1. There are three points of homosexuality mentioned in the gay plot
movie: 1. D is gay and has a relationship with police officer Antony. 2. Jacky's mother asked the doctor "will her son become gay in the future". 3. After Jacky revealed her true feelings Giving him a hug, Jacky asks him "You're not gay are you?" D denies.
First of all, I don't think that the addition of homosexuality is the director's denial of homosexuality, which was seen in another film review. In fact, it's just a characteristic of D's character. I think D, the informant, has an admiration for the role of jacky. D's guilt towards Jacky has existed for a long time, but this guilt turned into love when he met Jacky and found that he had become a tall, innocent, even handsome and sexy man. This admiration led him to defy all odds to help Jacky evade the police. Even this kind of admiration D didn't realize, and even he allowed himself to do so because he was "paying off the debt".
This can explain a lot of his behavior towards Jacky in the future, his selfless dedication, revealing police information, willing to flee together, hugging deeply, and later when Jacky went to Lucia, his face was full of helplessness and jealousy, even when the police had entered the building, he He even risked his life to "save" Jacky, which is all evidence of D's love for Jacky.
Then the relationship between D and the police officer is relatively simple, and it is even a means for the police officer to hang him to provide him with clues. Here, the director just played a mystical role in the relationship.
As for why Jacky asked D if he was gay and that his mother was afraid of Jacky being gay: Belgium is a very open country and one of the few countries where gay marriages take place. It is under the premise of civilized people that this remote village still has such prejudice (mother foolishly believes that sexual orientation is related to the secretion of male hormones), which is actually the director's opinion of "a kind of religious ignorant people" The embodiment of the point of view (there is a Christ image with blood on the lower body to better express this point). But this is also deeply influenced by the birthplace of the film - Belgium, a country of contradictions, I will talk about this in depth later.
As for Jacky's own "homophobia", this is even more understandable. Since childhood, he has lost the pride of a man, and is no longer a complete man. When he sees a woman, he is powerless and impotent. If someone says he is gay at this time, then he will think that others are questioning his "man" status. Jacky himself is constantly maintaining the dignity of his "man": low speech, violence, full body muscles, etc. This kind of external dignity is all Jacky has. So if any behavior that can be linked to "non-mainstream male culture", such as homosexuality, will be extremely rejected by him. That's why he's so sensitive after D gives him a deep hug after he's emotional.
2. Mother, growing up, family
In the scene where Jacky, Stevie and D were playing together when they were young, the mother was very caring for Jacky. At that time, the mother was not the mother she is now, not the mother who regarded jacky as a bull. And after the accident, the mother's great change in attitude towards Jacky is a big reason for turning Jacky into an "animal". The ignorant uneducated mother, after the accident, basically gave up caring for her son, thinking that without eggs, she would no longer be a man, so she would no longer give her grandchildren, and there was no need to care about her anymore. This is reflected in stevie laughing and laughing happily when she brought a family of many members and her mother together, but did not show any expression to jackie.
Jacky's disappointment with his mother also slowly turned into a disappointment in the care of women as a whole.
3. Lucia
This role has to be mentioned: because she can be said to be the only "bright" role in the whole play. Lucia is conflicted, she's pure she's kind she's romantic she's "integrity", eg: She comes to Jacky's house to see him and realizes that Jacky is the same jacky 20 years ago. She took the initiative to talk to Jacky at the bar. After she called the police, she told Jacky that the reason she went to her was "I'm a woman! I'm stupid!" and told him to run for his life. Even the most interesting thing is that when Lucia's mother talked about her mentally handicapped brother, Lucia didn't stand on the side of her brother at all.
But at the same time, she is also contradictory: for example, after jacky found her, she directly called the police without listening to what jacky had to say. When Jacky was pulled out, her tears and expression, that kind of resolute expression.
Lucia was Jackie's only love, and the only time that made him feel like a man. His love for Lucia is not just about hormones at all, but a woman who knows the secrets of his past, still tolerates him like this, gives him a chance (Lucia drives to see him is a good explanation), and in the movie At certain moments, Lucia's fondness for jacky is evident. This is exactly the opposite of their mother's attitude, which also leads to Jacky's infatuation with Lucia.
4. Belgium
has to say Belgium. If you don't have some understanding of Belgium, you will have limited understanding of the contradictions, locations and character settings in many movies.
Belgium did not exist historically, and now consists of the northern Flemish region and the southern Wallonia region (the German-speaking region in the east has little influence, so I won't mention it). Flemish to speak Flemish, a branch of Dutch, and Limburg, where the film takes place, is in this district. The Flemish area is rich, rich in products, good order, advanced in education and hygiene, basically on the same level as the Netherlands, plus the same culture as the Netherlands, basically the Dutch always think that the Flemish people are their little brothers. Wallonia speaks French, is mainly industrial, has low income, low education level, high crime rate, and chaotic political management. Although it is in a country, it is completely abandoned and left to fend for itself. Of course, the Walloons will not be happy. In recent years, they have been emphasizing that the gap between the north and the south is too great, and they feel it is unfair. France, on the other hand, ignored the Walloons at all, believing that they were stubborn, backward and ignorant, and had absolutely no interest in bringing them into "little brothers" (this is in stark contrast to the relationship between the Netherlands and Flemish)
. A completely incompatible language has survived to this day under this "language dividing line". Northerners think southerners are stupid, dirty, and lazy. Southerners think that northerners are preoccupied and unreasonable, that they look down on people and look down on working people, and that a bowl of water is not level.
Foreshadowing to the present: The film takes place on this language boundary between North and South. Jacky's small town is right on the boundary between Limburg (in the north) and Liège (in the south of the book). They have the self-respect of "north" Proud, with the "blood conditions" of the north, and speaking "noble Flemish language", but located in this embarrassing and undeveloped countryside, the economic conditions and hardware facilities are actually the standards of the "south". This contradictory background further highlights Jacky's own embarrassing situation, and at the same time intensifies the contradictions in the film itself. The uneven development of the North and the South is mentioned many times in the film, and the contradictions between the people of the North and the South (the French-speaking car dealership guys and the hormonal gangsters who kill the police are typical examples), on the surface they are kind, but behind the scenes they dislike each other.
And the last scene is taken in the scorching sun, this decaying French-speaking industrial city, crossed by the Maas River, in fact, calm down, it is like a doomsday Paris, a kind of decaying beauty. And it is such a romantic and tragic city with post-modern apocalyptic flavor that carries the final climax. I think these are the director's ulterior motives.
I suddenly realized that I was long-winded a lot =. = All kinds of complaints are welcome!
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