"Tropical Rain" may not really guess what the theme is just by listening to the name, but the word rain seems to have set the tone for the whole movie, gloomy, uncomfortable, and gray.
And the rain that has been raining is not a symbol of coolness, but it has become a haze that is difficult to remove in the heart.
The story of the film is set in Singapore, as a place with a large number of Chinese, Singapore can be said to carry a part of the core culture of East Asian traditions.
The story focuses on a middle-aged female teacher, Ah Ling, who teaches her classmates Chinese, but the students are generally not interested. In the family, the father-in-law is paralyzed in bed and cannot move and cannot speak, and Ah Ling still has to take care of her father-in-law, but even so, she has not won the love of her husband. There has also been no pregnancy between the two people.
Under the double blow of career and family, Ah Ling met the student Wei Lun, and the two began to have feelings beyond between teachers and students.
The tone of the whole movie is like this, very dim, like a non-stop rain, which has been bothering people's hearts. The relationship between Ah Ling and Wei Lun in the film is difficult to judge it simply from good or bad.
Rather, it is more to lament the cause of all this, the composition of Ah Ling's family. Of course, there will certainly be people who will directly criticize this from a moral level. But to dwell on it would be a complete waste of a good movie.
The relationship between them is taboo, and the mysterious tension of the general taboo relationship is different, these two people are the title of the film, the rain that never stops, will only make people feel sorry for no reason.
The director targeted the woman, and it was a woman who was in a vulnerable position. Ah Ling is in a weak position in her career, and she does not have the respect she deserves as a teacher, and in the family, she does not have the respect that a wife should have.
After watching the movie, you can't help but say why Ah Ling's husband is so scummy, many people think that the emotional slag is emotional overflow, but the slag of Ah Ling's husband is the emotional basin, and it has not been possible to give feelings.
Moreover, in this film, one of the reasons why the husband's cold feelings for Ah Ling cannot be ignored is that there has been no child between the two people.
The husband's cold attitude is irresponsible, he is eager to throw the pot, he is a little sick and moaning, and these have caused Ah Ling to think that she has an indispensable position in the family. Let Ah Ling become an outsider in the family. Even if her father-in-law died, as the person who had been taking care of her, Ah Ling did not dare to come forward to compete for property.
In fact, this situation is not uncommon in China, although some people say that the status of women has improved a lot, but it cannot be ignored that there is still a patriarchal mentality in the general environment, especially in some remote areas. In some important positions, it directly restricts the participation of women.
The harshness caused by the inherent concept of women in the Chinese environment, and the avoidance of men by women in this environment, can be seen around and seen in Ah Ling's performance in the movie.
But fortunately, the director did not blindly show the survival of women in this environment, amplify the weakness of women, so that the film seems to be disease-free and moaning, but to show the inner fortitude of women, the strength of women's hearts that are often overlooked.
The basic outdoor scenes in the film are in the rain, which also represents the heart of the heroine Ah Ling, who is always raining and there is no sunny day.
Rain in the movie has become Ah Ling's only visual outlet, the rain comes eagerly, it comes huge, and it comes for a long time.
This was true even after meeting the student Wei Lun. But in the end, In this state of mind, Ah Ling was brave enough to find herself and be herself.
When Ah Ling returned to her hometown to see her mother, she took out all the wet clothes to dry, which not only showed that the rainy season was over and the clothes should be dried, but also that the rainy season in Ah Ling's heart was also over, and the next day would be a day full of hope.
Ah Ling can wait until a sunny day after the rain, and for reality, how much resistance some women have to go through to usher in a sunny day after the rain, this is unknown.
But at least it can provide the audience with the courage to run forward, which is also good.
For Ah Ling and Wei Lun, in terms of performance, this is a taboo feeling that cannot be touched, but at a deep level, it is a kind of female awakening that the director wants to show.
Perhaps this awakening is too extreme, but the awakening is often extreme, not mild, and after the extremes, the balance can be slowly found.
And this is also a good subject in recent times as a manifestation of women's awakening.
Now many themes are said to be female awakening, but it is completely different from the audience's intention that the big heroine concentrates on her career, and finally without exception, she must return to love and return to the family.
For today's society, this kind of character setting is often no longer popular. Because in the real society, women's consciousness is constantly awakening, especially the younger generation, compared with love and family, more attention to career success. Achieve true independence.
Therefore, the brainless love in the TV series is completely contrary to the ideas of contemporary people.
Although the small background of "Tropical Rain" is also in the family, in the end, Ah Ling bravely took a step forward and became herself. No longer restrain yourself.
This is very different from many nominal female group portrait film and television works, they are only cloaked in female dividends and the result is that in the end, the love brain is long and the family is short.
After watching "Tropical Rain", people can deeply explore the reasons for all these shackles, so that women who are already in the shackles can embrace themselves more bravely.
The other protagonist, student Wei Lun, actually embodies a personality under the concept of son preference. Because he was a boy, he was taught not to cry, but to be strong.
This is even more anxious for Wei Lun, who lacks maternal love, to find a sustenance point for feelings. And the gentle and reserved Ah Ling is this perfect candidate.
However, Wei Lun finally found himself after the rainy season.
This movie is actually a good movie no matter from any point of view. Although the overall story has a faint sad tone, the overall performance is biased towards liveliness.
In the face of heavy topics, the liveliness of pretending may hit people's hearts more. When Ah Ling, who bore the epitome of women in traditional East Asian culture, appeared, many people frowned, thinking that it should not be set up like this, it was too tragic.
Ignoring the more tragic and oppressive reality.
However, it is also like the rain and sunshine at the end, and the audience's heart has changed from tugging to comfort and relief. This film is also more profound than the previous "Mom and Dad Are Not Home".
Not as profoundly as a strong shock, but as deep as a stream flowing but being able to water. When we watch a movie, we may see a familiar self in a movie, and then we see a new self.
When the rain stops, it is still a new day, a day when the sun rises as usual, and a day when you still have to face life as optimistically as possible.
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