Every time I discover the imperfections of this world, I start with discovering the sordidness of this world.
How difficult is it to grow a person who has the ability to resist, and to have a peaceful teenage time? The thorns on the roadside, the poisonous snakes in the grass, and the lurking crocodiles. The world is too dangerous, but it cannot prevent children from exploring the unknown because of danger. Just like what the novel "Silent Reading" says: You can be more vigilant than your children against strangers, but you can't make them afraid of wearing floral skirts, otherwise, what do you want us to do?
Regarding child sexual assault, there are both Chinese and foreign works, and now we select the typical ones for comparison.
In terms of content, "The Furnace" talks about the audience's feelings. Because the object of sexual assault is deaf and mute children, it is more judgemental to rely on others to tell, so there are many classic lines in it. But this also makes the movie have a sense of unreality of reading lines.
"Carnival", "Suyuan" and "Room" talk about the feelings of the parties, and they have a sense of substitution.
The difference is that "Carnival" talks about the development trajectory of the parties and focuses on behavior.
"Suyuan" and "The Room" focus on the psychological trajectory of the person involved, and both have a new pure life to redeem themselves.
The difference between "Suyuan" and "The Room" is that "The Room" allows us to see the justice of justice, and it has a ritual to bid farewell to the past.
"Suyuan" is a passive farewell, and even Suyuan said to her brother in the ending, "It's great that you can come", it always feels like an account of life.
This is really a heavy topic. Every time I see such an event, I always realize that the world is not as clean as I imagined. Sometimes it is so savage that it makes people feel like they are in hell, full of evil spirits, and the area is empty.
After Suyuan was injured, her eyes drooped, the corners of her swollen mouth curled, and two lines of tears flowed down. She said: "Am I wrong?" The stranger held an umbrella. What is wrong is this world, it is the cowardice of this world that makes these maggots twisted in the world.
These works have their own highlights
"furnace"
"The Melting Pot" has an excellent script and very infectious lines, which can easily drive the emotions of the audience, making people gritted teeth, filled with outrage, and even burst into tears.
"Carnival"
"Carnival" is much flatter, or calmer, it doesn't seem to be tearful enough, giving people the illusion of "not good-looking". But the beauty of a movie can never be judged by whether it is tearing or not. On the contrary, I think restraint is the biggest highlight of "Carnival" . This kind of unintended sensationalism is precisely the greatest restoration of reality. People inadvertently think of the opening chapter of "Red and Black": truth, this harsh truth.
Faced with her daughter’s sexual enlightenment, her mother blamed Xiaowen for her unconservative dress for not being well-educated. She also cut Xiaowen’s hair, which directly caused Xiaowen to run away from home. In the face of the sexual assault, President Liu did not choose to take responsibility. Instead, he proposed a private solution under the pressure of officials and promised to bear all the tuition fees of Xiaowen and Xiaoxin. And Xiaoxin's father did not choose to use legal means to protect his daughter's dignity. Instead, he chose to have a private relationship with President Liu. The reason was: "What if President Liu is sentenced? He can continue to cry out after he has been detained for a few years before he comes out. But what about our children? People will make irresponsible remarks."
In "Carnival", restraint and cruelly tear open the social fig leaf: discrimination against women.
Isn’t it because the father of Xiaoxin in "Carnival" is afraid that people will make irresponsible remarks, is it because he is afraid of unscrupulous media shooting, is it because the victims are afraid of people talking, is it because they are afraid that these keyboard men will condemn the victims, they Don't you dare to say it! We are always too tolerant to bad people and too harsh to victims.
" If the sky is always dark, then survive in the dark; if it is dangerous to make a sound, then remain silent; if you feel powerless to shine, then huddle in the corner. But don't get used to the darkness and defend it; don't defend yourself Don’t ridicule people who are more brave and enthusiastic than yourself. We can be humble as dust, not twisted like maggots.”
In the face of evil, you can't face it directly, and don't twist it like a maggot.
At the end of the story, Xiaomi embarked on a journey on a motorcycle. People think of freedom inexplicably.
About sex, about dignity, about life, freedom.
"Suyuan"
"Suyuan" is often tied with "The Furnace". Compared with the latter, the torture color of "Suyuan" is much softer, and there is also a maneuver. The emphasis is on healing, which is intended to express the flower of hope in despair.
Many childhood sexual assault victims cannot escape their sense of guilt and shame , "Why me? Is it my fault?" Such self-blame has been lingering around, and some of them will go to ruin. Rape, in some sense, destroys the victim's life more than it kills her. A person's future life trajectory will completely change-unless one has the heartbreaking courage and is surrounded by family and friends who are willing to tolerate and encourage you-otherwise it is inevitable to live in a long nightmare.
The whole film is full of dreamy warm yellow lights. It should be a child's ideal childhood. The bitter disaster and the warm color background form a strong contrast, which makes people feel distressed.
Suyuan, such a cute little girl, will smile sweetly, will say hello to others, have endless imagination and creativity, after that rainy day, she will only become a wounded little beast.
The world taught her a lesson at the very beginning of her life: Too kindness will hurt herself. Is this the sorrow of Suyuan or the sorrow of society?
"Room"
"The Room" is the only complete presentation of the worst results of sexual assault.
This room is the room where the mother and the son are imprisoned, the room where the son's cognitive bottleneck is, and the room where the mother's soul is shadowed.
The first half is mainly about escaping from the real material imprisoned room, and the second half is the opening of the respective atriums of mother and child.
Our attention to victims is usually short-lived, and we respond with sympathy instead of paying attention to their development, so we don’t know that those experiences will be like life-killing ghosts, torturing them in the middle of the night and destroying their lives. .
Fortunately, "The Room" also gave the victim a template to walk out of the shadows: take the initiative to say goodbye.
Just like what my son did, say goodbye to the chair, farewell to the sofa, farewell to the sink, farewell to the past years and the past self.
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