Introduction: The growth of a child is placed in the framework of family life, and what is most needed is the warmth of family. When parents only give their children pure material satisfaction and ignore the most basic care and care, then the children will treat the family with rebellion to a large extent. Whether it is family affection or friendship, spiritual communication between people is very important, and subtleties reflect special emotional connections. The Singaporean film "Parents Are Not Home", which was released during the Cannes International Film Festival on May 19, 2013, tells an ordinary family story to show the bitterness behind a depressed middle-class family under the background of the financial crisis. It breaks through the shackles of the times and cultural barriers, makes people feel a strong warmth and human touch, and reflects the delicate and common features of Chinese culture. The content of the
story is not new, but the plot is simple and true, telling the daily life of ordinary people in the economic environment. By paying attention to a family in trouble through a delicate bottom perspective, you can experience the warmth and coldness of human feelings under the hardship of life. The financial crisis that swept across Asia at the end of the last century is the background of the story. The family's individual living conditions under the family crisis have joined a special feeling of master and servant after the arrival of the Filipino servant.
does not have the old routine of deliberately selling jokes in Singaporean movies, but it portrays rare middle-class family themes so calmly and solidly. It has both the sharp problems of describing the cruel reality and the delicate and sensitive moving parts. Judging from the emotional thread running through the beginning and the end of the film, it is plain and sincere, restrained and warm.
Singaporean director Chen Zheyi personally polished the script and reflected his directing sincerity in the audience's praise. The small story brings a big touch, and the narrative technique that shows the true feelings in the details is very similar to the style of the directors of Li An and Yang Dechang. It is this simple and simple sense of rhythm that makes it easy for the audience to integrate into the plot and have some thoughts. The movie
is quite successful. After the film was released in Singapore that year, it performed well and won the third place in the box office of the year with S$900,000. In terms of awards, not only won the 50th Golden Horse Awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best New Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Feature Film, but also won many awards at major international film festivals such as Cannes and London.
Everyone has a growth story of their own, but behind the family life is endless helplessness and bitterness, learning to grow in difficult situations, this is also the theme of this film.
The respective problems of the four members of a family, the relationship between mother and child and the relationship between master and servant under the family crisis, are close to reality and give people reflection.
This movie rooted in family relationships and conflicts is very delicate in emotional expression. The director's character image The shaping of the movie and the actors' precise control over the characters make this movie simple but introspective, especially in the plot setting, it is very good in detail and emotional display.
A wealthy family close to the middle class has two emotional states with completely different identities and statuses. One is the family relationship between father, mother and son, where blood is thicker than water, and the other is the employment relationship between son and maid based on money. However, the little boy likes maids more than his parents, and friendship more than family. Where is the crux of the problem? The crisis of the family
began with that special background, and many families under the financial turmoil were struggling to tide over the difficulties. The story of a maid and a family reflects the mark of an era. Under such circumstances, the financial anxiety of the parents has replaced the lack of affection for the son, and the care and love of the maid fills this gap.
Therefore, contradictions are inevitable, and the collision between family affection and master-servant affection has become the core content of the movie. The lonely boy and the troubled parents are separated by affectionate love. Through the perspective of the little boy, it focuses on expressing the difficult friendship between master and servant, giving the audience a truly unforgettable movie-watching experience. Being close to real life is worthy of taste, and the absence of family affection makes people reflect.
A family, a profession, a phenomenon, a special group behind the characters, alluding to a person’s growth plight and family estrangement
The little boy Jia Le played by Xu Jiale is the key role in this film to witness love and growth. He has an emotional bond of family love and master-servant friendship. With good family conditions, he lacks the company of his parents, and he has no worries about food and clothing. He brushes his own sense of existence through mischief at school. The lack of fatherly love and maternal love makes his character do whatever he wants, completely disregarding the feelings of others.
Jiale represents the growth processAmong the special group of rebellious teenagers who lack parental care, they go to school unintentionally and are playful and mischievous. At home, they are very repulsive of the maid invited to take care of him, and often use various small methods to bully him. The incompleteness of his childhood life left him with defects in his personality, and he based his happiness on playing with others.
Angelie Bayani plays Terry as a Filipino maid in the movie. This is a very common profession. She uses her own labor in exchange for compensation to support her family. Being kind, diligent and considerate have become the labels of their professionalism. It is because of her love for Jiale that she has become the most dramatic character in the film.
Terry represents the ordinary people at the bottom of society who are struggling to survive in society. In order to support their families, they have to be sent to others, treat other people's homes as their own, and take care of the daily necessities of the employer's family. The relationship between the boy and the maid, from the initial hostility to the last reluctance, shows that they are kind and conscientious in their professions.
Yang Yanyan's mother, Hui Ling, is an ordinary employee in the factory. In order to give the family a stable income, she still insists on going to work while pregnant. At the same time, she has to take care of the family as well. This dual role makes her exhausted. Under the raging crisis of layoffs, she had to carefully keep her job, ignoring the child's feelings. The role of
Hui Ling represents a very contradictory group in modern society. A trade-off must be made between housewives and professionals, rather than both. On the one hand, her son’s disobedience, and on the other hand, she is busy at work. She is also the main role leading to the absence of family relationships.
Chen Tianwen's father, Ade, is the pillar of the family, but he is a sad character in the film. Originally, the economic environment was not good, the job was lost, the house leaks even night rains, and the stocks were losing money, but he dared not tell his family about this, so he had to work as a temporary worker and part-time to make ends meet.
Chen Tianwen represents the middle-aged men who support the family, the most pressured group in society. Whether it's a busy mother Hui Ling or Chen Tianwen who is on the verge of unemployment, Jia Le is given simple material satisfaction, in exchange for a quiet family estrangement, which also makes Jia Le face an awkward growth dilemma. Whether it's family, career, or growth, it shows a problem.
The film sees the big from the small, and from the perspective of an ordinary family, it focuses on family education, family relationship and master-servant friendship, and integrates the true feelings and touches
An ordinary family with fairly good economic conditions, but struggling to support under the influence of the economic crisis , Parents’ anxiety, children’s mischief, and maid’s considerateness constitute a delicate relationship. As parents running for the family, the children feel the maternal love of the maids, which is also an insinuation.
From the tense confrontation at the beginning to the indifferent later, this kind of master-servant friendship that transcends family affection is naturally warming, but it reflects the child’s desire for the company of parents, which can give people an intuitive feeling, urgent and urgent. real.
Of course, the family relationship that blood is thicker than water cannot be changed from the moment the child is born, but the warmth of family affection cannot be felt during the child's growth, which involves family education.
lacks discipline for children for a long time, which not only allows children to form a rebellious character, but also makes family relationships tense. Parents’ distrust of maids can be seen in many scenes, but, in reality, they still rely on maids to take care of their lives instead of family education. The portrayal of the master-servant friendship in the movie
is very impressive. The family has dinner, the father's contemplation, the mother's different eyes, and the boy and the maid talking and laughing, which are impressive. Accompanied by the closer relationship between master and servant, it has brought about an increasingly tense family relationship. The ending of the
movie is not reversible dramatization. The separation of the boy and the maid becomes the finishing touch of the movie. Even if the children are taken care of and cared for, they still have to return to the framework of family affection in order to grow up healthily. The lack of affection deserves reflection.
The practical significance of family companionship: No matter how hard it is, no matter how busy it is, parents should put the most direct care for their children in the first place.
A family’s life pattern is relatively fixed. Under the current national conditions, family members play their own roles. Role, male lead outside, female lead inside. The father ran for a living, earning money to support his family; the mother took care of the housework and was responsible for the education and care of the children.
In this case, there is no lack of family affectionYes, the child’s emotional world will not become paranoid because of lack of care. The
home is a warm place to provide family companionship. All the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys are reflected in the daily relationship of family members. Although the pressure from all sides is very high now, the family love and care for children cannot be ignored.
Take time, find the right opportunity, accompany your lover, bring your children, and enjoy this rare leisure time together. While letting children feel the warmth of family, learn to be grateful to their parents, taste the difficulties of life and understand the principles of dealing with others. The
movie "Parents Are Not Home" portrays the changes of an ordinary family with tender brushstrokes, eliciting the warmth between the little boy and the maid through the anxiety and anxiety of parents under the financial crisis. Behind the bitterness of the family, the boy learned respect, restraint, and self-confidence in getting along with the maid, gained love and growth, gave people a strong sense of substitution, and had a positive social significance.
