white oleander

Kieran 2022-03-25 09:01:22

One of the four films that I took away from my portable hard drive when I graduated from college.

The story tells the story of a girl who wandered around after her mother was imprisoned, met her mother constantly during the period, was influenced by her consciousness in her mother's teaching, but finally decided to stick to herself.

The only thing that attracted me at the beginning of the movie was the heroine's blond hair, blue eyes, and elf-like face. At the beginning of the movie, she walked across the back of the room in her pajamas, as beautiful as an angel, but after ten minutes she became helpless. , my mother was suddenly sent to prison. She was a neurotic and controlling female artist. The girl adored her and looked at her mother and said: I know, we are each other's only.

So the heroine entered one completely unfamiliar family after another (the light and shadow of the movie are beautiful, and it feels nostalgic. Of course, if it wasn't for the heroine's beauty, I might have turned off the player in ten minutes), the first one Family, she tried to be friendly to everyone, and even began to try religion under the leadership of the landlord, and then she went to visit her mother in prison for the first time, Ms. Oleander told her that religion is a deceit, people should think independently and be selfish There is no sin (if selfishness is also a sin, then all painters are guilty, which is true), those who believe in religion are the enemies of artists, the heroine silently took down the cross on her neck while refuting, and returned to her foster family. The landlord called the hostess, indiscriminately concluded that she was having an affair with her boyfriend, and threatened to send her away, she asked the landlord to give her another chance like God, the landlord shouted but I am not God, look The landlord who is different from the other, the last compromise in her eyes has faded, and the rest is full of perseverance and ruthlessness. She decides to be a selfish person, and finally the landlord who found out that her boyfriend is cheating shot her, when she When she woke up, the landlord and her boyfriend had already left, and the heroine was sent to the orphanage. The heroine has just tried to step into society, just trying to find her own belonging and belief, and she saw the ugliness of human nature. She began to feel insecure and became a loner in the orphanage, until she was the same as her. The boy who likes to draw slowly unloads her arms. At this time, Ms. Oleander appears again, and teaches her to pursue what she really wants, instead of relying on a man because of loneliness. The heroine is also very rational. He refuted it, and then silently packed up, left the orphanage and the manga man, and moved into a middle-class family. At this time, he felt a face of mbt, it turned out that the manga man who was so long and caring was also a soy sauce? The middle-class family has a former actress and a TV guy who is not at home all the time. Because the actress can't have a child, she chose to adopt it (with a face of mb, shouldn't you adopt a child under the age of five in order to cultivate a relationship? Forget it, maybe it's because The heroine is so beautiful), the actress is a kind and indifferent Pisces (the author is very distracted, I raise my hand when the Pisces rise, Pisces is like this), giving the heroine everything she wants, material life , Spiritual companionship, different from the domineering and mysterious mother, Pisces respects her opinion and shares everything with her. The heroine feels generous and selfless love for the first time. During the third visit to prison, although the heroine did not Expressing any emotion, Ms. Oleander felt a strong sense of crisis different from the last two from her shyness and pampered appearance (the heroine is very smart, at this time she already knew that her mother just didn’t want her to be with Ren. Who is good, as long as she shows who she is close to, she will try to destroy it, so I don't want to describe the intimate relationship with the actress, but the mother can see her intentions and even bypass her and write to her in person. Actor, just to have the opportunity to "teach" and destroy her enemies face to face), yes, the actress's family life has long been a mess, she originally endured her husband's betrayal in silence, after a face-to-face conversation with Ms. Oleander, she decided to I got up and started a heartless conversation with my husband, which then turned into a fierce quarrel. The TV guy directly admitted that he had an affair. If he was a Scorpio, he would pack up and go away or get a divorce. directly chose suicide. So, in the eyes of the heroine, the best person in her life was murdered by her mother, she told her mother that she would never see her again, and then chose to follow a punk girl, selling second-hand clothes, smoking, Get tattoos and live the life of a normal rebellious girl in revenge. In the end, Ms. Oleander hired a lawyer to invite her daughter to give false testimony in court. The heroine skillfully lit a cigarette and asked her mother to answer three questions in her life. Who is the father, and the mother's answer perfectly presents the image of a selfish and irresponsible female artist, but as the heroine said later, although the mother makes people feel uncomfortable, at least she is real, not hypocritical Momo answers while begging her for forgiveness, while she says she just wants her to let go.

When the heroine was ready to appear in court, the court suddenly broke up. The heroine walked through the crowd to find a lawyer. The lawyer told her that her mother decided not to let her appear in court. She completely let go of her daughter and exchanged life imprisonment for her freedom. She looked back to see the heroine, still looking strong and proud, and the mother and daughter said goodbye in silence.

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White Oleander quotes

  • Astrid: How long were you gone?

    Ingrid: About a year, give or take a few months.

    Astrid: My God.

    Ingrid: You're not asking the right question. Don't ask me why I left. Ask me why I came back.

    Astrid: You should have been sterilized.

    Ingrid: I could have left you there, but I didn't. Don't you understand? For once, I did the right thing! When I came back, you knew me. You were sitting by the door, and you looked up, and you reached for me. It was as if you had been waiting for me all along.

    Astrid: I was always waiting for you, mother. That's the constant in my life. Waiting for you. Will you come back? Will you forget that you tied me in front of a store or left me on a bus?

    Ingrid: Are you still waiting?

    Astrid: No. I stopped when Claire showed me what it felt like to be loved. What did you think, that I would amuse you? That's what babies are like, mother. What'd you think? We'd exchange thoughts on Joseph Brodsky?

    Ingrid: I thought Klaus and I would live happily ever after. That's what I thought, Adam and Eve in a vine-covered shack. I must have been out of my mind.

    Astrid: You were in love with him.

    Ingrid: YES, I was in love with him. ALRIGHT? I was in love with him, and baby makes three, and all that crap!

    Astrid: Then why did you leave him? Why did you leave him?

    Ingrid: I didn't leave him! He left me. You wanna know about your father? He left us when you were six months old for another woman, and I never saw him again until he showed up looking for you when you were eight years old.

    Astrid: He came to see me?

    Ingrid: Yes, he came to see you but it was a little late, wasn't it? Why should I let him see you after what he did to me?

    Astrid: Because it wasn't about you! It was about me, and I wanted to see him! My whole life, I've wanted to see him. That decision was MINE, not yours. Everything's always been about you, never about me. I knew you were gonna kill Barry, but you didn't even care. You didn't give a damn about what that would do to me. I'll say whatever Susan wants me to say, but I gotta get outta here.

    Ingrid: No! No, no, no. You don't just walk away from me. I made you, I'm in your blood. You don't go anywhere until I let you go!

    Astrid: Then let me go. You look at me and you don't like what you see, but this is the price, mother. The price of belonging to you.

    Ingrid: If I could, I'd take it all back. I would.

    Astrid: Then tell me you don't want me to testify. Tell me you don't want me like this. Tell me you would sacrifice the rest of your life to have me back the way I was.

  • [last lines]

    Astrid: No matter how much she damaged me... no matter how flawed she is... I know my mother loves me.