At the beginning of Grand Central Station, the elderly Dora makes a living by writing letters on behalf of others, when in reality she cheats those clients, and the letters she writes to them are either torn up or locked in a drawer and never sent out However, she even took pleasure in mocking the contents of the letter with her female companion. She took in Joshua, a young boy who had just lost his mother, but sold him to human organ traffickers just to buy a new TV. Facing such an indifferent, ruthless, single elderly woman, we are not angry, but sympathy and sadness. What kind of past did she have, so that life turned her into the cold and even vicious person she is now.
Little boy Joshua changed her life little by little. His innocent eyes asked her already aged heart - "You didn't send the letter, did you?" At the moment Joshua's mother got into a car accident at Grand Central Station, she had nothing to do with him, she No obligation to him. But when she brings him home, cooks for him, introduces her neighbor and girlfriend, tells him that she used to be a teacher, the two are in the same circle that Dora sells Joshua She tossed and turned, couldn't sleep at night, and her conscience was condemned by morals. So she can risk her life to rescue Joshua, even if Joshua can't understand her behavior, she can spend her meager savings to take him on a long journey to find his relatives, even if there may be no results in the end.
The two people accompany each other on the road, even if the background is a desolate desert, it makes people feel warmer. Without Joshua, perhaps the good side of Dora's humanity would have been buried in the days of deceiving others day after day. When Dora found out that Joshua had stolen the store's food, she stopped him sharply and demanded that he hand it over, and she went back to the store owner. In reality, they were hungry and poor, and Dora herself stole a lot of food and brought it to the car, telling Joshua that it was bought. Seeing this, we suddenly realized that Dora is a teacher. Even if she makes mistakes, she must teach her children to be an upright person.
Joshua's father's name was Jesus, and they made the long journey to find Jesus, pun intended. The road to find relatives is also a road to find faith, or a road to redemption. Dora found her own heart and saved herself on this road. The director's care and warmth for the world are reflected in the pious chants of the nuns on the caravan. Tens of thousands of people held candles, knelt, repented, and prayed in the flickering candlelight. Joshua ran away angrily because of the conflict with Dora, and Dora ran through the crowd anxiously, calling Joshua's name. , call him back, the screen switches between the protagonist and the praying people, and the movie reaches its climax. We are all vulnerable and helpless, waiting for forgiveness and redemption from the Lord, the Father in heaven.
In the end, Joshua found his father's house. Although he did not come back, he still had two kind and honest brothers. In this place called the end of the world, he found a blood-connected kinship. And Dora, who stepped on the return bus in the starlight of dawn, was also full of hope and faith.
The beauty of road movies is that desolate highways stretch far into the distance, and no one knows where the final destination is. What kind of people will you meet on the road, what kind of stories will happen, but a long journey often brings the protagonist transformation and growth. Leaving is to find, to find the lost self.
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