When I understood this character, I did not improve to the conflict between high ideals and society. Maybe I understand it wrong, but I want to talk about my understanding of the plot and see if there are any comrades who think the same way.
Matteo feels a lot like the younger brother in a river runs through it. Everyone in the family loves him, wants to be close to him, and wants to help him. But I'm always helpless when facing him, I don't know what to say, I don't know how to get close to him, I don't know how to help him, because I don't know where his problems are.
I think Matteo is gay, and I think everyone in the family knows that, but never says it. After his colleague was injured in the street by a mob, his mother had been quietly caring for the man in secret. No doubt his mother wanted to do something for him, and maybe his mother thought that the reason why the son was so angry was because this person was his partner.
Matteo had only had a little relationship with that woman in his life, and had a relationship, and was lucky enough to have a son. When Nikolai told her mother about this, it was hard to hide the surprise and joy of the old mother. Yes, the family thought Matteo would never have a real connection with a woman.
There is also a plot in the middle, that is, in the emotional hesitation of the woman, Matteo once went to a street prostitute. After the incident, the street prostitute gave him his necklace. I don't know if you notice that there is no street prostitute, I think it's obviously a drag queen, a man who may have undergone full or partial sex reassignment surgery. Because this street prostitute is obviously a man with makeup on his face, but he has breasts and his voice is low.
In the end, Matteo gave up his relationship with Melally. After Melally found the police station, he was very angry, not normal. Maybe it's because he's never understood this kind of hazy spying, tacit, but repressed by keeping his mouth shut.
Finally, he jumped off the building very peacefully. I think this character suffers from this irresolvable contradiction from beginning to end. He can't accept himself, he can't conform to the society, he is always irritable, to the society, and more to himself.
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