In the eyes of everyone, Vera is an extremely kind and warm-hearted woman. She moves quickly, cleanly, and treats others with kindness. Under her leadership, the whole family is full of friendly atmosphere. (I like their family to greet each other and say hello to each other before going to bed.) With her help, the daughter found a kind husband. The dining table with her is always full of laughter. He takes care of the paralyzed parents very well. , And her husband are also very affectionate, her uncle praised her as "angel hearted", and her husband said "she is a god". Although the family did not have the luxurious life of rich clothes and food, they were still able to live, especially in the United Kingdom, where supplies were extremely scarce at the end of World War II (at that time 8 packs of cigarettes were exchanged for 3 pairs of nylon stockings). My daughter works as a quality inspector in a light bulb factory, her husband works in his brother's car repair shop, and his son works as a tailor. In addition, he is still in evening school to pursue progress. Vera works as a cleaner in a wealthy family. Everything is so good.
However, Vera was eventually arrested by the police and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison because she privately aborted a young girl who had an unwanted pregnancy. Vera knew that this behavior was illegal, because when the police found her she said "I know why you came". She knew that the girls at the bottom of society could not afford hundreds of pounds of regular hospital surgery fees. She could not refuse. She did not charge them, just to help them. The law convicted her of such "good deeds". I can't make accurate judgments about Vera's behavior, because I sympathize with Vera and think that if it were me, I would definitely not do it like Vera. From the standpoint of modern people, the law is above everything else, and I judge Vera's behavior as stupidity. But for the United Kingdom that had just ended the war in 1950 (the war of aggression was the biggest illegal act, the illegal act of the entire country), people have such a deep understanding of the law, do they absolutely believe in the law in their hearts? I do not understand.
I just learned that this movie is also called "Underground Guanyin" in Chinese. It seems that the mainstream social values are on Vera's side. "She is such a good person, how can she go to jail? The law, you are really unfair." Maybe many people think this way, but I think that going to jail reflects the fairness of the law. Wrong is wrong, and there is no room for ambiguity.
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