A few years ago, there was this self-carved disc collection, and I also clicked on the small frame of the Kramers. Because of the glitz and dazzling that I have been used to at that time, I was very concerned about such a movie like "growth troubles." "The old family ethics movies of average picture quality are of no interest.
Today, I finished watching this movie very quietly and moved. The plot can be said to be so simple that everyone feels very clichéd. The narrative method can be described as flat and straightforward, without surprising editing, lighting, setting, or any confusing elements. The straightforwardness from beginning to end is like a transcript in court, without any suspense.
However, it was just such an old film that was dressed and dressed in the 70s of the last world, with people following the American and European demeanor of the polite and polite old movie, which attracted me and moved me. When I was sleepy, I didn’t jump and watch at a fast-forward every 5 seconds. Instead, I drank milk and hugged my pillow from beginning to end, being gently moved again and again, and again and again quietly infected. .
The deepest feelings come from the most origin of people-love
marriage barriers, single-parent life, lack of paternal love, lack of maternal love, unemployment crisis, 419 satisfaction needs, custody struggle, female independence, loss of self... All these superimpositions let Life seems terrible, but...
Joanna's departure is because of her happy marriage, which made her lose herself and depressed every day. She sought her husband’s help but could not get the response from her beloved. , She can only leave home in pain and leave her most beloved son.
At the peak of his career, Ted suddenly became a single-parent dad. The messy life kept him busy. Taking care of his son distracted him from a lot of work and made him lose his job. Of course, he made up for the lack of life in the past, became a competent father, and established a precious father-son relationship with his son.
In a life-like narrative, the film does not intensify contradictions, but shows it as truthfully as possible. Ted and his colleague were at home 419. When his son ran into a naked woman, Billy acted so calmly, just asking some small questions, just to see if the woman in front of him who was close to his father had similar interests and hobbies to him.
And when Ted answered why Billy's mother left, after complaining, sorrow, and longing, it turned into understanding. He almost said the most profound reason why Joanna left, and it was nothing more than the most straightforward reflection after reflecting on himself. There are no more resentments, no more complaints.
In the custody battle in the court, the lawyers were arguing with each other to achieve their goals. They were extremely sharp and saw blood. When Ted’s lawyer sternly questioned Joanna, “The most important and longest marriage in your life failed, isn’t it?” Joanna burst into tears, and Ted, who looked at his ex-wife, signaled to her “NO”. . The end of the marriage does not mean how failed the lovers are, but it makes them, in court, through those sharp questions, further understand each other and understand each other's love for Billy, so real and all.
Ted lost the custody of the child. For this reason, he hoped to appeal without hesitating money, but because if the appeal inevitably requires Billy to appear in court, he gave up. He is unwilling to inflict such trauma on the child's young mind. He explained to the child carefully, made him the last breakfast, packed all his toys, and agreed to all the children's requests. He is sad, but he never forgets to smile at his son and give him the most powerful hug. He is a father.
Joanna, although she got the custody of her son, she is deeply aware that she will take away not only the son, but take him out of his own home, no matter how imitated it to the original room. , Can not make up for this fact. So she gave up taking Billy away, only because she loved her son so so much.
Everything comes from love, not from forced possession. All forms are just an inherent shell, and love is like water, no matter what kind of container it can overflow and surround us.
Margaret, the Kramers’ neighbors, divorced earlier than them, and even persuaded the unhappy Joanna to leave because of herself and because of friends. She was different from Joanna. She did all the duties of a mother and let her husband leave. When chatting with Ted, she never blamed her ex-husband, even thought of him often, and even remained committed. When Ted asked her if her ex-husband came back to make up with her, she would accept it. Her answer was that if he really loved her, he would not choose to leave. However, after experiencing the Kramers' lawsuit, seeing Ted's competent father's life, and contacting Joanna's previous depression, she took the initiative to call her ex-husband and decided to reconcile.
Whether it's leaving, coming back, taking away, or staying, there is nothing to change if you love each other deeply. The external forms, seemingly reasonable, reasonable and legal, and seemingly protected by power, are all fragile and cannot be compelled, and the only thing that really flows between us is the most profound one from the bottom of our hearts. Love.
No wonder people say that love does not die, because life and death have become a formality.
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