I was designed and born for special reasons.
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In the Indian suspense movie Andhadhun that I introduced a few days ago, I mentioned the kidney problem. A fictional story about buying and selling human organs there is scary.
However, the movie "My Sister's Keeper" that I want to talk about today seems to be a movie about family ties, and it also involves kidneys.
The heroine Anna is only 11 years old, but her mother forced her to donate her kidney to her fifteen-year-old sister Kate.
Anna disagreed and sued her parents for violating her right to physical freedom.
Every child is a family pistachio and an angel. So, why are Anna's parents so cruel?
"Would you like a cup of coffee? It's a long story. "
The movie begins with the confession of little girl Anna. At that time, she was sitting on the shore, surrounded by the slowly flowing river. Anna talked about her mission to this world in an extremely mature tone.
She is a test-tube baby. Her life was designed and was born for special reasons.
She has a sister, a sister with leukemia. Leukemia, as everyone knows, is an autoimmune disease.
For patients with white blood, umbilical cord blood is priceless.
It can be said that Anna is a tool person, born as her sister's "medicine storehouse", or she was born to save her sister.
her mission is to protect her sister.
for more than ten years, in order to treat her sister, she had eight operations under the arrangement of her parents. Only she knows the pain and injustice she experienced.
she did everything for her sister.
However, when her mother asked her to donate her kidney for her sister, Anna, who grew up gradually, suddenly realized that she had the right to freedom of her own body and that she was alone.
Perhaps "the greatest discovery in life is to find yourself".
So, in the third minute of the movie, Anna went into the pawnshop and sold her necklace.
at the seventh minute, Anna walked into the lawyer's office. She took out the necklace for $7 as a lawyer's fee and sued her parents for "limited termination of parental power".
In the sixth minute of the movie, Anna's family is explained with a warm detail. Anna's mother and brother Jessie are playing trampoline. Anna, her father and sister Kate are sitting next to each other, smiling and drinking drinks. At the same time, colorful soap bubbles are constantly emerging in the picture.
It seems to be a happy and sweet family of five. However, the floating soap bubbles and dad's confession tell us that this family is cracked and happiness is short-lived.
The story time is actually concentrated around the time when my sister Kate was critically ill and had a kidney transplant. The director told the audience about her sister's medical history through flashbacks, and told the audience that Sarah quit her job to take full-time care of her daughter because of her sick child.
Sarah has only one purpose, that is, to keep her daughter alive.
Unlike many movies I have seen before, the characters in this movie have the most confessions. Confessions will appear when actions can't reveal the psychological activities of characters.
As the plot progresses, either my sister Anna, my father Brian, my brother Jesse or my sister Kate.
Of course, all these confessions are to reveal the inner world of the characters. Throughout the film, the inner struggles and entanglements of the characters are vividly expressed.
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How can happiness like soap bubbles last?
In the 12th minute, my sister Kate got sick, vomited, and her mouth was full of blood. She looked very scary.
The doctor told the parents that a kidney transplant was urgently needed. Otherwise, Kate will die soon.
Then, mother Sarah received a court summons. When I learned that my little daughter had sued her. She was very angry, had an argument with Anna on the spot, and gave Anna a slap in the face without mercy, and the family atmosphere suddenly became tense.
It was also here that Anna shouted for the first time: I am also important.
At this point, I need to talk about the personality characteristics of my mother Sarah, who is stubborn and extremely paranoid. Before giving birth to a child, she was a lawyer, supposedly with a higher education and a little knowledge of psychology.
However, since Kate was born, she resigned and became a housewife in order to take care of sick children.
As a parent, we should be fair, with a bowl of water balanced, and give love to three children equally.
However, all her attention and passion or love are focused on Kate. The growth of the other two children, brother Jesse and sister Anna, is almost ignored.
In the movie, there is a detail. My brother Jesse once missed the school bus after school in the evening and had to walk home. When I got home, it was very late. Jesse is worried and afraid of being scolded.
as a result, no one found it. Nobody cares. Is he tired? Have you eaten? Is he happy?
However, Anna, who exists as a tool, has never been hugged and cared for by her mother from the beginning to the end of the movie.
Anna was in hospital when Kate was in hospital. Mom Sarah only sees Kate's pain and always ignores Anna's efforts. It seems that Anna should be like this.
There is a detail in the movie that makes people particularly worried. Five-year-old Anna was pressed on the bed by a nurse and wanted to have an operation. Anna cried loudly. Mom, Sarah just stood outside the operating room and watched coldly. It seems that this child belongs to someone else's family and has nothing to do with her.
Family is a system. When family members can't get fair treatment, naturally this system will have problems, and it is a big problem.
Three children. Kate is hematologic cancer. Jesse is dyslexic. Anna took her parents to court.
In such a family environment, like a room without light, everyone seems to have a hard time.
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Of course, the best part of the film is that the mother and daughter are in court. The quarrel at the scene was very fierce.
Mother Sarah directly questioned Anna: Why didn't you save your sister?
The lawyer asked Sarah: Who will protect Anna?
In the eighty-third minute, during the most heated debate, my brother Jesse bravely stood up and told the truth: Kate wanted to die.
It turns out that Anna went to court with the support of her sister Kate. Kate told Anna, "My whole life is full of pain and I want to die.".
In the face of an extremely paranoid and powerful mother, this is the only way for the two sisters to resist.
For fifteen years, Sarah, her mother, gave up everything and devoted all her efforts to Kate. Kate is her greatest hope and the value of her life. In fact, she knows it in her heart, but she just won't let go.
The night before Kate died, Sarah, her mother, curled up in Kate's hospital bed to accompany her daughter on her last trip.
the 97th minute is a heavy funeral.
Soft-hearted viewers need to prepare paper towels.
The reason why this movie attracts people's attention is not only the interlocking plot, but also the strong sense of substitution. Moreover, the story is full of emotion and has super tension.
Especially, it takes courage to fight and resist this kind of affection. Because, after the fight, I called. You have to sit at a table to eat. We have to live together.
The drama Thunderstorm has become a classic among the classics because of its strong emotional tension. Two families, thirty years of resentment and hatred broke out. The family secret was uncovered, destroying two families like a hurricane. The eldest son shot himself. The daughter Sifeng died of electric shock, and the younger son Zhou Chong went to save Sifeng and was also electrocuted. Stepmother is crazy. Such a tragedy hits people's hearts directly.
and the tragedy of Oedipus. Remember, who said that the Greek tragedy is the concentrated expression of all human suffering. Oedipus is a tragedy of fate, that is, there is no escape.
Because there is an Oracle that he will "kill his father and marry his mother" when he grows up.
he was abandoned since he was a child. Can be seen by a shepherd and given to another shepherd in another country. The shepherd gave the child to the king. The king happened to have no children, so he happily adopted them.
Oedipus, who grew up, was afraid after learning the Oracle, and left the country.
he came to a strange country. On the way, I met a very arrogant man, and he killed that man (he didn't know that it was his father he killed).
He has solved the riddle of the Sphinx again. Just when the king was killed, he was welcomed into the country and became king.
there is a custom in this country. The new king wants to marry the wife of the former king.
Somehow, he married his mother again.
later, the truth came out.
The remorseful Oedipus stabbed himself in the eye.
His mother hanged herself.
The reason why Laurie told these two stories is that such tragedies happened between relatives. Very painful, painful, painful.
and so is this movie. In order to save one child, another must be sacrificed. The palm of your hand and the back of your hand are all meat, which makes people feel embarrassed.
Although, I think this mother Sarah is eccentric and stubborn. But, put yourself in the other's shoes. If you were in that position, what would you choose?
isn't the mother in the movie "Tangshan Earthquake" also facing a difficult choice? Do you choose to save your brother or your sister? If, you only have one chance?
digress, and my thoughts come back.
The director of this film is Nick Kassovitz, a famous American director and screenwriter. In the movie, he changed the ending of the characters. However, in the original book, it is different.
at the end of the movie, Kate leaves. Mom, Sarah is back at work. My brother Jesse was admitted to an art college to study. Dad retired and worked in social assistance. Anna grew up happily.
family life, restore peace.
However, at the end of this novel, it is more tragic. The writer arranged for his sister to die in a car accident. Let nature take its course and "donate" my sister's kidney to my sister Kate. My sister Anna will always be my sister's "guardian".
which ending do you like?
This film is based on a novel by American writer Judy Picot.
Because it involves kidney donation, affection, friendship and love, after the book was published, it caused great controversy and was also very popular.
was later adapted into a movie, which was released in the United States on June 26th, 29. Actually, it's an old movie. It's just that the plot is too sensitive and bizarre, and it's still a good movie to watch so far.
The movie echoes back and forth. At the end, my sister Anna sits by the river again. Smile, confess deeply, and the ending song flows slowly like a river ...