"Merry Christmas Frank."
When you're alone on a special day, do you really want to call someone?
He is a god-level liar who travels the world disguised as a pilot. He is a master of love who wins the hearts of beauty, but when the lights are on, the hymns sound, and the whole world is immersed in the warmth of family, he is just a homeless child, eager to Someone read his name and said, "Frank, welcome home."
People always said, "If you know my past, you'll know who I am now." Yes, childhood experiences play a very difficult role in one's life trajectory. imagine. Frank in the film used to be so happy. His father was an outstanding businessman who was commended by the mayor, his mother was a beautiful and moving French Peugeot, and he was a schoolboy who wore uniforms in school and had excellent acting skills. He liked to collect trademarks and always advised him Ordinary good boy whose mother quit smoking. He has the endless care and consideration of his parents, a superior living environment and educational resources. The portrayal of his happy life can be condensed into that Christmas, when he saw his parents smiling and dancing from outside the door, time seemed to freeze at that moment. But every story has an aftermath. Later, Frank's father went bankrupt because of tax evasion, and the family situation took a turn for the worse. If this blow made Frank lose material fertile soil, then his mother immediately divorced his father because of an extramarital affair. This blow made Frank lose his spiritual sustenance. At a loss, Frank finds it difficult to face the family breakdown. Between his parents, he chooses to run away from home and start an unknown journey.
At the beginning of the film, the bright and beautiful pilot shots foreshadowed Frank's subsequent choices. Frank achieved the purpose of posing as a pilot through various means, and found a sense of self-satisfaction that seemed to be true and false in traveling the world. But what can he do to receive infinite admiration and endless money? When night falls, he is still alone, and the world will not change because of one more fake pilot. His biggest wish is still to look forward to his parents getting back together. Family has always been the bond he couldn't let go of. Every time he raised the issue of his parents' marriage with his father, the response Frank got was just a helpless sigh. For such a child, he did everything possible to pursue success just to prove to his mother that he had financial conditions, that he and his father could continue to give her a good life, make her change her mind, and restore her broken family. But such a wish is simply unattainable, and only he himself knows how much of a gap Frank has suffered after several failures.
Frank also thought about stopping, when he met his father, he begged his father to stop him with an almost pleading look, but his father said, "An honest person will not be afraid, so I try not to be afraid. It's just you and me, everyone else is a real idiot! Do you see some people looking at you over their shoulders, they're all NYC bigwigs and wanna know where you're going tonight, you tonight Where are you going, Frank, Hollywood!" Without a doubt, Frank's father was an embodiment of the American dream, never giving up, never losing faith, believing that he was always that second mouse. Frank also continued to disguise, this time entirely for the sake of his mother who had left, and for what his father said. Obviously, everything he did was deeply influenced by the shadow of his parents' divorce, and this influence also prompted him to germinate the idea of starting a family and starting a business, because people who have tasted the warm taste can't tolerate loneliness and bitterness even more. According to the statistics of some scholars, 99% of juvenile delinquents have experienced family trauma. I think it is because of this, when a person is not independent, his most beloved things are taken away, what can he do? It must be resistance, making demands for one's own interests, and perhaps the last step will develop into deviant behavior and crime. But for them, the purpose is very simple: just want to be valued by others and find a sense of existence.
Looking at another line, Frank and Carl are chasing you along the way. The society didn't pay attention to Frank's existence. When Carl was dizzy because of the amount of fraud that Frank accumulated bit by bit, his colleagues all laughed at him as a fool, why bother, for a child and several so-called " Cheque Fraud". But Carl managed to foresee the consequences for Frank. Maybe he was just chasing Frank as a detective at first, but the similarity between the two to a certain extent made it inevitable that the two would be attracted to each other, and then cherished each other. You fight and fight with each other, and small fights are accompanied by mutual company and understanding. One policeman and one bandit, the two maintain such a relationship to reflect the meaning of each other's existence and their own existence. Instead of Carl playing the detective, he's Frank's other father. One father told him to work hard to believe in himself, another exhorted him not to get carried away or live a life of deceit and lies. The film uses a lot of scenes in prison life. Frank, who was dying in prison, said "help me" to Carl. Carl must have mixed feelings in his heart. Witnessing the moment Frank fell at his feet, he couldn't hold back his emotions any longer and shouted, "Let's go home, back to America." Frank may be thankful that there is a Carl worried about his situation and defending his human rights at a time when society as a whole, and even the law, has abandoned him. Frank and Carl's relationship, like the phone call over Christmas, wasn't very close, but it was a strength to support each other when necessary.
It was Christmas Eve when he returned to the United States and was re-arrested. Frank staggered all the way to his former home. The bright glass windows reflected the warm candles and lights in the room, and a little girl smiled innocently at him. In the room, his mother sat on the sofa and read the newspaper, while her husband smiled and accompanies her. He must have wanted to knock on the window. But he understands that there is no place for him in this harmonious and complete home. After his father left, he truly became an outcast of the world. When Carl arrived at the scene, Frank seemed to know where he was going, so he begged Carl to take him away.
After that, Carl still visited Frank who was in prison from time to time, and carefully brought him his favorite cartoons. By chance, Frank helps Carl help detect a check fraud case, which is the beginning of a new life for him. The 9-to-5 life settled down for Frank, but he still had a longing for freedom. Sure, he'd change gears some weekend, pack his bags and go on a pilot's vacation trip, but he'd come back after playing. The place where those who miss themselves are located is their home. "It's always easier to live a lie than to live in reality, but if you think about it, what you'll get is endless wandering, police chases, French prisons." Carl seemed to express him in another way Never give up on Frank.
"Please don't forget me", every child has such a cry in their hearts. I don't want gold and silver mountains, I don't want fame, fortune and glory, as long as you who I love most are by my side and watch me grow up. And when I grow up, I will be successful, no longer an obscure little character. did you know? All of this is in return for your expectations.
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