Also in 1964, it was also in a Catholic school, but the story took place in the Bronx, New York, on the other side of the Atlantic. For a long time, this Catholic school has always adhered to a conservative and strict school spirit, but all this is due to Father Flynn’s Gradually changed with the arrival. But Father Flynn had a soft spot for the only black student in the school, and the young nuns took these things in their eyes and told the principal Aloisius what she had seen. Sister Aloisius started a big conjecture about the truth and wanted to use this to expel Father Flynn from the school.
The movie "Child Abuse Suspicion" is a film that explores morals, ethics, religious authority, and doubts about beliefs. Of course, the focus of the film is not on the superficial appearance of whether or not priests "prostitution" and how to "prostitution", but rather through such a The suspicion of "child-prostitution" explores morality. I personally think that a Chinese translation of "Child Abuse Suspicious Cloud" is more about the form than the content, because the essence of the film lies not in the word "abuse", but in the "doubt", and this translation somewhat dilutes the meaning of suspicion. A few eye-catching factors. Did the priest violate black children? From such a big "suspicion", the protagonist of the film is more suspicious.
How do we usually judge whether a person is a good person or a bad person? What is the standard for controlling such a judgment mechanism in our hearts? Where did it come from? I think many people may not think about these issues when making judgments. Even if they think about it, they may not be able to understand them. Usual life experience tells us that mice are bad animals, cats catch mice, so cats are good animals. In the same way, we can conclude that thieves are bad people, and the police catch the thieves, so the police are good people, but things are really that simple. NS? For example, if I ask you if you are a good person or a bad person, it seems that this is a difficult question to answer.
The movie "Child Abuse Suspect" is somewhat of a question that asks you whether you are a good person or a bad person. Father Flynn is kind and kind, and has a cheerful personality. He brings a free atmosphere to the lifeless Catholic school. He is even more of a black student who is excluded from his peers. Care is added, but can you say that he is a good person? From the various hints in the film, we have already learned that this seemingly loving priest is definitely a beast in clothing. The film does not explicitly deny the priest, but at the same time it does not affirm him, because even if he loves and compasses the world, he cannot prove his nobility. Principal Aloisius seems to have been deliberately placed on the opposite side of morality from the beginning. She is arbitrary, lacks human care in teaching management, and uses despicable means to condemn others. However, she did wrong. What's up? Everything that the film presents to us seems ambiguous, and this writing makes the entire "child sex" incident a cloud of suspicion. It is precisely because of this ambiguity that moral judgments become a tool of violence if they are not careful. The film focuses on Doubt. Regarding Doubt, there are two special reminders in the film. One is the priest's sermon about Doubt not long after the beginning of the film, and the other is the cry of the principal at the end of the film. These two points make a good footnote to the film.
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. met with President Kennedy and demanded that a new civil rights law be passed to give black people equal rights; on November 22, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a trip to Texas. ; In 1964, Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize. In the same year, the U.S. Congress passed the "Civil Rights Act". The "Civil Rights Act" mentioned the rights of black people in voting, employment, and the public domain, but some people think this bill In fact, it changed the apartheid system in the United States from "literal" to "actual" apartheid. In addition, American society in the 1960s was accompanied by the rise of student, women, civil rights and other movements. Old beliefs were broken. People generally felt confused and lacked mutual trust. Social beliefs were true. There was conflict between whites and people of color. Continuously. The story of "Child Abuse Suspect" took place in such a vacuum period in which the old faith was precarious and the new faith had not yet formed.
After understanding the social background of the time, the characters in the film can clearly feel the imbalance of the moral balance. Principal Aloisius symbolizes tradition and conservativeness. She is very strict with the school. She is dissatisfied with the children writing with ballpoint pens. She thinks that this will lead to the decline and fall of the pen industry. Drinking tea requires three candies and so on, so in her eyes, as long as everything goes against her "code of conduct" is not allowed, or she can't tolerate it, and this Everything is not the point. The point is that such a ruthless and domineering old woman still insists that others are guilty without evidence, so in our opinion, she is a villain, plus Father Flynn was preaching. The insinuating "don't slander others' love in the name of justice" admonished the female principal to the point of being denied by everyone. But is she doing this wrong? Her sigh about the decline and decline of the pen industry is nothing more than an ordinary person's rants. When she was in school, her teacher also stipulated that pencils could not be used automatically, and pen inks could only be used in blue and black, and so on. Principal Aloisius’s concern for the old nun who is gradually losing his eyesight, the greetings to the sick brother of the young nun, etc. can all be seen that this is a woman who is not good at showing but is actually a caring woman. And Father Flynn represents modern times. He has brought changes to rigorous schools. He cares for students, especially for black students who are excluded. It makes the audience think that this is a positive role. The case made this person confusing, but from the information reflected in the film, the black boy was obviously not forced to do the child prostitution of Father Flynn, and the boy’s mother was even aware of the situation. The reason she pampered the priest is that no one cares except for the priest caring about her children in this world. She is often beaten by her father at home, is ups and downs by classmates in school, and he is nothing in society, so the priest is very The black boy’s "special care" has been recognized by the client and his mother. In fact, a sinful obscenity turned into a benevolent act in such an environment, so it is difficult for us to associate the term loving priest with a beast. stand up.
The young nun can be seen as the audience’s thinking in the film. Her thoughts represent the audience’s point of view. She is swaying in the struggle between a nun who is good and evil and a priest who is good and evil, so she is suspicious. Is it a denial of self-belief? On the one hand, she couldn't understand the arrogant and arrogant guess of the female principal, on the other hand, she always wandered about whether the priest was really child-producing, and the balance of morality was out of balance on her. Does she think Aloisius is hateful? Obviously it is difficult, because the nun did not identify the priest’s crimes out of self-interest. The reason she found the priest “guilty” turned out to be based on divine faith and to maintain the glory under the “god”. The "virtue" metamorphosis becomes violence that stifles the love of others.
Right and wrong? Actually, I also have doubts!
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