Nuns and convents, everyone has seen them in movies and TV shows.
Once you become a nun, it means that you can't marry for life, and you must remain faithful.
[Those who have seen the movie say this person is the "Irish version of Extinction Master"]
In the 1950s, nuns were strictly monitored in monasteries in Western countries. The following tragic story happened in a monastery in Ireland in 1956, and it was a real event . In 2013, the story was made into the film Philomena, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture .
It's a very cruel, dark, yet human story.
In 1956, Irish folk customs were conservative and society was under the control of Catholicism. At that time, women's chastity was very important. If a woman had sex before marriage, it was a very shameful thing, and she would even be sentenced to "sin of depravity" and sentenced to go to a monastery to do it. Nearly four years of hard labor atonement.
At that time, Philomena was an innocent girl who had a relationship with a man because she was "provocative" and won the prize.
The paper could not cover the fire, and the big belly Philomena was considered a shame for the family, and was sent to the monastery by her father to do hard labor to atone for her sins.
Before entering the monastery, Philomena thought that the monastery was benevolent and kind, but after entering, she discovered some very dark things.
The nuns were not friendly to the girls who came to atone for their sins, and even abused and tortured them.
Because of their imprisonment, the girls had to give birth in the convent, and if they wanted to leave the convent, they had to pay £100 (£100 at the time was equivalent to 200,000 yuan today), which they could not afford.
The nuns did not know the skills of birth delivery. Many girls who were sent in to atone for their sins died due to dystocia, but the nuns believed that they deserved death and did not deserve sympathy.
It's terrifying to think that the girl who died in childbirth was buried in the backyard of the monastery, overgrown with weeds and nobody cared about.
Fortunately, Filomena gave birth to the child successfully, but sadly, the child was cruelly taken away by the nun as soon as she was born. Filomena could only visit her child briefly during the limited time each day, although So, this is a very happy thing for her.
But the good times didn't last long. One day, Philomena accidentally discovered that her child had been given away by the monastery, and she had witnessed her son being taken away by a car, but there was nothing she could do.
If you have watched "Dear", you can compare this kind of parent-child "farewell" mood.
Fifty years have passed, and things have changed. Philomena has become an old lady, and this past event has become a secret buried in her heart.
But she never stopped missing her son .
Philomena's daughter learns the secret by accident and decides to help her mother find her lost son, her brother.
So she asked Martin, a well-known former BBC reporter, to help. Martin wants to use Philomena's story to write a book, so he and her find clues about his son.
But the search process is difficult.
The current steward said that all the archives that kept the records were burned by an accidental fire, and she also took out the "sell deed" signed by Philomena to give the child to the monastery, implying that they should not continue to pursue it.
The thing is very strange, so many files have been burned, but the contract is still there, and there is a ghost at a glance.
Martin learned from insiders that the fire was set by the nuns on purpose to conceal evidence, in order to prevent a woman with the same fate as Philomena from pursuing this matter.
And the truth is even more outrageous. The nuns sold adopted children to wealthy Americans in the form of child trafficking, and the price of each child was a thousand pounds!
Is this what a holy nun should do? This is simply a human trafficker! Martin and Philomena were shocked!
Philomena and Martin decided to go to the United States together to find the whereabouts of the child. After many twists and turns, Martin finally found clues on the Internet. The good news is that the child is actually the chief legal counsel of President Bush Sr. It seems that he has made a lot of money.
I thought everyone was happy, but the computer showed that the child died a long time ago.
Poor Philomena! She lost her son again, she will never know how his son has been through these years, and will never know if his son misses her too!
The disheartened two wanted to return to China. Before boarding the plane, Filomena suddenly changed her mind and wanted to learn about her son's experience over the years.
So, the two changed their tickets.
Through the introduction of acquaintances, they learned that his son had been doing well in politics these years, but it was surprising that he was gay and died of AIDS, but Philomena accepted this fact without any excitement and calmly , and also very sympathize with his son's experience, it seems that mother's love is really selfless and great!
She listened carefully to her son's past, and watched the details of his son's life from the videotape left by him, as if she was already satisfied.
What is touching is that the son has never forgotten his mother. Before his death, he went to the monastery to look for his mother, but the cruel nun actually concealed the truth, claiming that he did not know the whereabouts of Philomena, and that he was abandoned by his mother. took him.
On his deathbed, the son asked to be buried in the monastery, where he and his mother were separated.
Philomena didn't expect to go around in a circle, and her son was actually waiting in place. It was really good luck!
Fifty years, a full fifty years, the mother and son have only spent three years together, but they have not forgotten each other. What a great feeling this is!
Philomena and Martin return to the convent.
Martin angrily asked the old nun who was in charge at the time why the mother and son broke up and deliberately lied!
The old nun replied: I have kept my chastity, self-denial and abstinence all my life, those girls can only blame themselves, my Lord Jesus will criticize my right and wrong.
Yes, the old nun meant that the girls deserved what they deserved, who made them have premarital sex with men!
What the hell is this! I believe everyone is as angry as I am, but it is surprising that Philomena chose to forgive and forgive.
"I don't want to hold grudges," Philomena said.
At the end of the film, Philomena came to her son's grave and stared for a long time. She hoped that Martin would publish this story, because she felt that the world should know all this.
So far, the film has left people with endless thoughts: Is it the old nun's sanctimoniousness or premarital sex that is shamed? All this is left to the viewers to comment.
It is touching that the prototype of Philomena is still continuing to visit her son's grave.
It is worth mentioning that in the play Philomena is played by the famous British actress Judi Dench. Friends who have never heard of her name must have seen the 007 series, where Mrs. M is played by her. .
Judi Dench expressed the mother's forbearance, concern for her son and the pain of losing her son very well, and friends who like her can appreciate her performance.
This film has a profound criticism of religion and human nature, but in this criticism, maternal love is deeply praised. Get along for 3 years, but remember your life, only mother's love can penetrate time and survive forever .
All in all, this movie is not to be missed.
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It's chilling to see a monastery punish unchaste girls like this
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