"Thief Family" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the director and screenwriter of the novel of the same name is Hirokazu Kore-eda, and the novel has a rating of 8.6 on Douban, and there are many details that are not described in the film. "Thief Family" tells the story of the Shibata family, the family profession is a thief, they not only steal things, but also steal a lot of people, spelling together a family.
The thief family is considered to be three generations of the same family, "grandma" Hatsue, when she was young, her husband cheated on another family, Hatsue raised her son alone, but after her son got married, she was abandoned again, living alone in a bungalow and living on a pension.
The "father" Aji and "mother" Shinshiro in the thief family, who were originally fugitives from a fixed place, saw Hatsue living alone and lonely, and each had a plan to live in Hatsue's house. Nobuyoshi works in the laundry, and Aji occasionally does odd jobs, mainly as a thief.
"Sister" Yaji, who ran away from home because her parents were partial to her sister, met grandma Hatsue on the train and went home with her grandma. Yaji is not a thief, she works in a custom shop.
"Brother" Shota is a child who Ah Zhi "stole" by breaking the car window. He didn't go to school, and went to the supermarket with Aji to steal some daily necessities and food to supplement the family.
In the "sister" tree, it is Aji who picked up the 5-year-old girl who went home and Shinshiro let her stay. There was a mother and a stepfather in the original family in the tree, and the stepfather often beat the mother, and the mother hit the tree. Aji saw the dirty tree at the door and carried her home. When Nobuyoshi was sending the tree home, Nobuyoshi heard the mother in the tree arguing, and she heard what her mother used to say when she was a child, "I didn't want to give birth to it myself."
Hearing these words, Nobuyo seemed to see herself scarred when she was a child, so Nobuyoshi decided to leave the tree behind, and she wanted to protect the tree.
Grandma Hatsue and Aki in the Thief Family movie
This improvised patchwork family, without any blood ties, everyone has a secret in their hearts. Yaji's father is the child of Hatsue's husband and other women, and Hatsuki took Yaji in because he wanted them to taste the taste of being taken away from his relatives. Yaji works at a custom shop and uses the name of his sister Sha Xiang.
When Nobuyoshi was abused by his mother when he was a child, and was abused by her husband after marriage, Nobuyoshi and Aji killed her husband together, and when they fled, they met Hatsue, so they changed their names to Ashi and Shindai, which is the name of Hatsue's own son and daughter-in-law. On the surface it seems like a harmonious family.
The break of harmony is that Xiang Tai and Shu Li go to the supermarket to steal things, in order not to let Shu Li be caught, Xiang Tai deliberately exposed himself, the police arrested Xiang Tai, and the peaceful life of the thief family was completely broken.
Shota is sent to an orphanage, Shinshiro bears all the evidence of the crime, Shuri returns to his home, and the thief family completely disintegrates.
This kind of fate is the best ending for the thief family, Anda does not have to steal any more things, and can go to school in the light of day. Aji and Aji are both adults, and they should have faced their problems squarely. Grandma has also died safely in the company of the whole family, and although Nobuyoshi suffers from imprisonment, he is also to protect the love of his heart. The only thing that worries people is the 5-year-old tree.
Shota, who works with her father Aji
The tree was unhappy in the original home, full of bruises and bruises, and there were traces of burns. She played on the balcony with trepidation every day, her world consisting only of loneliness and the occasional soft whisper of her mother, plus punches and kicks.
There were happy memories in the tree, when she lived with her grandmother, and her favorite gluten was the memory with her grandmother.
Her second happy time was probably in the thief family, when she changed her name to Rin, in the home of Hatsue's grandmother, Shindai's mother, and Xiang's brother.
Her first grandmother, like all the grandmothers around us who love to use folk remedies, treats all diseases with Mansoureton and wets the bed in the tree with table salt.
Her Shindai mother, in order to keep her from the hurt home, lost her job, burned the clothes she had bought by her mother with her, and held her tightly in her arms.
Her brother Xiang did not want her to become a thief, so in order not to let her be caught, he stole things with great fanfare and sent himself to the police.
Brother Xiang and sister in the tree
This time gave the 5-year-old shuri love memories and made her heart have a home. After the thief family left, she returned to her original home. Everything is the same, and the tree feels like going to a friend's house. Mom threw away her clothes and shoes, but she couldn't take away her bottle full of treasures, which she held tightly in her arms and refused to let go of anyway.
Inside the bottle is a shell that the thief family went to the beach to play with, and when you open the bottle, you can smell the sea, and the smell of the sea is also the smell of home in the heart of the tree.
The rest of the people in "Thief Family" end up like relief, except in the trees, where people can't breathe. The tree never said bad things about her mother, even if her mother beat her and scolded her, she was always defending her mother, saying that her mother was very kind to her and buying her clothes.
Shota's worry is also our concern, whether it is because no matter how cruel the treatment is, they are not willing to say bad things about their mother to others, or they are unwilling to admit that they are not loved. Defending those who hurt themselves cannot live strongly.
The small body in the tree has endured too much pain that should not be endured, but she still treats others with a kind heart. Worried that Xiang was sitting in the doorway too cold, she stroked the scars on Nobuyo's body, even though she was still scarred. She would even stroke the scars on her mother's face, even though she would beat her and violently drive her away.
It was also the kindness in the tree that made Nobuyoshi begin to doubt herself, and she had always thought that a child like her who had to be born should be full of malice and twisted personality, which was the fault of her mother. The tree that has the same experience as her remains kind, and her malice toward the world comes from herself.
Shinshiro cut the hair in the tree and burned the clothes in the tree
Everything Nobuyoshi does to the tree is actually soothing his childhood self. If someone had hugged her at that time, someone had been nicer to her, and better, she wouldn't have loved the useless Aji with all her heart. The only shining point in her mind was that he wouldn't hit her, that's all.
Nobuyo wants to be a good mother, so she tells Shuri that it is a lie to love you before hitting you. If you love you, you should hold you. Nobuyoshi wanted to give happiness to the tree, but she herself didn't know what happiness looked like, and her love for the tree seemed so pale and powerless.
Does the 5-year-old Shinshiro have the same kindness as the tree, and the 5-year-old tree will grow up to become the second Shindai and be full of malice toward the world? Kore-eda didn't give an answer, but I sincerely hoped that The Tree could be happier than Shinshiro.
The childhood in the tree, although very bitter, finally has some happy memories. Her precious bottle gives her more courage, and her kindness can inspire Shinshiro and inspire herself. One day she will grow up, the scars of her childhood may not be healed, and the good memories she has may make her kind to herself and become a weapon for her to become stronger.
Finally, the article ends with the number song in the Shindai tree, "1, 2, 3 climb the mountain, 4, 5, 6 somersaults, 7, 8, 9 balls, 10 fingers..." Although only 10 was learned in the tree, this digital song will also become a warm memory in the tree.
As Hirokazu Kore-eda wrote on the cover of the novel, what we steal is bondage. The stolen home also has a temperature, sincere emotions, to illuminate the way home.