another revenge

Freda 2022-10-15 12:44:20

After watching the film, I was silent for a while, during which I pondered: Is this a form of revenge?

Tamara, a debt-ridden prostitute, a drug addict, is saddled with $30,000 in debt. And his boyfriend, Alex, is the handyman and owner driver of the brothel.

At the beginning of the film, the conversation between Alex and Tamara reveals a message: they will eventually leave here and go to another place. As for the way to leave, from the pointless footage that the director first freezes to the language of Alex later, when connected, the train of thought begins to become clear: robbery. In fact, Tamara did not agree with this approach at first. She thought that Alex was likely to step into prison again, but the reality forced her to make a choice: either accept an apartment and become the senior sex partner of politicians and big bosses , but may lose love; or choose love and stay away from this bad place with the man you love.
At the side of the road, Alex asked, "What do you say now?"
"Let's do it," Tamara replied.

Suzanne, an ordinary housewife, is burdened with the pressure of pregnancy. Her husband, Robert, is a police officer and is very accurate when practicing marksmanship at the police station. Then, in sexual affairs, he was a lucky player, and he couldn't satisfy his mother for a long time, even though he exercised every morning by running.
"I've been tested and it's not my problem," Susannah said.
"Haven't you been pregnant before?" Alex's mother asked her.
"Is that luck?" Susannah's expression was meaningful.

The robber and the police will eventually meet. Regardless of whether there is a bullet in the pistol that Alex is holding, or whether Tamara is sitting in the car praying with her hands folded, what should come will always come.

"I'm aiming for the tires." Robert repeated this sentence.
However, colleagues who saw him practice guns at the police station obviously did not believe it.
In fact, Robert himself didn't believe it, didn't believe that he would be so nervous.

Tamara is the body abandoned in the car, the intersection is a wooden cross. She finally ended this decadent life, away from the busy city, in this small forest sheltered by the Lord, has her soul been redeemed? Judging from the photo in Robert's hand, he had a blank expression on his face.

Alex's wishes, pursuits, love, all shattered. For the woman I love, I am willing to rob a bank. I can steal a BMW, or I can grab 50,000 euros in cash to make you pay off your debts, I just want us to live a good life together, but the beginning of happiness is the end. In the face of the unbearable pain in my life, fortunately, I still have a grandfather. At this time, with relatives, the wound will be healed.

Susanna, who cared about the lonely old man, met his grandson, this strong and powerful man, who cut wood with ferocity and indifferent eyes. It looks good too, let's borrow it. At first I didn't understand how Susannah came to Alex because there was no emotional conflict. As Alex asked: "Why did you ask me to have sex with you?" Susannah didn't say anything, and the answer was revealed at the end of the film: I just came to you to borrow seeds.
And Alex's choice, revenge. Is having sex with an enemy's wife an alternative form of revenge? Perhaps as the brothel owner said, Alex looked too weak, so he chose a weak way of revenge. So be rude as much as you like, and vent all your unhappiness.

In the process of getting along with his grandfather, in the process of logging every day, Alex's mentality gradually calmed down. So the loaded gun, after aiming at Robert, was put down again. In Alex's final conversation with Robert, Robert said: "It's all about the damn robber, why was his girlfriend there? It didn't help his robbery, he Why bring his girlfriend? If I meet him for revenge, I will ask him such a question."
Alex chose to remain silent, then threw away the pistol and returned to the farm.
Although Alex lost a loved one, he also gained a loved one, and Susannah was carrying his flesh and blood. Although Robert killed an innocent woman by mistake, he was actually an accomplice. Not only did he lose his job, but the children he raised in the future were also the children of the criminal. Susannah learns Alex's identity at the end, but she still chooses to remain silent, which means she will have the child.
Isn't this the biggest revenge for helping Alex take on Robert? However, this revenge has made many people satisfied.

In fact, the story ended successfully, everyone was happy, and everyone got what they finally wanted. Even as lonely and indifferent as Alex, he found his home on the farm.

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Extended Reading

Revanche quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Robert: I aimed at the tires.

  • Grandfather Hausner: You should get married. A man needs a woman or he gets potty. You'll find one easily the way you work.

    Alex: You think chopping wood impresses women?

    Grandfather Hausner: They notice a man who can work. Won't be any different nowadays.