Recently, there was another good film that I almost missed because of the name.
In terms of youth, it is comparable to "Hot Nanny";
On suspenseful reasoning, it does not lose "Detective Conan";
Serious in its intention, it is like a reproduction of "True Detective".
Without further ado, let's go straight to the point —
Juvenile detective
The Kid Detective
The male protagonist Abel has been brilliant since childhood, and he can guess the ending by watching the movie until the second act;
The children's pulling and pulling are even more clear at a glance.
With the encouragement of his parents, he simply opened a juvenile detective agency to help the neighbors solve their problems.
The mayor heard about Abel's story and decided to set an example in recognition of his contribution to the community.
Not only did he rent him an office in the downtown area, but he also sent his daughter to be his secretary.
After the "regularization", Abel's power was also undiminished.
Help the police find the murderer of the public property; find out for the principal who stole the donation box...
The name of the young detective was the most popular in the town for a while.
If there is any regret in Abel's childhood, it is the disappearance of a fourteen-year-old girl, which makes him deeply appreciate the helplessness and darkness of the real world.
Fast forward more than ten years, the once beautiful young detective is a 32-year-old senior... Di Si...
In small towns, there are so many right and wrong.
As an adult, Abel handled the most "cases" than helping people find kittens and puppies.
Fortunately, the former mayor was reasonable, or took care of his daughter for public and private purposes, and insisted that the detective agency continue to operate.
However, the parents who once supported Abel often frantically hinted and urged their son to find a serious job.
The "murderer" who had been exposed by Abel had a grudge against him, and when there was nothing wrong, he was arrested and beaten up violently...
The young detective who "hurts Zhongyong" can only pity himself in his drunkenness and memories.
The turning point came from an unexpected visit from a high school girl.
Her name was Caroline, her boyfriend, who had been stabbed 17 times and brutally killed two weeks earlier.
The police investigation has not progressed, so she naively thought of finding the big hero of her childhood to help solve the case.
There is no doubt that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a teenage detective to become an "adult".
Abel did not dare to be idle, and quickly rubbed his sister's car to start the investigation journey.
The first target is the few friends of the deceased, Patrick.
The little fat man seemed to complain about this honor student, saying many shortcomings that he did not know in one breath.
Collecting fetishes, lying and bragging are not to mention, but "stepping on two boats" shocked Abel and Caroline.
In order to prove that what he said was true, the little fat man also revealed that in Patrick's locker, there was a photo of a wearing a tiger mask.
That is the perfect "incriminating evidence" of his inconsistencies.
But according to Caroline, Patrick is a very cultured Asian teenager, giving her an origami rose every day for 6 months of love.
Abel had to be relieved that everyone was hiding their secrets, and if they really wanted to investigate, they had to bear the pain of the truth.
After a difficult ideological struggle, Caroline decided to give everything an account.
The two then sneaked into the campus at night to find the photo of the sound dog and horse.
Unfortunately, the lockers have long been empty after a police search.
But fortunately, they found a bottle of the unknown drug in Patrick's left coat.
The drug epidemic on campus has long been a tacit thing, but the involvement of a first-class student in the drug trade still surprised Albert.
What's more difficult is that the gang associated with the town also happens to be Abel's "enemy family" in his youth, and this clue is bound to be difficult to continue to dig deeper.
Fortunately, the secretary sister made meritorious contributions in time——
While browsing social software, she inadvertently found the owner of the tiger mask.
Abel hurried to visit and finally got something out of it.
The low-level woman in a difficult situation has been outspoken about her relationship with Patrick.
Out of sympathy and admiration for the deceased, she also told Abel a great secret —
In order to stop the drug trade, the school requires all students to turn in locker passwords for routine checks by principals.
So the gangs began to coerce the superior students to help transport them, after all, they were the least likely to arouse suspicion.
Apparently, Patrick was one of them.
At this point in the investigation, the mixed image of the deceased has become clearer.
But it still doesn't matter who the murderer is.
When Abel was at a loss, Caroline received the same origami rose as before.
In fact, she never confirmed that the paper flowers were given to her by Patrick, and only because he was the only Asian at school did she subconsciously make such a judgment.
Now that they have reappeared, it is undoubtedly indicative that someone else sent the flowers.
Abel carefully observed the paper flowers and found that the origami was completely consistent with a physical evidence of a missing girl 18 years ago.
At the same time, the bartender also brought a subversive news -
The murderer of the theft of the school donation box was actually framed, so he would see Abel and beat him once.
The disappearance of a young girl, the theft of donations, Caroline's paper flowers, and the tragic death of Patrick, this 18-year bond seems to have been through and only one person can run through it.
That's right, it was the principal who had been living on campus and had taken the initiative to ask the juvenile Abelcha case.
Abel sneaked into the principal's house, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets to find the picture.
Happily, the headmaster came home early just in time to catch him.
In the face of ironclad evidence and Abel's reasoning, the headmaster did not resist, but let the secret past come to the surface in relief.
In fact, the theft of donations was self-directed by the principal, with the aim of testing the skills of the young detective.
Seeing that Abel's so-called reasoning was nothing more than a child's passing, he began his own action.
The mature missing girl is the object of the perverted principal's child prostitution.
When the girl realized that something was wrong, he abducted and imprisoned her in order to save her reputation.
Perhaps ashamed, or perhaps trying to avoid suspicion, the headmaster abandoned his young daughter at the door of the church while imprisoning the young girl.
And this little daughter is Caroline, who grew up in an adoptive family.
The headmaster silently watched her grow into adulthood, using origami roses to express her unspeakable love.
Of course, he also knew that Caroline had a boyfriend, Patrick, and found the photo in his locker.
The headmaster mistakenly believes that the person in the photo is his daughter, so he kills Patrick fiercely...
Now that Abel has solved the case, the headmaster has no choice but to commit suicide in front of him.
The missing girl who has been imprisoned for 18 years has finally seen the light of day;
Abel, who has regained his fame, regains the admiration of the townspeople;
Poor, innocent Caroline accepted her true life.
An absurd story full of black humor and decadent sadness has come to a seemingly satisfactory end.
"Young Detective" is cloaked in the skin of youth suspense and narrates the film noir, but in fact, it is a sad song of the growth of a confused teenager.
Abel may have been really talented, but his young fame was nothing more than being used.
In the end, due to the unsolvable case of childhood, it returned to reality, and the echo was his true coming-of-age ceremony.
And personal sorrow and joy have never been connected with the outside world.
The policemen who once relied on Abel later scorned him;
The owner of the dessert shop who promised ice cream to be free forever, later became disgusted with him;
From beginning to end, only the "duplicitous" parents have been silently guarding...
Truth doesn't bring comfort, growth doesn't alleviate the anxiety of self-doubt, and the world doesn't make a difference because of it.
At the end of the film, Abel's tears in front of his parents are not known to be guilty of the past or a vision of the future.
But the power of emotion in it is enough to shock people's hearts.