Compared with the mainland translation of "Like Father Like Son", which is full of literary and artistic accents, the Hong Kong translation of "Who Replaced My Father" is a little less restrained, but more humorous. Interestingly, the former is very similar to Qing Duo's family in the film, with an elegant life, a wealthy middle class, and a good family education. Although it lacks some anger, it also has a tacit understanding of mutual respect; the latter is all about Liu Qing's family, plus younger brothers and sisters. With my grandfather, who can't take care of himself, and his father, who can't take care of himself, his mother often said that there are five children in total, and she needs to take care of them alone, but the whole family is positive. Diligent in absorbing sunlight, the market is warm.
Knowing this terrible news that fell from the sky, Qing Duo's father, who has always been strong and unyielding, hopes to raise two children together and compensate the Liu Qing family with money. But Liuqing's dad, who wanted to get a lot of mental damage from the hospital and loved petty cheap, almost slapped him. No matter how small the person is, he will try his best to maintain the family he loves most.
Change? 6 years of emotional exchanges go to waste. not change? Blood is thicker than water and difficult to cut. If it were you, what would you do? The superficial peace of the middle-class family is gradually revealed. Qing Duo's mother went from blaming herself for not finding out in time to blaming Qing Duo's father for being too indifferent. Qing Duo, who was lying in the bed and pretending to sleep, seemed to understand but not understand, and she was so well-behaved that it made people feel distressed.
Therefore, through a little contact and a little test, they let each other's children gradually call their own parents, and also accept that their children will no longer be called their own parents. Like self-suggestion, Qing Duo's dad seems to have found the reason why Qing Duo's character is indecisive, unlike himself who is striving for the first place in everything. And Liu Qing's stubborn willfulness when he communicated with him made him smile. If you don't change, your children will become more and more like the other party, and the other party's children will become more and more like yourself. This is the only thing I can do to console myself.
Qing Duo's father always thought that he hated his father, lacked communication, and once hated his stepmother. And Liu Qing's father has a very down-to-earth interpretation of his lack of four or six. Father is also a very important job, and he prefers to spend time with his children and family. When Dad Liuqing saw the pattern of Dad Qingduo getting along with his children, he said softly, "You don't need to be like your father", and Dad Qingduo suddenly realized how similar he was to his father.
Many fathers will laugh and say that children are the sweetest burden, and for many children, the father is not a shackled role model. No matter how hard you struggle, it is inevitable that you will be able to escape your genetics in adulthood, not just because of biological inevitability, but because of subtle tacit understanding.
In the end, the occasional lodging exchange turned into a long-term stay. They tell children that this is a task that must be accepted as an adult. Qing Duo was cautious in his new home, but he also felt fresh. At least he knew in his heart that this was probably a mission that would never end. So when Qing Duo's father came to look for Liu Qing who had sneaked home, Qing Duo chose to sneak into the closet so that his father would not see him, or he did not want him to see his father.
Probably getting better. Qing Duo's father, who was already Liu Qing's father, no longer only focused on his work, but began to spend a lot of time with his family. The smile on Liu Qing's face also increased. After saying that she wanted to go home to find her parents, she covered her face and said sorry.
Qing Duo's father, who was already Liu Qing's father, picked up the camera one day and admired the recent photos with Liu Qing. For the first time, he saw a lot of pictures that Qing Duo secretly took of himself in the past. He, who had been calm and even cold all this time, finally couldn't control himself and burst into tears. He probably only thought that he was a father, as long as he had the responsibility and responsibility of a father; at that moment, he was afraid that he felt a kind of gain from being a father and saw himself in the eyes of the child.
They took Liu Qing back to his original home, but Qing Duo ran away amid the happy sound of welcome home. On two parallel paths, walking all the way, Qing Duo’s dad said all the way, half coaxing and half begging, hoping that Qing Duo would forgive himself, and their mission was over. Finally, the two paths converged ahead, and Qing Duo stopped in front of this man who once loved him but almost abandoned him. Qing Duo's father hugged this son who was not related to him by blood.
No one can be a good father from the beginning. Father is also a kind of job. It has to be learned and experienced. Only after failure can you know how to recover.
We have no way of knowing the final outcome of such a story. The camera just stopped when everyone walked into Liu Qing's house, and everyone was saying welcome back. who? back to where? Will you still leave? The director is Hirokazu Koreeda and did not give an answer.
In fact, many emotions come from time, and time does not ask where it comes from. What matters is not who he is or how he is, but what you have experienced together, friendship is like this, love is like this, maybe family love is like this. The grace of childbirth and the love of nurture are all selfless and fearless. So after hating and rebelling, Qing Duo's father called his stepmother to apologize, but the stepmother just smiled and said lightly, "Why are you so serious?" I'd much rather chat with you about neighbor gossip now.
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