Yesterday was Mother's Day. I sent money to my mother, sent a text message to wish her a happy holiday, and repeatedly told her that loving herself is the best way to take care of her children. She asked her to buy some delicious food and exercise. I didn't wish her happiness in the circle of friends, space, Weibo, and Tieba, because I knew she couldn't see them, so I didn't need to waste my coding time without emotion.
After dinner, I turned on my computer and watched a movie. It was a Brazilian drama released in January 2015, "Second Mother", which won the 85th Berlin Audience Choice Award. I think it's really appropriate to watch this movie on Mother's Day, it will make us get to know our mothers better.
Brazilian films are known to be good at depicting delicate emotions and issues of class, and this film is no exception. It tells the story of a nanny who is thousands of miles away from home. Her daughter came to her city for the college entrance examination and temporarily lived in the host's house. The description of the film is quite delicate, even to the point of being a little embarrassing, but it is this embarrassment that is the most down-to-earth performance.
The main line of the film shows us the difference in class. The arrival of the daughter brings unprecedented fluctuations to the family. From the relationship between the nanny and the master, the daughter and the master, and the mother and daughter, it can be seen that the difference in values There are many class frictions, and class contradictions are undoubtedly revealed. The daughter can't imagine that her mother has lived in such a state for 13 years. She feels that she has no dignity and is full of servility. For her mother's persuasion, she thinks that you are a nanny, but I am not! She neglected that when she could not be on her own, her status depended on her parents' class. The performance of the daughter in the host's house is considered ignorant by the mother. The contradictions are intensifying, and the class, family estrangement, and generation gap are all vividly displayed!
The material resources of the two families are too different. The master's child enjoys the best resources, while the nanny's daughter has nothing and can only break through the siege with hard work and talent. People of different classes have different resources in their hands. In many cases, the party with more resources is often the winner, but there are exceptions. The nanny child is admitted to the university and the master child fails. In the case of different resources, the class can still be broken. The nanny who has never been in the swimming pool jumped out of the swimming pool "bravely", and finally resigned. After resigning, she was no longer a maid, and the class between her and the master ended. It shows that the class itself comes from people, and people can also Break it!
A mother is very important to a child's development. It is the arrival of your child that makes you a mother, a nanny, and a strong woman. But in real life, many people have to leave their homes and leave their children to work to earn money. This reminds me of left-behind children in China. There is a very realistic saying: "I can't hold a brick if I hold you, and I can't support you if I put down a brick!" The wife's son, the nanny's daughter, and the nanny's grandson, to a certain extent are left-behind children. They lack maternal love, and their mothers are working hard for life and money. They paid a lot for their children but could not get their understanding. They were depressed and the pain was hard to let go. On the other hand, in China, the post-80s and 90s were the first batch of left-behind children, who did not see their parents for a few years. As the 80s and 90s grew up and got married and had children, the second batch of left-behind children appeared in China, and they were even more serious than the first batch. severe. Inescapable tragedies unfolded in cycles.
There are also two branches in the film. One is the performance of the male host, who is always eager to move in middle age and wants to seize the tail of youth. The "enthusiasm" of the male host for the nanny daughter is extraordinary. This old man over fifty years old is extremely insidious and cunning. I don't think about his wife's pain in bed, nor the years of service of the nanny, and he acts willfully. It's also the most disgusting character on the show, but it's not that hard to come across in real life.
The other is to show that Mrs., a successful woman, she is not a stingy master, the nanny can stay at home for 13 years, presumably the salary is quite rich. When the nanny offered to leave, she repeatedly apologized, and even wanted to use a salary increase to keep the nanny, and finally asked her driver to send the nanny the last ride. She was still very kind to the servant. Her children are not close to her, her husband is not kind, and to a certain extent she has won the world but lost the family. The marriage of professional women has never been so smooth. Yang Lan, Lu Yu, Ni Ping, Zhou Tao, these outstanding strong women have all been divorced. It is too difficult for a woman to balance her career and family. Therefore, there are two kinds of people in the world that are worthy of respect, a woman who accompanies you to endure hardship when you are young, and a man who accompanies you to death when you are old. And often the former more, the latter less!
Just such a simple and realistic work, it seems to be unremarkable, there is no amazing plot, no cool big production, but it expresses the heart directly, and it is enjoyable to watch. This also tells us what the definition of happiness is, not having tens of millions, not having a prominent position, but being able to understand each other and get together as a family!
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