"Three Billboards" tells the story of a mother who searches for a murderer for her dead daughter. This is a strong mother, a persistent mother. The mother in the movie insists on walking her own path despite the warnings of the outside world. Seeing the last to understand that this mother is looking for answers, she has been working hard.
The life experience was very unfair to her, and in the eyes of others, she may have given up the chase a long time ago, but this mother never gave up. She does not reconcile with her bumpy fate, with the forces of evil and the murderer.
Until the end of her life, she is looking for this answer, and the murderer is not found at the end of the film, but they are still driving to find the murderer. The film conveys to us that being strong and conveying persistence is the final direction of fate.
Below I will interpret the charm of this movie from three aspects: the soundtrack of the movie, the setting of the movie characters, and the exploration of the meaning of life.
First, the soundtrack at the beginning of the movie, directly substituted into the sense of picture, suppressed and frustrated, very much in line with the theme of this movie
The film begins with music, two minutes long or so, that leads to a sad mother whose daughter is on the road, in the area, raped and burned.
The mother found three billboards and gave the merchant $5,000 to find the killer on it, hoping to get the attention of the police and the public.
Sure enough, she did this to the attention of the police chief, who found the mother, and he said that it was not that we did not go looking for the murderer, but that there was no clue at all.
My mother said you could go and test your DNA, but there was no information about the person in the town. The police force in this town is limited, and he has no better way to find the murderer.
The mother did not listen to the advice of the police chief, and she only recognized one truth, that is, to find the murderer for my daughter. The police chief was not a bad person, but in the end the murderer could not be found after the death of the police chief. It's like life, what we've been looking for but we can't get.
But the mother insisted from beginning to end, there was a policeman who lost his public office, after setbacks became a good person, both of them fell into the predicament of life, and still did not give up. The two people meet to find the murderer, and finally the movie is fixed on their way to find the criminal.
At the beginning of the film, this music directly brings us into the plot and can express the mother's firm belief.
Second, the character setting of this movie is very in line with reality, and each character has its own distinct personality
The setting of the mother's image
Regarding the image setting of this mother, she is a strong mother, and her character is not perfect, or grumpy, or calm or tough, and her personality is very vivid.
Interprets a very ordinary female figure, but after she faces the death of her daughter, she is determined to seek, reflecting the tenacity of maternal love. From this, we can see the persistence of this mother and the love for her children.
Police Chief Image Setting
The setting of the role of the police station is also a very contradictory person. First of all, he is not a bad person, and secondly, his abilities are limited. So even if he is kind, he has a very helpless thing. After learning that he had a terminal illness, he did not want to drag his family down and did not want his family to bear the pain of his illness.
Therefore, he did not show too much sadness and helplessness, took his daughter and wife to spend the most beautiful time, and then chose to commit suicide, which also reflects his care for his family.
He paid for the case and searched for it, although in the end he could not find the murderer. But the film focuses on showing the goodness of his heart. Because he himself is a father and has a love for his daughter, he can understand the mother's feelings about finding her daughter.
After his death, he also left the mother 5,000 yuan in advertising fees so that the mother could continue to search for the murderer.
Fired police character setting
There is another character in the film that must be mentioned, that is, the dismissed policeman. At first, he was a person who did not do the right thing, never bothered to do it in his work, and when he was expelled, he became responsible. Therefore, people are multi-faceted, and people's personality is not fixed.
This policeman has flaws and strengths, is cold and warm-hearted at the same time. In the end, in order to help the mother to find the murderer, he did not hesitate to fight with the criminal, let the criminal beat himself, and thus obtain the DNA of the criminal.
It is these two flesh-and-blood characters, living ordinary characters, that show the final brilliance of this movie, then, in the end, it is these two ordinary people, people who have difficulties in life, they still have not given up hope, still go to find this murderer, and want to bring the murderer to justice.
Third, the pursuit of the meaning of life, there are many setbacks, many difficulties, do you understand the reversal inside?
On the surface, this movie is a crime-solving suspense film, because the whole film revolves around this dead girl. The cause of the girl's death, the process of her mother's pursuit, and then a series of events that happen seem to revolve around this.
But if you look closely, there are many reversals in the plot of the movie. The reversal of the mother's image in the play changes from a rough and violent mother to a persistent mother whose children are looking for murderers.
The police at the police station refused to handle the case seriously at first, always lacked a sense of security, and always lived in a muddy state. When he was expelled, he seemed to grow up and began to work hard to solve the case and help the mother find the murderer.
Also, the mother's son has also changed, and at first he hated his mother and wanted to escape from the house. But in the end, I began to care for my mother and help my mother. From a person who is indifferent to anything, to a warm-hearted person.
The people in the movie seem to have changed because of this case, which is not only a reversal of the case, but also a reversal of the character's personality, and it is also a reversal of the attitude towards life.
The director tries to tell us that maybe an event in life, maybe an accident in life, will open up our unknown journey, will make our lives change, and take a different path than before.
No matter what we encounter, no matter what kind of blow life gives us, it is right to continue to move forward and continue to explore.