It is really childish to be afraid of ghosts, and I will take you to see people's hearts.
The film "Little Client" is a film adapted from the true crime record, which unfolds through the sensitive social topic of "child abuse", telling how a pair of siblings, with the acquiescence of their father, the disregard of neighbors, and the prevarication of state organs, are silently abused by their stepmother for a long time, resulting in the cruel abuse of their 7-year-old brother to death.
In this case of "child abuse", the real cause of the tragedy is chilling, because there is never only one "murderer".
The father should be the umbrella for the growth of the children, but he has become the biggest "accomplice" of the stepmother's crazy abuse of the children.
10-year-old Duo Bin is the protagonist of the story, and she also has a 7-year-old brother Min Jun.
Shortly after Minjun was born, his mother died, and his father took his sister and brother to live together, but not because of love, but only because of money. Because he had said that he didn't want to see them either. They don't have the opportunity to feel the love of their mothers, but they also do not have the opportunity to feel the love of their fathers. The two brothers and sisters are dependent on each other, warming each other, and the days are also carefree.
However, this peaceful day was broken by the stepmother who brought home by his father.
After the stepmother came, the sisters and brothers were both very happy, and the word "mother" was what they had always longed for. The two brothers and sisters thought that they would live a little better from now on, but life's favorite thing backfired. The stepmother was not only bad for them, but also very bad, and often punched them together. Pulling their hair, pinching their necks, filling their noses with water, and piercing their ears are just commonplace for them.
For this atrocity of the stepmother, the father did not have any obstacles, so that after the incident, Duobin did not ask his father for any help, because you knew in her heart that the father would not protect them. It was precisely because of this acquiescence of the father that the stepmother wantonly committed violence against two young, powerless children.
For two weak and helpless children, seeking help from the outside world is the only hope. Desperately, there is no birthright.
Collective conscious crime is another important factor in the tragedy.
"When you encounter something bad, you should tell the police", but the police ignored Duobin's appeal, at least he thought that it was normal for the child to be beaten.
After being abused for the first time, Duo Bin went to the police, but the police said, "How terrible are the children now, and they call the police after being beaten by their mothers."
They didn't bother to deal with such trivial matters, so they transferred the case to child welfare agencies. For this kind of thing, their usual practice is to follow the procedure and go to the house to have a home visiting conversation, the stepmother is a good actor, and the agency staff is quickly handled by her. Learning that the stepmother who was reported became more and more intense, it was another violent beating to Duo Bin.
During the period, Duo Bin also looked for his own class teacher, and before Duo Bin could speak, he found other things to slip away. Maybe the teacher didn't want to take care of this kind of housework, so even if she saw the wound on Duobin's neck, she just ignored it.
In fact, every time the two sisters and brothers were beaten, the neighbors could hear the scolding and the cries of the children from upstairs. On the night Minjun was killed, the neighbor's wife downstairs asked whether to go to see it, but the husband came and said, "Leave other people's affairs alone."
At this point, you will understand that sometimes asking for help is also a useless thing.
Minjun was killed by his stepmother, and in addition to his father, there are many accomplices: they are the police officers who need help, the staff of the child welfare agency, the teachers of the school; they are also the neighbors who listen to the screams of the two sisters and brothers every day, and the little brother who delivers takeaways...
These people, they hear, they see, but deliberately ignore, if anyone can stand up and give help, will the ending be different?
They are like the bystanders in the Kitty Genovese case mentioned at the beginning of the film, and no one goes to the rescue alone. (Kitty Genovese refers to the victim of the Genovese case in New York, United States in 1964.) Within thirty minutes of the crime, 38 neighbors heard the victim's cries for help, and many people went to the window to watch for a long time, but no one went to the rescue, and no one even raised their hands, calling the police in time, resulting in a tragedy that should not have happened. ）
The film does not end with Min Jun's death, and the evil of the stepmother does not end because of death.
After Min Jun's death, her stepmother coerced Duo Bin into committing the crime, making Duo Bin admit that she had killed her brother. Duo Bin knew that if she didn't turn herself in, she would end up like her brother. She was so desperate, as long as she could survive, even if she bore the crime of killing her brother.
Ironically, after Duo Bin turned herself in, her case attracted the attention of the whole people. Those who once did not care also began to pay attention to the truth of the matter. If only death attracts the attention and attention of the group, then how terrible such a group is.
Eventually, with the help of others, the truth was revealed, and the stepmother and Dobin's father were punished by the law.
Warning, which should be one of the main meanings of this film, is a profound critique of bystander thinking, reminding the audience that your cold bystander may be one of the reasons for the blatant crime of others.
Any evil is worth resisting!
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