Having lived in Brazil for some years, I have basically traveled from the southern small towns of German-Italian descent to the Amazon rainforest full of Indians.
After watching this movie, my first feeling is: real .
Compared with the Oscar-nominated "Rome", this film clearly reflects the division of the Latin American class.
This is easy to understand. Alonso Cuarón was born a distinguished person, unable to surpass his own class to treat the maid in the house correctly. The director's understanding of the maid in her childhood home is: she is so kind, she is so kind to me, and her life is pitiful.
So far, there is no more in-depth discussion.
Regarding the social turmoil in Mexico in the last century, the director’s point of view is: social turmoil is really annoying, it hurts me and the poor. Everyone knows that the root of the turbulence lies in the long-term social injustice in Latin America and the wide gap between the rich and the poor. These are all ignored by the director of the son, leaving only the surface of the turmoil. I don't know if the director's posture is too low or deliberately avoiding these for the benefit of the class, I prefer to believe that it is the latter.
Let's take a look at how Brazilian female directors do.
First of all, it does not avoid the issue of the gap between the rich and the poor at all. The hostess calmly said to the maid daughter: "My father made a lot of money. Although I don't work, I inherited his inheritance."
Cruel, right? A maid who works hard every day can only rent a house for his daughter in a slum; a non-working host can enjoy a refined life with Laozi’s inheritance: let his wife use luxury goods and send his son abroad to study.
But the director did not strengthen this contradiction. Fortunately, it did not, otherwise it would become a class struggle movie that we are familiar with.
The director described a peaceful and harmonious life: the maid and the host trust each other. It’s just that this harmony can occasionally be a little uncomfortable, such as when the hostess replaces the maid’s coffee cup.
Then the maid’s daughter appeared. This is a revolutionary image. She disregarded the rules and asked to sleep in the guest room when she felt comfortable, and secretly ate it when she liked the host’s son’s ice cream. Such behavior is so refreshing in this lifeless home, no wonder the host loves her, and the host's son also likes to be friends with her.
When the audience watched as the conflict between the maid daughter and the mistress was about to overflow the screen, the director arranged an exit: the maid daughter moved out of the host’s house, was admitted to college, the maid began to understand her daughter, resigned, and lived independently with her daughter and grandson New life.
"Rome" only completed the first step: showing social injustice and social unrest. And it was not done well.
And the film is completed:
1. Face social injustice;
2. Expose the causes of social injustice, but do not intensify social conflicts;
3. Propose a possible solution: work hard until you become independent.
Although I personally question the feasibility of the third point, the director has done his best to express the above three points in a relatively short space.
It's like a fire in the same mountain. Some people pass by and find that they immediately call the police, find the source of the fire, and try to put it out with the mineral water on their bodies, although we all know that the success rate is very low.
But at the same time, some people passed by and took a few photos and posted them to Moments with text:
It's on fire! The fire is so big~
Several questions about the plot of the movie:
1. Why arrange for the male host to fall in love with the maid's daughter?
The maid daughter symbolizes freedom and fairness in the movie. She brings a breath of fresh air to the lifeless family.
On the one hand, the host's love for her is to show the host's rebelliousness, and on the other hand, it represents that the part can accept social reforms.
Latin America has a left-wing tradition. Even among the rich, there is great compassion for the poor. This is the local political correctness.
2. Why does the maid's daughter have children so early?
First of all, the maids and daughters come from the northeast of Brazil, which is Brazil's "Great Liangshan": the economy is backward and lacks resources. The poorer the place, the lower the age of women at first childbirth. When you arrive in the northeast of Brazil, you will even find a lot of underage mothers, so the developed areas of southeast Brazil often use this to laugh at the northeast.
Secondly, this echoes the maid’s life experience, because the maid was also pregnant with a child when she was very young, but for various reasons she could not raise it herself.
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