Symbolism and realism go hand in hand

Gabrielle 2022-03-22 09:01:42

Mothers who escaped from religion and war leave their unmarried sons behind, and continue to be drawn into conflict in the revolt. In prison, he met his son whom he had never met, but his son went astray due to the influence of the war and the loss of his parents. He raped his mother as an executioner and gave birth to twin children. The mother who has experienced everything finally resolves the conflict of family ethics with honesty, tolerance and love. The director also uses the mother's mouth to tell the truth and future of the conflict.
As the clues and protagonists of the story, women always have the ability and responsibility to protect the world and save the world, and also have the role of being hurt and gaining sympathy. Objectively speaking, the incest of the story cannot be understood or even resolved by the Chinese. So I guess it's a bit more abstract and symbolic. Because we will naturally think about the life after the movie, the movie is limited, life continues, and life will not come to a conclusion because of a letter from the protagonist, the pain in it is hard to ignore, and it is a lifetime event.
The protagonist is both a mother and a son. Where there is redemption, there is the object of redemption. The son suffered from war, lost his parents, and his life trajectory was twisted. From good to evil, from the powerful core members to ordinary laborers, from executioners to victims. These conflicts exemplify the helplessness and complexity of the peoples of the Middle East and the impact of war migration in developed countries. The mother, on the other hand, is limited to resistance, from frail to strong, from hard to soft, from hate to love, and is more complete and rational.
And two letters, one to the executioner and one to the son; the two combined into one, the refugees who took revenge on each other in the war. At the same time, these two letters are not allowed to be opened in advance, because only by doing it all over again, can you feel and understand the mother's experiences and choices, and only then can you forgive yourself and find a way out. The letter is for Deniha, and the journey is for the twins. That's two answers, one explanation, and that's tolerance, forgiveness, and love.

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  • [subtitled version]

    Notary Jean Lebel: [after making a promise] To a notary, Mr. Marwan, a promise is a sacred thing.

  • Simon Marwan: One plus one, does it make one?