When the title is translated into Chinese, the difference between rarely and sometimess doesn't seem so obvious, but in the middle lies a chasm that is buried in Autumn's infinite pain and insurmountable. At the beginning of the film, it has entered the stage of Autumn's pregnancy, and it goes straight to the theme. Then the director gave a certain foreshadowing to the process of taking the abortion road. From the sound of "slut" during the party program, autumn felt annoyed and ashamed. To the stepfather's cold words, showing a cold family relationship. When the film reaches its climax, the counseling process also indirectly reveals the threat of autumn's sexuality. The adolescence, which was already full of confusion and autism, faced issues that should not be considered at this age, and the surroundings were still infinitely cold and vicious. It was helplessness that forced the girl to be examined alone and searched for "self-abortion" after reviewing abortion laws.
Obviously, the film is forcefully creating a sinister atmosphere: the man who openly shouts at the party, the leader who hides behind his back and keeps molesting, the middle-aged man who picks up a conversation at the checkout, the stepfather who speaks viciously, and the earphone man who takes advantage of the danger. Every male character that appears shows an evil face and faces women directly. This hidden oppositional impact expresses the invisible infiltration and oppression of women in society, and emphasizes the one who acts.
The female image film is narrated by a pair of sisters' journey through abortion, and the despair and pain of autumn are shaped bit by bit. A punch to the abdomen still did not cause self-abortion. When autumn was lying on the medical bed for examination, the camera moved forward from the close-up of the bruised abdomen, and moved forward across the desperate face of autumn, and then stayed up in the sky from the protagonist's perspective. The change of the shot tells about the infinite pain and the silent cry for help of the autumn, which forms a strong contrast and gap with the reality of being alone, and produces emotional emphasis.
After struggling through various predicaments, the sisters set out on the road to an unfamiliar city. And this is another round of nightmares. Knowing that the fetus is 18 weeks old at the new clinic instead of the 10 week old check-up, yet another refusal to accept an abortion is undoubtedly a hindrance. Later, during the consultation, the fearful area of the heart was touched, and the injury deepened again. The film climaxes with the cry of autumn. The out-of-the-clinic scene film uses eerie background music and close-ups of autumn's face, coupled with the continuous light and shadow on the car window, to highlight the deepening despair. But this endless pain did not end. Because of being penniless due to the treatment, helplessly wandering around various entertainment venues with strange men brought physical and psychological fatigue. Weak individuals are eroded by waves in the process of seeking abortion, and this is the existing fact - there is still a phenomenon of female "disability" in this society.
The real climax stack, and the source of the title, is the question-and-answer process in the consulting room. In the scene frame at this time, the fixed camera focuses on the heroine's face, and through a series of questions and answers, she guides the gradual fluctuation of the heroine's inner emotions, and she is excited to erupt. When the first question was asked, the hostess showed a shy smile on her face. This is a very real shy reaction when it comes to self-privacy. When the third and fourth questions came up one after another, the heroine began to meditate and recall, and at the same time, began to escape. Because the answer to the question is secret and dark, she has received another injury in the process, and it has gradually deepened, and the question has become more acute and hit the nail on the head. But the only time to cry in this whole film is to endure it very much and not let it go. Just a few questions directly ripped off the mask of society and observed the true face. The repression is that these questions are set up because they exist, and they have been hurt and are difficult to express and have nowhere to tell.
The film does not have excessive plot extravagance, and focuses on showing the heroine's struggle and inner changes through a large area of blank space. At the same time, in the narrative process, the environment is not vigorously described, but details are interspersed, such as the close-up of the second female's buttocks during bowling (male perspective with headphones) to express that the female group is oppressed by hidden darkness. But the image of the heroine is no longer similar to the ordinary concept, but a woman with a certain sense of resistance and autonomy. In the face of the stepfather's duplicity, he blurted out "eat shit", punched his nose with a pin at home, made a decision to enter a big city for an abortion in a short time, etc., not only the rebellious performance of adolescence, but also the gradual development of female consciousness. Awakening display, though not getting real fairness and respect. The release of women's power is closely related to freedom. The videos that the medical staff in the small town clinic showed preventing abortion and the strong protests against abortion by outsiders at the clinic all exaggerated the atmosphere of social confinement. The success of autumn abortion is a symbol of breaking through the shackles of the outside world and finding true freedom and independence.
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