"-Commenting on the movie "Filo Mena"
For Chinese people, faith may be a very abstract concept for us, because our country is a country ruled by an atheist party, although our country has its own characteristics. The socialist belief is great, but in fact, those of us who have been nurtured and grown up by utilitarian culture do not exist, and we don’t even understand the meaning of a truly pious belief. I am also one of them. When watching some foreign movies involving believers, I always try to speculate on their behavior and thinking, but I discovered painfully that in fact I can never understand them because I lack sympathy with them. However, today, when I watched the movie "Filo Mena", I seemed to understand something: it turns out that faith is not something unattainable, it really reflects that a person lives in the world in real life. Attitudes, as long as everyone has an attitude in life, everyone has their own beliefs.
The story of this film is adapted from real life: Martin is a journalist who has just been resigned for some reason but still has a reputation. Through a reception, Martin and Philomena indirectly met, Philomena is a retired An Irish nurse, she told Martin her story: as an apprentice in a monastery 50 years ago, she gave birth to an illegitimate child. After that, the illegitimate child was abducted by the monastery to the United States. For 50 years, she has been worried about the status of her child. She hopes Martin helped her investigate the whereabouts of his son. Martin readily agreed for the story idea. They came to the monastery where Philomena was to investigate, and then went to the United States to find clues. In the United States, Martin found the whereabouts of Philomena’s son, Hess, but he I have passed away. Although Philomena learned of the bad news, although suffering, he decided to stay in the United States and visit the people with whom his son had interacted during his lifetime. In the process, they discovered a shocking secret: It turns out that Hess was also looking for her before his death. His biological mother, and he has also visited the monastery where Philomena is! But Philomena had no idea about it. Martin and Philomena quickly flew back to Ireland and returned to the monastery. In the monastery, they encountered the final driver of the entire tragedy-the old Sister Hilgard, questioning her in an angry Martin At that time, she got a response from her with no remorse: She believed that Philomena's betrayal of the dogma made her take the blame. But what Martin did not expect was that Philomena, who learned the truth, chose to forgive in the end. Martin also respected her wishes. Soon after, a novel based on her story was published.
On the surface of the film, as we have seen, it is a story of the family relationship between a mother and a child. Although they did not see each other, the mother’s ardent hope for the son and the son’s painstaking search for the mother are both profound. The earth touched us, let us be touched by the blood thicker than water family relationship between the mother and son and their encounters. But in fact, "faith" has always been an important dark thread throughout the film. From the very beginning Philomena was in the church, until Martin and her put the Christ statue in front of Hull’s tomb, there are a large number of bridges related to the theme of faith, and apart from the superficial affection, this dark line is actually It's the theme that the director really wants to point out.
Philomena, who was born as a nun, is an extremely believer in God. She has adhered to the Catholic dogma all her life, except for her first experience of the forbidden fruit: she had sex with a handsome man in the playground, and then had a baby The next child. This is also the source of all the pain and happiness in her life. It is precisely because of this experience that she has become a woman who has lived in the love of a girl all her life, and she has also become a woman who has confessed her so-called sins all her life, but in fact, she has only committed the "original sin". This is actually not a real sin, but she has to bear the pain of being separated from her son and living in guilt all her life for such a sin. We can also see that the director's criticism of Catholic dogmatic beliefs has done to people. The devastation. However, in fact, the experience that made her unpleasant for 50 years did not alienate her. After she was old, she was still a lovely, enthusiastic, open-minded, and a believer in her original belief after experiencing too much human cold and warm. A woman with great piety. She was actually extremely contradictory. She once told Martin that she felt guilty for her behavior all her life, but in the end she still figured it out clearly. In the face of family affection and religion, she chose family affection. This seemingly easy decision is actually her most important decision. Later, in the confession room, she shed tears in front of the priest. "God, I have committed a great sin." Her sincere faith in faith is both embarrassing and admirable.
In contrast, it was Martin who accompanied her. Martin is an existentialist who ignores God and only believes that people's destiny can be changed by themselves. This is actually in the same category as me and most other Chinese audiences. Philomena talked to him about sex. Philomena said that although she enjoys sex, she also feels painful for committing original sins. This gives her a fallacy that has been conceived for many years. It's sinful." Martin directly refuted her, criticizing Catholicism and even God. In the car, Philomena discussed the same topic with Martin in two sections of the film—whether or not he believed in God. The first time Martin was vague about it, but the second time, Martin quarreled directly with her. Get up. "Yes, as a fucking reporter, I don't believe in God at all!" Of course Philomena who heard it was angry, and began to debate this issue with him from then on. In addition, she also educates Martin to be kind and respectful. But until the end of the play, they did not change each other. After all, people's concepts cannot be changed by others. This may be another thing the director wants to say.
At the end of the film, Philomena returned to the monastery and finally encountered the final boss. The source of this tragedy-Sister Hilgard, when Martin accused Hilgard of betraying God, he became ashamed and angry. Ergarde told her "I have remained a virgin all my life and abide by the duties of the Catholic Church. What qualifications do you have to say that I betray God?" And she has no remorse for what she has done in the past, bluntly saying that Philomena is He deserved it, Martin told her, "If God is here, she will kick your wheelchair." However, Philomena, as a victim, remained calm in the face of this situation. She said that she forgave Hilgarde. . Martin asked her "Why forgive her so easily." She replied, "It's not an easy thing. It looks easy, but it's not easy in reality." Yes, for fifty years of grievances, how can it be? After a faint "forgiveness", it turned into a mist of the past. . By the cemetery outside the monastery, Philomena found her son's grave, and she placed a doll of Christ on her son's grave. Here I really want to say to her: "You are worthy of being a true Christian." In this world, some people do nasty things in the name of faith, but some people spread true love in the world in the name of faith. Philomena belongs to the latter. She has taught Martin several times to be good to people. She herself has not lost her words. She is like a true disciple, and affects everyone around her. .
In this world, there are too many beliefs, atheism, and theism, but there is no distinction between right and wrong. What can distinguish between right and wrong is the way people interpret and understand beliefs, even if they are of the same religion. The way is also different. Hilgarde is a dogmatist, while Philomena, the "betrayer", seems to better implement the mystery of God, and Martin, although he does not believe in God, was ultimately defeated by Philo. Mena's beautiful heart was infected. In fact, the emotions between people cannot be defined by faith. Isn't it the case?
In fact, faith is ultimately a manifestation of idealism and a philosophy that guides people’s lives. No matter what kind of faith, as long as you understand the wisdom in it and turn it into action, this kind of faith can be called the human world. Only the faith that makes a contribution can be called a true faith. ——This is what I understand, the true definition of faith.
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