In those turbulent times, when teenagers were anxious to find an organization for themselves, thinking they could do something, Aristel joined the tartan gang, where the deaths of Catholics were trivial, they thought they did It's all right, even killing someone and thinking it's something to be proud of in a bar. As he said in the interview, the mind has been restrained and no one has stopped him and told him it was wrong. And Joe, who witnessed Aristel killing his brother, spent more than ten years under the hatred of his mother.
In the past three decades, Aristel has been burdened with the guilt of murder, and it was only in prison that he was told that his actions were wrong. What kept lingering in his mind was Joe's face, for which he couldn't have a life of his own, and he needed redemption. I do feel heartbroken for him, for what he did, the era needs to take some responsibility, but the fact that he killed people will not be covered up for this. He killed a person, ruined a family, and what hurts even more is Joe. While waiting to meet Aristel, Joe's trembling, talking to himself, unable to hear the words of the people around him, all he wants is revenge. It's real. That kind of feeling, probably we can't fully feel it.
So Aristel chose to meet Joe, and he actually thought about his own ending. He said: "Joe never wanted reconciliation. But in the end, Joe came close to crying: I wish I was a good father, it's over, it's over. At that moment, I was about to cry, how much strength was needed to support myself. I'm not a saint, I don't take such forgiveness for granted, but I think what Joe has done is really great, really. He gave up his paradise for five minutes, chose forgiveness, freed himself, gave himself back to life, and set Aristel free. So good, so good.
Unexpectedly, the tears that I held back while watching the movie fell when I wrote the movie review.
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