in line with Penelope's character as a writer who seems to have a lot of content and literacy).
When Nancy and Alan were about to leave, Alan's phone rang, Nancy opened him with a helpless look and pulled him with her hand, but Alan ignored her; Penelope offered to let their children come to the door in person When apologizing (in fact, the matter in penelope's heart was still unresolved), Nancy and Alan also disagreed on whether their children should come to apologize. These small details imply that there are many conflicts between their husband and wife, for the latter plot The development also laid a foreshadowing.
The conflict was not resolved, and the couple went back to the house again to continue talking. PENELOPE and her husband, MICHAEL, became upset with ANLA because he often talked on his cell phone and did not explain his son's beating. And NANCY expressed dissatisfaction with MICHAEL's handling of hamsters. The development of the plot is still in the initial stage, but the contradictions have already begun, not only the contradiction between the two couples about their children, but also the dissatisfaction with each other's attitude towards each other, and the lack of tacit understanding between the husband and wife. But the two sides are civilized and well-mannered. Because of their face, they still greet people with smiles. PENELOPE and MICHAEL also entertained them with homemade pies.
When NANCY and ALAN were about to leave for the second time, PENELOPE and MICHAEL once again mentioned that they hoped the other family would come to apologize to the injured child in person. At this time, due to the loudness of their discussion, the neighbor's dog barked (the dog's barking was not very loud, suggesting that the conflict between the two families had begun to intensify). It's not good to be noisy outside, so NANCY and ALAN went back to their house for the third time.
ALAN still kept answering his own phone calls at work, which made NANCY feel more and more uneasy, nervous, and uncomfortable. In addition, after eating unpalatable pie, NANCY vomited and threw PENELOPE's The house is a mess. PENELOPE began to become hysterical, which was very different from the noble writer image at the beginning... After vomiting, Nancy let go of the whole person, and began to say some things that he was afraid to say at first, quarreled with his husband, and quarreled with MICHAEL Up, MICHEAL and PENELOPE quarreled... In the end, the husband and wife did not reach a consensus on the matter of the child, and the conflict between the husband and wife also intensified, but the two children played together by themselves...
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