There are many movies that describe the stories between sisters, but Brazil's "Invisible Woman" has a good overall feel, telling the sad life story of a pair of ordinary sisters.
The picture quality of the film is very good, with a strong South American style. The actors' performances are very natural, vivid and simple, and it is easy to bring the audience into the situation. The beautiful and innocent faces of the heroines form a great contrast with the sad life, which makes the audience feel more emotional about their lives and emotions, and sigh.
How did this tragedy come about? Some people think that it is caused by the oppression of family patriarchy and male power, which is indeed shown in the film. In the case of the elder sister, it is the father's dissatisfaction and expulsion of the pregnant daughter, and in the case of the younger sister, it is the husband's suppression and deprivation of the wife's pursuit.
However, I believe that the most fundamental problem was caused by the entire social environment and tradition at that time. We don't know what Brazil was like in the 1950s, but it's not much better than China in the 1950s. In China in the 1950s, if a woman went out with a man before marriage and returned home with a child, what would it be like? It must be the same as in the film. The whole society looks down on such women, and the family has no face to accept such children.
So it is not difficult to understand why the father in the film is so cruel to his daughter, kicking her out of the house when she is unfortunately pregnant, and does not want to meet her or recognize her as a daughter, just treat her as dead. Otherwise, this father and mother really have no face to live on.
In fact, my sister ruined her life because of one indulgence. As for the younger sister, she originally wanted to live a good life, practice the piano hard, and realize her dream of becoming a pianist, but unfortunately, her bright future was ruined by an extremely selfish and domineering husband. From the sister, it can be seen that the status of Brazilian women was very low at that time, and they could only obey the husband's authority and obey the orders of the husband. This is the same as the status and destiny of women in traditional Chinese society in the past. Women have no right to go out to pursue their dreams, and can only be at home with their husbands, children, and family.
This is the ordinary life tragedy of a pair of ordinary sisters in Brazil, which makes people see the uncontrollable fate of life. No matter how hard they try, they can't escape the constraints and restrictions that society places on them. The warmth between them only exists in letters and memories, and there is almost no intersection. Fortunately, the end of the film is considered a relatively warm ending. It would be even more tragic and cruel if they did not see the truth until they died, and only knew the truth before they died.
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