I also don't want to act like a panicked rabbit

Carson 2022-04-06 08:01:01

If you are a woman, imagine that one night you worked overtime or tutored late, and after getting out of the subway station, you had to take a path without street lights to go home, and battery cars and cars kept coming towards you with dazzling lights. You had to hide at the very edge of the road and wait for them to drive past. The car left, and the path returned to darkness. You noticed a man in a peaked cap a few meters behind you, looking down at his phone and walking quickly, so you felt a little flustered, so you quickened your pace and looked back from time to time to see that he was away from you. how far.

If you are a male, imagine that one night you worked overtime or tutored very late. After getting out of the subway station, you had to take a path without street lights to go home. The boss sent you a message to tell you that the plan needs to be changed again, so You quicken your pace and decide to go home quickly, make corrections, and rest early. After a while, you notice a girl in front of you keeps looking back at you, obviously panicking, you feel confused, and don't think you look like a bad person.

Thirty minutes into the film, two girls were sitting on a bus bound for New York, and a strange man sitting next to them tried to talk to one of the girls and asked for her phone number, which seemed normal. However, if you look closely, you will find the girl has some hesitant and uneasy expressions. After arriving at the station, the man stepped forward and asked them: Do you know where you are going? The girl replied that, after the man left, the two girls looked at each other and frowned slightly.

It may be difficult for most boys to understand. They think that I just want to get to know her and chat with her for a few days. It is also very polite. Why is she acting indifferent?

Sometimes women themselves start to reflect: Am I being too cautious, and that's not cool at all. But the news of violence against women pops into your head, and you have to be on a constant state of vigilance.

The perspective of the film is calm and delicate. For example, Ao Qiu is lying on the reclining chair in the clinic, the camera is aimed at her stomach, and the bruises on it are unobstructed. One hand applies a transparent couplant to her stomach, and she looks up at a minute. The clock ticking for a second, then looked at the "sky". Another example is on the subway, two girls are sharing the snacks they just bought, you take a bite of mine, and I take a bite of yours, short and ordinary happiness.

At the second abortion clinic, the medical staff asked her a series of questions, and she was very calm and dismissive at first, "Why ask me this?" She felt that she was not an unconscious marionette, not a weak lamb, but asked As she continued, her eyes became rosy and she began to sob. The voice of the medical staff was very gentle, but the questions she asked were sharp like a knife, and every answer of Aoqiu seemed to be dripping with blood.

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Extended Reading
  • Kolby 2022-04-06 09:01:07

    #70thBerlinale# Main Competition Jury Award, has won the Sundance American Drama Unit Special Jury Award. The finish is pretty good and the photography is great. The heroine Sidney Flanigan appeared in a movie for the first time to such an extent that she had to admire Hittman's ability to train actors. "Never, rarely, sometimes, often" this long shot is the highlight of the film, which shows the director and acting skills. With this long shot and the two scenes of punching the nose and trying to abort herself, it is not impossible for Sidney Flanigan to get a Berlin actress in the first scene... But in the film, the two girls have to carry an oversized luggage when they go out for three days. The box is a typical prop specially designed to create scheduling (manufacturing difficulties in action). If this film fails to win the award, it will be largely blamed on the box... In addition, the play of the film can still be more ruthless... And the "male misogyny" that deliberately writes all male characters as scumbags or hideous, starts to move towards the opposite of #metoo.

  • Brown 2022-04-13 09:01:06

    It's really like a variant of "Three Weeks and Two Days in April", but it lacks the Mongi-esque social background laying, and focuses more on women's suffering before sexual violence and abortion, but it's well shot - no The plot of dog blood, instead, expresses in a smooth and unwavering way how this painful problem penetrates into daily life; underage women are especially prone to fall into the weaker side of the body and economy, and everything is unbearable in "Never, rarely, Sometimes, always" appears, which is distressing. The mutual assistance between women is a touch of warmth in the world; the boy who strikes up a conversation with the second woman complements the theme on the side.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always quotes

  • Skylar: What did the Doctor say?

    Autumn: They couldn't really help me

    Skylar: Why not?

    Autumn: I took a test.

    Skylar: What kind of test?

    [Autumn then retches and throws up]

  • Skylar: Don't you ever just wish you were a dude?

    Autumn: All the time.