Preface
When it comes to the most loyal partner, I believe the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is the dog.
However, cats, as the most common pets like dogs, are also important members of the family in some families.
We've seen a lot of movies depicting humans and dogs bonding, but the bond between humans and cats is rare.
And this "Bob the Stray Cat" is here to tell the story of a cat healing humans.
Directed by Roger Spotiswood, the film is based on a true event in which a young English homeless man saves a cat on the street and is redeemed in his life. The cat in the film is played by "Bob" Benmeow.
Once the movie was released, it brought us countless touches, and was translated into different versions and broadcast around the world, it is a story that is popular all over the world, they redeem each other and heal each other to bring us different warmth.
01, Bowen and Bob's encounter
If it were a homeless man on the street, would you stop for half a second because of him?
I believe the answer for most people is no.
On a street in England, the hero of our story was on the street, and at that time, people like him, grabbing a handful of handfuls in the street, were all lying on the ground, and no one stopped for them, and no one cared who he was.
In the book, the protagonist James once described himself: "In the past, I was like a transparent person, and no one would look at me more. ”
But Bob's arrival gave him a new lease on life.
From the very beginning of James's childhood, his family has dealt him an immense blow.
His biological parents divorced, and there was an obedient and well-behaved child in the reformed family, so he didn't pay much attention to him.
Even on Christmas Eve, when the family was reunited, they were very disgusted by James's arrival, and when the stepmother asked who the person outside the door was, his father hurriedly drove him away.
At the beginning of the film, he shows us his poor life situation, and even if he meets his father on the road, his attitude towards him is extremely repulsive.
As soon as he saw him, it was like seeing an oil bottle, and he quickly took out his own money from his pocket to send his son.
Please be sure to stay away from the poison, once you get it, you will never want to escape from its clutches for the rest of your life, and your loved ones will also leave you.
He had to live on the streets, but because of this, he became addicted to drugs, and in order to make a living, he had to play the guitar on the street to make a living, but the money he earned was simply minimal.
Whenever I am hungry, I go to a small restaurant to find what I can buy, and the money on my body is not enough for even the cheapest bento, maybe the clerk has already seen too many such people.
Even if he threw the rice in the sink, he was reluctant to give it to James.
I didn't even have the money to eat by myself, so I had to go to the trash can to rummage through the food.
In this state, James is afraid that he will not last long.
Fortunately, with the support of the social government, James will undergo regular drug rehabilitation, and Val, the physician in the institution, is the only one who insists on helping James.
In order to let him quit his drug addiction and ensure his own life, he applied and interceded in every possible way in Val, and through unremitting efforts to secure a free government aid house for James.
James also cherishes this hard-won opportunity, and will be active on the streets every day during the day, trying to survive in his own way.
It was also here that he met the cat who healed his life, Bob.
From the first day he moved into this apartment, there was an uninvited guest in his room.
An orange cat with a dull coat walked into the room through the window, secretly trying to eat the corn cereal in the house.
Seeing anyone with such a little guy, it is estimated that his heart will be cute, and James is no exception.
When he saw this, he did not stop the cat from taking food from his mouth, but picked it up and poured it a glass of milk.
People who are discarded by society and disliked by their families also have their own soft moments in their hearts.
After eating and drinking, the cat took James's meal ticket and climbed into James's bed to sleep.
Early the next morning, James held the cat around and asked the neighbors around him, wanting to return the goods to their original owners.
Unfortunately, after knocking on the door of many people, he never found its owner, so he had no choice but to put it on the street and left to sing on the street.
After a busy day, it was still a coin that could be counted on one hand, and I returned home disappointed.
When he saw the cat again, it was covered in scars, and if the stray cat was not rescued in time, it would really rot on the street.
So, I thought of my neighbor Betty, who was a volunteer at a pet hospital, but when she saw the scarred Bob, she suggested taking him to the hospital, indicating that she couldn't do anything.
As a person who has been abandoned by society, he can't even take care of himself, how can he take care of a cat?
But then it occurred to me that the only thing the injured cat could rely on at this time was James.
Maybe he saw his own shadow in the stray cat, the same homeless, so he just struggled for a while, and then took it to the pet hospital.
After arriving at the hospital, the doctor was also surprised when he saw Bob, and said that it was just a stray cat, and recommended that it be euthanized.
But James couldn't bear it, not only took out his own food money to treat it, but even sterilized it to prevent it from being troubled by estrus.
After its body had fully recovered, Bob decided to release it.
As if he already had telepathy in his heart, Bob knew that James was his savior, so he relied on him and refused to leave.
So, these two lonely souls licked each other's wounds and healed each other under the same roof.
02, one cat and one person street performers
The new family members will usher in a new life, and when they go out to perform during the day, they will also take Bob with them, but fortunately, Bob is very well-behaved, and he does not have to spend too much effort on his body.
The so-called "unintentional willow and willow shady", with Bob Cat's own performance, the income has increased several times compared with before.
Once, no one would stop to enjoy his own playing and singing, let alone others would invest money for him.
And now, the cute Bob cat is sitting next to him, and anyone who is such a cute beast will not be able to stand it, and they will stop one after another, watch their performance, and many people will offer to take a photo with Bob.
For the first time, James felt the care and gaze of others, and although they were more of a cat, it also gave James great satisfaction.
Happily taking the money he earned, he carefully selected his and Bob's dinner in the supermarket, and shared the first money he earned with Bob.
In the days that followed, Bob seemed to have found a trick to making money, and that was to take Bob with him, and as he got more and more, Bob became a star on the street, and even had many of Bob's little fans.
Bob was invited to high-five himself for a photo session, and on a few street performances, people would bring them small gifts, make Bob's little clothes, and of course, scarves, and people encouraged James to kick his addiction.
A scarf sent by a fan
Like a little angel, Bob descended on James, drove away all the nightmares for him, and gave him all the help.
03, James is determined to change
Betty, who had seen her vegetarianism since the first day she moved in, was very impressed by the fact that she was leading six or seven dogs.
Now after getting along for a long time, the two have their own feelings, although they don't pick each other out, but they can see that they have the same heart to mind.
However, paper could not contain the fire, and after a street performance, his former addict friend asked him to borrow money, and James repeatedly determined that the money was used to buy food, not "white noodles", so he gave him the money.
The second time I saw him, not far from his home, lying on the ground dying, he and Betty put him in an ambulance, no matter how fast they drove, they couldn't force the speed of death.
The cause of death was an overdose, which shocked James and decided to quit his addiction.
Every time the addiction occurs, Bob accompanies him, and the withdrawal reaction makes him scream in pain, breaking out in a cold sweat, how tragic the scream Bob never leaves, and when he wakes up again, Bob is still there.
Not only that, but Betty also provided food and moral support and encouragement, all of which supported James to persevere.
The days during the drug rehabilitation period were extremely difficult, but this made him survive, and every time he had an attack, he thought about the relationship with Betty and lived up to her expectations.
After the success, the two officially came together.
This time, after quitting drugs, James finally had the confidence to stand in front of his father again and tell him his story.
After hearing about his experience, the father burst into tears and was happy for his son, finally showing himself to be his son for the first time in front of his stepmother.
James was turned into a novel because of Bob's changes, and he became a best-selling author, and his life was completely rewritten.
epilogue
Although the name of the film is "Bob the Stray Cat", the main content of the film is not mainly to depict Bob the cat, but to use the cat as the starting point to tell the story of James's change through Bob's company.
The film does not have a lot of tearful scenes, only mundane slices of life, but it also makes the audience moved by the friendship between them.
Because of drug addiction, blindfolded, wrapped in despair and loneliness, after rehabilitation, it was like polishing the skylight, and the appearance of Bob the cat gave him a new life.
I suddenly found that I had always been full of love around me, and there were so many people who cared about me.
It turns out that as long as you persist and don't give up, the opportunity for rebirth is always in front of you!
Information source: Douban