This is a not warm movie.
This is also a film that finds warmth.
Watching Tip 1: Poison Town
No one in the town has anything to do with drugs.
So, "Rui" knew that her father was a drug maker, and so did all the adults in the town.
Only children under the age of 6 do not know.
Movie-watching Tip 2: Relatives
People in the whole town, going around in circles, can be a little blood-related.
Therefore, "blood is thicker than water" means that it is convenient to keep secrets.
Interest is real blood, relatives are not.
Movie-watching tip 3: Bail
"Rui"'s father faces more than 10 years in prison, and his bail is presumed to be $40,000.
(Reason: "Rui" once wanted to save his home by joining the army and getting a grant of $40,000 to $50,000)
"Rui"'s father's bail consists of two parts: mortgaged house and woodland + cash.
Among them, "houses and woodlands" are mortgaged to a bail bond company specializing in this type of business, and they charge interest and handling fees.
Among them, the cash part was provided by an unnamed person.
If "Rui"'s father disappears and evades the court's trial, the bail will not be refunded, and the collateral will be confiscated, the "Rui" family can only drink the wind.
Movie-watching Tip 4: Evidence
If "Rui"'s father is alive, he is the criminal evidence and witness of the drug cartel. If he is alive, many people will go to jail.
If "Rui"'s father died, his body would be the evidence, physical evidence, that he could not appear in court on time. Prove that he has not violated the bail regulations, and the bail can be returned to the family.
If "Rui"'s father dies, his body is found by the police, which is also a physical evidence. Prove that there is a murder case that the police need to pursue.
The evidence that "Rui" finally submitted to the police not only proved his father's death, but also gave the police an excuse not to pursue further investigations.
Movie-watching Tip 5: The Original Book
The recruiting officer in the movie is a "character" that pays tribute to the original author.
The film is based on the novel "Winter's Bone".
Author, Daniel Woodrell
Born in 1953, American contemporary literary famous. He served in the U.S. Navy and wrote novels after his discharge. He has published eight novels so far, and won the PEN America Faulkner Award for Fiction (1999) and was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award (2008). He has a high reputation in the industry and is recognized as the best interpreter of "country black literature".
Movie-watching Tip 6: Bones
The "bone" in the title "Winter's Bone" is not a high-spirited symbol of "spirit", "will", "strong", "responsibility", it refers to drugs and guns.
As long as the "bones" are there, the winter of "Rui" will never pass.
Remark:
Winter's Bone (2010)
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