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The down-and-out factory worker Osamu (Osamu) and his son Shota (Shota) stolen from the shop together and took them home from the little aunt (Yuri) who was ignored by the biological mother at home. Ji’s wife, Nobuyo, didn’t want to be adopted, but changed her mind after learning that she was abused by her parents. His grandmother Hatsue and his wife and sister Aki (Aki) also had no objection to this. Yuri quickly accepted that he was "The Thief Family." A member of, and her arrival catalyzed the disintegration of the family. Inspired by news reports, or telling stories around "family", after two episodes, it was Hirokazu Ee who returned to Cannes with a familiar formula.
The secrets of this temporary family were not fully exposed until the thieves and couple starring Lili Frank and Sakura Ando went to jail, but the biggest stalk of the story of "The Thief Family" is not difficult to guess. The audience would have been alienated from the first part of the film a long time ago. The prudent lens design and the detached relationship between members put together the truth of the fact: grandma, parents, children, each member of the family is an abandoned child of the original family, in the new temporary family, each member is working hard to play the role He believes that each other is the real relatives of each other. Stealing the food on the shelves is the way for this family to survive, and stealing love and warmth from this patchwork home is the driving force for their survival, and seeing each other as life and death.
When constructing this "thief family", Hirokazu Edema was calm and restrained. He quickly showed the audience clearly: This family is based on the contract spirit of the principle of "mutual benefit". For children's compensation, supporting grandma is coveting her pension. Aki's attachment to the family, especially grandma, stems from resentment towards her biological father. Grandma surrounds everyone because she fears that she will die alone. Everyone has a precise calculation of their own contributions. This kind of reason and indifference culminates in the death of "grandma": the family watched her die, calmly buried her, and then took out her inheritance. For this marginalized family, life must move forward steadily in accordance with the most self-interested rules.
It is precisely because of this calculation that every time this family member reveals his true feelings beyond the reciprocal exchange, it makes people even more embarrassed: when he naturally shows affection and affection to his "brother" Xiangta among his friends who were treated indifferently by his native parents, " "Mom" Xindai sighed: People in (abandoned) families like us shouldn't love others. In fact, the lack of love is the desire to love and cherish love. Faith is out of maternal instinct and makes awe-inspiring decisions every time a major decision is made. Father Zhi was asked at the police station, "Why do you teach your children to steal things? ", replied helplessly: "I only have this." What he didn't think about was that he taught Xiangtai how to eat instant noodles and cola biscuits. It was much more important to perceive and resolve his adolescent sexual worries.
As a master of human relationships, Hirokazu Kee still has precise calculations and meticulous weaving in "The Thief Family". After the first seventy minutes of careless presentation, it has been continuously detonated since the couple's arrest. The director has been crazy about tears and hardened his heart. Face up. It was Hirokazu that he built the "thief family" and "destroyed" the family. He "cherished" the fragile true feelings of this group of people, but did not intend to fall into the vulgar sigh of "it is not easy for everyone". He shattered the audience’s expectation of this kind lie to continue. Through the awakening of his son Xiangta and the confession of his mother Xindai, he firmly expressed his creative attitude. Love based on a false relationship is not the home of individual happiness, and the dereliction of social supervision. It should not be ignored.
Just as Ee Hiro and himself said at the press conference, "The Thief Family" is not about the family, but through the family to present Japan's social problems, which is easily reminiscent of the first time he won honor in Cannes. The work "Nobody Knows". In addition to the setting of the abandoned child in Youli, the peaceful death of grandma is similar to "Nobody Knows". "The Thief Family" can also see many shadows of the previous works. The discussion of the relationship between father and son is reminiscent of "As Father Like Son", and the family from Returning from the beach, the scenes under the same roof showed similar scenes in "Haijie Diary" and "Non-stop", but this time, everyone heard the fireworks sound and looked out the window together, only the sound of guns rumbling. It made noise, but there was no firework picture. When the whole family is neat and tidy, it can only be beautiful here.
It was Hirokazu Kee once said that the death of his parents made him re-examine his family, which also changed his creative focus. Over the past ten years, the styles of Hirokazu's works have become softer and more gentle. From "Non-stop Walking", "Father Like Son" to "Haijie Diary" and "Deeper Than the Sea", one piece is sweeter and gentler than the other. From the perspective of the degree of completion, it is naturally good, and it is indeed a step backward in terms of the depth of the theme and the breadth of vision. Cannes's downgrading and refusal to some extent also explain the hesitation of the value of his works in the society.
After an attempt to expand the theme of "The Third Degree Suspects", "The Thief Family" returned to the realm of easy driving. It was Hirokazu Kee who was full of all his skills, and more importantly, he resumed his attitude of scrutiny: family No longer just whispering about personal emotions, it has returned to the cell model to observe the social ecology. Sensitively captures the goodness of individual human nature, and calmly examines the evils of society. It is both tender and cold, trivial and concise. The delicate balance of this is the most cherished part of "The Thief Family". In the last shot of the film, the friends who returned to the birth mother returned to the balcony where they were picked up. They sang the ballads learned in the thieves' family. This blend of warmth and sadness completed the final blow of the film.
As a stubborn movie fan, he is not only excited about his efficiency of one one a year, but also often worried that high production will dilute the quality of his works, but the most unwilling is to see him go all the way to the hormonal, and he really becomes self-pity and kind-hearted. Middle-aged man. Fortunately, when "The Thief Family" came, the surface was sensational and internally restrained. It was not only passionate but also powerful. He was still warm but did not regard love as a paste to smooth everything out. He praised the value of love and pointed out the direction of love; compared to The father who looked for the lottery on the rainy night in "Deeper Than the Sea" is still the boy Xiangta who is not looking back and is a little cuter.
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