If you are a man, imagine:
One day, you get married, have a wife and have children, have a gentle wife, a boy and a girl and two children, it looks good
But you are suddenly unemployed!
In order to support the family, I had to look for another job, and I couldn't find a decent one. Then, someone introduced you to deliver the courier. The salary is acceptable, but you have to bear the cost of the truck yourself. You think it is feasible, and you discuss with your wife and sell the family car.
Since then, she can only go to work by bus, but her job is a nurse, and she has to go to many places every day to take care of her clients, which is very inconvenient...
Just when you started to run 14 hours a day, 6 days a week for this courier job, your son was called to the parents for a fight at school, you asked the boss for leave, and the boss said that he would deduct your money;
Your son stole something again, the police asked you to go to the police station, you asked the boss for leave, and the boss deducted your money again; you can’t find your car key, you think your son may have taken it, but you can’t drive the car. For delivery, you can only ask the boss for leave, and the boss says to deduct your money;
You went to deliver, you were beaten up by the gangsters on the way, and the courier was stolen. You reported it to the boss, but the boss still told you to lose money... It's too miserable!
This is the approximate story of the movie "Sorry, We Missed You".
Directed by 84-year-old British director Ken Lodge, the film focuses on ordinary families and real life. The film premiered at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival in May 2019 and was shortlisted for the Palme d'Or in the main competition unit. Ken Lodge's last film "I Am Blake" won the Palme d'Or at the 69th Cannes Film Festival for Best Picture. "I Am Blake" was originally director Ken Lodge's last work, but due to social investigations During the period, he discovered the serious problems of the British labor employment system, and he had the idea of shooting "Sorry".
A British couple, middle-aged, with children and daughters, living in rented houses, owning no real estate, and carrying debts, thinking about working hard and living a good life, they are steadfast in their duties, not lazy, but they still get worse , as if falling into the quagmire of life, getting deeper and deeper, summed up in one sentence, "poor and humble couples grieve for everything".
So the whole story is more of a real approximation to a marriage story and a family story in the ordinary sense. Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver also starred as a couple in the 2019 film "Marriage Story." The film tells the story of the divorce between theatrical director Charlie and his wife Nicole, how they turned against each other and how they fought for custody of their children.
Although the movie is titled "marriage story", in fact, I am afraid it is not a real marriage story. Although there are problems between two people, there are problems between partners, but in essence the story is "two creators" conflict between" .
Husband Charlie is a talented theater director, and his wife Nicole won the New Actor Award as soon as she debuted in her early years. After the two got married, Nicole retired and supported her husband's theatrical career wholeheartedly. This is where the real contradiction lies.
The creator's ego comes from continuous creation. His wife Nicole no longer acts, that is, no longer creates, and constantly loses herself in this marriage. This is the fundamental reason why she does not want to continue the marriage. Even if her husband cheats, it may be the details. Forgivable little things. Therefore, the movie "Marriage Story" may lack public resonance than "Sorry, We Missed You".
"Sorry, We Missed You" is different. This film shows real problems, that is, the real problems that ordinary people encounter in ordinary marriages. What practical problems? No money, no time!
Without money, the family was in debt and could only rent a house, and then worked hard to make money, resulting in no time to accompany the family, so the eldest son's education went wrong, but he couldn't make time to take care of his children. In this state, it may be a luxury for the family to sit together for dinner.
Work is like a sharp knife against him and keeps moving forward. He will be stabbed and bleed if he retreats or stagnates a little bit. If he is only in pain, it may be fine, but without work, he continues to owe debts, and his family will be homeless... ...Thinking of this, even if the whole body is injured, the male protagonist can only sit in the truck in fear and continue to drive and deliver goods, trapped in a vicious circle of no money and no time.
Of course, we know that the purpose of this film is to satirize the wage system in capitalist society, but this film may also have a great probability of keeping or joining the marriage-phobia camp for many unmarried viewers, because this reality is too real And cruel, even if there is love between the couple, even if they have a lovely little daughter, even if the eldest son is not really a problem boy.
The whole movie is always trivial, it seems to be a bit long and not deep enough, just like the ripples in the lake, but when you look at these ripples, your eyes suddenly feel like a knife has entered, and you take a breath.
Maybe, in the eyes of some people, this movie is just a pile of "misfortunes", and it can't represent the life of ordinary people. For example, it happens that this man has no money, the boss happens to be harsh, and the son happens to be a little rebellious... Then, I think That said, if you think so too, be happy, at least you're lucky.
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