In my impression, the stories that happened by the sea are either romantic and cheerful, such as "Momo Tea in Summer" many years ago; or gloomy and cold, such as "Manchester by the Sea", which was very popular the year before. This "Frightening Bird" should belong to the latter, but it also gives people a hearty pleasure, and there is no lack of warmth.
Selena once hated and stayed away from her mother for 18 years, because she was suspected of murdering her father, making herself unable to live in her hometown, and ruining the supposedly beautiful girlhood.
Eighteen years later, her mother, Dolores, is again involved in a case -- the hostess Vera, who she has worked for for twenty-two years, fell from the upstairs and was seen at the scene. Raise the rolling pin to hit Vera. At that time, Vera had stopped breathing.
Is Dolores innocent, or a hateful murderer? The maid who worked with her said that she cursed her mistress almost every day and said she would kill her; Vera made a will eight years ago, leaving her a huge sum of 1.6 million . What is the relationship between the master and the servant? Why should the surly and mean lady treat a humble housekeeper?
With the evolution of the plot, the interweaving of reality and memory, the truth gradually surfaced, and the image of a woman who is as solid as a rock and tender as water is more and more fully displayed in front of the audience, which is sympathetic and admirable. She tried hard to be a good wife and failed miserably (and it was no fault of hers). She faithfully became a housekeeper and became good sisters with her master. She even tried her best to be a good mother, and she did not hesitate to plan an accident with Vera's encouragement to get rid of her inferior husband. Suspected by the police, humiliated by her neighbors, and rejected by her daughter, she is still strong, brave, and tender.
At the end of the film, daughter Selena truly understood her mother, broke free from the nightmare that had plagued her for 18 years, and expressed her apology and gratitude to her mother by giving a generous speech to the police officer. Dolores burst into tears as she softly called "Mama" and held out her hand lovingly. This woman who has been forced to be strong for many years has finally waited for her daughter to understand and love from the bottom of her heart, and she can finally soften, put away her sharp edge, and become a warmly smiling old lady.
The lady Vera, although pampered, is as sad as Dolores. Her husband gave her a life of fine clothes and jade food, but he never said a word to her. Even if she greeted him warmly in front of the servant, he could not say a word indifferently. So, when he came out of his lover's house triumphantly, why couldn't he create an accident that the brakes failed to stop this ruthless domestic violence? No wonder Vera returned to the island with a radiant face after she became a widow. It was because she finally let out a sigh of relief and could finally live without holding the so-called husband's cold face - even I felt very happy!
With tears in her eyes, Vera told Dolores when she learned that Joe stole his wife's savings for many years and sexually assaulted her daughter: "We live in a repressed patriarchal society. Sometimes an accident is a misfortune. The woman's best friend." When the once-in-a-century total solar eclipse was approaching, she smiled and encouraged her friend: "Sometimes, you have to be a strong bad woman to survive. Sometimes, be a bad woman. It's our only life-saving straw." Oh, if it's such a sharp and piercing way, this kind of neat and tidy method that doesn't leave future troubles is really too appetizing, and it's a big show!
And such a story that makes women so addicted to justice for women is actually done by men. I can't help but say that not only because of "The Shawshank Redemption", but also this "Frightening Bird", I love Stephen. gold.
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