Introduction: "God can't take care of everyone, so God created the Mother." ”
A Mother's Revenge is a drama film directed by Ravi Dejevar and starring Shri Daiyu and Saïja Ali. The film is adapted from the "Delhi Black Bus Case" that shocked the world. At about 8:00 p.m. on December 16, 2012, 23-year-old medical student Joti and her boyfriend took a bus home after watching "The Fantasy Drift of The Young Pi", where 6 men beat their boyfriend and detained him in the cab, then pulled Joti to the back of the carriage and gang-raped, and then died at 4:45 a.m. local time due to ineffective rescue.
Although "A Mother's Revenge" is taken from the prototype case, the narrative focus is shifted in the adaptation, and the arya in the film gradually recovers after being violated, and the people who hurt her are also punished because of their mother David, but the reality is that Joti died of severe pain due to internal organ damage, and the criminal is still left in the world because of his minors. The film focuses on the plot of the court acquitting the abuser after Arya has been severely damaged, and David's determination to avenge her daughter due to distrust of the judicial system, which begins a legendary revenge operation around the mother's love, revealing a cruel criminal conspiracy.
1. High focus of realism
The film highly restores the current social situation in India and makes a strong attack on the unjust judicial system. At the farm party, the male classmates who were rejected by Arya became angry and forcibly dragged Arya to the car after the party to humiliate and beat her. Instead of directly showing the persecution of Arya in the car, the camera uses a top-down shot of a car driving on an empty road, giving the viewer plenty of room to imagine. This imagination without pictures is more impactful than the intuitive feeling of having pictures, and it also highlights Arya's weakness and helplessness as a victim.
When David Came to the police station to report the case because of fear, the police's indifferent attitude reflected the lack of attention paid to justice in Indian society. After Arya wakes up, Sheriff Matthew, based on Arya's confession, arrests the male classmate and his cousin, Singer, and the security guards involved. At the trial that lasted for more than a month, the testimony of the parties Arya was dismissed on the grounds that the opposing defense lawyer Arya was drunk that night, and the judge also disregarded the doctor's injury test report and other evidence, and in the attitude of "preferring to let go of a thousand, not to kill one by mistake", ruled that Arya's testimony was invalid, and the court pronounced acquittal of 4 people.
The film profoundly exposes the deformed development of India's patriarchal society, and judges, as the highest representatives of patriarchal society, suppress women's rights, and their contempt for women makes them lose their due rationality. "This country can get away with rape, but it can't slap a rapist." The film gives us a high picture of Indian women living in an environment where both society and the law are highly likely to become a sanctuary for rapists. Looking at her captured husband, the released murderer, and her disappointment with the unfair justice system, David realizes that legal loopholes cannot make the perpetrator deserve the punishment, so she is determined to avenge her daughter in her own way.
So she went into the dye shop, asked for help from her former students, and formulated the first perfect plan of revenge. Reflecting her determination to try to get revenge on her perpetrators, it shows the sadness and amazing maternal power of India's legal society. In India, there is a violent crime against women every 3 minutes and a rape every 22 minutes. The film criticizes the invalidity and bias of the law, showing the aphasia of women's rights in Indian society. On a deeper level, this revenge is not only the revenge of David King's help to her daughter Arya, but also the rebellion of Indian women to the judicial system in a long-term unjust social environment.
2. Dual identity as a teacher and mother
In the film, David plays the dual role of Arya's biology teacher and stepmother, playing the dual roles of work and family. The David in the film is a new type of virtuous wife and mother image in the current society. She is conscientious and independent in her work, and she is diligent and considerate in her family. Although David is Arya's stepmother, she treats Arya like her own mother. David wants to have a good relationship with Arya, but her stepdaughter is not appreciative. When Arya is raped, the killer is brought to justice.
Isolated, David Relies on Private Investigators to single-handedly punish the four criminals. On the one hand, this identity setting breaks the imagination of ordinary audiences for Indian cultural traditions, on the other hand, the double damage of the daughter's body and soul triggers the softest part of her mother's heart, and David's practice of helping her stepdaughter to avenge her by taking risks also further promotes the selflessness and greatness of maternal love. In addition, the second half of the film revolves around David's revenge, weakening the existence of the father. To a certain extent, the rights of men are dissolved, so that the stepmother realizes her own subjective value.
Mothers not only assume the role of biology for their children, but more importantly, the role of education. David's body blends the two attributes of motherhood and education, giving women in the new era the vitality of life and the instinctive desire of motherhood. At the beginning of the film, the director confessed the identity of David's biology teacher, and her method of revenge on the murderer was not to fight by force but to outsmart. As a biology teacher, she used her expertise to make a powder containing cyanide from a pile of apple seeds. Put it into the protein powder that Charles must drink every day, causing him to be paralyzed, and planting the stolen money at this time to the male classmates, so that the male classmates can be imprisoned. At this time, the mother transforms into a guardian of her daughter's protection and teaches her daughter to fight bravely in the face of danger.
3. Summary
The film focuses on the greatness of maternal love and the tragic situation of Indian women, attacking the corrupt system of Indian society. "Where justice can't go, there's still the mother." Back at the end of the film, the sheriff joins Singh and David, who picks up the pistol and points it at Singer while the two fight, and the sheriff tries to persuade David to calm down, shoving his own gun into her hand, and telling her, "If you want to punish him, you must use the right gun." The sheriff understood In this moment The sadness and anger of David's heart as a mother. His approach at this moment shows us that even in a corrupt system, there are people with human hearts, and there is still hope in the world. At this time, Arya, who has been hiding behind the tree, also knows that It is David Who has been madly taking revenge for herself, the stiff relationship between mother and daughter is broken, and for Arya, she has received true salvation in her heart at this moment.