The hidden sin, may the light bless the good girl

Frieda 2022-04-21 09:03:34

I cried in the middle of the film, it was so emotional. When I first saw Sylvia and her sister being sent to someone else's house by their parents, I thought that I really did my parents' responsibilities like this?

Will the life under the fence be always happy? Sylvia's life afterward was full of suffering and devastated. And what caused all of this might be her impulsive kindness. Sometimes you really don't want to accept other people's secrets, which means that you have to keep your promises forever. Why should you say secrets? Sometimes it will cause trouble for people, okay? Because you have to bear the trust of others and make good promises. What's more, when you are not familiar with it at the beginning, don't spread everything out immediately~ If Sylvia doesn't rescue Paula who was forced by others, then there will be nothing to do next. However, at that time, when I saw others screaming and wanted help, I stood by and watched how to do it. Maybe if I didn't intervene, others would never know, but how would I pass the inner hurdle. And Sylvia told the secret, which was later heard and spread by others, and all these misunderstandings began.

There are too many bad guys in this film, and there are sinister things happening in places we can or can't see. This film is also based on real events. Good girls, you must protect yourself! Regardless of friendship, love, or family, there are so many things in this world that have changed. Maybe the thing you thought was smiling one moment would show a cruel smile the next moment, pushing you into pain and catastrophe.

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  • Gertrude Baniszewski: You know what it's like to be sick, Sylvia. I've been sick for so long, too. I can't... discipline my kids they was I should. I punish them I know, but... sometimes with my medicine I gets so I don't know what I'm doing.

    [begins to cry]

    Gertrude Baniszewski: And I care for them so much. Paula, the thing is... Paula's a lot like me. I had her when I was just about your age. Then Stephanie. Then all the others. Then John left... And here I am on medicine, doing whatever I can to keep my family together. I want something better for Paula... There has to be something better... And I need to protect my children...

    [cries]

    Gertrude Baniszewski: Do you understand that? You kids... you're all I've got... Thank you, Sylvia. Thank you for understanding, thank you.

  • Sylvia Likens: She sacrificed me to protect her children, and she sacrificed her children to protect herself.