The once dignified bank director Emilio has been retired for a long time and has a white man. When he was having dinner with his son, he fell into the fantasy of being a bank director and refusing to give mortgages to others. Falling into fantasy, he failed to eat and take medicine on time, which delayed his son's going to the show, so the conflict between the two was on the verge of breaking out. He came over, couldn't stand his son's attitude, and swept the food and medicine on the ground.
Many people say that Emilio's Alzheimer's disease (AD) was only revealed about halfway through the movie. In fact, it was made clear at the beginning: I can't recognize myself correctly in daily life. What are you doing, mistakenly thinking that you are still in the previous scene, you need to be supervised and taken care of when you eat and drink, and you don’t know that you have the disease, this is already a very typical neurodegenerative disease patient, this story is also a typical patient story, but the big Most people have too little awareness of these diseases and too little awareness of old age.
This nursing home is home to all kinds of elderly people who have been abandoned by society and their families. They linger here, waiting to eat, drink and sleep every day. They only watch animal documentaries on TV. They pass by the swimming pool that is always closed every day and fall into their own fantasies. It's the epitome of a corner of society that doesn't get enough attention.
I have to say that our society pays too little attention to the elderly.
Knowyourself has pushed an article "I want to have sex with you until I get old | A problem that society doesn't want to talk about: sex life in old age", there is a sentence: "We treat The harshest way of a thing is not to oppose it verbally, but to exclude it from its sphere at all." We are more than harsh on the sex life of the elderly.
In the end, I thought, if I do get to the point where I forget everything and can't take care of my life, I hope I can leave without a hitch. But at that time, I can't make a decision by myself. It brings an unbearable burden to my family and friends and there is no solution. It's really painful. On second thought, like Modesto and Dolores, I can't say how unfortunate it is. In this environment where the whole society does not pay enough attention to the elderly, it is actually difficult for us to change anything. We are not necessarily lucky enough to be like Modesto and Dolores, but we can also choose to be like the last Emilio and Miguel, not to lose the enthusiasm and hope for life. As long as the enthusiasm and hope are not extinguished, Miguel can live happier on the top floor than on the first floor.
Birth, old age, sickness and death are all inevitable processes. We are caught in the torrent of life, and we are powerless to do many things. Cherish what we have in the moment, and be passionate and hopeful. This is the only thing we can do.
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