Because I can't share, because I can't empathize

Rosalia 2022-03-01 08:01:22


Ophthalmologist Myris has a loving family. The only fly in the ointment is that the bright daughter Samantha is in a period of rebellion and has a tense relationship with her mother Hannah. Hannah was worried about Samantha's inattentive attitude, rude behavior, ignorant whereabouts, and a bunch of punk-like weird friends, and has been patiently trying to understand her daughter's inner world, daughter Unable to bear the endless concern of her mother, she felt that she could not reach a consensus with her mother no matter what, so she rejected her mother's care indifferently. Facing such a situation, Hannah was both annoyed and distressed. Accidentally got into a car accident.

In the ward, Hannah, who gradually woke up, found that her daughter was about to die. She held Samantha's hand tightly when she was in excruciating pain. Because of excessive tension and excitement, she fainted again and stopped breathing. But Samantha miraculously regained consciousness after her heart stopped for 32 seconds. Myris endured the grief of losing his wife, but found that the soul of his wife lived in his daughter's body at the moment. He struggled with the dual identity of wife-daughter and fell into great helplessness and confusion. He had a daughter, but he did not seem to have lost his wife. The indisputable fact was how he would endure the ardor of his wife every day in the body of his daughter. Passionate care and love? And where is his daughter? Regarding the current chaotic and complicated situation, Myris and his wife have reached a consensus that they will try their best to find the lost daughter, and in the process, life will go on. Hannah will continue to live a normal life on behalf of her daughter until they come up with a solution. .

Hannah timidly walked into the unfamiliar campus where she had been away for 20 years with her schoolbag on her back, and was greeted by unfamiliar people, which made her realize that Samantha was forced to change schools because she thought it was for her daughter's sake. The fear and nervousness of stepping away from familiar life and friends into a new environment. But still can't stand the abrupt tattoo on her daughter's butt, and a series of bad life with bad buddies such as smoking, drinking, and taking drugs. In this way, Hannah anxiously began her college life with Samantha.

Her husband's rational and distant attitude and her daughter's disappearance make Hannah feel distressed and disturbed. However, in the splendid classroom life, Hannah's long-suppressed desire for knowledge was born out of her family and her husband giving up her studies. to your life goals. Also, because she opened her daughter's locker with her birthday password, and read the diary where she found her daughter, she gradually understood that her daughter's love for herself was hidden under the appearance of hostility and alienation. Surprised, astonished, moved, and gratified, she worked tirelessly. She followed the dreams she and Samantha shared, and recorded her feelings in a diary.

Feeling the exuberant energy and curiosity in her daughter's young body, as well as the inexplicable anxiety and helplessness caused by the unknown world, Hannah gradually integrated into Samantha's life under such strange and exciting pleasure. In a party, driven by the temptation of friends, the swelling hormones burned with unknown power, Hannah involuntarily put the drug bottle into the nasal cavity slowly, in the hallucination, there was fresh blood flowing, and the youthful turmoil was boiling , Hannah finally merged with her daughter's thoughts and felt her daughter's existence for the first time after the car accident.

After waking up, Hannah felt Samantha's strong will. She knew that she had found her lost daughter. She couldn't bear her husband and daughter, but she was so clear in her heart that only her departure could bring her husband and daughter back. Continue to live a normal and peaceful life.

How can some secrets be known to my mother? How can some things be shared with the mother? The story takes a different approach to the misunderstanding and separation of love between family members through a supernatural story. Unable to stop the innate and instinctive love deep in the heart, it makes each other more and more estranged. The kind that adults think is good for their children, that kind of expectation will lead them to judge their children only with what they think is right, and restrain them with what they think is right. This is a never-ending struggle about love, No winning or losing, endless.

But in any case as described in the film:

I will still use your birthday as a password.
I will still use my life to continue the faint breath of your passing.
Maybe only in this way can I forgive my disobedience.
Maybe only by giving up life, I can have the opportunity to perceive your inner world.

Reconciliation is not achieved by speaking or listening.
This is an insurmountable love gap.
You are my closest person,
but we can only watch the distance from each other become more and more distant. It
becomes an eternal pain in our hearts,
irreversible. A secret zone,
a secret battle between an untouchable mother and daughter.

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Si j'étais toi quotes

  • Samantha Marris: You've got a 36 year old wife in the perfect body of a 16 year old. I'm every man's wet dream.

  • Samantha Marris: I can't get fucking laid, and I'm married!

    Dr. Benjamin Marris: Well, I know the fucking feeling!