Orlando was planning a trip to Iguazu Falls with his girlfriend Marina, but fell down the stairs and died. After that, Marina was harassed and even insulted by people.
1. Officer Cortez of the Moral Weathering and Minor Protection Section questioned Marina and Orlando's relationship: "Did he pay you? You two love each other, not just sex? He's old enough to be yours Father. Did you have any relationship before he got sick?"
The police officer's question is too straightforward and too explicit. It is not only an invasion of privacy, but an insult.
Not to mention whether police officers have the right to ask these questions, and even if they did, the system would be too inhumane. Losing her lover, Marina has been very sad. Not only did she not get spiritual comfort, but she was hurt twice.
Of course, from the point of view of a police officer, this is work and a normal procedure, and because of this, it is even more cold and impersonal.
2. Orlando's son Bruno asks how the scars on his father's body came from.
It should be noted that the doctor has already sent the autopsy report to the Orlando family. In other words, Bruno chose not to believe it, and he convicted Marina in his heart beforehand.
Not only that, Bruno has opinions on his father's practice of giving the pet dog Xiao Di to Marina, and even discriminates against Marina's gender: "I just want to find out what kind of thing you are."
Bruno said "this is not your home" and threatened to drive Marina away: "Give me an exact date or I will kick you out."
3. Orlando's ex-wife Sonia is even more rude: "I think your behavior with Orlando is very perverted. I don't know if you are a man or a woman."
Sonia did not allow Marina to attend the memorial service, and she was not allowed to attend the funeral.
Even, the police may be sent by Sonia. When Marina asked Sonia, Sonia thought about it for a while before denying it, adding: "Anyway, please don't resent me, I'm just doing my best to protect the people I love."
Orlando is your lover, isn't she also Marina's lover? You are about to get your lover, and others should be separated from your lover?
4. Cortez forced Marina to do a test, otherwise further investigation into Orlando's cause of death.
The doctor asked Marina to take off her clothes and asked Cortez to avoid it. Cortez refused and peeked at Marina's body.
5. Bruno secretly came to Marina's house and stole Xiao Di.
6. For Marina's private participation in the memorial service, Bruno drove her away, insulted her verbally, and wrapped her mouth with tape.
7. Even though Marina didn't come to the funeral home until after the funeral, Sonia and Bruno were still abusive to Marina.
Everyone understands the principle of "be patient for a while, the wind will be calm; take a step back and the sky will be in Haikou", but it is very difficult to do when it really happens to you.
However, facing discrimination and unequal treatment, Marina chose to lie in the bathroom and choked up.
Choose to relieve anxiety and boredom by blowing the air,
Choose to bury your head in the closet,
Choose to seek spiritual support from teachers, choose to go to the bar to release pressure, choose to bear all the pain and not resist.
She's like a man at times, she's strong, she's sane in spite of cynicism and gossip.
She is sometimes like a woman, she will cry, will be sad, will not bear the pressure.
Marina has been tortured and devastated undeservedly. In order not to make things worse, she has always chosen to endure it. She did not make trouble without reason, did not defend herself, and did not use violence to control violence.
On the contrary, Sonia and Bruno were pushing the envelope and had no intention of backing down.
Marina finally couldn't bear it anymore, she climbed onto the other party's car and stomped wildly, which was also caused by them.
We don't know why Sonia and Bruno hate Marina so much, it may be because Marina is a third party, or it may just be because Marina is transgender.
The movie reminds me of "Love and Blind Date" and "Donkey Gets Water".
In "Love and Blind Date", Yue Huiying and her father's original wife had an irreconcilable conflict, just as Bruno spoke ill of Marina.
In "Donkey Gets Water", Zhang Yiman slept with the coppersmith and was severely insulted afterwards, just like Marina's series of painful experiences.
Zhang Yiman did sleep with a married man, but the coppersmith also cheated. Why was Zhang Yiman insulted, not the coppersmith?
In the same way, Marina did sleep with a married man, but Orlando also cheated. Why is it that Marina is insulted, not Orlando?
Sonia and Bruno made things difficult for Marina, why not blame Orlando?
Probably because of Marina's transgender status.
People have finally begun to accept homosexuality gradually, but they have begun to deal with transgender people.
Don't transgender people deserve to have love?
Are transgender people inferior?
Even if Marina is insulted, even if she is refused to attend memorial services and funerals, even if she is taken naked by a doctor for a photo, even if she is taped by Bruno, she will never give in, never back down, never try to protect herself, never hide her love for Orlando. .
Doesn't that mean she really loves Orlando?
She drove home and saw the dead Orlando, saw the dead Orlando in the rearview mirror, saw the dead Orlando in the bar, saw the dead Orlando in the funeral home...
Isn't this the proof that she is longing for and longing for her lover?
She pretended to be a man to try to get the things in the locker, she faced setbacks and blows and headed against the wind...
This series of actions shows that she is no worse than ordinary people, she is indomitable, she is fearless, and her love for Orlando is unswerving. She dared to pursue her love, much braver than Sonia, who was silent before and only stood up after her husband died.
As Nietzsche said: What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
While possessing a series of qualities such as bravery and tenacity, Marina is no different from ordinary people.
Bruno once asked, "I want to find out what kind of thing you are?"
Marina said, "I'm the same as you."
That's right, she and we are the same kind, just a container for the soul of a grand village, but this container happens to be different between men and women.
This is why "A Fantastic Woman" is translated as "Ordinary Woman". Marina is an ordinary woman, an ordinary person. She is neither nobler than us nor inferior to us. She should not be discriminated against, let alone sympathetic.
Marina racked her brains to find Orlando's envelope, and even when she came to the bathroom disguised as a man, she found nothing, facing her empty locker.
Isn't that what life is like, sometimes it's futile no matter how hard you try. Just as no matter how hard she tried, she could not formally attend her lover's memorial service and funeral; no matter how hard she tried, she could not find her dead lover back.
At the end of the story, perhaps, she will go to Iguazu Falls alone.
But she felt so sad, because she always felt that there should be two people standing under the waterfall.
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