Companionship and Cognition-Salvation for the marginalized in society

Alexanne 2022-03-25 09:01:11

The story unfolds in an abandoned train station in a remote area.
It is remote, but it is a spiritual station for two marginalized people to escape from reality.
A dwarf, fed up with other people's curious glances and pointing. "How different people see and treat me, how interesting. Because I am actually a pure and simple person"
A female artist who lost her son, can't bear the attention of others. "Everyone looked at me, a poor woman lost her child"
They moved here to escape reality, they all longed for a peaceful life alone.
So Qiao wanted to be strong with fin, but was rejected by fin indifferently.
So the salesman visits Olivia but she walks away with an excuse.
"We can just eat without talking"
They are too similar, they crave silence.

But Joe's appearance changed their lives.
This marginal person who speaks Spanish is warm, simple, open, kind, and even a little talkative and chatter.
He strung the lives of two people together, making the three of them become each other's most precious friends. Especially for fin and Olivia, the other two even make up most of the fun part of their lives.
He invites Olivia to dinner with fin Holds
the two hands together and prays to God together
He joins fin Priority Pass
and invites Olivia to join them
He drives the dining car with fin chasing the train
again Watching in Olivia's House
"I don't like having people come to my room, especially loud people" Olivia said
but it was this loud talker that made two lonely and lonely souls see each other's existence.

But when the problem comes, the three still need to face it alone.
Facing her ex-husband and another son of her ex-husband who suddenly came, Olivia locked herself in the house
He shouted at Fin who came to visit: "I don't want you here, leave. Leave me alone."
He even swallowed a large bottle of medicine, losing weight every day.
And fin can't stay away from those curious eyes in this secluded place.

The bar is an important place where this bland story takes a twist. For the
first time, Fin is pigeoned by Joe in the pub and treated rudely by the domineering man Chris,
which makes him displeased with Joe and makes him leave himself. Left himself alone
for the second time, after being pushed out the door by Olivia, he came to the tavern to drink.
Responding angrily to the people around him who gave him strange looks,
and the hangover directly caused him to fall on the track and almost died.

Joe's food truck really leaves. Fin's life is no longer accompanied by Joe.
Olivia turned him away.
It seems that here, the lives of the three have nothing to do with each other.
But surviving after lying on the track made Fin sober, and
he began to assume the role of connecting the three.
He finds Olivia trying to kill herself by taking medicine.
He called Joe to accompany Olivia to see the doctor
.

At the end of the film, they sit together again.
In the soul station, they are each other's most precious companions.
Two people on the fringes of society heal each other.
Each of us is not so lonely.

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  • Jessica 2022-04-22 07:01:37

    It's a bit boring, but there are also a few moments when I want to live a very simple life and face very few people.

  • Colleen 2022-03-28 09:01:05

    1. The movie I saw in CCAV6 in the first grade of high school is also very surprising that I can suddenly remember it after many years, and I can watch it again. 2. I was moved by the scene of the three of them walking on the railroad tracks. , and then the three-person walk 3. It feels quite good, the long and staggered railroad track, the small station beside the railroad track, the convenience car next to the small station, the lonely three people hug together to warm up.

The Station Agent quotes

  • Olivia Harris: [Breaking the ice] When I was 19, I actually slept with a guy because he rolled his own cigarettes.

  • Emily: Your First name is Finbar?

    Finbar McBride: Yes.

    Emily: My name is Emily.

    Finbar McBride: [Uninterestingly] Hi.

    Emily: [Charmingly] Hi.

    [trying to get Fin's attention]

    Emily: You have a nice chin.

    Finbar McBride: [feeling awkward and finding words what to say] Thanks.

    [Scene cuts to railroads where Fin and Joe are walking]

    Joe Oramas: A nice chin?

    [scroffs]

    Finbar McBride: Yeah.

    Joe Oramas: Seriously?

    Finbar McBride: Yeah.

    Joe Oramas: Fuckin' weird.