This argentine film "The Crime of Restraint" , it attracts the editor because of the title, how is the crime restrained? Or how can one commit a crime under restraint?
The film tells the story of two mothers, the heroine and her housemaid. The heroine is a middle-class wife who lives in an apartment in the city center. Her husband, a retired engineer, lives well and occasionally meets friends for yoga classes or meals. Grady, the maid at home, has a three-year-old son. The hostess gave the maid a job and gave her children a good education and life.
The story of the film revolves around two cases related to them. The heroine's son, Daniel, was charged with trespassing, rape and other charges by his ex-wife, while another case involved a maid, Grady, who was charged with murdering a close relative. In the film, the scenes of the court and life are constantly alternately presented, and the stories of several protagonists are narrated blandly. There is no strong emotion and no impactful pictures. They just tell their stories to the audience.
1. The Case of the Maid Grady
The maid, Grady, was charged with the murder of the newborn baby, but the crux of the case was that the maid was unwilling to say who the father of the child was, or even refused to speak. In the end, the maid was convicted, and her son was entrusted to the hostess. When everyone was talking about the heroine, the last word she said in court was to thank the heroine and give her a home.
When the maid was pregnant for the first time, the hostess found out, and took her to check, helping the maid to raise the child wholeheartedly, but when the maid was pregnant for the second time, the hostess, who had always been careful, didn't seem to notice this. From being pregnant to having a big belly, it can be said that she gets along with the maid day and night, but she doesn't find out, is it possible? Maybe she realized that the reason why she helped the maid raise her first child was because the heroine's love for her son and grandson was nowhere to be released , and it was transferred to the maid's son, but when the maid became pregnant for the second time, the heroine might Tired, having a child is a sustenance for her, and having a second child is a burden for her and the family, she no longer needs a second "sustenance" .
The hostess told the maid that the house no longer has room to accommodate another child. In fact, it is not only the house, but also has no room in her heart to let go of another child. Maybe she wants the maid to abort the child herself. Maybe it's just to express her attitude, but for the maid, she has no education, she had a hard childhood, and she doesn't even know that she can take medicine for stomach pain. Maybe it was this little detail that led to the baby's final death. You can't judge who is right and who is wrong, because you are not any of them, and you can't predict the consequences in advance and start to avoid things from happening. Just an ordinary struggling ordinary person...
Even more ironically, the heroine finally learned that the dead child was her grandson, the child after her son raped others, and she indirectly caused the child's death (from her denial in court that she never said that the house could not accommodate others.) When the child was born, she knew that she had nothing to do with the child's death), and finally woke up...
2. The case of the heroine's son Daniel
The camera first showed the audience the statement of the defendant Daniel, but when Daniel accused his ex-wife in tears in court, the editor was not confused. Because this man has always avoided one thing, that is, if his ex-wife is really such a heinous person, why did the court restrict his activities after his ex-wife appealed 23 times?
Sure enough, Daniel's ex-wife's statement subverted Daniel's statement. The evil deeds that Daniel is accusing of his wife are actually all his crimes. The person he accuses of abusing and abusing is actually him, the addict is actually him, and he is the one who is passively living his life...
His emotional exposition is nothing but a delusional, false story.
And in order to save her son Daniel from prison, the heroine did her best. For the sake of her son, she pushed the innocent victim's daughter-in-law into the abyss, and even exhausted her family wealth to hire a better lawyer at a more expensive price. She obtained the key evidence - the semen DNA sample, and the daughter-in-law lost the case. For her son, she spends money again and again, not hesitate to sell property, save living expenses, to meet her son's needs, open a company, open a motorcycle shop, buy drugs...
She loves her son so much that she blinds her eyes, doesn't she know the true face of her son? No, she knows, she knows it clearly, just like what the psychologist said in the movie, when faced with something you don't want to face, it's a human instinct to escape, and this instinct can even make a woman deceive herself that she doesn't Pregnant, my belly didn't get bigger, let alone refusing to admit my son's true colors?
The final ending is good, but ironically, when the heroine finally learned that the dead child was her grandson, the child after her son raped others, she indirectly caused the child's death (from her denial in court) When she never said that the house could not hold another child, she knew that she had nothing to do with the child's death), and finally woke up... So she made the only right choice.
Maternal love is so great, it can make a kind woman take away the only evidence without her conscience when she knows her son's atrocities; it can make a woman who is used to living a good life and has a delicate life, regardless of her husband's departure, regardless of her husband's departure. Live a life of saving downshifts and make the choice to sell your house and hire a lawyer.
But in the same way, how selfish a mother's love is. It can make a woman do harm to others for her child, even if she knows it well and has an uneasy conscience, just to make the child live a little better. Fortunately, the heroine did not make any mistakes in the end. The behavior of the maid who was also a mother made her realize that it is not the best choice to blindly give good to the child. If, as a mother, you cannot educate your children well, you must be prepared to let your children bear the consequences of their actions. Only reality can teach children the truth of being a human being .
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