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In the movie "Carla is a Dog", the second eldest played by Ge You is a typical middle-aged loser, who has lived most of his life in a vacuum, and seems to be useless in the end.
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The second oldest (played by Ge You), a figure-eight beard, hunched over, skinny and bony, with his hair lying softly on his head, a listless look, put in the pile of people will be immediately submerged.
If there is one word to describe it, it is "mourning".
As an ordinary worker, he receives a meager salary every month, repeats monotonous work day after day, and rides an old-fashioned bicycle from work to the two points and one line between the factory and his home.
Life in the factory is monotonous, and it seems that nothing has changed when I return home, and it is still a bunch of trivial household chores.
Wife Yulan is a veritable "head of the family", and she has a strong personality to manage the family's large and small affairs, including the salary of the second eldest, and it must also be collected into her own hands on time.
The second brother is also a little selfish, and every time he gives his salary to his wife, he will quietly set aside a little as his own private money.
The son Liang Liang has also reached a headache-inducing adolescence, the second son is not accustomed to his son's dress and style, and the son is not accustomed to Lao Tzu's weakness and mediocrity.
In his eyes, this father had never accomplished a thing, and his temper was still stubborn.
In this family, the second eldest is the most statusless, can not manage the wife, can not control the son, for a man, there is undoubtedly frustration.
Although it is not explicitly stated, we can feel the bitterness in the heart of the second elder who has nowhere to solve, and he passively accepts the arrangement of life like most people and allows life to push forward.
Compared with the ups and downs of Yu Huanshui, the trajectory of the second brother's life is flat like a pool of stagnant water, there is no motivation to move forward, just in a circle of constant rotation.
But this backwater life was completely disrupted by the family's pet dog, Carla.
Kara, a hybrid Jingba, is not worth much, and was brought by the second brother from his friend Yang Li, who used to play mahjong.
Because she did not have a dog license, Carla was taken away by the police, and without a license to take the dog before 4 p.m. the next day, Carla could never come back.
But it takes 5,000 to get a dog license, which is a huge amount of money for several years for an ordinary working family like the second oldest.
Yulan felt that it was not worth it, Yang Li also felt that it was not worth it, for a dog, as for spending such a large amount of blood?
But for the second eldest, Carla is his greatest spiritual sustenance, because in front of this dog, he feels like a "person".
In front of others, he had to think of ways to make others happy; only Kara changed the law every day to make him happy, which made the second brother feel a strong sense of existence.
Without Kara's presence, the little vitality left in the second elder's body seemed to be emptied.
Both the wife and son knew the importance of Carla to the second eldest, and after raising her for so long, they also had feelings for Carla.
First of all, Liang Liang, this flesh-and-blood teenager sneaked quietly outside the door of the police station in the middle of the night, hoping to be emotional to the police uncle Xiaozhi, but the police uncle could only say: There is a certificate, everything is easy to say.
Although Magnolia also wants the dog to come back, she can only choose the latter in front of Kara and 5,000 yuan.
Maybe many people will say, since there is no money, what kind of dog do you have? It is better to stop there.
But looking around, there are many people who have no money but dogs, in fact, most people are like the second son, not only dogs, but also a little hope for life.
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In the second man's own words, if there is no dog, he does not know what kind of strength he will have to go home.
Put the only hope of life on a dog, live to this, you say not to hold back?
But this is not only the life of the second eldest, from him we can see the shadow of many middle-aged people in reality.
When people reach middle age, those dreams and hopes have long become a thing of the past, repeating a single rhythm of life, only hoping to survive until retirement and enjoy their old age.
Just like the second oldest, he works diligently and honestly, all he asks for is to get by and get by, and it is better to live in peace than anything else.
Even after Carla was taken away, the second brother was only sullen, expressing his loss and dissatisfaction with silence.
When he reached the public toilet where there was no one, he dared to grit his teeth to scold, to show his prestige of not playing in front of people.
When he really came to man, he became the poor baba, the man who only promised.
It can be said that Carla's capture is a yin and yang opportunity, which opens a gap for the second brother's hard life.
For the second eldest, he is not only asking for his dog, but also recovering the lost passion and dignity in the boring life.
When Magnolia instigated the second elder to go to his mother to ask for money to get the money for the dog license, the second elder immediately lowered his face: I am so old, do I still have to take money from the old man with a thick face?
He has a strong sense of self-esteem, does not want to trouble his old mother, does not want to open his mouth to borrow money from Yang Li, and the second elder can't wipe his face, trying to maintain this last bit of dignity in his depressed life.
The second elder went to find Yang Li, originally thinking of borrowing her dog certificate to pass the customs, but was recognized by the police, and almost lost the wife and folded the soldiers.
Seeing that the time is almost the end of the deadline, at this time, the light is bright and added fuel to the fire, because he injured his classmates for his friends and was imprisoned in the police station.
On one side is Carla, who is about to be sent away, and on the other side is the bright light that is locked up, at this time, is it important to save the dog, or is the son's matter important?
The second brother is caught in a dilemma, where is the choice of the road, it is simply a headache of philosophical problems...
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"Carla is a Dog" has a very strong sense of reality, the director Lu Xuechang's drunken intention is not to drink, ostensibly circling around a dog, but in fact it has nothing to do with dogs, but a fable about the life of people and society.
As a member of the sixth generation of directors, Lu Xuechang continues the general attention of the sixth generation to small people, and reflects our familiar and unfamiliar social reality in these small roles that are not welcomed by society.
For a long time, many people have a misunderstanding of the sixth generation of directors: why do they leave so many beautiful things to go, and they have to look at the bad and bad side of society, is this not smearing China?
But we have seen those good and hopeful things in too many movies, and we have seen too much positive energy, but life is not only sunny, but also has shadowy areas that the sun can't shine.
This is the composition of the real world: there are good and ugly, there are birds and flowers, and there are bad smells.
As Lu Xuechang said, what Chinese films have always lacked is truth.
Therefore, in "Carla is a Dog", we see the indifference and aggressiveness of the police in law enforcement, and we also see the police sticking to the principle and resolutely rejecting the "bribe" of the second brother.
We're also seeing the rapid development of modern societies, but there are also ruins that are about to be demolished and the black market trade in which pets are bought and sold hidden in them.
This is the society in which we live, a real but extremely complex society.
Why, after watching the movie, some people will sigh that "people are not as good as dogs"?
Because the dog can wag its tail and obey, it can get the owner's favor, and the second brother is also self-deprecating, mixed for a lifetime, and is not as smart as a dog.
But in this unpredictable society, even if people do small volts and desperately try to please people, they may not be able to make a difference.
In the film, Ge You's interpretation of small people can be called a god, such as the scene of eating cucumbers, and the smoking shot in Wang Baoqiang's "Mr. Tree" circulating on the Internet, the same work, or even better, are the bloody bitterness of small people.
Everyone can find the shadow they once had.
ay! Life is not easy, but we still straighten our waists and live well
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Ah Zhi
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