Perhaps we need to be alone for a while in order to feel the depths of each other's souls. When we first met at the staircase of Central Station, we stood for a long time, but we never thought that we would usher in the intersection of fate.
———— "Grand Central Station"
Central Station
"Central Station" is a drama film about faith and redemption created by the world-renowned Brazilian director Director (Walter Cyrus) and starring oscar best actress and brazilian actor Ferland. Released on January 16, 1998, it has been well received since its release, and has been nominated for many film awards and nominations such as the Academy Award, the Berlin Best Film Award, the 1998 Golden Globe Award, and the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress. It has been hailed as a revival of "declining Brazilian cinema". After 29 years, the Douban score is still as high as 8.7 points.
For this movie, from the plot point of view is extremely simple, as a highway as the theme of the drama film, from its own theme, there is no outstanding place, but it is such an ordinary drama film, why did it break out of the siege and become a classic among the classics? Even in the era of the proliferation of feature films, can you get an Academy Award?
The main plot of "Central Station" is that in Rio's Central Station, the heroine Dora writes letters for others here. But she would tear up all the unpleasant letters and not send them, and even take pleasure in reading the contents of the letters. It is a complete violation of professional ethics.
Until she meets the little boy Joshua, she embarks on a journey with Joshua to re-understand life! A journey of redemption for Dora na Joshua! Joshua wanted to meet his father, whom he had never met before, and kept writing to him.
The boy's mother's unexpected car accident led Dora to decide to accompany Joshua to the Northeast to find her father. In Joshua's eyes, even if his father is very strange, he can always talk about him proudly, and Dora, with her father, only has a painful past. Fortunately, in the process of Joshua's search for her father, Dora was touched by Joshua and gradually unraveled her heart that was frozen because of the past! Joshua finds Daddy, and Dora finds her heart
"Central Station" is not only a drama film, strictly speaking, it is a film with deep educational significance. As one of the best films in the world, it is the most brilliant thing about the nation and even all mankind, struggling again and again in the hope and disappointment, which is a process that everyone can never escape in their lifetime.
It is this belief and the director's portrayal of details that makes every shot of this film hit people's hearts! It is difficult to extricate oneself, and everyone can find some of their own shadows in this film to a greater or lesser extent. As a teenager we were as passionate and full of faith as Joshua, and when we grew up we were as worldly and hateful as Dora. In the end, we will all embark on the road of self-redemption, and finally change and return to our original selves! As the saying goes: "May you walk out of half your life and return as a teenager."
Such a movie, if you interpret it from the perspective of "story content", of course, I feel that this is a bland movie, so I decided to change my perspective and deeply interpret and analyze the unique charm of this film from the perspective of the film's narrative structure, character growth, cultural beliefs, etc.
Narrative structure • With the tiled structure of a drama film, it shows a way of redemption about the nation
The boy found the father, the woman found the heart, the nation, found the roots
· Cultural beliefs and religious beliefs run through the whole play, and we are all people who are eager for the future under the pure sky
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01, Joshua: For the search for the harbor, the little adult, straight to the heart</h1>
To be honest, I have seen a lot of drama films, but like "Central Station", you can know the result at the beginning, but the plot still continues to give me a psychological impact on the film, very few. It is known as "one of the best movies in the world", and it is really worthy of the name! The result of this movie is something we can think of, but what is really wonderful is really the "plot" in the middle. This is a real "drama film"!
The main line of the story unfolds after joshua's mother died unexpectedly, Joshua wants to write a new letter to his father, telling his father that his mother is ill, so he finds Dora to return the letter to his father, and then asks Dora to return the money to him, but Dora refuses because the letter has been sent. After saying this, Dora boarded the train home, Joshua stared at Dora with hatred, and after the train started, Joshua chased after her desperately, he knew that his mother's letter must still be in the bad woman's hand. That night, homeless, he slept in the waiting room, and the next day, Dora accidentally saw him and brought him something to eat. But Joshua was very stubborn, and he didn't want that bad woman thing. The train station is mixed, and the security situation is very bad. Station sheriff Pedro noticed Joshua! In addition to being a security officer, Pedro is also a member of a nearby child trafficking gang. After Joshua was captured by Pedro, he was going to sell Joshua, but was rescued by Dora! But because this Dora had offended the local gang, Dora had nowhere to go, so they embarked on a journey to the northeast and began a journey to find Joshua's father. The hardships along the way, but not in the slightest, did not repel Joshua's desire to find his father.
Although Joshua has not lived with his father since he was a child, his presence makes him very fascinated, which is why he can still describe his father very clearly even if his father is not around. When Dora says that his father must have been an irresponsible drunkard, Joshua gets very angry!
In my opinion, Joshua's search for the harbor is one of the cores that this film gives us. Remember how we felt when we were kids? After arriving at my grandparents' house or grandparents' house, no matter how happy I was during the day, when the sun set and night fell, I always wanted to return to my home. It's hard to press the strong urge to go home! It is this empathy that makes each of us feel a sense of empathy
I was touched by the many detailed descriptions in the story: When Joshua first came to Dora's house, he carefully asked Dora, "What about your husband?" What about your children? Can I go to the toilet? "That maturity and politeness that doesn't belong to his age is really pitiful."
During the meal, Joshua asked Dora's girlfriend, Irene, "Neither of you has a sir?" So who will take care of you? When Erin and Dora ask, your mother is also alone, who will take care of her? Joshua replied, "Of course it is me."
Little Joshua said in the Eight Classics. Maybe he thinks men are like that and should take care of weak women! Because of his father's absence, he had to play the image of the tough male character.
After watching the movie, we need to realize a problem, that is, when we are missing something in our lives, we can make up for it ourselves! The real case of this is that after Joshua and Dora meet the truck driver, joshua, who is not dry, talks seriously about life and sex with Dora. (Because there is a lack of father's love in the family from a young age, what if there is no love in this part?) Joshua himself went to play the man and made up for the lack for himself)
This is actually reflected many times in the movie, as mentioned earlier, Joshua does not meet the maturity of age, and talks seriously about feelings and feelings with Dora! After Joshua and Dora lost all their money during the later journey, in the town, Joshua wrote letters to everyone. Because there was no one to take care of them, Joshua had to come on his own! When the harbor does not exist, it is the biggest harbor.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 Dora: The Meaning of Two Mental Transformations</h1>
Dora didn't believe in human feelings at first, and although there were many people who confided in her, she thought that these people were hypocritical.
However, after Joshua embarked on her journey, her frozen heart was melting little by little, and finally succeeded in helping Joshua find two brothers, so that Joshua had her own home, and she would also embark on the way home, go back to find her girlfriend Irene, and then start a new life. Among them, her mental transformation highlights some of the thoughts about "human nature", which is also the meaning of the film.
1, the initial state: there are false evils and ugliness in human nature, live your own, live a day to count a day
At the beginning of the film, Dora believes that there is only false evil and ugliness between these people, and there is no truth at all. Therefore, even if someone confides in front of her, she thinks they are hypocritical, so she rarely helps other people's letters to send out and does not help send them. When I got home, I opened the letter and tore up the unpleasant letter.
Before embarking on the journey, there was a small episode in which the security guards at the train station took aim at Joshua and asked Dora to help him take Joshua where he went. Then give Dora a sum of money. Dora didn't know that the security guard was a human trafficker, thinking he was just trying to take Joshua in. So he sold Joshua to the police, and when he returned home that night, his girlfriend Irene told Dora the truth. Dora had figured it out, but after a night of restlessness, she went to rescue Joshua early the next morning and stuffed a sum of money in Joshua's backpack, enough for Joshua to reach the northeast to find his father!
From one paragraph, it can be seen that Dora's heart is not bad, and according to Irene, in the past, both of them were teachers. It's just that her past experience makes her no longer trust others, and there is only false evil and ugliness left between people, and there is no truth to speak of. So she became selfish, only taking care of herself, living one day at a time.
2. First Spiritual Transformation: The truck driver and Joshua give her the faith of love
When Joshua forgot his backpack on the bus and Joshua and Dora had no money, they met the driver of the wagon, a devout Catholic, who watched the woman wandering with the child, and took them on the road with them. It was during this period that Dora's heart began to melt gradually, the uncle's thoughtfulness, Joshua's little devil. The three of them exercise together on the road, the uncle teaches Joshua to drive, Dora sits in the co-pilot, and the three of them laugh on the journey together!
During a refueling session, Joshua watched the other children eat snacks and wanted to eat themselves, but he didn't have any money, so he went to steal a little. After being found out by Dora, joshua was reprimanded. Then I regretted it, so I went to steal a lot of snacks myself. Ready to give Joshua, but when leaving, the shopkeeper became suspicious and asked Dora to open the backpack for him to check, Dora was very embarrassed, fortunately, the uncle and the shopkeeper were very old buddies for many years, under the guarantee of the uncle. Dora was able to get away!
Dora feels like she's in love, and in the middle of the restaurant, Dora wants to express her love with the truck driver. Remembering the previous chat with Joshua, Joshua said that she did not wear lipstick, just like an old woman, so at dinner, Dora went to the bathroom, borrowed a lipstick to put on, originally wanted to give the truck driver a surprise, but did not know why, the truck driver actually drove away. Dora's mood became very low, but it was this change of mood that just explained the first change in Dora's personality!
It was the encounter with the truck driver that gave Dora her first psychological transformation, making her willing to wear lipstick, and she gradually began to believe in love. From a person who only believes that there is only false evil and ugliness between people, he has gradually become a person who is willing to pursue love and believes that there are feelings between people. This is a good start
3. The second mental transformation: In the small town in the north, Dora found her heart
When the uncle escapes, Joshua and Dora lose their means of transportation, but they find another truck, and Dora uses her watch as a reward to take the truck to a small town in the north. At that time, this town was holding this worship ceremony, which was very lively.
There was a conflict between Joshua and Dora, and after Dora reprimanded Joshua, Joshua ran away alone, Dora searched around, and finally found Joshua in the church, but because she was too tired, Dora fainted. Joshua hurriedly lifted Dora up, and the next day, Dora woke up. But they didn't have a penny, their watches were mortgaged, they were hungry, but there was nothing they could do.
Finally, Joshua thought of a good idea, Joshua was in the crowd of people, and asked, "Do you have any letters?" To distant families, to the living beings of faith, to the loved ones who have passed away. So their stalls opened. Joshua shouted at the guests, and soon there was a long line in front of the stalls. Dora listened carefully to their hearts, felt their joys and sorrows, the sufferings of the world, and the human feelings seemed to blossom under Dora's pen. By the evening, they had already made a thick wad of money.
They finally had the money to stay in the hotel, after finding a place to stay. Joshua threw the letters in the trash as Dora did, and Dora quickly stopped him, and she decided to send them out. Because every letter carries hope, deep expectation.
This is the second transformation, Dora has been completely relieved, this moment, the connotation of the film has been sublimated with the improvement of Dora's realm. Dora also began to look again for the meaning of trust and hope. A man who does not believe that there is truth between people, a teenager who does not trust Dora. At this moment, we became people who missed each other and depended on each other!
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >03, some reflections on "faith" and "nation" reflected at the end of the film</h1>
1. The director's belief in religion is hidden in every corner of the film!
As an old classic movie, of course, "religion" and "faith" are indispensable.
The film also shows "religion" many times, and in the town, this church meeting is really held. The next day, the main reason why Joshua and Dora wrote letters was so popular, apart from Joshua's shouting, was that Dora was a believer, and the people of the town thought that her hand could communicate with God. Therefore, they all trustEd Dora very much, of course, this time, Dora did not disappoint these simple townspeople, and every letter was sent.
The scenery along the way, the songs of Uncle Truck, the folk songs at funerals, the spiritual flags on the mountain, and the collective worship of gods are all full of religious colors. Including the name of Joshua, the name of his father Jesus, the eldest brother Saiya, the second Brother Moses! They are all names from the Bible
And the end result is the same, Joshua found his own home, in the midst of a cluster of new houses, a house painted with beautiful paint, beautiful like a fairy tale. His father loved his mother, and his brothers were loyal and honest carpenters rather than drunkards. Everything is so wonderful!
2. The foundation condensed in the blood, the road to the salvation of a nation
The ad for "Grand Central Station" reads: "A child is looking for his home, a woman is looking for her heart, and the country is looking for it to fall to its roots"
"Letter" runs through the entire movie, pushes the development of the plot, strings together each character, and lays the groundwork for everyone to meet. The film begins with her mother writing a letter to her father, and after her mother's accidental death, Joshua asks for a letter from Dora, and Dora and Joshua embark on a journey, one letter after another guides them to find their father! In the town, Dora earns money for accommodation by writing letters, and Dora intends to send letters out, not indifference. Dora read the letter left by her father in front of the three brothers, and he missed his wife and Joshua deeply. At the end of the film, Dora leaves a letter for Joshua, and Dora embarks on the journey back. The boy found his love, the woman found his heart! All the stories unfold by the "letter"
Different stations, different villages, different markets, different people, everyone's face poured out the need, lovers, sisters, brothers, friends, confidants, clients, deceivers and even gods. It all revolves around the letter, which symbolizes the message conveyed, the witness of communication, the reliance of nostalgia, and the basis for searching.
The letter gathers the spirit and appeal of these sentient beings, the call to the gods, and the message to the deceased. Appealing to the humility of fate, the suffering under the pure sky!
In my opinion, "Central Station" is the story of faith, using letters to convey faith, the search of the inner spirit, and it is something that a nation needs! The director's ingenious design, with the story of a small person, involves the hearts of everyone, which is not only the salvation of a child and a woman, but also the salvation of a nation!
To summarize:
In my opinion, although this movie is called a drama, its essence is to show that people should have their own faith, to learn self-salvation, a person's self-salvation may be very small, but the reason why a nation can be supported is because there are countless such small and great redeemers! It's a great educational film
If I just watch this movie and look at the plot, it is too narrow, because it contains a profound philosophy of life. Trigger people's search for "original hearts"! Therefore, this article discusses from three aspects, from shallow to deep, from different angles to show the unique charm of this not great movie