Dolan enjoys making family films, especially the portrayal of her mother. Families can be expressed in many ways, but Dolan chose a gay coming home after 12 years.
Family is always the dual existence of a harbor of happiness and a place of conflict, and we can never avoid it. The male protagonist escaped for 12 years, but when his life was about to come to an end, he still chose to go home. Of course, that home did not change much from before he escaped. As time goes on, the quarrels remain, no one is right or who is wrong, everyone has their own distinct characteristics, and they still love each other, but expression and communication are particularly important.
I think that every meal a family eats happily is the most beautiful scenery in the world. Not only the people of the East, but also the people of the West have to eat, and the story will reach a climax at the beginning of the meal, but you will find that in the end, a good meal will still end up unhappy.
Brother's character of chatting to death every minute is really annoying, but you will also understand that he understands his brother and knows that he reads magazines at the airport, but we know each other and don't think we can agree to accept each other. Zhang Ailing once said: I am compassionate because I understand. I slowly understand this sentence, but who is compassionate? Can my mercy be exchanged for your mercy?
Mother, sister, brother, sister-in-law, every character is kind, but is there any one who can integrate into the life of the male protagonist? What is life, maybe some trivial stories that can no longer be trivial, talk about children, talk about Dong's parent Li Jiashuang. The most embarrassing thing was when we sat down - only to find that there was nothing to say.
This kind of movie with super slow rhythm, too many close-ups, and dense dialogue between characters is really unpleasant, but when the conflict breaks out at the end, you will still be touched. This is not a film for literature and art, and Dolan also He is still a director and the actors are good enough, so the movie is really not that bad, and winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival shouldn't be so controversial.
Finally:
never understand life, never see human nature too much. Otherwise, life will be meaningless...
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