The most interesting thing about this film is that although this is a very rare criminal family in daily life, in fact, the way this family operates is surprisingly similar to an ordinary family-if we regard crime as a "family" "Needs", treat conscience as "needs of independence".
There is a "king" in this family who is the father. He has achieved high personal career (criminal) achievements and is fully responsible for the survival of the family. Accordingly, he also controls everyone in the family extremely strongly.
Although the crime happened under everyone's eyes, everyone just collapsed silently, and no one dared to ask aloud. The hostages screamed and wailed in the basement, and the child was terrified, but the mother asked, "What's the matter with you? My face is not good?" It was as if there was nothing like that at all. It's like a child caught in a fight between their parents. Everyone knows that something unusual has happened, but everyone is indifferent, even a little warm.
The eldest brother once ran away and came back. As soon as he took the shot, he knew that he had been fully trained by his father and was a strong heir to the family business. He left, just like the third son, knowing that this family is too abnormal. When he came back, he recognized: I am a member of this family, and the outside is not suitable for me. Because the eldest son is most affected by his father and the entire family's business, and is given the most hopes, he is born with the mission of inheritance. It is difficult for him to leave. Even if he left, it was a momentary hesitation, and his fate required him to come back.
The second son barely fills the seat when his eldest brother is absent, so he has not undergone similar training and no corresponding family missions. He is not the best heir. His "seat" is not only for himself, but also for his father. Reluctantly. But he is the eldest son of the remaining children in the family, so he is trapped between his own desire for independence and family expectations. The needs of his family (represented by his father) make him guilty, threats make him scared, and rewards make him weak. It was not until he had his girlfriend (an outsider) who brought fresh values and life to him that he had the determination not to wash his hands and to be independent. But independence is not an easy task. He also needs the approval of his family. This need is manifested in his elder brother to accompany him to buy a house, and he spends the money earned in his family business. The inability to be resolutely independent makes him hate himself. So when his father said, "Where did you think you got the money to buy the land?" he fought. Because it hurt him deeply.
In terms of order, the expectations of the family shared by the third son have become very small, so his eyes are bright, and he has never doubted whether this family "will actually be okay", he resolutely left and never returned. And the eldest brother was cursed by his father when he ran away, but the third son had been away for more than a year, and the father did not mention it. Because family responsibilities do not require him so much, his departure is not that difficult for everyone.
Daughters are like many families with many children. The eldest daughter is responsible for raising younger siblings, and the younger daughter is the sweetheart, responsible for comforting the father, and taking care of the family ruler’s need for love.
The mother takes care of everyone's daily life and keeps this home running by turning a blind eye to sin (which can be seen as an unhealthy pattern in an ordinary family). She was originally the most powerful to check and balance her father's rule, but she concealed her part of responsibility and only played the role of a gentle housewife.
To take up all of a family, the ruler will be as strong and cold as a beast and selfish. This is the characteristic of obtaining this kind of power, and it is also the need to maintain this kind of power. He also made himself more and more suitable to be this ruler in his own life. So he has no mercy, never introspection, not only to the victim, but also to his son.
These relationships create a balance, even a criminal family can still survive and develop. Even if the atmosphere is so weird: the children sit around in the warm light, eating turkey and doing homework with the screams of the victim. Even so weird, it still runs peacefully. But this balance will eventually be broken, because evil accumulates, that is, pain accumulates.
In a family that accumulates suffering, there will always be someone who has to bear the heaviest price, and this person is often a child. If there is more than one child, it is the child who has the deepest bond with the family. Those children who run away or obey are often spared.
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