, the film Philomena tells the story of a mother looking for a child. The young Philomena was a nun who was naive and ignorant of her pregnancy. She was regarded as a "disgrace" by the monastery. Far away by the ocean, of course, Philomena only knew this when she was old. She had been searching for her child all her life, and she had been told by the monastery to no avail. Finally, she realized that her child had returned to the monastery to find her before she died. His biological mother was concealed by the nun. Even the tomb of the child is placed in the monastery. But Philomena never knew.
The whole film has a gray-blue tone, which usually has a gloomy tone, but because of the liveliness and optimism of the protagonist Philomena, it adds a lot of vitality to this film, and it is not very depressing. The whole film gradually uncovers the truth in the usual way of "searching". The plot progress is concise and clear, with almost no difficulties. Obviously, the focus is on delicately depicting details and discussing issues.
In the details, the characters' frowns and smiles, every move, the close-up of the scene, and the setting of the dialogue are all carefully planned. For example, in the film Philomena and the reporter went to the convent for the first time and sat down with the nun to talk, which is quite meaningful. The nun's expression seemed to be mournful and concerned, and her words were correct. She appeared kind and polite, but in fact she concealed it everywhere and rejected it. Her eyes and expressions showed cunning and sharpness.
Another detail that promotes the plot is the video of the child that appears many times. Although Philomena didn't see the video until the end of the film, when Philomena came to the child's boyfriend's house (he is gay), but before that, in the monastery , On the plane, in the hotel, the video shows the children playing in childhood, working in adulthood, and being with her boyfriend. These clips are the key part of the film. They play a role in rendering the atmosphere and shaping the Characters, linking the previous story to the next, promoting the plot, laying out the ending, etc. This is the highlight of the film. When these clips are played, we can feel the softness in Philomena's heart, the secret and sadness in her heart, and we can also feel what kind of life her child lives on the other side of the ocean, his Excellence and success, comforting Philomena and comforting us. This is another reason why the film is not so depressing. The plot in which these clips appear is warm.
So about a question presented in this film, the kind-hearted, kind-hearted nun in the impression is the main culprit behind the separation of mother and son. The nuns have their own reasons. They think it is the fault of the young girls. They must bear the pain when they break the taboo, and make atonement for it all their lives. Therefore, they are punished to do the hardest and most tiring work, and they will not be given anesthesia during childbirth. (There are also nuns who helped), and many girls died as a result of this. Even if the children were born safely, they were forced to separate from their mothers. They were only allowed to be reunited with their mothers for one hour a day, and then they were simply sold.
I don’t believe in religion, and I don’t understand it, so I can’t comment on religious things, because I think people who believe in religion always have a part of their heart that we outsiders can’t understand, so outsiders are not qualified to comment.
It's just that this film deepened my long-standing understanding and made me even less interested in what is right and wrong in the world. Except for the original ecological nature, everything is man-made. There is no absolute right or wrong if it is man-made. So I lost interest in politics a long time ago, I don't care much about current events, and sometimes even think it's just a farce. This is just my personal experience, not a judgment.
I don't want to lash out at the cruelty and indifference of the nuns in the film, because lashing is only based on self-views, and the nuns' views are different from ours. From this point of view, lashing is meaningless.
Because of this, I like the original nature more and more, doing handicrafts silently, those are real things, I feel very solid when I touch them, and those who are right and wrong seem to be false.
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