Beautiful Mistakes: Short Moments of Shine

Yvonne 2022-04-24 07:01:15

The film begins with a whispered conversation between Uxbal and his daughter about the ring, which is so soft that you can hardly hear the sound, but it makes the real thing happen, talking about the ring and talking about the mother

; Entering a dream or dying, the camera cuts to a snow scene in a forest (this is also the end of the film), the main perspective is Uxbal, it should be a dream of Uxbal, the grown son and a dead owl, short answer The dialogue seems to have nothing to do with the storyline, so the scene in the title is a bit abrupt, but when it appears at the end of the film, it suddenly feels that the dream covers too much meaning. This dream just hints at all the confusion and entanglement in Uxbal's real life, and there is no answer, only the weak attachment and expectation of all the chaotic and tangled life in the past deeply hidden in the protagonist's heart, about his son, about not appearing in the way he imagined life and regrets.

"A truly world-historical moment--a moment in which the stars of humanity shine, long years of reciprocity must have passed unnecessarily, and at this crucial moment, what usually happens slowly and slowly in sequence and in juxtaposition" , are compressed into such a brief moment that decides everything. This moment makes an unalterable decision for generations, it determines the life and death of a person, the survival of a people and even the fate of the entire human race." Wiig's "When the Stars of Humanity Shine"

I think the dream at the end of the film should be Uxbal's most shining moment. Those bad and long lives in the past seem to be no longer important. All the passing time is to meet this short and shining moment.


There are many scenes of Uxbal looking at the ceiling alone in the middle of the night in the film. It seems that it is difficult for the audience to capture Uxbal's mood from such a simple and real shot, just like the sadness and sorrow that Uxbal's eyes often show. But we know that Uxbal has the same mindset as us: self-preservation, trying to get back a peaceful life, protecting his kids, and saving ourselves. Apparently Uxbal didn't handle anything well. He was incapable of making a man look particularly vulnerable. In addition to the troubles of illness and the ability to channel, it was like feeling some kind of summoning in the dark night, a momentary respite of the soul.

Uxbal's lover is always unable to control herself and her life. Although she knows what kind of life she needs is good for herself and her family, the monotonous and boring life always makes her look for excitement and even fool around with Uxbal's brother Together, they fell into temptation and depravity again and again, unable to extricate themselves, and then hopelessly prayed for Uxbal's forgiveness. But after reconciliation, she still couldn't concentrate on her children, hurting and destroying everyone in the family willfully. In the end, Uxbal understood her true nature, so he did not leave his children to her to take care of before he died. A person who can't take care of herself can't expect her to take good care of others, let alone a woman who can save your confused life.

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Biutiful quotes

  • Uxbal: When he was 20, he fled Spain to avoid the death penalty but died two weeks later in Mexico, of pneumonia.

  • Uxbal: When I was little... one radio station played the sounds of the sea.

    Ana: Why were you scared?

    Uxbal: The bottom of the sea scared me. All the creatures that live there.