There will always be an unfamiliar country in my heart, I feel that my dream can only be realized there, but I am full of expectations to the place of my dreams, and I just plant the seeds of hope first, but it may not sprout. Facing the embarrassment of giving up all previous efforts, but there is no turning back. "Dreamland" tells the story of immigrants, but it is also a portrayal of a pioneer. If you have studied abroad, worked in other places, or even started a business, then the "bitterness" brought by this film will make you Can definitely feel it.
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In the film, after the father endured several years of tedious work, he finally brought his family to his dream land, but he did not expect a series of setbacks to follow, and in the end he had to face the choice between his family and his dreams. The decision not to choose a family seems ruthless, but it also highlights the great pressure on him. After all, no one wants to go to the step of giving up their family. I want to be able to do something in front of my children, I want to use my own strength to support the whole family, I want to continue to enjoy the freedom not to be bound by boring work, I want to survive in other places successfully. , the pressure is enough to destroy a man, and the film almost becomes a tragic documentary of a father.
Fortunately, he has a happy family who caught him at the last moment of his fall, or rather, the family caught each other. From the father's half-deception and half-abduction to the mother's dubious belief, the family started a new life like this. You can say that it is the husband and wife of the Asian patriarchal culture, but that is the mother's confidence in the father, which was caught by silent efforts. A father who keeps falling in setbacks. When the mother gave the ultimatum at the hospital, she said, "Can't you come with us? I can't do it without you." It means that he still needs his father's shoulders mentally. I really like the scene where my mother is washing my father's hair. My father is naked (symbolizing frankness and vulnerability), grabbing my mother's hand, and telling my mother about his efforts and pressure. She still gently washed her father's hair, just like the life they faced, no matter how hard they were, they had to go on together.
The grandmother who joined the family later took over the mother. In the unsuitable new environment, the appearance of the grandmother made the mother feel more secure. Later, the cress planted by the grandmother caught the father, allowing the father to relieve the fire. rush out of stock. The cress represents grandma's way of survival and education: go with the flow, when he sees a house with "wheels", he doesn't care at all, he doesn't think his grandson has heart disease and should be so careful, he doesn't say much about the quarrel between husband and wife , Even if he has a stroke, he still wants to help the family. This grandma, who is not like a grandmother, is not serious and majestic, but has no less influence on the family.
However, in a fire, the dignity of the grandmother was burned, and when he was shameless to see his family, it was the grandson who caught him. When grandma moved in, it was her grandson who rebounded the most. The grandson, who had gradually become Americanized, could not recognize Korean culture, and the age gap made them even further apart. The grandson's dissatisfaction with his grandmother's childish words, but the grandmother returned it with selfless love, which became the cutest interaction in the whole film. What my grandmother taught my grandson was to slowly grope out the language of this family in his mind at the stage of babbling, so that he gradually lost the taste of Korea that he hated at the beginning. After the fire, the grandson ran up to stop the grandmother is my favorite scene. It represents the resolution and continuation of the conflict between family and culture, as well as breaking the restrictions given by the family and starting to run, which represents the first step of independent growth.
"We can be together in good times, but should we separate in bad times?"
I really like the arrangement of the final fire. Although I think why it is so cruel to give the family a final blow, I find that this brings a brand new beginning. The chaotic barn of the whole family was burned down, and a new order of life was established instead. . Everyone who didn't sleep together originally slept together on the floor at the end of the movie. This scene reminds people of Hirokazu Kore-eda's movie, which has the warm feeling of belonging to an Asian family. The father, who did not trust Americans very much, also invited people to find water sources and accepted new ways to cultivate his dreams, which means that the original xenophobic mentality began to be accepted. A family that almost fell apart because of adversity was finally saved because of adversity.
This movie reminds me of "We Bought a Zoo" and "Five Star Chef Food Truck", both are stories of a family facing a new future together under a new transformation. There are no twists and turns, but it is easy to watch. The cute interaction is not boring at all, because the director can always catch some small details that seem to be insignificant but very warm. Last year, the Oscars selected "Parasite High" as the best film, and this year, "Dreamland" was nominated again on behalf of Korean films, representing that the achievements of Korean films are increasingly valued by the West.
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