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I have always liked the cold style of Hirokazu Kore-eda's films. This is related to the director's own cultivation, and it is not a matter of hand. The faintness of "Illusionary Light" is endless, like a breeze blowing from the sea, and you can't stop. This "Like Father Like Son" (also translated "Who Changed My Father" in 2013) brings the cold treatment style of Hirokazu Koreeda to the extreme.
6 years ago, just because the female nurse Gong Qi was worried about the son born by her husband and ex-wife after the marriage, she even secretly exchanged the baby boy born by Midori and Yukali in the delivery room, trying to get strange satisfaction and pleasure from it. feel. The two families were unaware of it, and they lived their separate lives, but they were all at peace with each other. Unexpectedly, on this day, Nonomiya and Saiki received a phone call from the hospital at the same time, saying that they had replaced the wrong child. Nonomiya looked at his wife Midoriko and was in a trance. They looked at the child Qingduo, who was playing quietly.
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After the two met, they discussed how to find the best solution. In contrast, the Nonomiya family, a typical petty bourgeois family, has a high-level job by himself, and his career is booming. And his wife, Luzi, is docile and pleasant, and takes care of Qingduo at home. On the other hand, the Zhaimu family opened an electrical appliance store in the outer suburbs. They spoke rudely and looked ugly, and their wife Yukali was also quick-talking and informal. After raising Liu Qing, she gave birth to a pair of children.
As a result, Keita of the Nonomiya family is never noisy at home, obedient, plays the piano and draws, never walks outside, which can be described as captive. The three children, Liu Qing, were free-ranging, noisy and playful. Although the environment is not good, it is very happy. Then, the two started walking. Every Saturday, swap the kids and let them get used to each other's new home. There is a world of difference, who is more suitable for the child.
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The problem is, Nonomiya followed the boss's advice and hired a lawyer to get both children to come to his house. When he told Zhaimu his thoughts, Zhaimu poked Nonomiya's nose and said, "You are really someone who has never experienced hardship, and you actually say such indecent words. Who do you think of us." Saiki and his wife felt humiliated and could not stand his arrogance and contempt.
After Nonomiya closed the door, it seemed that this road would not work either. His wife Midori also blamed him for saying such inhumane words. In fact, when Liu Qing came to their house, like Qing Duo, she was also imprisoned in captivity. Only Midori played with him. Nonomiya has no time at all, even at home, he has to work. In fact, even Kyungda, he takes very little care of him. And Qingduo came to Zhaimu's house, happy and had a lot of fun. Children can play wherever they want. Even the children's broken toys, Saiki can repair them. Stocking, let the children's minds open, unfettered.
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The closer the two are, the more they know. For the sake of the children, Kaori learned that Midori hugged tightly. The hearts of the two women were reconciled. Then, the children of the two families were finally exchanged. Although Qing Duo didn't play the piano, he and his younger brothers and sisters lived happily, and Zhaimu and his wife's optimism and playfulness made the children feel like a duck to water. But Liu Qing couldn't be happy, her playful habit was still like me, and she didn't want to call them Mom and Dad. The problem is that the Saiki family is closely related, while the Nonomiya family, like Nonomiya himself, does not eat human fireworks, which inhibits the child's playful nature and makes the child feel suffocated and boring. The boring Liu Qing went out privately and took the subway back to his original home. This gave Nonomiya a headache. His wife also began to blame him for his indifference.
The female nurse Gong Qi, who was the instigator in the past, has always apologized after her conscience was discovered, and she was ashamed of what she had done back then. After Nonomiya got her reparations, he took the money in the envelope, knocked on her door, returned it to her, and said coldly that you made a mess of our lives.
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What's interesting is that the son Gong Qi hated so deeply at that time has become a strong boy, came out of the house, and stood in front of him. Nonomiya said it has nothing to do with you. The strong boy said to him coldly that she was my mother.
Inspired by Nonomiya, on the way back, he called his stepmother and said that he was ignorant back then. The stepmother said she didn't remember, so I'll tell you what happened now. A series of things, the generosity of his stepmother, made him reflect. In the mountain forest, my colleague Chu Cicada said that it takes 15 years for these pupae to emerge into adults. These inadvertent words touched his aloof inner ice. He began to put down his body and get along with Liu Qing day and night, amusing each other. Inadvertently, from the camera, he saw the sleeping photo that Qing Duo took of him. It made him both sad and moved. He has been reluctant to bear Qing Duo, as if he abandoned Qing Duo.
On this day, Nonomiya and his wife took Liu Qing back to Saimu's house. Qing Duo walked away angrily. Nonomiya followed along. Qing Duo walked on the upper path, and he walked on the lower path. In the parallel, Nonomiya apologized, Dad didn't abandon you... Walking to the intersection, he hugged Keita affectionately, touched the child's hair, and said nothing. They are back. Liu Qing pointed and said, Qing Duo and Dad.
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We don't know whether Keitao has returned to Nono Palace, or if Keido returned to his original home, he felt completely different. At least he knew that he was not the only "son" of Nono Palace, let alone his own or not. of. On the contrary, when Liu Qing, who had been stocked, returned to Zhaimu's house, it would not cause any trouble, and he would still be playful and naughty as before. In fact, the emotional extension of this aspect of the film is limited, and we do not need to interpret it too much.
As far as the movie itself is concerned, it just presents the consequences of the deliberate "wrong" by the hospital staff, focusing on the different growth environments of the children of the two families, prompting a self-righteous parent like Nonomiya to face such a sudden incident. To be able to think deeply and calmly, instead of bossing around, take everything for granted, at least consider: how to build a parent-child relationship, how to treat each other kindly, how to rebuild love and trust, and face the future well. This may be the point that the director wants to express in the end.
2014, 8, 31
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