When I was in college, I remember that the teacher who wrote the script used to emphasize the three elements of the story: characters, characters, and characters.
Characters are really important. If a character is successfully created, even if there is no ups and downs in the story, don't worry. This film is a good example. The story is simple . In the end, a heart attack took his life.
Why is this story so wonderful?
The key is in the character of this old man.
First of all, this old man is an unconventional character setting. He is stingy, vicious, and aggressive in his appearance. In fact, it will cause some resentment, but there must be pitiful things for hateful people. That is the old man. The person is mean and disrespectful, full of complaints about life and other people. It is very risky to throw these character flaws to the audience without reservation. If this character cannot achieve empathy and resonate, then everyone will give up halfway. . So we will see the glittering and moving parts mixed in these flaws. At least he loved his dead wife, bargained, or bought two bouquets of flowers for her; although he called the new neighbor a fool, but He will still help them park the car. Although he is mean and unfeeling, he can still help his nemesis fix the heating, his wife's former student's bicycle repair, and the neighbor's children. This old man is like a stinky ditch that everyone hates. Suddenly one day Gold was dug up.
Secondly, it is the characters created around the old man. Other secondary characters must be the keys to open the old man's heart. In fact, if the theme of this story is about something, we can summarize it in one sentence: let Ove open his heart.
Let Ove open his heart, and you have to understand why Ove is the way he is now? What is the reason for his manic character of complaining, whining, mean-spirited, and enemy of the world?
It all starts with his life experience:
1. His childhood experience: his father died early, and his home was burned down—causing him to have a special desire to have a home, so he took care of the community as his own home and took care of those strange behaviors.
2. His love and marriage: After the car accident, he seeks justice for his wife, and no one pays any attention - he is deeply hostile to the government and the inaction of public servants.
3. His friendship and hobbies: he likes cars and has the same hobby as his neighbor Lune, but he always gets the limelight -- his friends are not aware of it, and no one talks to him about cars anymore.
4. His regrets: The child in his wife's womb was lost in a car accident, and he will never have a child in this life.
So why did he want to kill himself?
Corresponding to the above four main life experiences, Ove committed suicide for four reasons:
1. He lost his home. Because of his wife's death, his home was crippled, and there were too many fools. He couldn't stand the fact that the peace of this home and community would be destroyed all the time.
2. He has lost his love and is full of deep complaints about the world.
3. He didn't even have the opportunity to chat with people about cars, and his residual heat could not be used.
4. He lost his responsibility as a father, lost his child, and his wife died. Is there anything in this world worth lingering on?
Regrets in four aspects made him choose suicide. It is actually very difficult to pull a person who wants to commit suicide from the brink of life and death, but this story gives a few keys to open Ove's heart knot, which is other characters.
Pavina: Pregnant women who don't have a driver's license and don't know how to drive—(corresponding)— 3. Ove can teach Pavina to drive.
Pavina and children: Pavina is like Ovie's daughter, and the three children are like grandsons—— (corresponding)—— 4. Lost the responsibility of being a father.
Lunet and his wife: It is actually a reflection of the relationship between Ovie and his wife. Later, everyone worked together to defeat the sanatorium—(corresponding) 2. Losing a loved one and complaining.
Out of the closet boy: In fact, home is a gentle place that is tolerant and accepting. Ove only understood it later—— (corresponding) 1. Say no to those who break the peace of the home
So after this analysis, the character setting of the whole film is very particular, and it can give corresponding treatment to the protagonist's psychological trauma, which is more delicate and natural.
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