With the theme of finding his father, "Central Station" takes a sketch of human warmth into a metaphysical allegory. Those who believe in a little bit of biblical common sense will not be unfamiliar with Joshua, Moses...these names in the film. As for the development of the story of the whole film, Joshua's father, who was also looking for the target this time, was directly named - Jesus. The philosophical implications of such a dual structure are naturally self-evident. It is through such a realistic search that the director tries to explain the ultimate conversion of people to the spiritual father of the heart. In addition to Joshua, Dora, the other main character of the film, starts out as a bad old lady who swindles money at Grand Central Station under the guise of helping people write and send letters. So such a trip also has a spiritual baptism for her. From selling Joshua viciously at first, to rescuing him with compassion; from wanting to abandon Joshua halfway and slipping away alone, to finally having a flesh-and-blood relationship with Joshua. Dora's kindness in her heart was aroused little by little in the process. Especially after meeting the kind driver on the way, she even developed a love for him. Of course, everything is just to evoke, but as a result, the director skillfully uses hope to suspend and pull away. Like at the end of the film, Joshua also doesn't see the real father. While Dora's love was just born, the kind truck driver left inexplicably. But in general, this is Ge's road movie about hope, like Dora putting on lipstick at the end, wearing a dress Joshua bought, reluctantly but fully on the road; like they all agree, from that kaleidoscope see each other in the box; it's like they're both simulating a good father figure in their heads.
Grand Central is a classic road movie. It is the journey of the heroine Dora's soul self-redemption. "Journey" has covered too many meanings in the language of the film. Is it a redemption, a return, or a rebirth? Maybe both. One old and one young still bumped into each other in the first half of the journey, but later, the two gradually became indispensable to each other. For the boy, Dora is the only person he can trust in the world; for Dora In other words, the child is the source of warmth for her heart, because she was also a child who lacked fatherly love in the past, and her indifference once covered up her true feelings. Now, she finally realizes the joy of giving.
The boy's debate with Dora about his biological father is repeated in the film. Dora thought that the child's father was an alcoholic, a man who had no sense of responsibility and no responsibility, but in Joshua's heart, the father Jesus was a capable carpenter and a man who could carry the burden of life. I think most of us are leaning towards Dora's point of view when we watch it. Until the end of the film, a letter from the child's father tells us the true face of this man, and everything is love.
Dora finally left. She has always written letters for others, and finally wrote a letter for herself, a letter to Joshua. Perhaps, this is another letter that will not be sent. She believes in beautiful things. A beautiful "love". When the two of them looked at their group photo, I think they all understood the meaning of this journey: saving others is actually a redemption for themselves, and through the journey of redemption between the old and the young in the film, the director It also conveys a wish for redemption for the country.
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