From this "Autumn Sonata" directed by Ingmar Bergman, we can see Ingmar Bergman's influence on Ang Lee's family and emotional tearing style.
A very good emotional film, about the lack of original family emotions and a flattering personality, the daughter bit her nails and tore her hair in childhood... This is a very typical phenomenon in psychology.
A mother who is always elegant and decent on the surface, and two middle-aged daughters, one is paralyzed and the other is severely mentally handicapped. The harmony and happiness on the surface are like layers of mist that are uncovered with the development of the plot, like gauze dressing a wound after an operation. The wounds of the mother and daughter for many years have finally been completely torn open, and the peaceful life that has lasted for decades is wrapped in the hatred they have accumulated for each other.
We are all ignorant about love. Most people are accustomed to hiding their vulnerability, shy about the need for love in their hearts, and how much damage and misunderstanding they have caused. We always talk like mothers who are always "right and graceful" without caring for those who need you from the bottom of our hearts; we are also always like daughters who are inferior, vulnerable, and sensitive in order to long for a little love. We always ask for too much and give too little or give too much without getting anything in return. It is difficult to find a balance between people and things around us, work and emotions, success and failure...
Concise narrative techniques, layers of progressive emotions and conflicting dialogues are full of tension. It is necessary to tie the bell to untie the bell. Such a complete tear must be instructive for emotional repair.
Maybe everyone can find some shadows of themselves or their loved ones in their mothers or daughters... Psychologists also say that sometimes showing weakness may be more helpful for emotional communication. No one is impregnable, we are all human, we all have our own vulnerable side. May we all learn to love ourselves and others better. Let's just hope our emotions don't get to the point where they're torn apart.
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