children above adults

Abel 2022-04-23 07:03:01

Many people talk about patriarchal power and husband power, and also talk about Germany and the Nazis... Having said that, I won't mention it here.
Running account, record it.
I noticed a detail - after the landlord's son's flute was robbed by the housekeeper's son, the housekeeper went home and questioned his son in exasperation. Obviously, it was the landlord's son who sued. If even the flute was robbed, he would sue, and he would not hide the fact that he was hanged upside down, took off his pants and whipped him, but why did the landlord not pursue it? When the landlord's wife confessed to the landlord that she was empathetic, there was a line from the landlord, which roughly meant: In such and such a place, we need to plant a lot of trees, and we need more than 70 Poles. These people will also bring more The children come here... Wait, these words reveal a message: the landlords still need a lot of labor, and the original number is far from enough.
This is not a nonsense. It can be deduced from it that when an individual dares to show any disrespect or confrontation to the landlord's family, the landlord will use his authority to shock the other party and achieve the effect of killing chickens and setting an example. But the group is different, not to mention that these groups are children, and how to deal with them may lead to a reduction in the number of labor force... Therefore, the landlord cannot punish them. The parents of those children are the producers. The quantity and production capacity of these labors determine his final economic income. The relationship between tenants and landlords, in addition to exploiting and being exploited, also has the subtle restraint of mutual dependence.
Therefore, the landlord no longer (to be precise, dare not) hold the son responsible for the beating, and as a result, the landlord's wife was dissatisfied with the landlord and took her son out of the village.
Re-referring to the content of the dinner conversation between the husband and wife after the wife of the local owner brought her son back, the words the landlord said, the meaning behind the words of the landlord is very clear, that is: Madam, the last time the son was beaten was extraordinary, You can bear with me. If you don't handle this well, you will lose more labor... You know, I still need more labor... For my fields, for my land, for my crops , In order to maintain stability, for the sake of the crab, my woman, my son, let's endure it.


For some reason, I feel that children are like sponges, and I always believe that children before the age of ten can still maintain their innocence, kindness, and purity. After the age of ten, they absorb more and more dirty water... far away.
Children, there is one side unknown, so it will become "Them" in "Confession", "White Ribbon" in "Stranger"... In the

last shot, the children upstairs are ready to start singing holy chants, The adults downstairs, like watching a performance, filed in one by one.
These children are above the adults.


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Extended Reading
  • Saul 2022-01-03 08:01:48

    Haneke's masterpiece, 09 Cannes Palme d'Or. 1. It is not only a black fairy tale-like Nazi history, but also a cold outline of collective terrorism. 2. Black and white pictures, long shots, zero soundtrack, cold violence, memories interspersed with unverifiable truths, restraining repression but hitting people's hearts directly. 3. Bird-scissors-cross, the ultimate compromise of patriarchy. 4. The abuse after closing the door, the space outside the painting and the delay, thinking about Antonioni. 5. The metaphor of the doctor and the midwife. (9.5/10)

  • Stefan 2022-01-03 08:01:48

    Boring, another way of anti-plot. Hanneck’s best film is "Cache"...

The White Ribbon quotes

  • Martin: I gave God a chance to kill me. He didn't do it, so he's pleased with me.

  • The Doctor: My God, why don't you just die?