Suffering from misfortune-suffering sinking-self-salvation-breaking out again-returning to peace, the movie presents the uncomplicated life experience of the heroine Li Shenai. The only thing that has something to do with religion is that Shin Ai chose religion as a spiritual comfort to try to save herself when she was deep in the grief of losing her son. Although self-help failed, it is clear that the theme of the film is not to attack the hypocrisy of modern religion, because The priest in the film lifted his pants in time at least before the big mistake was made.
The hostess chooses to believe in religion. But it is still not enough. The criminal's self-forgiveness pierced her falsehood. Such a sin, and pain. The heroine collapsed, committing suicide and self-harm. He should have been sent to a psychiatric hospital for sedative treatment. The final film did not show that she was healed. But it shows the traumatic process. The sincere company of the heroine is a touch of warmth in the story. Regarding trauma, I still think that psychotherapy can do something. Medicine too. It also needs the protagonist's own will to survive. The accidental death of a child, whether in the film or in the reality of the news, has opened a hole in life. According to Lacan's theory, if I am not mistaken, the deficiencies in the imaginary world need to be filled with symbolic things. Religion is one kind. still got more.
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