The male protagonist is a father with a successful career and a decent job. Although he is divorced, he has a handsome son. The father and son should have a very good relationship. The son also respects his father very much. But this all changed quickly. The son shot and killed 6 classmates at school, and the father also became a media loser. He ditched his job, his house, his friends, lived on a yacht, worked as a painter, was decadent, and drank.
The movie doesn't explain why his son shot his classmates, it tells the story from the perspective of a father, how he came out of his grief, saved his soul, and faced up to what happened.
His ex-wife brought him his son's belongings. He was going to throw them away, but after seeing their photo together, he was reluctant to pick them up from the trash can. There are songs written and recorded by my son, who hummed unconsciously and sang one in the bar. There was a little boy with blond hair that was astonishing and eager to form a band with him. The father was reluctant at first, but when he saw the boy playing the guitar and singing his son's song, he was very moved, as if he could understand his son's thoughts and feelings step by step, and express his nostalgia for his son.
They were especially popular in bars, and there were even music festivals for them to perform, but that soon broke down. When his son's ex-girlfriend denounced him, the blond boy learned that the songs had been written by a murderer, and the band's relationship was on the verge of breaking down.
My father cried only once from start to finish. I saw the tombstone erected by the school for the deceased in the shooting. There were only 6 people on it, and there was no name of his son. He was crying hysterically, muttering myboy, my boy.
Later, he took the CD recorded by his son to his ex-wife. Hopefully Phillip (the ex-wife's later child) will know what his brother really is, rather than relying on the news reports. Just listen.
He went to the blond boy and said, "The first time we went to the show, it was like I met Josh who I never knew. And every time we sang a little more, we got to know a little more, and it got me hooked. I couldn't stop. Next, I don't want to stop. But the truth is, it's not Josh, it's you. I'm sorry. The last thing I want to do is ruin another boy's life. Go ahead, you don't need those songs. You don't Me. I hope you keep working hard, keep writing songs. Don't give up because of me, give up halfway and never succeed." He gave the boy's dream guitar, and sincerely hoped that he would not give up his dream.
At the end of the movie, he was preparing to sing in a bar and said, "My son's name is Josh Manning, and he shot and killed 6 people two years ago. This is his song." Many people in the audience were in disbelief when they heard it. I'm afraid I'm thinking about how you can sing a murderer's song. But with the deep voice of the father, the sincere emotion, the narration of their love. Many people later covered their faces and wept, as if they too could understand a father's love for his son. Love is the only answer.
No matter whether his child is a murderer or not, he is just his son.
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