I once brushed up on Baidu Information about the commentary of this movie, and the advertising slogan at the time said that this movie greatly reduced the divorce rate in the United States.
I thought it was a textbook that could teach people how to maintain a harmonious marriage.
After watching the movie, I felt that this story did have the taste of a textbook, but it was a negative teaching material.
The film came out early, a 1979 family ethics film by Columbia Pictures, which premiered in the United States on December 17, 1979.
1979 was the beginning of opening up for us. They have cars, elevators, telephones, and high-rise buildings.
At the beginning of the film, the hostess is putting the child to sleep and showing sadness, while her husband is talking to his boss at the company.
When her husband returned, the hostess, after saying goodbye to him, insisted on leaving despite all his retaining.
The film spends a large part of the film showing how a man learns to take care of his children and establish new family relationships with them after the hostess leaves.
However, after more than a year, the hostess healed and returned to fight for custody of the child.
Although they both want custody, they are also looking for a more favorable way to deal with the child.
At the end of the film, although the hostess wins the case, she gives up taking the child back to her home. Maybe it's because she can't bear to let her children readjust to a new lifestyle.
Strangely, in this film, there is no domestic violence, no cheating, no property disputes, and everything seems to be free of contradictions. The only contradiction is that the hostess feels unhappy in the marriage.
Unhappy relationships should also have the right to leave. But what about after leaving? Will it be happy?
At the end of the film, an elevator door that slowly closes separates the male and female.
It is both separation and end.
This ending is a good end for a short story.
What is worth mentioning about this film is the rhythm and temperature of the mood. There are no very exaggerated emotions. There are no out-of-control accusations. Everything makes perfect sense.
Unlike many of today's fake death plots and emotions.
The audience originally wanted to be deceived when watching the movie, and it was better to be deceived to be more realistic. Many movies don't do that.