Author: Sasha
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Sasha watches episode 55 of the movie series
Sasha's Latin American Film Tour, Bombshells from Episode 4 Wild Tales.
This is an Argentine film made up of 6 short stories that are not related to each other. The theme of these 6 short stories is revenge, but in different forms.
Today we look at the 4th little story, the little bombshell.
The male protagonist engineer is an explosion expert, engaged in civilian explosives work, very skilled.
The job is highly technical, and there can be no negligence or deviation, and the consequences are unimaginable.
Engineers have worked for more than ten years and have developed a rigorous, meticulous and even rigid professional spirit.
Naturally, he himself is this kind of character, and will insist on the truth he believes.
With strong professional ability, the engineer works in a well-known company, has a high income, has a stable life, and belongs to the senior white-collar class in Argentina.
He was about 40 years old and had an only daughter, about 10 years old.
Engineers have been married for many years and the wife is an independent professional woman.
The engineer's temper is somewhat grumpy, and his personality is more rigid and stubborn. He is not accustomed to many irrational and unfair phenomena in Argentine society and constantly complains.
Engineers believe that the Argentine government is corrupt and inefficient, leading to many social problems.
The wife is more pragmatic, believing that society will not change because of the complaints of a few people. Husbands should learn to give up complaining and accept seemingly irrational realities.
The stubborn engineer does not listen to his wife, and the two are increasingly at odds, and their relationship is close to rupture.
It was the birthday of her precious daughter, and the wife called her husband to ask her. Let him be sure to go to the cake shop early and bring the birthday cake back on time. There will be a birthday party at home, and many relatives and friends will come.
This cake shop is in the old town of Buenos Aires, there is no parking lot, and everyone parks their cars on the side of the road. The engineer stopped the car and got out of the car to get the cake. Less than 10 minutes before and after, when the engineer came out with the cake, he found that the car was missing.
A notice of fines for violations was posted on the ground and the car was towed away.
Originally, this was a government-designated area where parking was prohibited.
The engineer was annoyed and thought it was wrong.
On the ground where he parked, there were no no-stop signs painted. It is a tradition in Argentina that vehicles can be parked on the side of the road as long as there is no clear stop sign on the road.
In desperation, the engineer carried the cake and took a taxi to the government processing center of the trailer factory.
He was received by a government clerk! The clerk was polite on the surface, telling the engineer that if he wanted to get the car back, he would have to pay the tow fee and fine. If the engineer is dissatisfied, he can go to the city's traffic ruling to complain.
The engineer was annoyed and defended himself that there was no sign where he parked, which was not a violation of parking. I won't pay for it, and I need the government to apologize and pay for the taxi to come here. Hearing the engineer say this, the clerk couldn't help but laugh, thinking that he was talking strangely.
Obviously, the requirements of the engineer are absolutely impossible to achieve.
The choice given to him by the government is either to refuse to pay the money, the car can not be returned, but also to continue to pay the parking fee; or to obediently pay the money to get the car back, and then appeal afterwards to seek justice.
Since her daughter still had her birthday at night, the engineer had to give in temporarily and pay to get the car back.
However, the engineer also complained that the government employees were bandits.
The clerk said he was just doing a job.
The engineer said that the people who worked for the bandits were also bandits. He also ridiculed the clerks as slaves to a corrupt government. Because the fine had already arrived, the staff did not bother with the engineer.
I got the car, but it was time to leave work, and the street began to be stuck in traffic.
The engineer is desperately speeding up the drive home, the daughter's birthday party is over, and the guests are leaving. Didn't see the birthday cake, the daughter thought it was dad didn't care about her and was very sad.
Relatives and friends also left silently, apparently thinking that the engineer was an incompetent father.
The engineer felt guilty and could not defend himself in front of his daughter, and was later eaten by his wife.
Wives think that their husbands have not been able to change themselves for so many years, and adapting to this society, even if there are many problems, is itself a big problem. The wife could not bear it, and finally decided to divorce, the engineer was firmly opposed, and the two started a divorce lawsuit.
The engineer believes that the reason why the family has done this is because his car has been dragged away for no reason.
So the engineer ran to the traffic tribunal in a menacing manner, ready to appeal.
Unexpectedly, during the queue, an old man told him that the appeal was useless.
The trailer company has a contract with the government, and the fines received are divided according to the proportion.
Therefore, the government deliberately does not paint signs on some streets where parking is prohibited, the purpose is to let the towing company to tow away the car, taking the opportunity to get a large number of fines.
And the trailer company will also privately give the city councilors, that is, the representatives of the masses of the people, some additional benefits, so that they do not change the law in this regard.
In the final analysis, Argentine society is relatively corrupt, forming a chain of interests that combines government and business, and plundering ordinary citizens by trailers.
According to the existing law, the appeal of the public will never be successful, it is just a formality.
Sure enough, the staff of the Traffic Tribunal was still in a good attitude, but he was not polite in his speech.
The clerk believes that the engineer's violation of the parking is a fact, of course, and a fine is required, which is in line with the law.
The engineer argued that there was no no-stop sign at his parking site, and that it was impossible for the people to know that it was illegal. Ordinary people can't always memorize all the forbidden areas in the city by rote. Buenos Aires is a very large city with a population of more than 10 million, and no one can remember all the no-go areas.
The staff said that the current law is like this, breaking the law is breaking the law, and you can't justify not knowing it. For example, if you kill someone and say that you don't know that you are guilty of murder, you will also go to jail.
The two sides talked stiffly in three words.
Because the profession spoke strongly, the engineer began to get angry and wanted to see the staff's superior.
However, the clerk went so far as to say that he had no boss. In other words, the words of the staff are the final conclusion.
The engineer was furious, thinking it was a blatant tease, and couldn't help but scold. You don't have a boss? Are you fucking president? ”
Seeing that the engineer was not inferior, the clerk quickly changed his face and called on the security guards to forcibly drag him away.
Seeing that the other party was going to use force, the engineer completely lost control, grabbed a fire extinguisher on the ground, and smashed the glass in front of the staff.
Subsequently, the engineer was pushed to the ground by a strong security guard and later arrested by the police.
The onlookers cheered on the engineer's actions.
Just smashing a piece of glass and not hurting anyone, the engineer was released after a few days in detention.
Unexpectedly, unfortunate things appeared one after another.
Argentina is a democracy and the media is free and not regulated by the State. Many media outlets have published incidents of engineers smashing the glass of the traffic ruling house, attacking the absurd policies of the city government.
As a result, the engineer became a celebrity in the city overnight.
His boss was furious because the company's biggest customer was the city government. In the end, engineers lost the high-paying job they had been doing for more than 10 years.
And that's not all.
The engineer was fighting a divorce lawsuit, and his wife's female lawyer was smart enough to use it as a breakthrough.
In the face of the judge, the female lawyer demanded full custody of her daughter and insisted on divorce.
The female lawyer's argument is also very reasonable, the engineer has lost her job, has no ability to raise children, and has a serious violent tendency, which will have a very bad impact on children.
Even the female judge knew about the engineer's smashing, and even nodded in agreement with the female lawyer's point of view, and it was obvious that the case was lost.
Although the engineer did not want to lose his wife and daughter, he had no choice at this time.
Because the other party's evidence was conclusive, the engineer's lawyer was dumbfounded and could not be refuted. The engineer couldn't help but lash out at him, are you the lawyer my wife hired?
Before leaving, the female lawyer also seriously advised the engineer to see a psychologist, and everyone thought he was sick.
Naturally, things will take a turn for the better.
If engineers can quickly find jobs and prove that they are capable of supporting, they may be able to get their wives to give up divorce. Taking a step back, even if it is eventually divorced, the engineer can get some custody of the daughter.
Therefore, engineers spare no effort to shuttle through similar companies in the city, looking for employment positions. In the eyes of engineers, their technology is the best in the industry, and with more than a decade of experience, it is not difficult to find a job.
Unexpectedly, this incident has long been spread in the industry. All the demolition companies were reluctant to hire engineers who were enemies of the government.
This is over, and the last bit of hope is gone.
Just when the engineer was sad, angry, and lost the meaning of life, he was surprised to find that his car was gone again.
Also parked in a place with no stop signs, a trailer quickly towed the car away.
After a series of blows, the engineer decided that the legal route was ineffective and decided to use his own means to retaliate against the government that suppressed him.
He carefully measured the yield and loaded a time bomb in the trunk of the car. He then parked the car where it had been first towed away. Not long after, sure enough, a trailer came.
The trailer had just put his car in the parking lot when the bomb exploded. The engineers were very skilled, and the explosion only frightened everyone, but did not kill or injure a person, like a cannonball.
Even so, the explosion shocked the city.
Soon, the engineer was arrested and the government identified it as a terrorist attack.
Interestingly, the citizens were very supportive of the engineer and gave him a kind nickname "Small Bomb".
Many citizens believe that a corrupt government will inevitably lead to retaliatory attacks.
The government blocked all the legal ways to solve the problem of the bomblet, and he took the risk and embarrassed the government with his own methods and bankrupted this unreasonable law.
The bombshell could have killed many people, but he just wanted to express his displeasure through a matter of no casualties.
In an instant, the bomblet became a hero of the people.
Even in the prisons where gangsters and gangsters are rampant, the bombshell is a highly respected figure. The wife and daughter finally understood the engineer's behavior and considered him a good father and a good man.
With the permission of the prison authorities, the wife and daughter brought a cake and celebrated the engineer's birthday.
In the birthday songs of many tattooed men and prison guards, the engineer took the cake with the trailer toy and hugged his daughter and wife deeply.
Anyway, the family got along, and the engineer finally got the happiness he wanted.
Unlike the previous 3 episodes aimed at individual revenge, this episode of Bomblet is a revenge against a corrupt government.
Clear-eyed people watch this episode, and most of them will smile heartily. Fishing trailers are just a means of enrichment in collusion between officials and businessmen, not for urban transportation.
If it's really traffic, why not put a stop-and-go sign on the ground? It's a matter of raising your hand.
It is because the fines will be divided and taken away, the towing company will frantically tow the trucks, and the government employees will be responsible for dealing with these angry car owners.
The law is on the side of the city government, they also have security guards and police, ordinary citizens, whether they come soft or hard, will not have good results.
The bomblets, like all good people, did not begin to use violence indiscriminately.
He went through all the legal avenues of appeal, and was humiliated without any results, before he smashed the glass out of control.
Then, what awaited him was a result that was a hundred times worse than the fine, and almost ruined his life.
At such a time, the bomber is not willing to swallow this breath, and the bomb is installed in a private way to retaliate against the government, that is, it is in line with his logic.
The bomblet still retains the basic human nature, does not hurt people, just simply vents anger.
Naturally, most people will not choose like a small bomb, but will swallow their anger and accept reality like their wives.
But in the end, there will be people like small bombs, and their means of countering violence with violence will often be supported by many people.
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