The beautiful girl Astrid, struggling to grow up against adversity; the charming mother Ingrid, who makes people hate but can't help but admire her strength; and Claire, who adopted a girl, so gentle and so fragile, her death makes me feel bad.
Ingrid loves white oleander. Flowers are used to describe people: Oleander is woody, and Ingrid is indeed not a weak flower and grass; white flowers bloom on the tall and straight branches, which are pure and handsome, and Ingrid is also such a lonely and independent demeanor; Beauty is also highly poisonous. Ingrid used her most beloved flower poison to kill the man who failed her.
Astrid said: "My mum was the most beautiful woman I've ever met and the most dangerous woman.
Ingrid's principles include:
don't leave men overnight;
don't apologize;
don't explain.
She also said to her daughter:
Love can only make you shame, hatred can make you grow. (The original words are: Love humiliates you. Hatred cradles you.)
Don't let yourself be attached to anyone who doesn't care about you because of loneliness. Being a man can't escape loneliness. No one can fill this lonely space. All you can do is know yourself and your needs. (Original quote: Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best you can do is know yourself ... know what you want. )
Such a woman who has become "fine" is still hurt by a man, and her once free and easy life has turned into a full of hatred. She wanted her daughter to be independent from anyone, especially men, and she even deliberately destroyed her daughter's rare warm harbor, Claire, just to let her daughter go through the storm in adversity.
Her strength has made her daughter's tenacity, and it has also become her inescapable nightmare.
Ingrid: I raised you to think for yourself.
Astrid: No you didn't. You raised me to think like you.
Ingrid: I made you. I'm in your blood. You don't go anywhere until I let you go .
Astrid: Then let me go.
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At the end of the film, Astrid received a birthday present from his mother - the former little witch has finally returned to an ordinary life. After so many bizarre experiences, she still has a blushing youthful face, why not? It makes people feel pity and love - the little boyfriend asked behind him: What happened?
Astrid: She let me go. Let go of
hatred and regain freedom. The mother and daughter finally no longer had to confront each other, and thus reached a reconciliation with the world.
Yi Shu has a novel called "Asura", the plot is similar to this film.
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