She/he just wants a home (spoiler alert)

Uriah 2022-03-23 09:02:59

Aber is like a hard-working blood type A, taking care of his life carefully. The first thing I did when I returned to the room was to calculate my income, and then carefully hide it under the floor.
He is like living in a shell, a fragile and vulnerable shell, a shell that he spent his entire life building.
But inside this shell is a heart that longs to be loved and cared for. She just wants a home.

Gender is no longer important. From the moment she puts on men's clothes, gender has been abandoned. When survival is in crisis, everything is no longer important.
At the end of the film, the philistine proprietress said to the painter: She is a woman, and she has been hidden for so many years without anyone finding out. Is Able's dress really so vivid and impeccable? No, if you listen carefully, you will find that her voice is deliberately lowered, and you will find that Aber, who is not confused, has no beard.
But no one has seriously cared about him and paid attention to him. Until the painter appeared, the painter saw through Able's disguise at a glance.

This film is not a lesbian film. All Able wants is a home. It can be seen from his fantasy about the future life that he wants a life of his own, with someone to accompany him, a warm and simple life. As for whether it was the blond little maid, it didn't matter that much. After the painter's wife died, Able wanted to live with the painter, and even asked to replace the painter's wife. It can be seen that he yearned for the painter's life. In such an environment, even having a home has become a luxury.

Painter and Able are a good contrast. They are both women disguised as men, both are working hard, but they have different attitudes and lifestyles. There are many people like them in today's society. Gender aside, men and women under high work pressure have different experiences. Some people live freely and happily, while others live cautiously and humble.

On the surface, Able looked like a person with no emotions. He hid his emotions. The only time he broke out was to protect the little maid who was beaten by the man, but he died because of it. The result of this matter is no longer important, at least Able has worked hard and fought for it. In order to fulfill the desire for "home".

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Albert Nobbs quotes

  • Dr. Holloran: Dear Jesus, I don't know what makes people live such miserable lives.

  • Albert Nobbs: A life without decency is unbearable.