For most of the film, "Speechless Ask the Sky" resembles an American clichéd sensational film in which an introverted and nameless doctor treats some "sleepers" in a hospital, and after an effort that at first seems to be laughed at by his colleagues, he successfully wakes them up. The whole process is uneventful, slightly frustrated, but already has a tendency to stride towards a reunion ending, at this time, the film turns to more profound content, until the end, it gives me more inspiration.
In the film, the doctor Sel is an excellent doctor with medical ideals and enthusiastic work, but at the same time, he is shy, not good at expressing, and introverted, and these characteristics are similar to his patients. Searle's patients, who have similar Parkinson's syndrome and cerebral palsy, appear unconscious and fall into a deep sleep, like vegetative people, but, unlike them, they are capable of acting and respond to external stimuli. So, the resourceful Searle selected patients with similar characteristics by throwing the ball, and began a wonderful experience. The whole film has a lot of time to tell the "awakening" process of Serre and his companions to the patients, in this process, we see that it is not only the patients who are awakened, but also the hospital that seems lifeless at first, the doctors who are beginning to be passive about their work are full of enthusiasm, and the shy Sel is also awakened, opens the door of his heart, and begins his relationship.
In my opinion, this film also involves the issue of medical ethics in the interaction between patients and doctors, and in the relationship between doctors and patients, especially in the environment shown in this film, the patient is undoubtedly in a state of extreme vulnerability, and the patient's pathology at that time is also a difficult disease, and the doctor and the patient's relatives are also in an extreme information asymmetry. So, how should doctors treat patients, they can treat them negatively because this is a disease that is currently difficult to treat, and then after the patient's long-term death without knowing the person, they faintly say to the patient's family, "I'm sorry", "I have tried my best".
The attitude of Searle and his peers towards patients is positive, but in the positive attitude also involves the professional ethics and ethics of doctors, that is, what is positive? Is it active in exploring uncharted territory and climbing the peak of science? Is it positive for overcoming medical obstacles and gaining fame and fortune? Or is it positive for the smile that patients are returning to health? In fact, none of the above is absolutely superior or inferior, and Searle also mixes these factors when treating patients. He is a doctor who loves his profession, so he does not treat the unknown areas of medicine with negativity, but goes up against difficulties. We see that he designed small experiments to distinguish patients, he persuaded commercial institutions to sponsor drugs, and at the same time, in the medical process, he also had to take the experimental approach under the premise of seeking the consent of the patient's family, and when he decided on the tension of the dosage, we can see his excitement of exploration and a tension of taking responsibility for the patient. And The valuable thing about Searle is that he does not treat patients as "white rats", does not use them as a step to his own promotion, and does not induce patients' families to sign. He genuinely cared for his patients, especially with Rayner, a brotherly friendship, which seemed idealistic in the context of China's tense doctor-patient relationship (in fact, such a close doctor-patient relationship is not a rare ideal in any society). It is worth mentioning that when waking up patients, Searle and others have adopted different means to "stimulate" patients, such as different people responding to different music, which is a humane attitude compared with the centralized and unified "management" of patients in many hospitals.
As the film becomes more and more monolithic, the plot twists and the relationship between Searle and Rayner is quickly put to the test, and their problem is that the hospital treats Rayner as a special patient anyway. Therefore, Rayner can't travel alone, and he can't fall in love with his beloved girl. Rayner's rebellion gives the film a bit of a "Flying Over the Madhouse", but Rayner is a real patient, and Sel's treatment methods finally begin to have problems, and gradually, Reina and other patients become "sleeping people" again, leaving a chagrin Sel. What was Searle's final chagrin? Is it just the failure of a medical experiment? Perhaps such factors cannot be ruled out, but what we should see more is the conscience of a doctor, the loss of his failure is the life of a group of people, he tried his best, but as he finally expressed to people, he did not shirk, he took on his responsibility. In the video, we can see such scenes from time to time, a doctor failed to save the dying patient, angrily smashed his fist against the wall, and even cried bitterly. These are doctors who really care for patients, who bravely bear the pressure of life, and they bravely bear the pressure that should be endured. Just like Searle, in the face of sleeping patients, he can take "inaction" on the grounds of safety, but he has acted bravely, although it has only brought these patients a short period of awakening, but at least they can look at their mothers again, talk about the piano again, sing again, dance again, and love again. The dance between Rayner and his beloved girl before he fell back to sleep was touching, the look in his eyes watching the girl leave was sad, perhaps after the sleep he would think of this unforgettable experience that made him more peaceful in his deep sleep, and The Rayners were still working hard, working hard for more lives, more lives.
This film is a well-to-be overlooked film, and the two lead actors are Robin. Williams and Robert. De Niro, when looking back on the acting careers of the two successful actors, this film is also easy to skim. The performance of the two was very exciting, especially Robin. Williams shows Sel's shyness as real and cute, and the warmth and kindness in Sel's heart make Williams's interpretation move people's hearts. Robert. De Niro played the patient Reina, obviously, playing such a difficult, constantly trembling role requires skill, Robert played this point quite well, but slightly inferior to Lewis in "My Left Foot", but in the performance of Rayner's heart, he has more wonderful performances, especially the resistance to "freedom", the pain before the recollection before going back to sleep, looking at people is heart-wrenching, sympathetic, and closer to this kind of patient.
At the end of the film, Sel, who experienced the bitterness of this great tragedy and joy, finally understood life, opened the door of his heart, and began to love with his colleagues. Yes, as human beings, we are important to face the last eternal slumber - death, and the Searles and the audience also understand from this story how precious it is to have so many lives in life, so if the setbacks of life make us sleepy and have a sense of speechlessness, let us ask our hearts, find answers from the heart, find the most cherished, cherish the beautiful bits of life, and bring the curiosity and hope that Rayner reawakened.