Shame: Why not say an apology?

Kole 2022-04-15 09:01:07

Another translation of the Lebanese film "Shame" is "You Owe Me An Apology". I don't want to spoil the story of this movie, because if I learn too much of the storyline, it will lose the tension and suspense of tracking the development of the plot when watching the movie. Here I just want to say, why people are always reluctant to put down their bodies and say an apology when conflicts and contradictions occur?

The first is to save face. The party who apologizes must be the wrong party, and admitting defeat is a sign of weakness, which is disgraceful.

The second is a breath, I am wrong and the truth is wrong, why should I apologize, I am also forced to helpless!

The result of mutual non-compromise is that the resentment becomes deeper and deeper, and the contradiction becomes increasingly intensified.

Five-star recommends this movie also because it talks about a trivial matter, just a trivial life trivia between two men, and surprisingly, small contradictions lead to big conflicts, personal trivial matters become ethnic disputes, more Unknown past events and grievances have all surfaced, and many accidents are actually hidden and inevitable.

As outsiders, we only know that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has a long history. It is like watching fire from the other side. This feeling, like those "Made in China" in the eyes of others, is always inferior and untrustworthy. Misunderstandings, suspicions, complaints, resentment, all these grievances and grievances between people and between nations are becoming more and more intense in the process of non-compromise and competition. At this moment, we will deeply understand how precious "mutual understanding" is!

At the end of the film, the lawyer told a news story in court that a senator from a certain country was asked to publicly apologize to the airline because he was stopped by the flight attendant on the phone while on the plane. The lawyer said this: "I wonder if the same thing can happen in our country [referring to a public apology], if it is possible to resolve conflicts with due respect, and an apology, not a sign of weakness, but a The embodiment of civilization."

There is an old saying in China, take a step back and open the sky. The warm details of one of the films are impressive. Two men who were originally enemies of each other finally looked back and smiled at each other.

Although the plot is a little deliberate, and the reality is far less abundant than the ideal, isn't this not everyone's wish?

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  • Wajdi Wehbe: Wajdi Wehbe: No one has a monopoly on suffering.