Would you gamble everything for your dreams?
Maybe a lot of people won't, but this girl will.
Her name is Maggie and she works as a waitress in a restaurant. On this day, the guest ate the remaining half of the steak, she wanted to secretly pack it away, but happened to be bumped into by the guest, she said with some embarrassment, this is to pick it up and feed it to the dog.
It was a bit awkward, but she was content to save money for a dinner. She struggled to save money and wanted to buy a pear ball for boxing because her dream was to become a boxer.
The movie is called "Million Dollar Baby", one of my most cherished films, it tells the story of a low-level girl who gambled everything to chase her boxing dreams, and won four Oscars that year, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress.
On this day, Maggie practiced alone in the boxing gym in front of the sandbag, and it was obvious that she was a little white who had never been trained.
He was the boxing coach daddy, facing such a rookie, he was very annoyed, just want to quickly blow her away, he said to Maggie, you are too old, Maggie said I am only 31 years old, not too old.
Dad continued to pour cold water and said, have you ever seen someone start learning ballet at the age of 31? With that said, Maggie bowed her head in frustration.
I thought Maggie would back down, but she didn't. She continued training and begged Daddy to guide her, but Daddy poured cold water again and said, "I never train women."
The old father was stubborn and withdrawn, and his daughter left him because of this, and he often wrote letters to her daughter, but never received a reply.
All these years, Dad has been training a black boxer and counting on him to reach championships.
Unexpectedly, the apprentice abandoned him and ran to other brokers.
Not long after, Dad saw the news that the apprentice had won the championship on TV. He was very miserable, it was he who was overprotective of his apprentice and did not let him play the championship game for a long time, which caused the apprentice to leave him.
Maggie would practice late in the boxing gym every day, and on this day he was bumped into by his father, and he wanted to pour cold water on her, but he didn't know that today was Maggie's birthday. Maggie says:
"Playing this pear ball for more than a month, there is no progress at all. Another reality is that my brother is in prison and my sister is pretending that one of her children is still alive and cheating out welfare payments. My dad died and my mom weighed 312 pounds. If I'm still sane, I should go home, find a second-hand gym, buy a fryer, and have a little sandwich cookie. The thing is, it's the only thing I enjoy doing. ”
Impressed by Maggie's determination, Dad finally agreed to teach him boxing. From the next day, Dad began to give Maggie a professional guidance, poured out his heart, Maggie also redoubled her efforts, although she is 32 years old, but she gambled everything, relying on the incomparable obsession with boxing, relying on almost perverted diligence, she progressed rapidly.
A few months later Maggie wanted to try her hand at playing, but Daddy, fearing that Maggie would fail, found her another agent.
Maggie, who had no combat experience, was beaten badly.
The old man who was watching the battle in the audience really couldn't stand it, and went up to give Maggie a few words of guidance,
Soon she won the game.
In the break room, Maggie asked: How am I playing? Daddy says you played well, but Maggie said, but you let me down, you abandoned me and gave me to someone else. Will you still give up on me? Dad replied, never.
Since then, Papa has stepped out of the shadows and let Maggie go to the game.
Under the guidance of her father, Maggie was invincible all the way, although she was older, but her explosive power was super strong, almost every game was ko opponent in the first round, and soon she beat all the lightweight players.
Papa decided to get Maggie to the middleweights, and the first opponent was very strong, Maggie was broken by a punch, and the blood flowed.
Daddy wanted to give up the game to protect her, but Maggie insisted on playing, she said I've seen your skills, if you can help me straighten the bridge of the nose, I can win the game.
Dad did so, and he professionally helped Maggie straighten the bridge of her nose.
He said you only have 20 seconds to go before your nose turns into a fountain.
Maggie returned to the game and defeated her opponent with a furious punch, and she won.
Maggie quickly adapted to this level of competition, winning consecutive victories and growing fame, and Papa gave Maggie a green robe with the Gallic word "Mokushler" printed on the back.
Since then, "Mokushler" has become Maggie's code name, she has played all over Europe, no one is her opponent, the name "Mokushler" resounded throughout the boxing world, and every time the audience would frantically shout "Mokushler".
But Papa never told Maggie what the word meant.
Soon, Maggie was ready to challenge the champion, and she began to make money. The first thing that came to her mind was to buy a house for her mother and sister.
But her mother was not happy, she was worried that if she was found to have real estate, the government would stop their welfare, complained about why Maggie did not directly give money, and said that a girl boxing, being seen as a joke, it is best to find someone to marry and live a normal life.
Maggie was devastated and without a word, she thought of her dead father, who she thought might be the only person who could understand and support her if he were still alive.
Fortunately, Dad has always been with her, just like her father. And Maggie has long been a daughter-like existence for her father.
The invitation to the championship came, and Maggie's opponent this time was the middleweight world champion, a boxer nicknamed "Blue Bear", who was known for her dirty and fierce play.
Before going on, Dad said, if you can win the game, I will tell you what "Mokushler" means.
At the beginning of the game, the strength of the two sides is comparable, but Maggie's physical strength can not keep up, in order to win must end the battle as soon as possible, Daddy instructed Maggie to fight the thigh nerves of "Blue Bear", the method really worked, Maggie had the upper hand.
Not surprisingly, the next round will win the game, and after this round, Maggie turns around and walks back to the corner, just at this time, she is attacked by the "Blue Bear".
This 32-year-old female boxer, from the humble restaurant waiter all the way to the counterattack, into the middleweight boxing championship, looking like she was about to win the championship, but fell at a critical moment, she broke her spine, completely paralyzed from the neck down.
Dad traveled to almost all the hospitals in the United States and got desperate answers. Dad was so heartbroken that he blamed himself for not teaching her to punch, let alone sending her to the boxing ring. Maggie said that she had not protected herself.
A few months later, her family arrived, and they wanted Maggie to sign the contract, leaving them all the money she had saved from working in the restaurant and boxing over the years.
Maggie was paralyzed from the neck down and unable to sign, but her sister said that she could bite the pen in her mouth to sign, and Maggie was cold and told them to roll.
Because the wound could not heal and the area of infection expanded, doctors had to amputate one of Maggie's legs. This means that even if a medical miracle happens, she will never be able to stand on the boxing field again.
She asked Dad, what exactly does "Mokushler" mean?
Dad said, you lost the game, so I won't tell you.
Maggie smiled and said, you remind me of my dad. Please, one thing, help me unplug the oxygen tube.
Papa looked at Maggie, his heart dripping blood.
Maggie said that when I was born, I was only a little more than a kilogram, and my father always said that I had worked hard into this world. Before I punched, I was just a restaurant waiter with nothing but courage. Thank you for showing me the whole world, I never dreamed that I could still be in a magazine, I got what I deserved, I didn't want to lie here, I didn't want to hear people cheering.
Maggie wanted to bite her tongue and kill herself, but after the doctor sealed the wound for him, she bit it again, and the doctor could only keep injecting her with sedatives. On this day, Dad made up his mind, he took the adrenaline and walked to Maggie's hospital room, where he finally planned to explain Mokushner's meaning to Maggie.
Mokushner means: My beloved, my flesh and blood
With that, Daddy gently pulled out Maggie's oxygen tube and kissed her on the cheek.
Maggie was crying
Maggie is crying, she comes from a poor town, her father died early, the family is a white-eyed wolf, she works in the restaurant, picking up leftovers that guests have eaten, busy, sneaking and stealing, life can not see half a hope. That distant boxing dream, she had ten thousand reasons to give up, but she chose to indulge in burning. Even if it ends in tragedy, so what?
This movie, no matter how many times I watch it, I will burst into tears.
It has accompanied me through countless gray days, when I encounter setbacks, when I doubt life, when I am hurt by others, when I deny myself, it encourages me again and again to face reality, to meet battles, to win back life. Hopefully, this movie will bring you the same power! Pay attention to Uncle Running, meet up with good movies, and bye-bye!