--Lee Chang-dong (Director of "Miryang")
"What kind of place is Miryang?" Shin Ae and her younger brother asked the same question. What about you, after watching the movie, how would you respond? right. I am asking.
Miyang, the secret sunshine. The widowed Shin Ae brought her son from Seoul to Miryang, hoping to live a new life and start over. She slowly integrated into the community and started a new job and a new career. At this time, her son was kidnapped and his vote was torn apart. Although the murderer was found, Shin Ae couldn't shake off his grief. Later, Shin Ae found peace and joy from the church meetings, gradually recovered, and was more determined to forgive the murderer, and took the initiative to visit him. Only then did she realize that the murderer had believed in God and became a Christian who received grace and forgiveness. Shin Ae can't stand the blow and decides to betray God.
After all, what kind of place is Miryang? It's just an ordinary, ordinary town. However, a person with a heart sees a world from a small town.
Logically speaking, Shen Ai in the movie is not a believer. From the beginning to the end, she believed nothing at all. She felt joy in the church, but also felt that the pain of losing a child could pass lightly, and she felt comfort in the group. The same is true of her friend Zong Can. He went to church to pursue her. After he got used to it and felt good, he became a believer. Possibly, the true believer counts the wicked prisoner, although we don't know much about him.
Later, Shin Ae challenged God and muttered to the sky every time he did bad things: "Are you watching? Are you watching?" We understand that, we always think about the question of justice-why Misfortune befalls me? Why would anyone do this to me? Why would anyone put me in a corner? Is this fair? However, the more difficult answer is - what is justice? Revenge on him? A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye? Is this fair? Why do good people die? Bad guys snickering in dark corners? Still living comfortably. If you think about it, it will only make you angry.
God replied to forgive, but as human beings, we can't do it. We want to cut it with our own hands. At least we see the enemy cry and kneel and beg for mercy. This reflects the fact that we believe that we are more just than others.
At the end of the movie, one day when Shin Ae left the mental hospital, she was going to cut her hair, and she met the daughter of her murderer again at the barbershop. In the middle of the haircut, Shin Ae stood up, left the barber shop, and then returned home, picked up scissors, found a chair, and cut her hair by herself.
right. I really like the ending of the movie, although some might find it a little abstract. When Shen Ai meets the enemy's daughter again, it just means that all kinds of misfortunes in the real world have brought - pain, sorrow, anger, resentment, resentment, and worry. These take up a part of life; Shen Ae's hands-on haircut represents people's efforts, resistance, change and redemption. These also take up a part of life. In the end, the film shoots the light hair that Shen Ai cut with hands and curled in the wind, ignoring the secret light of the Miyang on the shallow depression. And Miryang may be the will of God mentioned many times in the movie, the inner secret, the silent bystander. Also, there is a warm smile.
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