"What else can be done"

Holden 2022-04-23 07:03:53

"What else can be done"

This line is from "The Elephant Sitting on the Floor" directed by Hu Bo. In the 3 hours and 50 minutes of the film, there is no solution to the troubles of life, maybe they are very fucked up in the first place.

Director Ken Rocky also calmly expressed the problems that need to be faced in life. It seems that there are no earth-shattering dramatic changes, but those real problems can also make people collapse. Everyone has their own life to face all kinds of problems, maybe this problem has a solution, maybe there is no solution.

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Extended Reading
  • Vivian 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Life is not easy. When you are unlucky, all kinds of unlucky people will come to you one by one. The whole film uses the trivial details of life to show everyone the sadness and despair of the people at the bottom

  • Jason 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    There is one unforgettable scene: the male protagonist pouted his butt, pedaled hard, and walked against the wind. The autumn clothes were not tucked into the long pants, and a small circle was exposed at the waist. At that moment, the characters stood still, the image of the loser appeared on the paper, the details determined success or failure, and the master was sympathetic.

Sorry We Missed You quotes

  • Abbie Turner: This is my family, and I'm telling you now, nobody messes with my family.

  • Ricky: I don't know what's got into you, I really don't. You're a smart kid just like Liza. You used to be in all the top sets. What is going on? Just give yourself some choices mate.

    Abbie Turner: Seb?

    Seb: Hmm-mm?

    Abbie Turner: We've talked about this. You could go to uni.

    Seb: Go to uni? What, and be like Harpoon's brother? £57 grand in debt and what? Working in a call centre now, getting smashed every weekend just to forget his problems. Of course.

    Ricky: Yeah, but it doesn't have to be like that does it? There's some good jobs out there.

    Seb: Good jobs? What good jobs?

    Ricky: Well there is if you just knuckle down. Give yourself some options. Otherwise you're just going to end up like...

    Seb: What, like you?

    Ricky: Oh fucking nice!

    Abbie Turner: Seb...

    Seb: Do you really think I want that? Really?

    Ricky: Yeah...

    Seb: Well yeah of course I do don't I? I want to be like you.

    Ricky: Yeah, going from shit job to shit job, working 14 hours a day, having to put up with everyone else's shit. Going from one shit job to another shit job. You're just going to end up a skivvy.

    Seb: A skivvy? It's your choice to be a skivvy isn't it? A skivvy doesn't come to, you, you go to it - right?

    Ricky: I'm doing my best Seb.

    Seb: Maybe your best isn't good enough, is it?