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/01/
I have only heard its name all the time, but those who have not watched its film finally came.
To be honest, what attracted calcium and calcium at the beginning of this film was a "Relavation" performed by Mr. Poke for him. The singing is gentle and ethereal, and it is fascinating.
With the addition of powerful actors such as Lucas Hedges/Nicole Kidman/Xavier Dolan, it must be a sure win.
Sure enough, the film received rave reviews after its world premiere at this year's Telluride Film Festival, followed by an international premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
It has a 100% freshness rate on Rotten Tomatoes . After the film was screened in the first media field of the Toronto Film Festival, many reporters took the initiative to stand up and applaud, which may be the best encouragement for the film.
The film is adapted from the novel of the same name, "The Boy Erased", based on the personal experience of Gerard Conley .
He grew up in a religious middle-class family in Arkansas, USA. After coming out to his parents at the age of 19, he was arranged to go to a gay correction institution .
But it was this dark experience that allowed him to accept himself and find his own voice, and by sharing his experience, he exposed all the absurdities and evils inside the gay correction institution hidden in the dark.
/02/
The story line of the movie is simple.
One line recounts what Gerald encountered in the gay correctional facility, and the other line recounts Gerrard's relationship with his parents.
In the process of Gerald undergoing "treatment", whether Xavier Dolan, who plays the "patient" in the film, or "Poke Lord" tells him how to compromise to survive in this cage.
Gerrard never really gave up on his truest belief that gays didn't need treatment, let alone mental illness.
From the confusion and compromise at the beginning, to the final self-identification and reasoning, people can see how this boy faces up to and identifies with himself step by step.
Another moving line of development is Gerrard's relationship with his parents.
Remember what the Bible says about homosexuality:
A man sleeps with a man as a woman sleeps with a woman, both of whom have done abominable things and must be put to death.
The father in the movie, as a well-respected Christian, must have been a bolt from the blue when he learned that his son was gay.
In contrast, mothers can let go of their religious beliefs. The mother played by Nicole Kidman, although there are not many scenes, but every time she appears, she can see a mother's incomparably deep love in her eyes.
/03/
Seeing this, Calcium was in a complicated mood and could not calm down for a long time. Wait for a long time to let your mind go.
Maybe it's because CaCa has accepted his identity as gay.
In the first half of the film, I started to fidget and suffer, and I really couldn't see the misunderstanding and the absurd treatment of the protagonist Gerald.
Watching what I believed in and respected was kidnapped and beaten inhumanly in the name of love.
They are just a group of children, a group of children who have not yet set sail and found their way .
At this religious institution that treats homosexuality with love and faith , they help boys correct their femininity and physically make them look more masculine through baseball, track and field training .
Psychologically, through a series of means of control, pressure, and even insults and bullying, they are made to admit their sins and blame others.
They deceived themselves and shouted a loud slogan: Fake it until you make it.
They themselves knew that all this was false, but they were completely indifferent.
All this really makes people feel bah, helpless, angry and ridiculous .
The Declaration of Independence more than 200 years ago said:
All human beings are created equal, and the Creator has given each of us the right to pursue our own happiness.
Those so-called mentors who save others probably have forgotten all about it.
/04/
Calcium still feels that freedom is always a person's right that cannot be interfered with. What kind of life do you want to live, don't you decide for yourself?
Respecting individual differences , such a very simple truth, is simply unreasonable and even weak in front of many people.
You are not what other people want to see, then you are wrong or should not exist.
Boys should have the appearance of boys, and they deserve to be pointed at when they go out on the street.
Girls should not exercise muscles, let alone be strong. You look at Wang Ju, it is estimated that it will not be popular for a few years.
Why do I abide by the law, respect the old and love the young, and don't litter... I wear clothes I like on the street, but you look down on me?
Why should I be attacked by the anti-girlfriend theory of an actor surnamed Wu when I wear tight clothes and walk coyly?
You advocated the anti-girlfriend theory, suppressed our individuality, and incited social discrimination against minorities. I also want us to support your movie box office, hehe, the road turns black.
Calcium and calcium do not understand where the aesthetics of those who like pure men come from more than that of me who likes small fresh meat.
In "Dream of Red Mansions", Jia Baoyu , he is full of powder and gas, and hangs out with girls every day. Outsiders see him as a complete sissy.
But compared to the arrogant and domineering Xue Pan, the lascivious Jia Lian, these pure men in the eyes of the world, who read "Women are made of water" and respect every woman, isn't Brother Baoyu a hundred times better than them in terms of morality?
Freedom , after all, is freedom.
At the end of the film, Gerrard once again stretched his hand out of the window and waved it in the wind.
As a child he withdrew his hand from trusting his mother's instructions; as a youth he was speechless when he asked the mother who had stopped him in anger; years later he finally extended his head to greet the world with a smile.
At that moment, he was free. He no longer needs to submit to anyone's control, the boy who had been erased finally found himself and belonged to him.
Love and enjoy freedom to the fullest. A boy who likes boys is not a monster. A boy who likes to watch Sailor Moon can also represent the moon and destroy the bad guys.
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