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At this year's Oscars, to everyone's surprise, "Hearing Girl" won the best picture.
After I watched it, I understood why it could get the best, without the need for a big ups and downs plot, or even no sound, but with the most silent picture to tell a plain and moving story.
It is a good illustration of the role of a family in motivating children to grow up, very simple, but also moving. I would like to recommend this article to everyone, hoping to bring inspiration to everyone.
*The film contains some inappropriate shots for children, so this movie is only recommended for parents to watch, and the viewing method of the film can be obtained by pulling it to the end of the article.
The whole family is deaf and dumb, only she is a "normal person"
Everyone counted on her
The heroine's name is Ruby,
She grew up in a special family,
Her parents and brother are deaf and mute,
She was the only one in the whole family who was a normal person.
Their whole family makes a living from fishing.
Rupee has been a family member since childhood,
As an external communication and translation,
Including negotiations with catch wholesalers after the fishing vessel has docked, etc.,
Because he is deaf and mute,
So the rupee every day at 3 a.m.,
They are all responsible for waking up their father and brother to go out fishing,
All year round, this is true.
Also because the family is deaf and mute,
So Ruby grew up being despised by the school and the people around him.
This makes her not very confident,
No friends,
Classmates at school will even because of it
She went fishing while carrying the fishy smell and laughed at her.
Outside, the catch wholesalers at the docks,
It will also be because their family is deaf and mute
And take advantage of them,
And these rupees just suffered in silence.
The family is not rich,
Mom will argue with Dad over the family's consumption expenses,
Debate over whether to sell the fishing boat or not...
Because he is deaf and mute,
So almost everyone in the family counted on her,
It's up to her to stay on.
Over time,
Rupee came into contact with the choir one day,
Because I am often made fun of,
So much so that in the audition session of her first class,
I ran away before I could sing.
Fortunately, after Ruby calmed down, he found the teacher again,
The teacher also used this to discover her musical talent,
And encourage the rupee to try the best conservatories
--Berklee College of Music,
The music teacher will personally guide the rupee,
But only if
She needs to give this prestigious university
Leave plenty of time to practice and not let the pigeons go.
Before that,
The rupee lives only in school and fishing.
Entrance to university, but also a prestigious university of the arts,
It was something she couldn't even think about.
Like other ordinary families,
Ruby's parents are not textbook enlightened, either.
Because the family is not rich,
And all but rupees are deaf and mute,
naturally
They can't do without the participation of rupees every day.
From fishing to selling your catch,
Then the terminal management side issued the policy,
You need to act as a "simultaneous interpreter".
When the mother heard that her daughter wanted to go to the singing group,
Mom seemed very absent-minded,
And a very inappropriate example is given:
"Do you think blind people like to draw?"
To satirize Ruby's participation in the choir,
For their deaf-mute family,
It's just pointless.
To interview for Berkeley College of Music,
The music teacher has to find time to help the rupee practice pronunciation,
Rupees must arrive on time;
And the fishing situation at the docks is becoming more and more stringent and severe,
And I had to ask the rupee to be there on time,
Otherwise, it may be possible to be taken advantage of by the wholesaler of the catch.
So for the next period of time,
Ruby is busy helping the family catch again,
I have to be busy going to the teacher's house to practice,
Time is clearly not enough,
Between the family and the music teacher,
Rupee chooses the latter,
This caused the rupee to be late several times overdue,
This made the music teacher very angry about her behavior,
She was not allowed to enter the teacher's house again.
Rupee found a music teacher the next day,
and apologize for your actions,
After some communication with the teacher,
She decided to focus on the music preparation,
That night Ruby told his parents about it.
She wants to go to college.
"I can't live with you all my life"
When Rupee told his family about the entrance to the conservatory,
Parents are against it,
They believe that
Now the family has just started the job of wholesale fishing
She is indispensable.
And Rupee retorted:
"I can't live with you all my life.
I've been doing translation all my life.
Exhausted, singing is what I love,
It's all mine..."
After saying that, she ran back into the room.
In the evening, her mom and dad were in bed talking about it,
Mom still firmly believed that she couldn't leave them,
And Dad thinks,
It is a must for a daughter to pursue her hobbies.
The mother thinks that her daughter may not be able to sing,
What to do in case of failure,
After listening to Dad didn't want to talk,
This time
The father wants to be on the side of the daughter.
But the turning point comes,
The next day,
Ruby didn't go fishing with her father and brother.
At this time, the supervisors sent by the environmental protection department also came,
Since there are no rupees,
Caused the Coast Patrol to call out to their fishing boats,
They are busy picking up fish
And did not find that it had been warned by the Coast Guard.
The supervisor reported the situation to law enforcement agencies,
Their fishing licenses were revoked as a result.
Because it involves dangerous driving.
Back home in the evening,
Ruby saw a family of three solemnly gathered together,
and complained that the rupee did not go and led to the revocation of the license,
They blamed Rupee for not going.
Rupee thinks they shouldn't
Blame it on her,
They had a big fight and it didn't work.
At the hearing,
Law enforcement announced that they would be fined $1,000.
And if you still want to fish,
It is necessary to have a person with normal hearing to sail with the ship.
Give up your dreams
At dinner in the evening,
Dad proposed that he sell the fishing boat,
How much can you take.
And the rupee has also changed.
I don't go to the conservatory anymore.
Decided to stay and help the family work.
At this time, my brother was angry,
She thinks her sister shouldn't give up her dreams for this.
And myself and my family
And it's not really that she can't live without her,
After saying that, he walked away angrily.
night
Mom brought a red dress to Ruby's room,
Give it to her, and talk to her,
Speaking of things that her brother was angry about,
Mom explained,
That's because my brother feels he's being excluded.
Everything was centered on the rupee.
Suddenly Rupee asked mom a question,
"Did you ever wish I were deaf and mute?"
Mom answered in the affirmative, but she explained,
She is worried that if her daughter is a normal person, she will be estranged from herself.
Worry about becoming a "bad mom."
The mother also apologized to her daughter,
Talk about a lot of your previous behavior,
It's really easy to drive my daughter crazy,
They reconciled.
The next day, Rupee found his brother,
My brother's anger has not subsided,
He believes that his family actually has the ability to live independently.
It doesn't have to be up to her.
Rupees also can't fish full-time,
Because he knows that Rupee is very musically talented,
Staying down to fish full-time will delay you for a lifetime.
"Though his own deaf-mute,
But we figured it out for ourselves.
Your behavior will make people think I'm stupid,
We're not so helpless.
Before you are born
We're not living well yet".....
The brother expressed his anger in a fierce mute language.
She thinks her sister deserves to pursue her own dreams.
Full support, regain your dreams
The school singing convention began,
Ruby's whole family came to the school to watch her performance,
But they can't hear anything in the whole scene.
You can only look at the performance of other viewers,
To judge the excitement of the current show performance.
Rupee's performance was also successful
Mobilized the audience to swing together,
The whole family was infected by the audience's reaction,
and convinced,
The rupee is not what they call a lack of musical talent.
After the concert,
The music teacher meets Ruby's parents,
and praised the musical talent of the rupee,
The teacher asked Ruby to help translate,
Persuade Ruby's parents to agree to let Ruby
Go for the next day's music interview,
But the rupee refused.
At night
Dad and Rupee sit together in the back of the pickup truck,
Dad asked Ruby,
What she's singing today is about the song,
Rupee replied:
"What it's like to need another person",
Dad asked Ruby to sing to him,
Then he put his hand on Ruby's throat,
Feel the vibration of the sound.
This is the most touching but warm scene in the whole play,
Dad couldn't hear anything,
But it was better to hear,
He saw a different kind of potential in his daughter.
This time, he made up his mind
It's time to let ruby go bold and pursue his dreams.
The next day, Dad woke up Ruby,
It's not about going to work.
Instead, he took her to the Berkeley Conservatory of Music.
The whole family together,
Rupee managed to catch an interview at the Conservatory.
During the interview,
Encountered a little twist,
Due to the temporary go,
The teacher who plays the piano music
There is no script for the song that Rupee wants to play,
Fortunately, her music teacher suddenly arrived,
Acting as a pianist for rupees,
The rupee was able to play.
But the first time it failed,
The rupee failed to adjust to the state,
The teacher played a trick to make her perform again,
And remind her to adjust to the state.
At this moment,
Rupee's parents and brother
Sit directly above the Exam Theater
Peek at the performance of the rupee,
This gives the rupee a huge amount of energy,
She decided to go beyond the interview.
More to sing for her family,
Because the family is deaf and mute,
So while she sang,
With dumb language,
Every lyric is word for word
Passed on to her family in mute language.
After that,
Family fishing career
And slowly into the orbit,
Ruby got it too
Offer from the Berkeley School of Music.
At this point, the whole drama ends.
All the quarrels and dialogues in the whole film need you to understand what is said through the dumb words of the protagonist and the subtitles of the movie, although it is silent, but you can feel the fierce conflict between the adolescent daughter to pursue her dreams independently and the original family, the process and ending of the film are very warm, Ruby's parents are not old-fashioned and cannot seek change, although their love for their daughter is not understood, but in the end they can still reconcile with their daughter.
And what moved me the most about the whole film was that even after a fierce argument, the family was able to reconcile and love each other.
This actually gives Ruby a lot of energy, even if there is a conflict with the family, even if she is teased at school and not understood, looked down upon by others, taking advantage of her, etc., but she also gains what others do not have, such as her boyfriend enviing her having a loving family, the fishermen on the dock envying her having a brave father who stands up, a mother who fully supports the whole family, and a brother who wants to make the family better by her own efforts, all of which are inseparable from the optimism and love of the family.
Remember that one day when Ruby's dad was having dinner, he let out a stinky fart in front of Ruby, and Ruby reminded his dad why he was farting, and dad explained:
"Do you know why God invented stinky farts?" This way deaf and dumb people can also enjoy. ”
It can be said that this drama can end with a warm heart, largely because the family is very optimistic and united, although the parenting style is very rough, but fortunately, the parents do not have absolute authority over the children, and they can reconcile in time after quarrels, which is a very valuable asset in my opinion.
Without perfect parents, children naturally grow up independently, and there is a belief lurking under the anxiety of parents, that is, if we do it right, children will not only grow into happy adults, but also become adults who make us happy. It's a misconception that parenting, while important, doesn't trump nature, and that different parenting styles apply to different children.
We can expose our children to art, but we can't teach them creativity; we can protect them from all kinds of factors such as vulgar peers and bad grades, but they will always encounter unhappiness in life. In fact, when we spare no effort to provide them with a perfect childhood, we make our children's growth more difficult.
As Wendy Moggill said, "Children are not our work." "Dare to let the child be himself and learn to let go, is the right way to create a good growth atmosphere for the growth of the child."