Because I was going to Madrid for a business trip, I learned about this movie, so I watched it in advance and did my homework. I found a version on the Internet that only had English letters, so when I read it, I downloaded it online. No matter where I knew that the downloaded version did not match, I ended up using English letters without patience. In addition, the movie was brain-burning, and it lasted an hour and a half, and finally watched it for 3 hours. After watching it, I replayed it again, another two hours, and finally sorted out the plot. For this kind of film that appears in time and space, it is easy to get confused. But if you can grasp the following points, you can have a clearer thinking:
- Find a few signs that can help you distinguish between reality and dream;
- Distinguish which are reality and which are dreams; of course there are still some that are not clear;
- Sort out a timeline instead of following the movie. [Movies are usually edited, so that different stages and time and space are interlaced, making you confused]
For this movie:
1) The distinction between reality and dream: directly mentioned in the movie, or logically speaking, it will not hold.
- It will not rain in dreams, but in reality; (also, the spinning top in Inception)
- There will be surreal or fact-distorting things in the dream: such as absurdity, confusion, no pain, no death, everyone will be still or disappear, etc.;
2) Facts:
- Cesar and Nuria one-night stand;
- Cesar opened a party at home, Sofia and Pelayo attended the party;
- Cesar went to Sofia's house and drew a picture to each other;
- Nuria died in the accident;
- Cesar was disfigured in a car accident;
- Cesar likes Sofia, Pelayo likes Sofia;
- When Sofia was performing in the park, Cesar went to see him, the conversation between the two in the rain;
- Then he went to the bar to drink as agreed, and Cesar was drunk;
- The doctor team can only repair the results of Cesar's diagnosis to the current level, and it is recommended to wear a mask;
- The technology of cryonics to prolong the life span that was aired on TV at the very beginning;
3) Dream:
- A street with no people at the beginning; [At ten o'clock in the morning, there is no one, unreasonable]
- Holding hands in the park, Cesar didn’t remember at all when we talked about the party; [Sunny day, forget the party, and then be woken up by the alarm clock]
- Cesar hangover was awakened by Sofia/Nuria under the street light; [The confusion of the image of Sofia/Nuria shows that this time is already in a state of unconsciousness, and also later]
- Suddenly, the team of doctors at high speed Cesar can tell that his face is recovering as before; [I just said that the current medicine can't do it, and it can't be done after 3 operations in 2 months. Suddenly, it can be repaired in 2 weeks. Obviously, it is medically. Impossible and contradictory]
- Cesar and Sofia slept on the bed. After a while, Cesar saw that his face became ugly again, and after a while, Sofia became Nuria, indicating that the "happy life" at this stage is a phantom; [Disorder]
- At the police station, what the police said, the conversation between Cesar and Pelayo, and the photos showed various contradictions, as well as contradictions with the previous plot, which explained the illusion at this stage; [contradictions with facts]
- In the bar, in the scene where Cesar talks with the CEO, all the characters can be still, and the CEO also said "You are not mad. It is dream." This also shows that this stage is a dream; [illogical stillness]
- In Sofia's home, the pictures on the wall and the characters in the painting have changed from Sofia to Nuria, which contradicts the previous facts, indicating that this fragment is also a dream; the confusion of the image of Sofia/Nuria also confirms that it is a dream; and, the dream In Cesar killed someone; [contradictory with facts, confusion]
- At the end of the scene in the hospital, people are fine because Antonio was shot by the gun, and the people who disappeared all show that this scene is an illusory dream;
4) From the above, we can sort out two timelines. Cesar's lifeline:
- Cesar and Nuria one-night stand;
- Cesar's birthday party at home, met Sofia;
- Cesar went to Sofia's house;
- Nuria drove and prepared to die with Cesar, Cesar was disfigured and Nuria died;
- Cesar failed plastic surgery and had to wear a mask to live;
- After Cesar was disfigured, he went to Sofia (Rain Park) for the first time. Sofia showed alienation and escape;
- Cesar and Sofia have an appointment to go to the bar, Pelayo is there;
- In the bar, Pelayo and Sofia were flirting with each other, like a couple, Cesar was heartbroken and drank a lot of alcohol;
- After Cesar/Pelayo/Sofia went home, Sofia/Pelayo left Cesar before and after, which exacerbated Cesar’s emotional breakdown;
- Behind Cesar decided to chase Pelayo, knowing from the story behind, he saw Pelayo and Sofia kissing, and became even more desperate, and fell by the street lamp;
- After Cesar returned home, he found the information of LE company at home and signed the contract.
- According to the contract, Cesar chooses the time to commit suicide, and LE will deal with the next thing;
- Cesar committed suicide by taking medicine at home, LE let him freeze his body, and his spirit will continue his life in the form of dreams, and it will erase the memory of the last stage of life (that is, Splice node selection, starting from under the hangover street lamp);
- What followed was always a dream, but at first it was a beautiful dream, but then under the influence of the subconscious, the dream turned into a nightmare until Cesar jumped off the building;
- Wake up; the final picture is a female voice making Cesar "Relax, Open your eyes", it should be back to reality.
Cesar's dream:
- Starting from 11 on the real timeline, Cesar fell under the street light, was awakened by Sofia, and Sofia said to him that he loved him; [Things developed according to Cesar's expectations-1]
- Cesar received a call from the doctor, saying that his face can be restored within two weeks; [things develop according to Cesar's expectations-2]
- Sofia uncovered Cesar's mask at home and saw that Cesar was recovering as before, and the two of them rolled their sheets excitedly; [Happy and Beautiful Life]
- Cesar/Pelayo/Sofia sits on the street, chatting and playing, Cesar sees the CEO smiling at him, but Cesar has a dazed expression, he does not know the CEO but the CEO knows him; [Cesar's subconscious mind begins to awaken]
- Cesar and Sofia slept at home, but the ruined face appeared again, and Sofia turned into Nuria, and went to the police station. Cesar/Pelayo had a big quarrel; [Intensified subconsciousness, suspicious]
- While hesitating, the CEO appeared in the bar, originally trying to help Cesar stabilize his mind, telling him that this is his own dream, and he can make his own decisions; [indirectly proves that Cesar lives in a dream]
- In order to confirm, Cesar ran to Sofia's home, all the good illusions began to shatter, Sofia became Nuria, Cesar completely collapsed, killing Sofia; [Cesar emotional breakdown, killing]
- Because he was charged with murder, Cesar was imprisoned in a mental hospital; Antonio, as a psychiatrist, has been guiding Cesar to tell him the truth and find ways to help him get rid of the murder; [Time after emotional breakdown, escape self-trapping]
- In the mental hospital, Cesar and Antonio communicated and hypnotized again and again, and gradually recalled the Splice node selected by LE-some fragmentary clips after the hangover street lamp, including the night when the bar was over, Pelayo caught up with Sofia, the two of them For the kissing scene, I searched the LE company on the Internet, signed a contract, committed suicide by taking drugs, etc. [Try to break through]
- Cesar and Antonio went to the company, and the company's executives' explanation of the contract made Cesar confirm that he had participated in the LE test and confirmed that he was living in a dream; [very sure]
- On the top of the roof, the CEO appeared and gave a choice, Cesar finally chose to wake up from his dream [Wake up time;]
According to the above relationship, the simplified diagram is drawn as follows.
On the rooftop, the CEO gave Cesar the choice: you can choose to continue to "live in a dream", as long as Cesar wants, you can give a perfect "dream student", so that after 150 years, perhaps medical skills can help him be a normal person ; You can also choose to wake up, just jump downstairs. In the end Cesar chose the latter, he didn't want to live in a dream.
In reality, we can also compile a perfect dream for ourselves to escape reality, but no matter how beautiful the dream is, it is not reality, and cannot truly satisfy your heart. I don't know if I am a guest in my dream, and I am greedy for a while. When your subconscious mind starts to wake up, this dream will also begin to waver until it collapses. Of course, this subconscious still requires you to give birth, and ultimately you have to rely on yourself to break your own dreams.
After all, you cannot wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.
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