Suppose your child is the successor of the British royal family who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He has the richest material in the world and receives the best education since he was a child. Will his soul gain the innate weight? This film, which has won 12 Oscar nominations, 7 Golden Globe Awards, British Independent Film Awards and other awards as soon as it was released, just opened a window for everyone's weak soul hidden in the dark.
this is a true story.
The film begins with a failed speech by Albert, Duke of York. In order to cure her husband's stuttering problem, the Duchess ran around, and with a small advertisement in the newspaper, she personally came to the door and found a daring and eclectic therapist Rogge in a humble clinic. But despondent Albert did not hold out any hope for Rogge's treatment.
It turned out that Duke Albert had been stuttering for as long as he could remember, and seemed to be discriminated against everywhere, even the nurse liked her brother rather than herself. After Albert's father, King George V died, his brother Edward, who loved beauty but not the country, resolutely gave him the throne in order to marry Simpson, who had been divorced twice. However, Albert was full of low self-esteem and did not have the courage to provoke him. He has always felt that he is not as strong as his brother, and that he does not think he is worthy of being a king.
The film's screenwriter, David Seidler, did not let the story fall into the stereotype of how to treat the main line, but put more emphasis on the relationship between Albert and Roger. He tries to describe his shyness and kindness through many details, such as his relationship with his wife and daughter, with his father and brother. Visually, the director often squeezes the characters into a corner of the frame with panorama or medium shot in photography and editing to reflect a psychologically and physiologically troubled king.
In fact, anyone's stuttering is life-long, and all a therapist can do is teach them how to deal with their stuttering. Having a charming eloquence, like any fancy clothes, does not reflect whether a person is full of wisdom and kindness. And the screenwriter just caught the essence of the whole story: the reason why Rogge was tireless and persevering in Albert’s treatment was not because he was a duke or a king, but more importantly, he saw the bravery and kindness in Albert’s heart. , he was more convinced than Albert himself that he would be a good and competent king. So all Rogge has been doing is helping an ugly duckling discover his potential. And Albert finally realized that: as a king, the reason why he can sit there with supreme power is not because of his eloquence, but because of the trust and recognition of the people.
I just saw an article titled "The Misunderstood Aristocrat". The article said: In today's China, many people misunderstand the nobility as a synonym for privilege, freewheeling and extravagant enjoyment. But when they sent their children to aristocratic schools in England, they discovered that these schools made students sleep on hard beds, eat rough meals, and undergo very hard and rigorous training every day, even more difficult than civilian schools. The Chinese probably have no idea how these "ascetic"-style lives are related to the spirit of aristocracy. As everyone knows, the aristocratic spirit advocated by Westerners is not the spirit of the nouveau riche. It never opposes the spirit of the common people, let alone a pampered way of life. Its core values are the honor, responsibility and progress of a nation.
There is one more story that must be mentioned.
The screenwriter of the film, David Seidler, also suffered from a stutter since he was a child. So, in order to encourage him when he was a child, his family told him the story of George VI's speech (later he wrote the script and learned that his own uncle was actually treated by Rogge). Therefore, it has always been his dream to bring this true story to the screen. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Seidler began to collect all kinds of materials and prepare to write. When he learned of Rogge's death, he immediately contacted his family, offering to interview them and borrow his therapy notes. Rogge's daughter finally agreed, but asked Seidler to first seek the consent of Her Majesty the Queen (ie, wife of George VI, Elizabeth). Seidler did not give up, he immediately wrote to his mother. A few months later, he did not expect that he actually received a reply from his mother. The letter said: "Yes, but because the past is unbearable, please wait for me to leave."
I didn't expect this to be more than twenty years. The queen mother died in 2002 at the age of 102, and "The King's Speech" was shelved by Seidler due to other projects at hand. Three years later, the writer, who was in his late 70s and was a high school classmate with the director of the "Godfather" trilogy, Francisco Pola, was diagnosed with cancer. On the sickbed, Seidler was afraid that he would never have the opportunity to write the story buried in his heart. So, he started to create in 2005. After several twists and turns, after changing the fiftieth version, "The King's Speech" was finally put into filming in January 2010.
Whether it is a movie or a person, what can deeply move others must be the weight of the soul behind it.
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