Become self

Gilda 2022-01-16 08:01:14

The film’s narration is objective and calm. From the perspective of a child, Onata Aprile’s smooth acting shows the silence, attachment, only tears, and final refusal in the face of adults’ selfish judgment, which is exquisitely presented and restored. The process of perfection of women's independent ideology in the original work.
One of the scenes is that the little girl wakes up in the middle of the night. She has bags under her eyes when she is very young. One night, she woke up on the bed of the lady at the reception desk of the restaurant where her stepfather worked. The scene of tears on the bed is really fresh in the memory.
As mentioned in the title, she knows what she knows, she actually knows everything, but she has changed from being considerate to choosing not to be hurt anymore.

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  • Margo: I'm sorry I got mad at him. He must think I'm awful.

    Maisie: Mommy gets mad at him all the time.

  • Lincoln: I was bitten by a turtle once.

    Margo: Were you really?

    Lincoln: Yeah... yeah. It even left a scar if you...

    Margo: Rea... really?

    Lincoln: [shows Margo his bitten finger] It could've left a scar.

    [Margo laughs]

    Lincoln: It's that bad. It could've left a scar.

    Margo: Right, yeah. So, is it quite traumatic for you being back here with the turtles?

    Lincoln: [interrupting] It was. This is kinda like therapy for me.

    Margo: Oh! It is? Okay.

    Lincoln: Meeting the beast again.

    [Margo laughs]