"The Reader" is destined to be a film that has haunted the heart for many years and cannot be forgotten. I have watched the movie twice, read the original work once, but the doubts in my heart seem to be accumulating more and more, even if I look at multiple film reviews, there is still no solution, and it may be necessary to spend a lifetime to ask questions.
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The illiterate Hannah persisted in hiding secrets for a lifetime
After years of running with Kate Winslet, Kate Winslet finally won an Oscar for "The Reader". Play a woman who is willing to sacrifice everything for secrets in the play, and is firm and persistent! Humiliated by being illiterate, Hannah loses her lover, her freedom, and even her life to keep her secret.
When 15-year-old Mike fell in love with Hannah, 36, they enjoyed lust despite the world, he read aloud for her, she sometimes laughed, sometimes lay in his arms and cried bitterly. But the good times faded with Hannah's absence. Years later, Mike learned that Hannah was reluctant to be promoted to a clerical position and left.
It wasn't until 8 years later, as a law student, that Mike saw Hannah, the defendant, on the trial bench, who had been accused of survivors as one of the Nazi SS during World War II. The other five SS conspired to falsely accuse Hannah of being the main culprit, and Hannah was sentenced to life in prison and deprived of her freedom for concealing illiteracy secrets and forbid her handwriting.
Another 20 years later, Hannah is released early for her good performance in prison, and Mike visits as the only person associated with Hannah. During her years in prison, Hannah learned to read and read through the reading tapes Mike sent her, and sent Mike several brief letters, but did not receive a reply. And this short meeting, let Hannah go to the end of the road, the loss of love, the unforgivable sin, Hannah hanged herself in prison with her favorite book.
The stronger Hannah's yearning for the good things of the cultural world, the stronger her loathing and fear of her illiterate identity, which led her to a path of preservation and pursuit of dignity almost madly, lying, abandoning her job and the people who loved her. This traumatic dignity has run through Hannah's life, and sometimes you will hate the insensitive indifference of this woman as a tool of Nazi killing, and sometimes you will behead this woman for losing the opportunity to be born again many times in order to keep her secret.
Affected the love that Mike could not tell in his life
As the classic line in "A Tree of Pear Blossoms Presses Begonias" "Lolita, the light of my life, the fire of my desires." My sin, my soul. Hannah, 36, lit up the 15-year-old Mike, making the frail Mike radiant in lust, more confident and charming.
Mike, who has just opened his heart, is sincere and happy in this unrequited love, he will silently watch Hannah at work, will take Hannah to the countryside for the outside world, and will abandon the birthday party prepared for him by his classmates for Hannah.
Although Mike has suffered a lot of grievances in this unequal love, he still firmly believes that their love is pure and simple, until Hannah does not end up, which makes Mike sad and disappointed.
Eight years later, Mike in the trial bench was in tears, and when everyone accused Hannah, only he was upset with Hannah. Hannah is also a victim of history, but for the sake of his own future, he still did not sue the judge on the important evidence that Hannah was illiterate, so that Hannah could mitigate the crime. Life goes on, but loses Hannah's Mike, without any passion.
In order to redeem himself and Hannah, Mike reads aloud to Hannah again, so that Hannah in prison can be comforted, and when he relives the past time over and over again, he understands that Mike's love has never disappeared!
However, the cowardly Mike still meets in prison many years later, and does not dare to reveal his heart, and regrets after losing his love. In fact, Mike has already forgiven Hannah and is looking forward to a new life, but there is no chance!