The plot of the film is very simple: the single mother takes all kinds of bear children, and then she accidentally saw a dark fairy tale book called "Babadou". The mother began to be affected, and she went further and further on the road of blackening, even threatening the life of the child... From the perspective of sound effects, special effects, plasma, and dead people, this film is extremely restrained (stingy) and has a terrifying atmosphere. The construction is mainly done through layers of psychological paving and various tricky shots. Looking up at the camera very close gives people a sense of psychological oppression. This is why there are no terrible ghost images in the film, and I still can't help but get close to the friends who watched the film together. At the same time, the actor's interpretation is also very hard, the mother's emptiness and loneliness until it darkens, and the son's eccentricity and love for his mother, both perform very well.
Does the monster Babadu exist in the film? The so-called "True or false, false also true, inaction, where there is not." There is a detail in the film. There are various relics of the dead husband in the basement, including a tuxedo. And this dress is also worn by a monster. It's not that the husband is a monster, but the monster does have inextricable connections with his dead father. From the mouth of the son in the film, we learned that the reason why the heroine became a single mother was because her husband was in a car accident while sending her to give birth. ) We learned that the husband has been dead for seven years, and the heroine has not yet emerged from the shadow of the widowed husband.
In this state of mind, what is the life state of the heroine? As the camera unfolds, we are full of sympathy for this hardworking single mother. Halfway through the sleep, the child was called up to check under the bed. Every day, the work was facing a group of expressionless old Parkinson's ladies, the boss made all kinds of difficulties, the bear children made various troubles and were even persuaded by the school to leave. The mother is always restrained and gentle, never said a word to her child, and stood by his side when criticizing her at school. The hostess’s daily life is mechanically boring. She wakes up to make breakfast and goes to work to watch TV. The girlfriend of the hostess also said that she is reluctant to go to the hostess’s house because it is "very depressing." The film also shows the heroine's desire for love and sex, such as the expression of a couple kissing, such as being interrupted by her son's masturbation. These shots may add up to half an hour, but the heroine has actually lived like this for seven years. Thinking in this way, it is not difficult to understand the blackening behind the heroine. The so-called Babadu is just an opportunity to vent.
As for the bear child, at first, many people saw that being a mother was so tired, and they disliked him more or less; people around him also showed rejection of him. This child has a rhythm of getting into trouble every minute. Who dares to provoke him? But when you think about it, the child becomes like this, is it really just a born debt collector? Does it have nothing to do with the mother's way of education? If you are careful, we will also discover some of the characteristics of mothers, such as being strong, such as avoidance. When the child told others how his father died, he was stopped by his mother; the child was dismissed from school, and the mother told a colleague that the child was sick; the female partner mentioned the topic of single mothers at the party and was ridiculed by the hostess; the old neighbor lady mentioned it. When he got to the father of the child, he was pushed back by the hostess... The father of the dead child is a taboo topic for the hostess. In the eyes of children who are still ignorant of the concept of death, this can't be said to be a terrible and dark existence, something that even powerful mothers are afraid of. The child wants to protect his mother from "this kind of thing", but it shows that he is constantly causing trouble, because the things he wants to fight against are intangible, but the means are tangible.
Watching this film, I almost ran in tears twice. Once saw her husband's illusion in the basement, the hostess said: "I thought you were dead", the kind of happiness that took off all the burdens and all the disguise, as if the suffering was over; once was the blackened mother pinching the child While the child strokes his mother’s cheek, saying I love you. The child is sensitive. He can see the darkness in his mother's subconscious mind. He knows that the mother "does not love him" and blames him for his father's death, wishing him to die instead of his father. But he also knows that there is a mother who loves him and will protect him at all costs; in the end, the sleeping mother's love awakened by the child finally defeated the dark Babadu, and the mother and child hugged each other.
At the end, Babadu was locked in the basement, and he did not completely disappear. But we saw the growth of mother and child. The child told the social worker about the relationship between his birthday and his father's death. This time the mother did not interrupt, but said with a little bit of self-deprecation that "he is as outspoken as his father". The death of his father is no longer a taboo. It is dried in the sun and coated with alcohol. Although it is painful, it means the possibility of healing.
I have seen some domestic and foreign social news before, saying that single mothers abuse or even brutally kill their children. We all feel that the mother is cruel, cold-blooded and frantic. After watching this film, I couldn't help thinking, maybe that mother was also a gentle mother, but she was so overwhelmed by the difficulties of life and spiritual loneliness that she couldn't find her way out. And when she sent out the distress signal, we might have closed the last door and window of communication with the impatient girlfriend.
"Babadu" cannot be eliminated. When you close yourself for various reasons, it will take the opportunity to shed pus and grow in the dark, devour our minds, and make us paranoid and violent. What we can do is to bravely step out of the island created by ourselves, without fear of seeking help from the outside world. As for the people around, you might as well show more care for lonely souls like the old neighbors. The hardest thing in the world to overcome is the human heart, and the only thing that can overcome it is the human heart.
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