Dima, a plumber, is a college student. During a maintenance, he found that the walls of an old apartment building had cracked, and the whole building could collapse at any time. This is the fuse of the whole film, and all the stories revolve around this apartment building. In order to save the 820 residents in the building, Dima found the mayor overnight and asked the mayor's convener to evacuate the crowd immediately. And this is far from simple as Dima imagined. An accident involved the corruption and degeneration of the entire civic center, and Dima, who knew all about it, didn't know that a bigger blow was still to come...
This kind of story has to take certain risks, and it is anti-corruption when it is filmed. Advocating honesty, bad filming, anti-corruption, or exposing the darkness of society have become insignificant gimmicks. However, this film tells us that not only should it be well-made, but the connotation is far deeper than you might imagine.
The clue of the whole movie is "collapse". Ten minutes into the movie, Dima discovers a crack in the building, a first-level collapse - the collapse of the building. Then, from the collapse of the building, it led to the disagreement and discord of the Dima family. This is the second-level collapse. Then, the building fell into disrepair, revealing the dark truth of the entire City Hall, which was a third-level collapse - the collapse of the system of government. It is reasonable to say that the story can be stopped here, but Dima made a decision after his narrow escape and his wife, and a fourth collapse occurred between the husband and wife. In the end, Dima's actions angered everyone, and his inner belief finally fell apart, and he could no longer provide him with any support. This was the fifth collapse. The five collapses made Dima go to demise step by step, and finally let us understand what is a dangerous building and what is a fool.
Like his father, Dima has the most genuine sense of justice and responsibility, does not seek praise and rewards, but only follows his inner moral actions. However, in this society, justice always requires a price. Like his father, he also encountered obstacles and lived in poverty because of his upright character. But despite this, he still spared no effort to follow the call of his heart, even if he separated from his parents, even if he was angry with his wife. After Dima learned the secrets of the bureaucrats, he was asked by the killer not to leak the secrets and left the city overnight. Under such circumstances, Dima got out of the car on the way to escape. His wife begged him to leave, not to care about the fate of those people, because it was not his responsibility, and there was nothing in return for saving them. Enraged, Dima yells for his wife to leave, saying "I hate you" to her. At this time, we don't know what Dima's heart is like, but in Dima's body, we seem to see the former us, who used to ignore any dissuasion for the justice that we firmly believe in our hearts. Such a result is not anyone's fault, but an inevitable result when egoism and altruism collide in reality. One reality, one ideal, one for oneself and one for others, such a conflict brings about an insurmountable gap between oneself and those around him, as well as an irreconcilable contradiction between the individual and the society.
Abandoning trust in City Hall and losing support for his life's ultimately compromised father, Dima ends up driving everyone from the building in a paranoid and almost frantic manner. What awaited him was naturally a beating, and until the end of the film, Dima, who was beaten, lay on the ground, motionless. This is death. Not a physical destruction, but a complete, complete breakdown of the mind. And then the film is over, no collapsed buildings, no heavy casualties, just a slightly melancholy male solo. This is reminiscent of the movie poster, next to the collapsed building, only Dima stands alone. It's a pity that even this is only the world seen by Dima's eyes.
So what about justice? What about courage? Humans have abandoned such things just to live like an ordinary fool in a dangerous building, obedient to life and death, but I hope today is safe.
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