On Friday night, someone said, let's watch a movie together, don't want to be too noisy, and don't want to be too boring, and then he chose this one (literally translated as "The Cider House Rule", the name on iQIYI is "There is Always a Sun" ——This translation is actually a bit baffling).
However, halfway through, he fell asleep. It may not be boring, but too quiet - not in a physical sense, with dialogue and soundtrack, but it is stillness, the kind of stillness that penetrates people's hearts. And one word to describe this movie is probably still water running deep.
It was a real surprise to me. When I watched the second half with someone the next day, I still felt deeply touched, so I said to someone, "If only every movie was so sincere."
The actor who played the male protagonist was Spider-Man, who became popular later. In this film, he played Homer who grew up in an orphanage—a Lonely Angel who was adopted twice and sent back twice, but he was an orphanage. The treasure in the hearts of Dr. Chang Lacy and two nurse aunts. The orphanage is located on a quiet hill in Maine. Every day before going to bed, the aunt will lead everyone to pray, and the dean will tell everyone a bedtime story. The Kings of England", and everyone's favorite is the movie night, only one "King Kong" that is always broken and needs to be re-played repeatedly... Homer, who grew up in love, is gentle and quiet, and his eyes are quiet and peaceful. transparent. The actors were so well chosen, and of course they acted well, those eyes are really like lakes and stars...
Dr. Lacy hoped that Homer would be "useful", so he passed on his mantle, especially delivery and abortion - many pregnant women who did not want children came to orphanages to give birth, and abortion was illegal at the time, but Dr. Lacy felt that This is helping women who, for various reasons, don't want children, and one less orphan in the world. But Homer rejected in his heart, why couldn't he control himself if he didn't want to get pregnant? ——Of course, he has not experienced love at this time.
Then one day, a couple came to an orphanage where Candy (Theron before the Fire), who was two months pregnant, had an abortion. Homer suddenly wanted to leave the orphanage and go to the outside world - like a little Taoist monk from a small mountain, who still yearns for the red dust below the mountain. So he asked for a ride away. He had never seen the sea, had never seen a lobster, and had no specific destination. After listening to Candy's fiancé, Captain Wally, the pilot, he said that his family happened to be looking for workers to pick apples. Chalet dormitory.
What's in the dust? Thousands of worlds, all living beings. Homer is first excited about all kinds of new things and knowledge - apple picking, juicing, driving, and movies...
And women, sex and struggle. Wally quickly returns to the battlefield, and Homer and Candy fall in love with each other. Homer, who has seen many women (body), was in love for the first time. He put his hands on his chest and said with clear eyes: This is the first time I have felt this way, and it hurts when I look at you. And Candy is so beautiful... When I watched it, I thought, this is obviously a story of betrayal, why don't I feel disgusted at all? Maybe someone else might feel greasy, but they just make people feel Clean and beautiful, let people sigh-why meet such a fate. After the first uncontrollable spark of passion, Homer asked Candy if he wanted to go or stay, Candy said let it be, and then Homer chose to stay... Right or wrong? Sometimes it's really not that clear. Dr. Lacy, who guessed there might be a story, said to the two nurses: Our children are lost in the dust.
There is also the dark side of human nature in the red dust. Arthur, the black foreman who takes good care of Homer and has great team leadership, slept with his daughter Rose and made her pregnant. The concern of Homer and Candy finally makes Rose, who feels falling into the abyss, reveal the truth, and Homer finds Arthur angrily and curses. However, how are things going to be resolved? Ultimately, Homer transcends his inner rigid laws, regains his medical tools, and performs an abortion for Rose.
Then fate added. News came from the military that Hua Li was injured and paralyzed and was about to go home. Candy again faces a choice. Homer is sad and calm: Wally needs you, I understand. You also reminded me that you are not good at being alone...
And, bad news came from the orphanage that Dr. Lacy died unexpectedly. In fact, before his death, Dr. Lacy did a lot of work to get the old-fashioned orphanage board to agree to Homer's succession - he perfectly faked Homer's academic resume, "Since I know Homer, then I His education is his." He also deliberately used aggressive tactics to make the board of directors very interested in Homer...
Homer decides to go back to the orphanage to take over. When you travel around the world, you will know where your heart belongs. Just like the sentence on the poster, "a story about how far we must travel to find a place we belong." In the early morning when he finally parted ways with Candy, Homer returned to the cabin, and the workers were anxiously waiting for him. Rose ran away. Arthur just wanted to touch her hand one last time. Rose, who misunderstood, stabbed Arthur with a knife, and Arthur stabbed himself a lot, trying to "find the place where she stabbed me"... ...Homer found that Arthur was helpless when he checked the injury. In the last time, Arthur begged Homer and the workers to tell the police that he was heartbroken after his daughter left and committed suicide. He muttered that he was proud of his daughter's precision with the knife, This is taught by myself, and also said "sometimes you break the rules, you have to level things up, I'm leveling things up now"... Homer closed his eyes for Arthur in tears, good and evil, Sometimes it's not so black and white, people are complex and three-dimensional.
Oh, by the way, there's always a house rule posted in the log cabin they live in, like don't smoke on the bed, don't eat on the roof, etc. When Homer read to everyone, these rules were always laughed at, either unreasonable or too stupid, Arthur complained, "These rules are made by people who have never lived in this house, shouldn't the rules be made by people who live in this house? Do you make it yourself?", and later, this paper rule was burnt down. This is also the origin of the names of novels and movies, as well as the theme of the story.
Are the rules to be followed? What if the rules are unreasonable? Several times while watching the movie I thought of Kohlberg's theory of stages of moral development and the famous story of Heinz's drug-stealing. Perhaps the author (and screenwriter) wanted to explore similar themes.
At the end of the story, with all these complicated thoughts and a deep nostalgia for Dr. Lacy, Homer returns to the orphanage and takes Dr. Lacy's class. The man who miscarried and delivered the women, who told stories to the children every night and said good night with deep love, became him.
According to the academic summary of the unpleasant scenery, the trip down the mountain may have made Homer surpass the "conventional moral level" and reach the "post-conventional level". When the external rules are not so reasonable, he has the inner stars to lead the way.
"Good night, princes of the earth, kings of the universe galaxy" …✨
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