#Graphic Creation Punch Card Challenge Activity #At the beginning of the film, it is a festive scene of Lao Du (fan wei) and Xiao Song (Chen Xiaoyi) taking wedding photos, and Lao Du is also happy with some restraint and woodenness in the process of taking pictures. It makes people feel as if Lao Du is also slightly humble in the small Song face.
Divorced and laid-off, Du Hongjun lives alone with his son who is in high school, and Du Hongjun, who is honest and uneducated, makes a living by watching cars at nightclubs. The wedding photo scene at the beginning of the film indicates that the beautiful and happy life of Lao Du and Xiao Song and their sons is coming.
He bought new furniture, took wedding photos, and even bought rings. Who had expected That Xiao Song's husband Liu San to be released from prison early and repented of the previous divorce agreement with Xiao Song. He robbed the furniture, and even threatened to chop off Lao Du's hands, smash the car, beat Lao Du's son Xiaoyu, and beat Xiao Song. Completely destroyed his meager income and his vision of a better life in the future. Forced Lao Du to finally pick up the brick and pat Liu San, of course, after the evil gas came out, he turned himself in and sent himself to prison.
The emotional lines of the story include the love of Lao Du and Xiao Song, the teacher-student relationship between Xiao Yu and the teacher, and the father-son relationship between Lao Du and Xiao Yu.
1. The love of Lao Du and Xiao Song
Cowardly and humble, inferior and honest Old Du and the same kind and gentle Xiao Du's love, should have been beautiful, Old Du looked forward to the future he planted flowers and raised flowers, Xiao Song sold flowers, yes, everything looks so comfortable, life seems to have a head.
All this is beautiful because Liu San's early release from prison also ended prematurely. Liu San was certainly hateful. But what about Lao Du? Is it not that we pity him and at the same time anger his indisputable anger? Why didn't he know about Xiao Song and her husband in advance. Do good people have to be bullied? We understand Lao Du's heartache and helplessness and understand his difficulties, but the results of all this seem to be avoidable. Just like after Liu San came out, after he knew the situation, could he be decisive with Xiao Song? Divorce or cut off contact.
Let's talk about the character of Xiao Song, of course, as a woman, I think she is really pitiful. But I think she's also pathetic. When she got married, she knew Liu San's temperament. Drinking, gambling, domestic violence, she is ready for divorce, but she can't stand the persuasion of her parents and neighbors. Shouldn't one's own life have its own decisions? Shouldn't we be brave? This led to the tragedy that followed her.
After Liu San was imprisoned, she paid off the debt for him, but also counted as benevolent and righteous, it was not easy to have a head, Liu San came back to regret not divorcing her, at this time she should not sue her husband's domestic violence through legal means, sue for divorce? She didn't do that, that is, she was cowardly too. Even when the police got there, his husband had just finished domestic violence against her, and she didn't dare to say it. She had many opportunities to get out of such a life, but she didn't have the courage to sell that step.
Here to remind the majority of female compatriots, if you are subjected to domestic violence, you must bravely save yourself through legal means, otherwise you yourself are only willing to come out, who can save you?
2. The teacher-student relationship between Xiaoyu and the teacher
In the film, Xiaoyu is not a good student due to his divorced parents and poor family, but his teacher seems to be his mother's love, patiently teaching him and tutoring him with his homework.
He wasn't a good student, but he knew who was good to him. After Xiaoyu learned that her teacher's son had an accident, the scene of him riding a bicycle and following the bus to take his teacher home really touched me.
He even sold his beloved people's stamp albums in order to donate to the Great Northwest region supported by his teacher's son. Even got hurt in a fight with a bunch of lepers. All this reflects his deep feelings for the teacher.
2. The father-son relationship between Lao Du and his son Xiaoyu
Xiao Yu did not understand his father from the initial incomprehension, to the later vicious words, and even said that his father would only beat him and did not dare to beat Liu San. Later, after his father went to prison, he understood his father thoroughly.
It was true that he didn't understand his father at first, but I even thought that Xiaoyu had always loved his father deeply. He brought food and water to his father, and on his 16th birthday, his father gave him a simple birthday conversation. He seemed to understand his father, and the next morning he got up early for school and put the cake he had left for him on a hot cup and covered it. These details show his love for his father.
Until his father turned himself in to prison, he thought he was not doing well enough, but which father would really blame his son? He cried and said he was going to change. He has to study hard. All of these reflect Xiao Yu's growth.
Although his father arranged for him to go to his mother, he could not rest assured of his father after all. In the last shot, Lao Du, who is working on a labor camp, suddenly sees a familiar figure riding a straight car, and it is his son Xiaoyu, and they are staring. Old Du's eyes were moist, and he seemed to see hope. Yes, it should be the hope given to him by his son Xiaoyu.
At the end of the film, Xiaoyu rides a bicycle, carrying a car full of flowers, and confidently gallops on the street mountain. It seems to remind us of Lao Du, Xiao Song, Xiao Yu and their good life in the future.