What kind of tragedy can be called a tragedy in the true sense.
Exactly how much a woman has to lose is the real loss.
What kind of despair is the real despair.
After repeatedly asking these questions beginning with "what", it has been difficult to ask, how many sad souls can God save? How many sad souls are really saved by God?
In the small town of "Miryang" that is under abundant sunshine every day, what we see is such a hazy story. The haggard face of the woman, the messy curly hair that is tied up casually, always only wears dark clothes, a boy who is taciturn. An unfortunate beginning, an even more unfortunate end. It is unimaginable that when the sun shines on all beings, there is such a woman, she is so unfortunate, she is always hiding in a dark corner, counting her sorrows, standing up and falling again and again, standing Called the cliff of despair, she is beyond redemption.
What remains in my heart after the film ends is a long-lasting bitterness, a sadness that is too painful to cry. If it is said that wanton crying can temporarily vent, then the pain that cannot even flow out of tears must be so great. It was as if a boulder was pressing against his heart, unable to breathe so that he had no strength to cry. Seeing the woman's face contorted with pain, seeing the woman's groaning in pain due to hopelessness, even turned into a hysterical roar in the end. How can any fragile heart deal with the despair of this woman? For a moment, I even planned to give up this story, and I no longer have the courage to continue reading, because the despair of the woman has gathered so much energy, as if I want to give up the story. Everything around was destroyed, making it unbearable to witness.
After all, it is not us who are in the tragedy, but a young woman who has lost her husband and then her son. As bystanders, we speak words of comfort, but we say in our hearts that it is not ourselves who have suffered all this.
"Miryang" is such a "terrifying" film, it is terrible because it is so real, cruel and unreserved, showing a woman's most desperate state of mind without reservation, a terrible scar that cannot be healed is placed in the abundant Under the sun, it can only accelerate its deterioration. And it is precisely this kind of "terrible" that makes the film achieve unprecedented tragic effects in storytelling and character performances. A real outbreak of tragic power comes from an unfortunate woman and a religious The question of whether it can save everything.
There are too many movies about women's tragedies. Usually, the heroine will face hardships or fight back against the injustice of fate. After all, the ending is full of hope. The topic of whether religious belief can save everything is also covered in many movies, but it is only a sideline or a little mention. In this film, the heroine's tragedy can be said to have become the sub-line of the film, while the questioning of religion has become the main line of the film.
Her husband died in a car accident and her son died in a kidnapping incident. The accumulation of such misfortunes was too dramatic, and it also multiplied the misfortune of the female male. This is the story that has been told in the first 40 minutes of the film, which is the real beginning of the film.
What really makes the film's tragic power so great is the female protagonist herself. She is definitely not a woman who can pretend to be strong. When she loses her husband and child, she has absolutely no ability to fight back and take revenge. She is a miserable woman. A vulnerable woman crushed by reality is a woman who can't really stand the double blow. And when she thought that religious God could temporarily relieve the pain, when she thought that this life-saving straw could save herself, once again, God betrayed her.
In this sad woman's heart, God is no longer God, she is her own God. No one can save another, including God, the only one who can save yourself is yourself. However, this woman has been unable to save herself, and there is no hope for the end. This woman will continue to face the pain of losing her relatives in this world, and there is nothing she can do.
From not accepting Christianity at the beginning, to accepting that he has been redeemed, his heart has opened up, and the pain is about to pass, to the final opposition. Blind religious belief rubbed a pinch of salt on this tragic woman's festering wound, and the director began to question religion from here. This is what makes the film different from any other film and television work that shows the tragedy of women, that is, the questioning of religion, the abnormal behavior of the woman at the end, seduce the priest, hate the church members who prayed for her, Endowed the film with the most powerful tragic force.
It has to be said that Quan Duyan's performance supported the entire film. Acting out a tragic character without seeing any trace of the act. In the absence of any sad background music, just a few hopeless hysterical roars can be heartbreaking. Such fearlessness can be said to be an unbridled and brave performance, which makes Quan Duyan's performance full of dramatic explosive power. Therefore, Quan Duyan's delicate acting skills accounted for a very important part in the film. Other Korean actresses may have difficulty digesting this role, completely immersed in despair, and completely hysterical. It does it all perfectly, and channels the tragic power of the entire film. The award for Best Actress at Cannes is the best compliment for Quan Duyan. The whole world was crying for the woman who played Quan at that moment. This is a really strong acting prowess.
The last shot of the film stayed in a corner, a corner full of garbage and mud, and the sun was repeatedly dazzling. It was a very hopeful ending for the film. Could it be the light of hope? This is not acceptable to me. The real secret sunshine should be Boss Kim played by Song Kanghao in the film. He is the only man who always accompanies a woman, an honest man who always warms a desperate woman with a silent love. The woman who obviously closed her heart always ignores the existence of men. But when he was most helpless, he still thought of men. If the whole film is so desperate, then Boss Jin is the only hope in the whole film, and the only man who persists to the end to save the woman. Although Song Kanghao's superb acting skills have not been fully displayed in this film, his role as Boss Kim is a man who is enough to touch the audience, and is the real secret sunshine of the whole film.
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