This reminds me of Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate", the rigid college student. They all have obvious shortcomings, and they are destined to be defeated by this shortcoming, and they themselves are aware of this. But they did not have the courage to change and restrain themselves. Only when everything was lost did they gain new strength and reached a reconciliation with their relatives and friends (the lover of the graduate, the younger brother of Mad Cow) and themselves (the last scene, La Mota speaking in the mirror).
When we are angry, when we betray others, they become our mirror. What is reflected is our same expression of fear and helplessness. Are we able to reconcile with ourselves?
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