Some guesses about the plot

Emmalee 2022-03-23 09:01:48

The main line is advanced along the search for the drug-trafficking father Jessup who is on bail. From the words of the teardrops, it can be felt that his brother Jessup is not a desperado, but a guy with a good personality. The relationship between brothers is very deep, teardrop will avenge the brother, but teardrop also knows how much the price of revenge is, so he said: don't let me know who killed Jessup, because then I will die too, too That is to say, he knew that this time his brother was not an ordinary person. When Dolly was looking for her father along the way, she found her father's former lover. The lover described seeing her father, and relived her dream again, which indirectly showed that her father was still human. Since she abandoned her family like this, it would be very contradictory. Jessup must have known the consequences for his daughter and his family, and he knew what would happen if he didn't show up in court, but he still chose to escape, because the cost of escape was less than the cost of implicated family. His father's bail was not enough, and the people on the road helped him raise enough bail, because "someone took the crumpled money and put it down and left." They were all people at the bottom of the society. Jessup couldn't be jailed for 10 years. He leaked some secrets as evidence in exchange for his freedom. He offended the vicious relative who was selling drugs together in the distant house, so Dolly went to the vicious mother-in-law and the old man to ask the whereabouts and was beaten badly. , the old man should know where Jessup is, but he doesn't want to say. Jessup has been hunted down since the day he was released from prison. He can only flee to avoid implicated family. His workshop was smashed very early, because the grass grew a foot high, and he went to meet his lover on the way to escape. He knew that he was going to die soon, and the brothers who had fooled around on the street must also know what happened, so When Teardrops questioned them, they said, "Forget it, this time it's a big deal.". It didn't take long for Jessup's car to be burned by the river, but there was no one in the car, he continued to flee or was caught and taken away at the time, and finally was killed and thrown into the icy lake, from the situation of death It should be killed soon, otherwise it will be very swollen, but judging from Dolly's grasping hand, it seems that it has not started to swell. Of course, the distant relatives knew that Jessup was killed, and where they were killed. The injustice has the debt and the owner. When someone dies, don't embarrass the child anymore, so the distant relative took Dolly to see her father's body. Cut off his hands and bring it to the police to prove his father's death and avoid the house being confiscated. That is to say, the distant relative knew Jessup's movements very clearly, and he took Dolly to identify the body as soon as he hung up. At this time, the bail officer appeared and said that the bail had been paid enough and the rest was given to Dolly. This money should have been left by his father, maybe it was hidden with someone like that mistress? Or send it to the bail department on the run? It doesn't seem to be specific. But after watching the teardrops, he said, he knew who killed Jessup. I think the murderer should have something to do with the old man in the far room. I can't guess who else would kill Jessup except him. The last teardrop of the film played the beloved lute. When he was leaving, Dolly asked him to take the instrument away. If he took it away, it indicated that he planned to change his mind and start a new life, but he said, "It's better for you to keep it for me!" In other words, he would go for revenge. , and die, and mourn for Dolly's aunt. But Dolly said, "Where can I go but take care of the two of you?" The mentally ill mother also smiled, and the younger sister played her beloved lute, at least their new lives would start over.

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Winter's Bone quotes

  • Gail: [after asking her husband to let her use his truck] He said no.

    Ree: Did you tell him I'd spring for gas?

    Gail: I told him. He still won't.

    Ree: Why not?

    Gail: He never says why not to me, Ree, he just says no.

    Ree: Man, it's so sad to hear you say he won't let you do somethin' and then you *don't* do it.

    Gail: It's different once you're married.

    Ree: It really must be. 'Cause you ain't never used to eat no shit.

  • Ree: He might be hangin' around with Little Arthur and them. You think?

    Teardrop: You don't wanna go around Little Arthur's askin' them people about anything they ain't offered to talk about. That's a real good way to end up et by hogs... or wishin' you was.