These 8 films have a certain impact on the laws of their respective countries, either amending the law or introducing the law, which truly realizes the social function of the film. Meet up with a few friends on weekend afternoons for a legal man's home theater party.
I Am Not the God of Medicine (2018)
Douban score: 9.0
Synopsis: Cheng Yong, the owner of the Indian Shenyou store, has a good life, there is no business in the store, the old father is critically ill, and the operation fee is uneven. The ex-wife became pregnant with a rich man and wanted to take away the custody of his son.
One day, a leukemia patient came to the store and begged him to bring back a batch of generic special drugs from India, so that patients who could not afford sky-high genuine drugs could save their life. Cheng Yong, who was unwilling but cornered, turned over overnight unexpectedly, and affordable special drugs saved countless people, so that he was named the "God of Medicine" by patients, but with the benefits came a multi-party tug-of-war that put his life and the lives of poor patients in crisis.
Reason for recommendation: The movie prototype of "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is "Lu Yong purchasing the Gleevec case". At that time, the Lu Yong case made the special drug for the treatment of leukemia included in the scope of national medical insurance, and "I am not the God of Medicine" caused a storm of public opinion, and finally the drug administration law revised the scope of fake and inferior drugs.
Dear (2014)
Douban score: 8.4
Synopsis: Tian Wenjun and Lu Xiaojuan were once a loving couple, however, the relationship between the two was consumed by time and quarrels, and in the end, they chose to divorce. Now, the only hub that connects the two is his lovely son Tian Peng. However, one day, this only bond was also broken, Tian Peng disappeared for no reason while out playing, desperate and collapsed, Tian Wenjun and Lu Xiaojuan embarked on a long road to find their son, and met many helpless fathers and mothers like them along the way.
Time passed quickly, and a clue about Tian Peng surfaced, prompting Tian Wenjun and his wife to come to a remote village, where they saw a boy who resembled Tian Peng, but the "mother" in the boy's mouth was not Lu Xiaojuan, but a village woman named Li Hongqin.
Reason for recommendation: The characters and events in the movie have realistic prototypes. After its release, the film sparked a fierce discussion on child trafficking in society, became the best domestic film of the year, and promoted the amendment of the Criminal Law on the abduction and trafficking of women and children, stipulating that all those who buy and sell women and children will be investigated for criminal responsibility.
Suwon (2013)
Douban score: 9.3
Synopsis: Su Won (played by Li Zhen) is a beautiful and ordinary little girl who lives with her parents in a home on the street corner. The family runs a grocery store named after her name, Suwon, her mother (Yan Jiwon) is busy day and night as the proprietress, and her father does heavy work in the factory. On that rainy morning, Suwon went to school alone with an umbrella. Close to the school, she encounters a lewd-looking, drunken uncle who begins her tragic journey.
Reason for recommendation: "Suyuan" is based on a real case. Under South Korea's rape sentence of up to 15 years and the law "protecting mentally unstable people," the perpetrator Cho Doo-soon was sentenced to only 12 years in prison, causing outrage. In 2010, the South Korean National Assembly adjusted the upper limit of 15 years in prison to 30 years, and abolished the statute of limitations for prosecuting sex crimes against children and juveniles; In 2012, the South Korean National Assembly passed the Chemical Castration Act for Repeat Offenders of Child Sexual Abuse, becoming the first country in Asia to implement chemical castration. In 2019, South Korea implemented the "Cho Doo-soon Law", which measures one-on-one surveillance after release from prison for criminals who sexually assault minors.
The Furnace (2011)
Douban score: 9.3
Synopsis: Kang In-ho (Kong Liu), a mute art teacher from Seoul, comes to Wujin City to apply for a job at the Loving School for the Deaf. The sky fell foggy, he accidentally crashed the car, and during the repair, he met Xu Youzhen (played by Jung Yumi), a member of the human rights organization. The twins' principal and director forced In-ho to pay 50 million won and called it the School Development Fund.
At the same time, Jiang In-ho gradually found that the school was shrouded in a tense and depressing atmosphere, which was suffocating. In particular, three children attract attention: the brilliant Kim Yeon-doo (Kim Hyun-so) and the gluttonous Chen You-ri (Jung In-su) who always dodge. The younger brother of Jeong-so (played by Baek Seung-hwan) committed suicide, and he is always covered in bruises. After class, Inho also heard shouting and crying in the women's bathroom, but he did not investigate it under the doorman's obstruction. Afterwards. He accidentally witnessed the principal bribing the police, the instructor beating Minxiu, and the life teacher drowning Yeondou. A shocking secret is slowly revealed, and the truth shocks the whole of South Korea.
Reason for recommendation: The release of "The Crucible" in 2011 triggered millions of people to sign the old case to be revisited, and the case investigation was restarted. In September of the same year, the culprit involved in the case was sentenced to 12 years in prison and the school was closed. In October of the same year, the South Korean National Assembly passed the Act to Partially Amend the Special Law on the Punishment of Crimes of Sexual Violence, also known as the "Melting Pot Law".
Advocate (2013)
Douban score: 9.2
Synopsis: In 1978, Song Youshuo (played by Song Kanghao), who only had a high school education, finally passed the bar exam after years of hard work, and soon changed his career to become a lawyer after becoming a judge. He keenly sensed business opportunities from the latest policies and started his career as a real estate bookkeeping business. Although he was ridiculed by his peers as a nightclub boy who distributes business cards anytime, anywhere, Youshuo did not think that he was upset, and stepped towards the goal in his heart. He relied on the money he earned to enable his wife and children to live a prosperous life, and also paid off the debt of conscience he owed to his aunt at the hotel seven years ago.
In the 80s of the 20th century, the struggle for democratization in South Korea intensified. Youshuo completely ignored the affairs outside the window and continued to make money behind closed doors. However, the great changes in society have not allowed him to stay out of the matter, and Park Jin-woo (played by Ren Shiwan), the son of the hotel aunt, is arrested because he belongs to the Busan Reading Association and is accused of being a left-wing association, and he is even more brutally abused and unfair. Although he loves money but values more feelings, Youseok embarked on the road of defending democracy.
Reason for recommendation: Due to the release of the film, the "Purim incident" once again became a topic of social conversation in South Korea, and on September 25, 2014, the incident was reviewed and pronounced, and the five defendants who were convicted 33 years ago were found not guilty by the court decades later, clearing years of grievances.
Sin Under the American Pastoral (2007)
Douban score: 8.3
Synopsis: In the story, sixteen-year-old Sylvia (Alan Paige) and her sister Jenny (Harley McFarlane) are fostered by their parents who are out to work in the home of Gertrude (Catherine Keener), the homemaker of Indianna. Gertrude, who has been emotionally unstable, has six children, and the eldest daughter, Paula, is only nineteen years old but is pregnant with her boyfriend's child. Paula shares the secret with Sylvia, but Sylvia accidentally tells it in order to protect Paula, and Paula begins to complain to her beloved mother about Sylvia's false "criminal evidence", and Gertrude decides that the "bad girl" must be punished. By the time Sylvia's parents come to pick them up, Sylvia is locked up in a dark basement and subjected to unimaginable atrocities, and it is not only Gertrude who tortures her, but also her five older children and a boy in the neighborhood who knows Sylvia.
Reason for recommendation: "Sin in the American Pastoral" was filmed based on the 1966 Banizewski incident in Indiana, and the shooting material is largely derived from real court records of the case. Its influence appeared in Time magazine, influencing later U.S. child protection legislation.
Rosetta (1999)
Douban score: 8.2
Synopsis: The mother of 18-year-old Rosetta (Emily De Quinn) is a self-defeating alcoholic, unable to make a living, addicted to sex with low-level men, and the burden of life completely falls on Rosetta's shoulders.
The mother and daughter live in a mobile car, and in such a bad life situation, she even did not hesitate to make a bad friend in order to get a job. It's just that friendship is too fragile for survival. But fate did not fall in love with this tenacious girl, and she finally collapsed halfway through her life and chose to commit suicide.
In 1999, the Belgian government released a draft Youth Employment Act to protect unemployed young people like Rosetta in the film. Employers who prohibit teenage child laborers from paying less than the minimum wage for adult workers to protect children's rights are also known as the Rosetta Plan.
Indian Partner (2018)
Douban score: 7.7
Synopsis: Because of the high tariffs on sanitary napkins, more than 80% of women in India still have no access to sanitary products in 2012, and only Lakshmi (Akshay Kumar), who is in a Chinese degree, is looking for a low-cost method of producing sanitary napkins for the health of his wife (Radhika Apt). He traveled to the big city of Delhi, met the most important beautiful partner in his life, Parry (Sonam Kapoor), and eventually invented a low-cost sanitary napkin production machine and opened patents, which led to a change in the concept of women's menstrual hygiene in India.
Reason for recommendation: After the film was released in India, in 2018, the Indian government announced the elimination of the 12% import tariff on sanitary napkins.
There is no perfect law. Unfair sentencing, negligence on the part of special groups, these social phenomena often require a constant backlog of problems to be exposed to the public. I hope that next time, no longer relying on the repetition of tragedies, the law can also lead the way.