People who hurt you are often the people around you

Cristina 2022-04-22 07:01:42

I used an inappropriate sentence to sum up my feelings after watching this film.

I think the ending will be very unexpected for the audience, whether they are in the industry or not. At first, I was still thinking, when Erica's daughter asked her when we would meet again, and when Erica was killed, I was still thinking, when my daughter grows up, I should hate Rachel very much, I have been thinking about the future When I was doing it, I was told at the end that my daughter was the one who indirectly killed Erica, and the reason why the editorial department was working hard to protect it from beginning to end was suddenly clear.

And when the ending comes, if you push back a lot of details, you will find that the movie has been burying clues little by little, and you can't help thinking about it: from Timmy grabbing the little girl's braid, to making a snitch and changing seats, from Timmy to changing seats. Conversations with Rachel, from Rachel telling Erica her daughter is well-behaved, from Erica being separated from her daughter, from Erica being murdered, Rachel being firmer, and finally the most important editor asking who Rachel xxx is , Rachel replied that it was Erica's daughter, and she suddenly became enlightened.

And I and I will inevitably think, if it is not a little girl, not a child, then Rachel and the others will face the same problem again, will they still protect them for so many years? If it were replaced by a middle-aged man of the same age as the politician who ran out to admit it at the time, would the ending be different? Of course, I guess it will, but I can't tell.

From this drama, you can see the reality and the ideal. The reality is that the husband cheats, the son is far away, and he is repeatedly imprisoned. The ideal is that the two directors of the editorial agency have never given up on themselves, and have always supported and understood.

All in all, it's a film worth reflecting on.

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  • Wilbert 2022-03-28 09:01:07

    Compared to the ups and downs of the story, the movie seems gorgeous. An individual, especially a female reporter, is how easily his life can be destroyed and how easily his energy is consumed in the face of power; the resistance of daily life is easier said than done. ps1. Your partner must have the same values, otherwise you can't really hurt; 2. Alan in "The White House" is the most suitable to play the barrister, someone with a presidential image! ╭(╯3╰)╮

  • Carley 2022-04-23 07:03:33

    The immunity of testifying is not a challenge to the principle of judicial justice, but a reminder of the fact that human judgments and courts are only the passing line of justice, not justice itself.

Nothing But the Truth quotes

  • Ray Armstrong: [staring at his wife's new story] You made the top page!

  • Alan Burnside: [In front of the Supreme Court] In 1972 in Branzburg v. Hayes this Court ruled against the right of reporters to withhold the names of their sources before a grand jury, and it gave the power to the Government to imprison those reporters who did. It was a 5-4 decision, close. In his dissent in Branzburg, Justice Stewart said, 'As the years pass, power of Government becomes more and more pervasive. Those in power,' he said, 'whatever their politics, want only to perpetuate it, and the people are the victims.' Well, the years have passed, and that power is pervasive. Mrs. Armstrong could have buckled to the demands of the Government; she could've abandoned her promise of confidentiality; she could've simply gone home to her family. But to do so, would mean that no source would ever speak to her again, and no source would ever speak to her newspaper again. And then tomorrow when we lock up journalists from other newspapers we'll make those publications irrelevant as well, and thus we'll make the First Amendment irrelevant. And then how will we know if a President has covered up crimes or if an army officer has condoned torture? We as a nation will no longer be able to hold those in power accountable to those whom they have power over. And what then is the nature of Government when it has no fear of accountability? We should shudder at the thought. Imprisoning journalists? That's for other countries; that's for countries who fear their citizens - not countries that cherish and protect them. Some time ago, I began to feel the personal, human pressure on Rachel Armstrong and I told her that I was there to represent her and not her principle. And it was not until I met her that I realized that with great people there's no difference between principle and the person.