Today's dot to introduce to you the movie is the most easily ignored cold film in 2014, Douban score 8.0 points, so far only 1118 people have evaluated, Rotten Tomatoes 94% freshness, I sincerely hope that everyone can seriously look at this movie -
"Farewell Party", a movie about the elderly, about nursing homes, about euthanasia.
The film's themes at first glance inevitably feel heavy, sad and controversial. But in "Farewell Party", it is a comedic way full of humor and fun, lightly telling the tragedy of life, and telling it quite wonderfully, it is really powerful, making the audience laugh and laugh and cry, laughing and laughing but also can understand the bitterness and sadness.
Zelda is a grandmother who is about to turn 90, and today the doctor told her about her cancer.
She didn't want to live anymore.
At this time, Zelda received a phone call from the film's male protagonist, Erskine.
Erskin jokingly pretended to be "God."
He told Zelda that she would definitely go to heaven after she died, but now that heaven was crowded with people, there was no place for her to live on earth for a while.
Although Zelda also knew that "God" was disguised by Erskine, she was encouraged by his jokes.
In the evening, Erskine and his wife, Lavana, come to the hospital to visit their old friend Marx.
Lavana told Erskine that Marx looked much better today.
As a result, Marx's wife Yana immediately said, "What about opening your eyes and talking nonsense?" ”
Dot here really poke the laugh point. In front of patients, it is inevitable to be polite, but it is really uncommon to directly intimidate others on the spot. But it can also be seen that they are very good friends with each other.
Marx lived too painfully to move, and had to rely on those machines and plastic pipes to survive all day. He begged Erskine to help him die.
Erskine looked at his friend and was willing to help him.
It was only his wife, Lavana, who firmly disagreed with Erskine's doing such a thing, which she considered murder and a crime.
Lavana believes that as long as you pay more attention to Marx and ask the doctor if there is any other way, Marx can still get better.
Yana didn't think so. She knew the condition of her husband's body, and she could only watch him lie in pain on the hospital bed, did she want to die guilty?
After that, Erskine still carried his wife Ravana behind his back, and together with Yana tried to find a way to euthanize Marx.
They went to the doctor and wanted the doctor to provide a large number of sleeping pills, but the doctor did not give them.
They then found Daniel, a veterinarian who had just arrived at the nursing home for the elderly.
The three men continued their discussion in the activity room about euthanizing Marx.
At this time Ravana came over, she knew what they were discussing, but still firmly opposed, saying that some people could write great works even if they had only one finger left to move.
Instead of being persuaded by his wife, Erskine took inspiration from her words to create a "euthanasia machine" that allowed Marx to inject himself at the push of a button, so that there would be no so-called "direct murderer".
Once, Erskin and Yana came to Daniel's room to continue discussing countermeasures.
As a result, the closet door to Daniel's bedroom suddenly opened, and it turned out to be the naked former police officer Raphael.
The two old men, still so genuine, deserve encouragement.
Daniel told Erskin and Yana not to tell anyone else because he himself had not yet come out with his mother, and Raphael had not come out with his wife.
Erskine finally completed the "euthanasia machine".
A group of people came to Marx's hospital room and first filmed Marx's last words with a video camera.
Then the button injected by the "euthanasia machine" was handed to Marx.
Marx said goodbye to his wife Yana for the last time, then pressed the button and died.
The group neatly put away their tools and retreated.
Probably too nervous, Erskine was speeding and was stopped by the traffic police.
The traffic police will be fined 700 yuan.
As a result, Yana, who saw the passenger seat, cried uncontrollably.
Erskine said that because several of them are living on welfare benefits.
Lavana, who was sitting in the back row, saw Yana crying so sadly and also cried.
The traffic police looked at the people in the car so sad, really thought it was because 700 yuan made them cry so sad, they decided not to fine money, let them leave.
Looking at this paragraph a little bit, he laughed shamefully. Obviously, such a sad thing happened, and Yana cried so sadly in the picture, but the director actually diluted it in such a joyful way.
During this time, Lavana's Alzheimer's disease also became more and more serious.
One morning, Lavana forgot to get dressed and walked naked to the restaurant.
The whole restaurant saw her body.
Ravana was so ashamed that she hid in her room all day, reluctant to go out to meet people.
Then Erskine said to wait until the night when everyone was sleeping.
Lavana agreed, and in the evening the two of them walked in the garden.
Open the door of a greenhouse and see Yana, Daniel, and Raphael all naked, drinking, smoking marijuana, and waiting for them.
With the help of this group of friends, Lavana finally cleared the haze inside.
When the head of the nursing home criticized them for not sleeping at night but for climbing the ladder naked.
Lavana didn't think there was any need for the person in charge to get angry because they were still children at heart.
It's just that Alzheimer's disease is irreversible after all, and Lavana's condition is getting worse and worse.
Lavana felt that she was losing herself little by little every day, and only an empty shell would be left in the end.
So she decided to choose to die with dignity while she still had a memory.
The film humorously tells a serious and sad topic, laughing with tears. How do we face death, how do we face the death of our elders? It is filial piety not to abandon them, but how can it be unbearable to watch them gasp in pain and pain in their hospital beds?
Old and sick without dying, life is also difficult.
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