The film hides the story of my mother when she was young.
My father died 17 years ago, my younger brother is almost 18 years old, and my younger sister is less than 15 years old. The younger brother may be a posthumous child, or it may be born from an extramarital affair; the younger sister must be born after the death of the father.
Many of the film's bridges are carefully designed, echoing before and after. The sudden and unexpected death of Gilbert's derailed housewife's husband may have been specially arranged to metaphorically resemble Gilbert's father's death.
There are many clues. One is that the cheating housewife is beautiful and affectionate, while the husband only focuses on making money, which is obviously incompatible with his personality; and Gilbert describes his parents to the hostess, his mother used to be very beautiful and humorous, and his father is the kind of unresponsive person, To be able to believe that Gilbert's parents are the same as a cheating couple. Another clue is that the cheating housewife told Gilbert that she was worried that her son would be cheating like you (Gilbert), and also died unexpectedly. The housewife worried that she would become Gilbert's mother, and her son was deeply burdened. There is also a less obvious clue. Gilbert's mother went out of the house to save her son and went to the police station to call the police officer's name. The police officer seemed to be very scared. Obviously, the two had a deep friendship. It is possible that the police officer was the target of Gilbert's mother's derailment, and Everyone knows it.
Therefore, the hidden plot is: Mom cheated and was pregnant with a younger brother, which attracted rumors in the town. This also proves that Gilbert's affair with the housewife is known to Gilbert's friends, the boss couple where Gilbert works, and the housewife's husband may also know that because the town is relatively small, everything is under the eyes of others. Dad found out about the affair, his self-esteem was hit and he committed suicide. This must have made a big splash in the town, saying that Gilbert's mother killed her husband. Like a cheating housewife, after her husband died, she left the town immediately because she couldn't bear the gossip of the townspeople. Gilbert's older brother is probably very aware of the disgrace of the family. He fled outside under the pressure of the town's neighbors and never came back. The mother blamed herself for her father's suicide because of an extramarital affair. Although I can't stand the eyes of my neighbors, I can't leave. With three children, one of whom was either pregnant or just born, and was mentally retarded, she was unable to escape the town at all. The younger sister was born three years later, indicating that after the death of the father, the mother had been with a man, but she must have been abandoned by the man. Abandoned twice by men, 3 underage children, and a mentally retarded child who made troubles everywhere, he finally couldn't bear the pressure and gave up on himself. The passage that her mother told Gilbert before her death showed that she understood Gilbert's desire to escape very well. Maybe she was so eager back then, but she had to suppress herself for the sake of her family, so she understood that it was very, very rare that Gilbert didn't leave. So he is a warrior.
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