At the beginning, I thought it was a story with a feminist template, but then I was more and more moved by this delicate emotion and narrative, and the ending was tearful.
Both sisters are very idealistic people, but the younger sister is more forbearing, and the elder sister is more bold and unrestrained. My sister was arranged by her parents to marry someone she didn't know, and she lived a life dominated by her pregnant and childbearing family; her sister chose marriage herself, and after realizing the hypocrisy of her relationship, she boldly gave up, but she has since been burdened by the blood family. Abandonment, the fate of living a hard life at the bottom. The rare happy moment in my sister's life is to find her thoughts and sustenance for her in the piano, and she is so close to her dream; in her difficult life, she is fortunate to find a family that is not related by blood but has enough warmth, although She no longer believes in love but still wants to have fun in a vain party relationship, until Philo says, "Who needs a man to have fun? I'm tired of pleasing others, I want to please myself."
However, each other's experiences are parallel and intertwined. Although the two have never found each other in reality from beginning to end, the two have the same heart. They live in each other's ideal imagination of each other, and place their best wishes and dreams on each other. The younger sister who the older sister hopes has already realized her piano dream, which adds a little more support to her bottom-level life. The younger sister hopes that the older sister is enjoying the love she has never enjoyed, which seems to allow her to endure the boring marriage life. This kind of mutual wish actually has a great contrast with reality, and the movie also repeatedly shows the huge pain under this contrast. When the elder sister was talking about her piano career, the younger sister was actually sighing in the kitchen with depression. When the younger sister was pleased with the love she had, the elder sister raised the child by herself. But this kind of beautiful imagination of each other is the driving force to continue their lives with each other. They can listen to each other in their souls, understand each other, and project their dreams on each other. This is the only consolation in each other's helpless lives. Therefore, my sister took the piano exam for her sister, and the concert made her forget her own pain and enjoy the joy of being with her sister. Finally, when my sister learned the news of her sister's death, her dream was broken, and the piano had become a source of pain, so she burned everything and destroyed herself.
Through the lives of the two sisters, the director criticizes the traditional patriarchal system and the social phenomenon of the wealth gap in Brazil. In addition to the traditional patriarchal roles of father, sister and husband, male roles also have some minor roles, such as a gynecologist who informs the man of pregnancy even when he knows the woman does not want to be pregnant, and a gynecologist who cannot apply for a child's visa without the permission of the father. staff. These characters are not bad, they are just the majority in the context of patriarchy and become invisible accomplices. The role of his sister's husband can also be regarded as a family responsibility, but he doesn't care about his sister's dreams, and even wants to vent his desires on the piano. The biggest cause of this tragedy can be said to be the father, but it is also a conspiracy. And women under this patriarchal system are the ones who can warm each other and understand each other the most. The person who cares about your dreams the most, the person who cares about your happiness all the time, the person who can give you spiritual companionship, may never be around, but because of this common female identity, a relationship is formed between each other. A strong connection. Perhaps this expectation of women's connection is too ideal, but it is also the most powerful resistance to injustice.
The Brazilian tropical style under the director's lens perfectly matches the melancholy mood of the characters, and the picture is filled with a bleak and beautiful atmosphere. The exuberance of plants, the labor of shipyards, and the style of dress all show the strength and beauty of women. In the exotic South America, women are also facing the same dilemma. This dilemma is like the title of the film "invisible life", which is invisible but always in our hearts.
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