The film tells the story of an old man with dementia living with a robot.
At the beginning of the movie, there was a rush of whispering. In a series of fluent unlocking actions and detailed hints, the protagonist Frank appeared on the stage. The messy room, expired milk, spoiled cereal, stopping when seeing young men and women... all this shows that Frank lives alone.
Frank is an old man with Alzheimer's disease. Don't look at him now with Alzheimer's disease. When he was young, he was very beautiful. Frank was a famous thief when he was young. He had been in prison several times for theft, but he still couldn't change the habit of stealing. His own mantra is, as long as you can hide, there is nothing I can't steal. And his stealing skills even work in the police school, it can be seen that when he was a young thief, he was indeed very successful.
Frank remembers clearly what happened when he was young, always remembering the past, he refused to shine, refused to show weakness. But the surroundings of his life are being renewed, the restaurants he frequents have long been closed, and the retro library is about to be remodeled into a modern library.
As he is in old age, his temper is getting worse and worse, his thinking is getting more and more stubborn, and his life habits are extremely irregular. His Alzheimer's disease is getting more and more serious. Children rush to home and work, often not going home. Occasionally, when his son Hunt goes home, he just eats together. Later, Hunter found that his father's memory was getting worse and worse, so he brought him the latest robot butler to monitor his physical and mental health according to the program.
When Frank saw the robot, he didn't like it very much. He felt that this robot was dull, unlike a human being, without feeling at all, it was just a cold machine. So he tried his best to turn off the robot, but the robot had been set up by his son and kept on at any time. Frank had no way of using the robot, so he could only temporarily admit his life.
The robot broke his original rhythm of life, urged him to get up early, change his eating habits, and use various tricks to persuade him to exercise.
Unexpectedly, this robot is still very useful. It can not only sweep the floor with housework, but also help Frank shave, which gradually loosened Frank's heart. Later, during a walk, Frank chatted with the robot, and the robot told Frank that if you don't want me one day, the result of waiting for me is to be cleared of memory, and I am useless. Frank also assured the robot that you can rest assured that I will not erase your memory. Frank's heart is warm at that moment. After getting along with the robot, Frank changed his attitude towards life. The robot will prepare a healthy breakfast for him, and it will renovate the grass on the side when Frank is resting. One person and one machine depend on each other in this way.
One day Frank took the robot to the library he often went to. Frank chatted with his only friend, the librarian. He also learned that the library was about to be occupied by science and technology, and the only remaining books were a few rare books. . After that, Frank took the robot to the candle shop again. He wanted to try his skills and steal the candle again. But I didn't expect that the old man's hands and feet were inflexible, and Frank didn't succeed. Unexpectedly, on the way back, the robot took the candle he stole to Frank, and Frank was surprised. It turned out that the thief program was not entered in the robot's program, so the robot thought that Frank dropped the candle. Frank looked at the robot, as if seeing him when he was young. So he had an idea and began to teach the robot all kinds of stealing methods. He wanted to train this robot. The robot found that Frank was very enthusiastic about stealing, and his physical condition became very good, so he agreed to help Frank steal and keep the secret.
In this way, one person and one machine started their plan of stealing. They went to the stealing site during the day to observe the terrain, and started secretly at night. They decided to go to the library first and give the collection of books to the librarian. At this time, it was time for our robot to make its debut. After a few brushes, we got the book. Frank was very proud and felt that the robot had got his own true story.
Afterwards, they discussed the theft of precious jewels. They thought they could succeed again, but this is the world of technology, and Frank couldn't escape the eyes of the monitor. He began to distract the evidence and move the jewels intensively, but he did not expect the owner of the jewels to download the memory of the robot. Although he seemed to deceive the police calmly with a self-destruction scam, only he himself knew the panic when he drove away. He fled to the house of the woman he liked to breathe, but found that this woman was the wife who had been divorced from him for 30 years.
Frank took his remaining little robot and fled back to his residence in a daze. Surrounded by the police, he ridiculously wanted to tie the sheets into a rope and slide down the second-story window until he refused to delete the little robot that was unfavorable to him. Persuade him with the usual quiet tone: "After deleting my memory, you can continue to plan for the next goal."
The robot repeatedly emphasized that it was not a human being, and even repeated the details of the crime. In the end, Frank accepted the fact that it was only a robot and formatted its memory. The robot just follows the main program. Frank's health is its highest order. Cooperative action is also a bargaining chip to negotiate with him to eat low-sodium food.
In the end Frank became gentle and lived in a nursing home. He looked out the window alone. There were no robots beside him. Dinner with the family under the tree. He understood that robots have no emotions and cannot replace the love of family members.
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