Some time ago, I read "As a Father Like a Child" by Hirokazu Kee. Because the wrong child was held in the hospital, so that when the child was in elementary school, two families of different strata might not have an intersection for the rest of their lives. In-depth contact.
The focus is still on the two children. The material conditions and better educational opportunities of the affluent family that belonged to Liuqing were given to Qingdo. And a harmonious, warm and free family and happy mood originally owned by Qingdo are also owned by Liuqing.
Mistakes make good luck. The difference in benefits cannot be calculated at all. There is no way to compare which is more and which is less. The parenting family life has a deep-rooted influence on the child, and even a strong blood relationship cannot be resisted.
I think, in the movie "The Second Mother", Jessica is the kid who was "wrongly hugged".
Val is Jessica’s mother. She entrusted her relatives to take care of Jessica when her daughter was very young. The beginning of the film is that Val is taking the host’s son to swim in the swimming pool. The family asks about the child.
This kind of life lasted more than ten years. The host’s child Fabino had grown up, and his own child had also grown up. After all, he hadn’t seen him for more than ten years. Hearing that his daughter was going to be admitted to college in his city, Val was ecstatic and excited.
We imagined that they would cry with joy and hug each other tightly when they met. But after ten years of separation, people became so familiar with each other all at once. The daughter Jessica called her mother Val when she first saw her, not her mother.
It is the first time that Jessica came to the employer's parent with her mother, and Jessica didn't seem to intend to treat herself as an outsider. She asked who should be in the host’s guest room instead of squeezed in the mother’s small bedroom; breakfast comfortably sits at the host’s table and eats the breakfast prepared by the hostess; enjoys lunch with the host and can eat before you Ice cream I’ve never eaten before; playing with Fabino and his companions in the host’s swimming pool. . . . .
These are things that Val can't even think of, let alone seeing his daughter enjoying it in self-indulgence. In Val's words, it is "no vision." The words are vivid and down-to-earth.
Jessica is proud and inferior. It's smart, and it's also "unclear". It's frank and vanity.
In the eyes of those who like her, she is the incarnation of the goddess with all the advantages combined. It also made the male host a very old age. When he saw her for the first time, the stars twinkled in his eyes, and soon he couldn't wait to propose to her. In the eyes of people who hate her, that is the accumulation of all the shortcomings, especially the hostess, insinuating her as a mouse, and even changing the entire pool of water because she swam once in the pool.
This seems to be Jessica's own humiliation. Who told her to know the heights of the sky, to find her own position, and to enjoy things that she didn't belong to and shouldn't have her own? Val thought the same way because:
When the host asks you to eat, it is only out of politeness, because they know you will refuse, and you should refuse.
When the host asks you to go swimming together, even if you want to swim, you have to say that you can't swim without a swimsuit.
We are born humble and inferior. Don't worry about the things you don't deserve. All the obedient, humble, and loyal should be born to understand the truth.
These rules of being in the world are placed in this disparity between the rich and the poor, the strict hierarchy, and the class-solidified society, which can almost guarantee that one can protect oneself wisely, harmless to humans and animals, and live in peace in such an environment for the whole life.
Jessica doesn’t. You can despise her background or accuse her of stealing food. But for her hard work and academic pursuit, she is surprised and admired. She uses her own test scores to prove herself. Ability to fulfill his dreams and ambitions with practical actions.
The main line of the film is the conflict between mother and daughter. I thought the plot would go on smoothly, but in the last paragraph of the film, a sharp turn came: Jessica was pregnant and gave birth to a child, and her son is currently living on her own. Life as a child.
This is also the brilliance of the movie. To use others to complete the reconciliation between mother and daughter, and this is Val's grandson, Jessica's son.
This one also perfectly interprets the name of "Second Mom". Val is Fabineau's second mother, there is no doubt about this. It is also the second mother of his own daughter in another sense. Jessica is always reluctant to accept the mother who has never been with her and has not communicated with herself. But in the end, Val was willing to give up work, come back to accompany Jessica, and bring her grandson to take care of her, so that Jessica no longer has to endure the pain and suffering of mother-child separation.
Some people's misfortunes are born with them, but some are caused by themselves. We are always growing and understanding and accepting the world. Regardless of your background, whether you are poor or rich, you cannot be without education. Being individual does not mean you can be willful.
Human is a complex polyhedron, and this society is not black and white. No one can fully empathize. We need tolerance and communication with each other. For children, the company of their parents is really important.
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