Every year the wine in the winery evaporates two percent, and the two percent of the wine is for the angels. This is a romantic concept, and the story of the film is also very romantic. The so-called prodigal son looks back, discovers himself, and reshapes his life. But the starting point of the story is the most common low-level violence in Ken Lodge's works. Robbie, the protagonist, beat a strange man until his retina was detached, stitched in the back of his head, and was forced to suspend school. Such violent behavior made people shudder. In addition to physical injuries, the physical wounds of the victims and their families are more difficult to heal. As Robbie said after becoming a father: If someone beats my son like I beat others, I will kill him. When the mother of the victim angrily asked why Robbie had committed such atrocity, Robbie was full of tears. He regretted it. The birth of a child can make a person gentle and learn to introspect. But this can't change anything. The harm has been done. He was punished by 300 hours of community service, which also became an opportunity for him to change the status quo. At the same time, he has to face his girlfriend's brother and father's resistance to their feelings, because Robbie's violent temper is too hateful. Although the story of the film is based on the "positive energy" of Robbie's talent to "re-behave" through the act of scenting wine and stealing wine with his friends after he became a precious son, if I knew such a person in real life, I would I think most people will stay away. After all, such a person is like a time bomb and has no sense of security. There are some nasty and funny passages in the film, such as Robbie tasting wine in the room with fellow community service partners. One of the older brothers spit out a large mouthful of wine in his mouth because he could not bear the smell of alcohol. In the container, he finally spit out a mouthful of sputum... But the other dizzy elder brother who had been sitting aside suddenly became dry and vomited without knowing it. I drank the liquid mixed with phlegm and wine...I was really nauseous....The first half of the film focuses on Robbie's life background, labor and experience in the winery. The latter half turned into an adventure story in which Robbie-led gang sent out to steal whiskey and sell money to get rich. As a small person at the bottom of society, Robbie ended up stealing wine and earned 100,000. The four were equally divided, and one person was 25,000. This is a pretty happy ending in Ken Lodge's works. But after all, they are still a group of outsiders. In a sense, this kind of consummation is another kind of helplessness.
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