"The Salesman" seems to convey to me the choice between two things, dignity or endure, sympathy or cruelty...
What I see are some choices before life.
In fact, when I saw the male protagonist asking the old man to call his son-in-law, I already guessed that the perpetrator might be the old man. I'm waiting for the hero's response. Will he be shaken by the event because he is an old man, has a heart condition, has a daughter and son-in-law, and has a family. (Personally I don't think it should be shaken)
The film cleverly tells the victim of the film from the heroine to the old man, from the victim to the perpetrator, through the old man's two heart attacks. And the audience will unconsciously accept such a change, which is also in line with a traditional moral view, life comes first.
Life is indeed very precious, but is it still precious by virtue of life being mischievous? It can be seen that the old man in the film will be ashamed because the male protagonist told his family about this, but he will not be ashamed because he betrayed his wife and found a prostitute. At first, he told the male protagonist that he had never been in the bathroom. Later, he was locked in the room and his life was threatened before admitting everything. The old man loves life more than anything else. But life is composed of countless small individuals, dignity, spirit... everything is a branch of life. Is it because the old man had a heart attack and chose to forgive the event itself?
In fact, the male protagonist is very rational. As the victim, he is looking at this incident. The incident itself is wrong, and if he is wrong, he will be punished. This is the original intention of the male protagonist.
So, even if the old man died of a heart attack, should he be forgiven for his actions?
(The first time writing a film review may have a lot of can't stand scrutiny)
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