We are all still young, and there is still a long picture scroll in life that has not yet been unfolded. We don't need to think about the approaching death step by step, but through a few movies, we can get closer to the lives of different people, appreciate the joys and sorrows of life, and think about it. Maybe this is the charm of the movie, walking through light and shadow, walking through different life paths.
Death and Love - "Rejected Life" English name: Freeheld
For 23 years, I have never asked for special treatment. And now, I just want to be fair!
Adapted from a true documentary, the film tells the story of a policewoman (played by Aunt Moore) who fell in love with a female car mechanic (played by Peggy). After the two finally ignored the strange eyes of others and decided to live together, the policewoman was diagnosed with a terminal illness. They can't get married because of the same sex (but the same-sex marriage bill has not been passed in the US), the government has refused to give her lover a pension for 23 years of working as a policewoman, a gay couple fighting for fairness and fighting hard all the way Fight against illness, fight against colored eyes, fight against injustice.
In an artistically processed film, what impresses me the most is the authenticity of each character. There is no main theme in the movie for the policewoman and her lover to get everyone's support. On the contrary, the policewoman's colleagues avoid speaking for her. On the one hand, they admire her courage, and on the other hand, they are afraid of being criticized or affecting their career. She can only give her vacation to the seriously ill female police officer as much as she can, so that she will not be swept out of the hospital by the hospital.
But the reality is like this, even if you are the persecuted party, life will not easily vindicate you, it is not that you are treated unfairly, the world will give you justice, then it will not be life, but movies.
In reality, fairness often requires us to speak up and fight for ourselves, and rely on the weak dedication of countless people. If everyone can only be silent or just be a bystander in the face of unfair treatment, then the next unfairness will be very serious. It may be as unstoppable as a meteorite landing.
It is worth mentioning that when the policewoman and her lover were unable to do anything about the lawsuit, the policewoman's partner for many years proposed that she marry the policewoman in a fake marriage, and then give her pension intact to her partner. Perhaps such a method is really simple and tricky, saving the policewomen's final days and complicated lawsuits, and they flatly refused.
When the policewoman is dying, she still sits in a wheelchair and attends the courtroom to speak out for herself. She is tortured by illness to the extent that her body is still not arrogant or arrogant. You will suddenly find that the power of life lies in the body.
This movie is not a movie just about the lesbian affirmative action, but to remind us normal people that when we encounter unfair treatment, we should not be bored and suffer, and stand up bravely, for ourselves and for those who may encounter such problems in the future. People struggle, if they don't even have the courage to "fight for fairness for themselves", then life can only go with the flow.
In 2006, the policewoman Laurel died in a real incident, and in 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that same-sex marriage is legal in the United States. During the period of 9 years, countless people fought hard for this result, and Laurel, who died, may not believe that 9 years later, the United States actually supported the legalization of same-sex marriage, and there must be her part in it. .
A person may not be able to do any great deeds in his short life, and what he has done may be a drop in the bucket. Maybe the current reality cannot be changed, but it does not mean that it is useless. It is like a drop of water flowing into the river and sea. Proportional, you just have to wait.
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