This is a feminine and insightful work.
The protagonist in the film is a young girl who has just moved into the community. She pretends to be a boy and appears among her friends. She plays football and fights with them topless, and even wins the love of other girls. The film is the most impressive One shocking detail is that in order to swim with the boys without revealing her identity, she made a fake penis out of plasticine and put it in swimming shorts.
Is this girl a so-called problem boy? Why should she pretend to be a boy?
There is a little hint in the film that her parents often move due to work reasons, and she has to change her life background often and force herself to integrate into the environment of strangers. Pretending to be a boy may be just a game for her, of course, it may also be a yearning for the boy's social identity-that way, you can protect your sister, win the respect of others, and get rid of loneliness completely.
However, she did not expect what the consequences would be. When the girl fell in love with her, she didn't know how to deal with it. As the lie was exposed, she was completely isolated and had to return to a state of loneliness and helplessness.
This film reveals such a theme: Sex is not just a physiology, but a social identity. In our culture, the gender roles of boys and girls are like a gap. Whoever wants to cross this gap will definitely be hurt.
When the little girl’s mother took her from house to house to clarify that she was Loer, not Mick, her external world completely collapsed, and the reputation, self-confidence, love, and dignity she finally earned were all stepped on in an instant. Shattered.
There is no doubt that her mother loves her. She couldn’t find a solution. She only knew that this stupid trick could not be continued. However, this constituted a complicity with human prejudice, and Luo Er was forced to press Into the female identity restriction, she can only live according to the girl template provided by others.
Women are not born to be women, but are created. The film expresses such a sad theme.
In fact, when a person has a gender, no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, they will think beyond the rules, but the majority of people are not as clear or powerful as Luo Er, so we become its prisoners ignorantly. .
It should be said that Luo Er’s resistance is a microcosm of the human tragedy for thousands of years. Generations of people have struggled, confused, perplexed and succumbed. In the end, Luo Er will grow up, marry, and give birth just like her mother. Child, then oppress her child, right? The smile of the newborn at the end of the film shows the creator's sadness: this kind of innocence will eventually be lost. To be born as a human, to be distorted, smeared, and hurt is our unchanging destiny.
Every detail of the film is perfect. Although the narrative rhythm is slow, it has a noble temperament. Mick (Luo Er) joined the team of friends for the first time. She robbed other girls for clothes. She deceived each other and won. She did it so calmly.
Becoming a boy means that cheating for victory is not immorality, but wisdom, and will even be loved by girls. To be honest, I admire such talented details too much. Only Stephen Zweig can do so well. .
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