"Five Minutes in Heaven"

Raymundo 2022-03-27 08:01:01

The storyline is simple, but details the psychological changes of the two protagonists. Both protagonists grew up in the context of war, and shooting is no stranger to them. The protagonist A is the shooter, and as a teenager he's willing to do anything to get the ballroom and Sammy's approval. So he fired, three shots. In front of the protagonist B, who was obsessed with kicking the ball against the wall, he shot his brother who was watching TV to death. They looked at each other, but A didn't kill B. Then what? Because of his successful shooting, A entered the dance hall and drank like an adult. But B bears the reason for his brother's death. He became a "murderer" because he couldn't stop him, and he suffered accusations and indifference from his mother for 33 years. After that, his family died one after another, and he was burdened with such a crime for 33 years, living in poverty. You know, he's a paranoid, he was a kid who could play football all the time just to break records, and that burden will gradually increase over time. Later, A had the opportunity to meet B. To him, he was nothing but a tool. It is a tool for rich man B's repentance and a tool for the ratings of the program group. No one really understands him, and no one really understands the pain he has been carrying for 33 years. He feels angry and unwilling. But he is no longer the helpless child he used to be. He can choose actively whether to become a "shooter" to balance his inner unwillingness and enjoy five minutes in heaven. "he is in the car now. It reminds me of my reconciliation with my mom. I have always understood the difficulties at home, and I have always been obedient and sensible, so I will not accuse my parents of neglecting and being unfair to me. One day I had enough to endure, and I converted my inner depression into text and sent it to my mother. After I posted it, I had already put it down, or my mind had left the house. But on the third day after the post, she called me, made a video call, and did not respond directly to the text I sent. She asked, "Is it cold over there? Do you want me to buy you a pair of shoes?" At that moment, I put it down. Because she really knew and understood the knot in my heart, even though she didn't apologize, didn't cry for me to forgive her.

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  • Kyra 2022-03-27 08:01:01

    not a good time for serious movies...

  • Zena 2022-03-27 09:01:23

    I don't like the way the director tells the story and I'm not very interested in the story itself

Five Minutes of Heaven quotes

  • Alistair Little: [to interviewer] Guilty if I laugh. Guilty if I drink. Guilty if I forget. How to get through a day. What to do in it. I wake up, I go out. But where to go? He's always there. In my head. And I don't know where to go. Where to put yourself after it all. It's the same for everyone. Some of us have found an answer. He's killed a few Catholics in his time. and now he's killing his own. Some protection thing to control the estate. Released after the Good Friday Agreement, he's on top of the world again, still living it, just like he always was, with his mates watching his back, breathing in the scent of his victories.

    Alistair Little: If I had gone with him then, just said yes to him then... That's all I had to do, just tell him I was in. I know that isn't my answer, but what *is* my answer, you know? I sit in meeting rooms all over the world and I help men to live with what they've done to a wife, a child, a stranger, a neighbor - how to live with that act of violence. That's, you know, always there inside us. But I can't help myself. Sometimes I feel that this preacher is just the man I've become so that I can cheat my way through my life.

  • Alistair Little: Get rid of me, Joe, so that when you wake up in the morning, it's not me's in your head, it's your daughters. Don't give them me. Go home and tell them that you've killed me off. That I'm gone, forever. I'm nothing. Nothing. Go home and tell them that and live your life for them.