Alfredo, a tragic character, had a very tragic fate. He had been a projectionist all his life but lost his sight because of an accident. All his hopes were placed on Toto, but he was so ruthless that he never saw him. Throughout the whole film, Alfredo's influence on Toto's life is unquestionable. First of all, he firmly refused Toto to learn to show movies. Even when the young Toto was screened in the renovated theater later, Alfredo still felt that "this is not a suitable job for you", In order to force toto to go out, Alfredo even forcibly broke up a man and woman who were in love, and resolutely told toto never to come back, not to think about himself.
The character of Alfredo is very contradictory. Every time before the film is released, the so-called passion shot is subtracted by the priest (this reminds me of Chinese film censorship). From the end of the film and the open-air film he played to the public, In fact, Alfredo is more open-minded. He subconsciously yearns for human freedom and opposes restraint. However, he does not want Toto to follow his old path. When he saw that Toto was trapped by love and could not extricate himself, Alfredo consciously used his influence and chose toto. Another way of life.
Is this road really the horse of toto hope? 30 years later, the older toto did become famous, but he was not happy, maybe because of Alfredo's words, toto has been running away from the land where he grew up, but he couldn't forget it, so that as soon as he set foot on the land of his hometown, toto understood" This is my life", 30 years have not let Toto forget the Paradise Cinema, it is hard to imagine what kind of mental state Toto has been in these 30 years.
Maybe Alfredo's choice is correct. According to the eyes of the world, toto has indeed succeeded, but this is only Alfredo's choice. If toto does not miss Elena, he may end up breaking up with Elena and continue to be a projectionist in a small movie theater. His own choice, at that age, toto is allowed to make mistakes, no matter when, the decision must be made by himself.
I don't know how I can evaluate Alfredo, just like I can't evaluate my own parents. Parents always raise their children according to their own ideas, and children also depend on their parents. Slowly, children have their own judgment and decision-making power. Parents are often unaware that their responsibility is to provide experience and advice rather than choose paths or make decisions for their children.
However, if Alfredo told Toto the truth, would Toto, who was burned by the fire of love, make the right judgment? In fact, the film has already told us the director's answer: at least, Toto will not be tortured by this inexplicable separation for 30 years.
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