A case in a country house involves a family's love and hate. Why did the novelist choose to end it on his birthday on his birthday?
Harlan is a famous mystery novelist. He has always been amiable and submissive to his family, but after "deciding to commit suicide", his attitude towards his family has gradually changed and he has drawn a line with them.
As for Walter, Harlan fired him from his publishing company, took it back, and let him grow on his own.
As for Richard, Harlan ordered him to tell his wife about the affair, or write to Linda himself.
After Richard was interrogated, he hurriedly opened the letter and found it was a blank piece of paper, thinking that the old man Harlan had lied to him, but Harlan really wrote down his derailment, and the text would appear when the letter was heated.
As for Joni, she is ostensibly the boss of a cosmetics company and an online celebrity with goods on Instagram, but she defrauds Harlan of 100,000 in the name of tuition every year. Harlan exposed her behavior and said that it was him Give her money one last time.
As for Lansen, a rich three-generation dude who often haunts major high-end clubs, his exports are dirty and his behavior is erratic. Harlan directly said that he would not leave him any inheritance and had a big quarrel with him.
Instead of giving money to any of the children, Harlan amended his will to give Marta the entire estate.
After Ranson learned about it, he thought of a plan.
According to the law (murderer's rule), if the heir kills Harlan, then Ta will lose his right to inherit.
So Ranson unpacks the pills and morphine, and steals the antidote. (Lanson was seen by grandma when he went downstairs)
If Marta mistakenly injects Harlan with 100 mg of morphine as 100 mg, causing Harlan's death, then Ranson's conspiracy will succeed and Marta will lose her inheritance.
But a wealth of experience allows Marta to tell which is medicine and which is morphine without looking at the label.
She injected Harlan with 100 mg of morphine, and later found out that the label on the drug said morphine, and mistakenly thought that she had injected Harlan with 100 mg of morphine.
Unable to find an antidote, she wanted to call an ambulance, but Harlan chose to commit suicide in order to protect her.
At the same time, a drop of blood splattered on Marta's shoe, which he saw when he first met Blanc.
Then Marta obeyed Harlan's instructions and left, and then came back from the secret passage, put on Harlan's clothes and went downstairs, so that Walter could testify that Harlan was alive and well after Marta left.
Marta was also seen by her grandma when she went downstairs. Grandma said: Ranson is back so soon.
I said "again" because Grandma recognized her as Ranson, and Ranson had done it once before, and this was the second time.
When everyone attended the funeral, Ranson saw that there was no one at home, and came back and stole Marta's medical kit. Unexpectedly, Fran saw it.
Fran got Harlan's pathology report through his sister who works in the hospital. The pathology report showed that Harlan was not poisoned, but Fran couldn't understand it and sent a threatening letter directly to Ranson.
Later, Ranson and Marta met, and Marta told Ranson what she had done.
This shocked Ranson, because he subpackaged the medicine and morphine, and Marta mistakenly injected Harlan with something labeled with morphine.
Harlan wasn't poisoned, Marta didn't kill Harlan, and he wouldn't lose his inheritance.
Originally, Ranson thought that the pathology report showed that Harlan was poisoned, which would convict Marta, but now it has been reversed. The pathology report showed that Harlan was not poisoned, but instead proved Marta's innocence.
So Ranson changed his plan, he first sent Marta the threatening letter Fran sent him, and asked Marta to meet Fran, then burned the hospital and destroyed everything that could prove Marta Clear evidence.
He then went to see Fran early, burned the pathology report in Fran's hand, put on gloves, and injected Fran with the morphine from Marta's medicine bag.
As a result, only Marta's fingerprints, not Ranson's, were on the morphine.
When Marta arrived, Ranson took the opportunity to make an anonymous report.
When the police arrived at the scene, they found that Fran had died from an overdose of morphine, Marta's medicine bag was on the ground, and Marta's fingerprints were on the morphine.
However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Ranson never expected that he would be captured by Blank and could not make anonymous calls.
Another thing he didn't expect was that he was mean, and he felt that everyone was as mean as him. He thought that Fran was blackmailing Marta, and Marta would not care about his life or death (in fact, Fran blackmailing Marta was designed by Ranson), but the fact is that Marta did not ignore Fran, but called the ambulance vehicle.
Marta thought Fran said "You did this" before she died, but she actually said "Hugh did this".
Ranson thought he had burned the only pathology report, but in fact Fran kept a copy of the pathology report and hid it under the clock, which was then taken by Marta and Blank.
Blank talked to his grandmother and learned that Ranson left and returned through a secret passage, plus the pathology report showed that Harlan was not poisoned, Marta told him that she had taken the wrong medicine, thus declaring that Ranson came back to Drop the pills and morphine out of the pack and push the whole case further.
But these are all speculations, and without evidence, there is no way to arrest Ranson.
So Marta lied to Ranson that Fran was still alive and wanted to take Ranson to the hospital to confront Fran.
Ranson was really in his arms, saying that Fran was not dead, then he did not kill Fran, at most it was an attempted murder.
And just like that, Ranson himself admitted what he had done.
Blame Ranson for asking Blank to investigate the case. He should have hired a second-rate detective to investigate the case. After finding out that Marta had taken the wrong drug, he closed the case and his conspiracy succeeded.
But Blank was not a second-rate detective, he found out not only what Marta did, but what Ranson did, and the whole case.
Ranson didn't expect Blank to be so powerful. He felt that his plan was seamless, so he boldly asked Blank to investigate the case, and eventually he killed himself.
Now let's talk about hidden doubts:
As a well-known reasoning and suspense novelist, he planned the "suicide" that "looked like suicide", and absolved the kind Marta of a crime that he did not have. It seems that the whole situation is under his control, including several small Details: He deliberately overturned the chessboard in order to confuse morphine with the correct medicine, using professional Marta's nursing experience to subconsciously identify and pick up the correct medicine; he was with everyone before his death I have communicated with each other just to see everyone's reaction. On the surface, I broke up with my family, but in fact I love them immensely. Everything he taught Marta to do Marta didn't replicate perfectly, but Harlan still won, betting on Marta's kindness.
However: Marta closed the door at the moment Harlan "cut her throat", and the distance between the sofa and the door was not short, so how did the blood on her shoes splatter? Does the repeated shoe shots in the film imply a sequel? After Ranson was finally exposed, he picked up the short sword and stabbed Marta to the ground, only to find that it was a retractable sword. Handle, or punch Marta with his fist, but he was caught after two playful slaps. Most importantly, in the final scene of the film, Marta sat sarcastically on the terrace on the second floor of the villa, holding a cup of "My house My rules My coffee" and looking at the family below, when Lanson was escorted into a police car , he glanced back and smiled wickedly.
From all indications, I presume that Marta and Ranson conspired to murder Harlan, so it all makes sense.
In the end, I still want to say that don't over-interpret the film, it is enough that a good film can bring people to think.
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