It's a completely Seaman-like story, except that the ending is tragic, but it's the tragedy that makes the story all the more moving: Jack spent a few years in prison after the Civil War and finally set foot on his way home. road. In the past 7 years, things went wrong and their homes were destroyed. His wife Laura and her youngest son were struggling to get by. Jack and Laura carefully watched the renewed love for each other. The neighbors and black people also sincerely accepted the old master who cared more about the land and farmers. Only the young man who had had a crush on Laura for many years watched him with indifference. The land can be harvested with hard work, and Laura also gave birth to a daughter. Good days are within reach, but bad luck suddenly comes. Jack is accused of killing a person, the evidence is solid and unforgivable. At this time, Laura said that Jack was not her husband, and this person was not Jack, and invited witnesses to confirm her statement. Just as the case is about to be overturned, Jack unexpectedly fires the lawyer, confronts Laura, and forces her to confess her love for him in court and admit that he is her husband from her heart. The defense was successful, but his fate was also decided. Laura doesn't understand why he'd rather die than prove he's Jack. Jack said that if I were not Jack, then the land sale contract he signed would be a dead letter, the hard work of the neighbors would be in vain, and their daughter was an illegitimate child... and himself, he would be a useless liar and be imprisoned for a few years. , came out and still nothing. He doesn't want to die, but he must choose one of them. Then he would rather die and prove that he is her husband in honor.
Indeed, he is not Jack, just a person who looks exactly like Jack. He worked as a teacher for a year, got away with a sum of money, and worked as a soldier for a few years. After being captured, he was locked in the same cell with Jack for 4 years. Learned everything about Jack in the small talk with Jack. After being released from prison, Jack quarreled with people, killed people, and then died. He pretends to be Jack and returns to Jack's house, falls in love with Laura, and decides to be a good person. But God does not allow it. That being the case, then be a good Jack and die, and don't go back to the despicable past and live stubbornly.
What a touching story. Hollywood can really turn a stone into gold. They already know the tastes of the audience and know how to weave dreams. What was the earliest story? The first half of Gérard Depardieu's film is similar, except that the real husband got tired of being a peasant, and he just greeted new recruits and left without calling a single one. 7 Years later, she was tired of the homeless life and wanted to go home. She confronted the fake husband played by Depardieu. The fake husband was sentenced to death. What is disgusting is not only the lewd ropes of the real husband and the big nose and heart of the fake husband, but also the dirty farmers and the land, men and women wearing red cloth hats, nowhere to be seen. The scenery is not beautiful, the characters are not beautiful, and the ending is not beautiful. Depardieu can't justify pretending to be alive, isn't it too risky? Since he's not dead, he will go home one day, what will he do then? Don't you want to live at ease? I don't know how much better than the French version. The director put the background after the Civil War, so that the men's departure and life and death are so logical. The details, the dark lines and the foreshadowing are all done in a natural way. I don't know if it is easy to make a new script or to adapt, but this director is a master at adapting. Many remakes are not as good as old films, and this one is indeed an exception.
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