Tony of a civilian family was born on the same day as Alfred of the wealthy family next door in the same hospital. Tony is convinced that a fire in the hospital has left their two babies in the wrong hands with their parents, and that fred has been robbed of the life of superiority and abundance that should have belonged to him. With the unexpected death of his father and sister, Tony's jealousy of fred's family gradually deepened, and this obsession penetrated deep into the bone marrow, resulting in a tragic life of mediocrity and loneliness, loneliness and helplessness, and eventually led to the road to suicide.
After watching it, I couldn't help but admire the director's wonderful interpretation, because the story could resonate with the audience too much. People always seem to ignore what they have and envy other people's things. Whether it is from the appearance of life, ability background, or from the temperament of personality, I always feel that others are slightly superior. But in fact, are others really as glamorous as you see them, as flawless as you think?
Stills of "Little Hero Toto" were deleted
The male protagonist Tony envies Fred's superior family and fantasizes that he is the true son of a rich family; he is jealous of his sister and Evelyn (the lover of the middle-aged male protagonist) like Fred, and fantasizes that he becomes an agent to avenge him. In his eyes, Fred was a thief through and through, stealing his life and stealing his lover. But was it really Fred who made his life blank? Is Fred really happy in life?
Jealousy blinded him. He felt that he was born ordinary and bullied, but he ignored the love of his parents, the warmth of the family, and he could not see the father next door who was cold and selfish; he felt that his life was boring and self-serving, but the elderly Fred was being hunted down and killed, and he was afraid all day, and there was a big house that could not be lived, and he could only hide in the old house to live, for which Tony selectively ignored.
Jealousy destroyed his mind. He blamed the departure of his sister and Aveline on Fred, deeply tired and wounded, and this pain of love and unbeatable pain made him close himself from then on, unable to love anyone anymore, and lost to happiness forever. However, he did not have the courage to accept their heartfelt love and care for him, nor did he want to admit that the death of his sister and the departure of Aveline were caused by him.
Jealousy wore on his judgment. On the occasions when they occasionally intersected, Fred brought up to Tony's idea of exchanging lives as a child, but each time he was interrupted by an enraged Tony, who thought fred was showing off and mocking him and making him insulted. The last time they met, the two of them, who were already old, finally had a formal conversation. Fred's sentence "Your life is simple, always make me feel that you can do whatever you want" made him understand that he had been envied by the other party, he hid his face and cried, and tears of remorse slipped from the tip of his nose.
But his life was ruined, he could never do it again, and he ended up being the kind of person he wanted to be the last thing. This life is boring and painful, there is nothing in this world worth remembering, only one death can end such an absurd and confused life.
In the end, he decided to die in Fred's place. This should be his last wish: to be Alfred, which he has pursued for a lifetime, and he has been bound by this obsession for a lifetime, and now it can finally be realized.
We are so accustomed to envying others that we forget to live our own lives. You don't necessarily have what others have, but what you have, others don't necessarily have. Jealousy will only push people into the abyss, only by finding their own shining points, holding what they have, pursuing what they want, can I say that my life has not been in vain. For the rest of your life, please live it seriously and cheerfully!