Xu Ruining (Xu Zheng), a well-known psychotherapist who is good at hypnotherapy in China, is in the midst of a booming career, and all the patients he has treated have been cured and discharged from the hospital, which also makes Xu Ruining doubly confident until he is proud and arrogant. Even his own students' doubts about his theory in class did not relent in the past, which were all looked at by Xu Ruining's university teacher, Professor Fang. After a lecture by Xu Ruining, Professor Fang was asked by his students to diagnose a special patient, Ren Xiaoyan (Played by Karen Mok), but Professor Fang instructed Xu Ruining that the patient was very strange, none of the psychologists she had seen could treat her condition, and Ren Xiaoyan spoke falsely and knew how to fight back against the therapist. The patient mentioned by Professor Fang made Xu Ruining have a great interest in her, and arrogantly believed that there was no patient who could not be cured.
When Ren Xiaoyan came to Xu Ruining's treatment room, Xu Ruining found that this patient was indeed as strange as Professor Fang said. Ren Xiaoyan claimed that she could see the dead and sought her help to complete things that she had not done before her death, Xu Ruining did not think so, but Ren Xiaoyan explained that she did not have mental illness at all, and what she saw was real. After Ren Xiaoyan's "crazy speech", Xu Ruining decided to use hypnotherapy for treatment. When Ren Xiaoyan successfully entered the hypnotic state, Xu Ruining wanted to find out where Ren Xiaoyan's psychological shadow was, but he did not think that he had been brought into a terrible trap. The contest between doctors and patients did not seem to be as simple as Xu Ruining imagined, and Ren Xiaoyan, who seemed weak and could not help the wind, confronted him everywhere. What makes Ren Xiaoyan's heart locked, is it a painful memory of childhood? Or is it the ring marks that are still visible on the middle finger? Everything is waiting for the hypnotist to reveal the mystery...
Classic lines
1. No one can forgive you, only you can forgive yourself.
2. A lot of understated things are much more serious than you think.
Xu Ruining, a well-known domestic psychotherapist, looked at a courseware during the class, introduced him to the successful treatment of a big mother with hypnosis, hypnosis will awaken the subconscious of the big mother, and take her into the subconscious that makes her unable to let go of the past, Xu Ruining intervened in the process of the big mother's exploration, hinted and led her to forgive herself, after reading the courseware, Xu Ruining told everyone that the case just put was the hypnotic instructions that the patient received in a trance state.
Then Xu Ruining told everyone about lucid hypnosis, he let the big screen change a few colors, let everyone guess what the screen shows, someone immediately guessed that it was McDonald's, Xu Ruining explained that this is the result of the usual acceptance of commercial advertisement hints, this hint is actually a kind of hypnosis that we are awake, from the moment we enter the classroom, everyone may enter one of his hypnosis, speaking of this, a female classmate stood up and asked him a question, hypnotherapy has been controversial, It's the patient's involuntary treatment, so why not in a more open and honest way? Ruining answered the classmate's question with a simple example, and he asked the classmate, if he had a heart, would he talk to his parents? The classmate replied that she talked more with her father, and Ruining asked her if she would talk to her girlfriend if she had something to do? The female classmate answered very dryly, and Rening then asked her, if one day she came home, opened the door, and found her girlfriend and her father lying on the same bed, who would tell her about this kind of heart? The classmate was very embarrassed and did not know how to answer, his question caused a burst of laughter from the people present, Ruining asked everyone not to laugh, 1 million people in the world die by suicide every year, do these people have no relatives, no girlfriends, no good friends to talk to? The key problem is that it cannot be spoken, some people do not want to talk about it at all, and some patients do not know how to talk about it, as a psychologist, his job is to cure their diseases, as for what kind of means to use, it does not matter.
When Rui Ning was lecturing, his teacher Professor Fang also came to the lecture hall, and when he finished the lecture, Professor Fang walked out of the class with him, Professor Fang praised him for speaking well, criticized him for being the same as when he was in school, with a bad temper and worse speech, Professor Fang took out a medical case and handed it to him, telling the purpose of her trip, this patient was called Ren Xiaoyan, who was adopted by a Hong Kong couple in a local orphanage when he was six years old, and now lives in Hong Kong, a few years ago there was a situation, and many doctors were not solved. Her adoptive parents and Professor Fang's husband had a good relationship, so they came to Professor Fang for help, and Professor Fang felt that Ruining was the most suitable for her illness.
Rui Ning asked Professor Fang what symptoms the girl had, Professor Fang asked him if he had ever heard of yin and yang eyes, Rui Ning said that it was paranoia, Professor Fang laughed and said that if the paranoia was so simple, she would not come to him, in Hong Kong she had let Shen Li see the patient, Shen Li said that this patient was logical, there was almost no flaw in the conversation, which surprised her, Rui Ning teased that Shen Li could get a medical license He was surprised.
Xu Ruining's psychological clinic, Xu Ruining has treated four patients, almost after work, assistant Amy walked in with a cup of coffee, told him that there was another patient outside the door, the patient was called Ren Xiaoyan, it was introduced by Professor Fang, Ruining looked at the patient's information, puzzled and asked Amy why there was no photo, Amy replied that Shen Li sent it over, Ruining asked Amy to invite Ren Xiaoyan over, Amy called Ren Xiaoyan's name a few times, shook her head at Ren Ning, And Ren Ning had to walk out of the office. Ren Xiaoyan stood with her back to him under the big clock in the corridor, Gui Ruining walked over to greet Ren Xiaoyan, but Ren Xiaoyan let him listen to the sound of the bell, saying that there was a problem with the sound of the bell, saying that she opened the bell door and dialed the minute hand to the position of twelve o'clock, the clock rang, Ren Xiaoyan turned to Ruining and said, the first time they met, her name was Ren Xiaoyan.
Rui Ning led Ren Xiaoyan into the office, pretended to go out beforehand to call Shen Li, Shen Li told him that this woman had a problem, when he first came to see the doctor, he not only insisted that he was not sick, but also inexplicably said to himself that every abandoned child would desperately look for his parents, Dr. Shen had done induction surgery before, she did not understand how Ren Xiaoyan would know about this, Ruining guessed that Ren Xiaoyan may have found some details on Shen Li, or Ren Xiaoyan was simply talking about herself, Isn't she an orphan herself? Shen Li advised him not to touch this patient, because so many doctors couldn't do anything with her, which aroused Rui Ning's competitive spirit.
Before Rui Ning asked Ren Xiaoyan, Ren Xiaoyan directly said that she was not sick, Ren Ning said that she was not too sensitive, Ren Xiaoyan said that if he saw what he saw, I believe he would also be sensitive, and then she told her what she saw.
The first thing, one night, she heard the sound of glass balls rolling on the floor, she went under the bed to take a picture with a flashlight, suddenly a hand came out from downstairs, took the glass ball away, then she saw Grandma Li's face, she was scared to run downstairs, downstairs is Grandma Li's house, but found that Grandma Li has died of cerebral hemorrhage, Grandma Li's home provides her portrait, Grandma Li's husband and son are worried about not being able to find Grandma Li's passbook, private seal and real estate certificate, Ren Xiaoyan wants to get up under the hand, Looking up and seeing an abandoned vent, which was right under her bed, she felt that what they were looking for might be there, and sure enough, Grandma Li's son found what he was looking for there.
The second thing, at night he was traveling on a bus, the bus suddenly broke down, she had to get off the bus and walk, saw a little girl crouching on the road writing something, she went up to talk to the little girl, the little girl ignored her, after the bus drove past, the little girl suddenly disappeared, she found the little girl standing at the back of the bus, not far away on the wall with many bounty notices, the content is a hit-and-run collision killed a little girl, there is a picture of the little girl who was killed, she looked at the picture It was the little girl she had just seen.
Rui Ning did not believe in such strange things, he asked Ren Xiaoyan, do you know what a montage is, these things she encountered, may be irrelevant in itself, only because they happened in the same time period, so in her mind, they were cut together like movie pictures, and they were related to each other.
Ren Xiaoyan took out a newspaper to prove that she did not lie, the newspaper recorded the hit-and-run case, the case was broken, the suspect was the bus driver, the reporting call was made by her, Ruining thought about it and said, these stories are not ghosts, Xiaoyan said that the problem she wants to say now is not to see them, but why did she see them?
Xu Ruining asked Ren Xiaoyan how the relationship between her and her adoptive parents was, mentioning this problem Ren Xiaoyan was obviously full of resistance, Ruining guessed that her adoptive parents often took her to see a psychologist, she had already developed a rebellious psychology, he decided to use hypnotherapy for treatment of Ren Xiaoyan.
When Ren Xiaoyan entered the hypnotic state, Ruining found her psychological shadow, when she was four years old, her parents took her to the amusement park, left her alone in the amusement park and left, she will always remember the red flowers and flying feathers in the sky, and later she learned that the letter was his parents' suicide note, the suicide note said that they owed a lot of money and were desperate, she was separated from her parents, Ren Xiaoyan asked him if he remembered the names of her biological parents, Ren Xiaoyan said that her father was called Ren Jianguo, his mother's name was He Qin, Ren Xiaoyan still remembers living in Nandu when she was a child.
In the next diagnosis and treatment, Rui Ning went in and out several times, looking for Shen Li and Mr. Mo to understand the situation of Ren Xiaoyan, when he went out, Ren Xiaoyan took the opportunity to read what was written on his desk, Ruining found that Ren Xiaoyan touched the middle finger of her left hand six times after entering the door, from this habitual action, he guessed that Ren Xiaoyan took off the engagement ring, so he let Ren Xiaoyan talk about her fiancé, seeing that Ren Xiaoyan was unwilling to talk, he hypnotized her again.
Ren Xiaoyan's fiancé is called Luo Yusong, Luo Yusong also grew up in the orphanage, and has not been adopted, grew up to be a volunteer of the orphanage, after Ren Xiaoyan and Luo Yusong fell in love, Luo Yusong learned that Ren Xiaoyan did not have a birthday, he shared his birthday with her, and March 3 became the birthday of both of them...
Ren Xiaoyan suddenly cried in the process of being hypnotized, and said loudly that it was not me, not me who killed you, and Rui Ning intervened next to me and asked who killed me? Ren Xiaoyan screamed and went to sleep, Ruining asked her what she saw, asked her fiancé how she died, Ren Xiaoyan suddenly sat up and cried and said: "Don't come to me, I can't help you, you are dead, please forgive me" Ren Xiaoyan asked Ren Xiaoyan what she saw, Ren Xiaoyan said that she saw a pool, and there was a bridge, hearing the water and the bridge, Ruining's brain suddenly grew bigger, he felt pushed into the water by Ren Xiaoyan, he struggled in the water and suddenly woke up, he asked Ren Xiaoyan what he did to him, Ren Xiaoyan asked him why from the time she entered the house to now, behind him has been followed by two people, a man and a woman, women's long hair shawls, melon face, eyes seem to be able to see through people, men's short hair, single eyelids, feel as if they do not like to talk, she asked Rui Ning whether he knew these two people, Rui Ning humbly packed up his things and prepared to leave work, Ren Xiaoyan continued, those two people said that Ren Ning's birthday is December 18th, Ren Ning impatiently said, everyone can find out his birthday, he will not believe the existence of those two people.
Ren Xiaoyan said that what she cared about was not whether she could see them, but why they came to her, saying that he had deliberately spilled a glass of water on the table, saying that the two people seemed to have just crawled out of the water, seeing that he did not believe it, Ren Xiaoyan suddenly called Rui Ning a captain, Rui Ning was suddenly stunned, this name was his dead girlfriend's name for him, Ren Xiaoyan continued, the man said that he no longer wanted to hear Rening say sorry, the woman said that Renning had asked her questions, the answer was a lifetime, The two of them said that they never wanted to see him hurt themselves anymore, Ren Xiaoyan asked Ruining to think about the story he had said, the car accident, the driver, the deceased's will, the water, Ruining thought of falling into a dream, that day was March 3rd, it was Gu Jie and Luo Yusong's birthday, Ruining and Luo Yusong both drank a lot of wine, Ruining also let Gu Jie sing a song on stage, Gu Jie shyly walked up to the stage and sang an English song, the scene was warm and romantic, after a song was sung, Luo Yusong hugged Gu Jie affectionately, hugging so tightly that she was breathless. Rening's fiancée Xiao Ya snuggled on Rui Ning's shoulder and looked at each other affectionately, Rui Ning asked Xiao Ya how long she would love herself, Xiao Ya smiled but did not answer.
That day Gu Jieyou left beforehand, before leaving, he told them not to drive after drinking, but Ruining did not listen to her words, Ruining was sleepily driving the car to send Xiao Ya and Luo Yusong home, the car crashed into the guardrail of the bridge and fell into the water, Xiao Ya and Luo Yusong were dead, Rui Ning was condemned by conscience, he thought that he killed his lover and his best friend, everything was his fault, he knelt in front of the team to send Xiao Ya off and refused to get up, it rained heavily that day, he was still kneeling there after the crowd walked, Gu Jie walked up to him with an umbrella expressionless face, full of hatred for him, only looked at him once, and left without saying a word.
Ren Xiaoyan told Rui Ning that the man said that he had forgiven him long ago, the woman said that his love for him had not changed, Ren Ning believed that Ren Xiaoyan really saw them, he asked Ren Xiaoyan to tell his fiancée, he loved her and always loved him, Ren Xiaoyan told Rui Ning that his fiancée had heard it, and when he woke up, he would think of everything, put down all his burdens, and shouted at him 3, 2, 1, And when Rening woke up, he found Gu Jie standing in front of him, he called Out Gu Jie's name and fainted
Ren Xiaoyan is Gu Jie, she and Xu Ruining are classmates, they are all Students of Professor Fang, seeing Ruining fainted, Gu Jie came upstairs, Professor Fang and Ruining's parents have been waiting upstairs for a long time, Ruining's parents gratefully said that they know that Gu Jie's heart must also be very uncomfortable, this matter is difficult for her, Professor Fang praised Gu Jie for doing a good job, Gu Jie modestly said that Teacher Fang's treatment plan is good.
Professor Fang said that special circumstances must be specially handled, the treatment of post-traumatic syndrome is very difficult, not to mention that Ruining has appeared serious self-harm behavior, he has cut himself with a knife many times, and many times at night with a knife in the house anxiously wandering, Ruining's parents found Professor Fang when there was nothing to do, Professor Fang thought of Gu Jie, because Ruining's illness is caused by long-term self-repression, urgent need of psychological counseling, and he is a highly qualified student in psychology, professionally trained, Conventional treatment methods are not effective for him at all, because he knows how the whole treatment process works, the doctor has not yet shot, he has guessed what to do to him, so the person close to him must make him feel harmless, preferably a strange patient, Gu Jie and Ruining are professor Fang's students, Professor Fang knows them better, Ruining is one of the best in the field of trance hypnosis, Gu Jie specializes in lucid hypnosis, can be treated without the patient's awareness, moreover, Deep down, Rui Ning had also been longing to be forgiven by Gu Jie.
When people are awake, psychological defense is the strongest, when they are half asleep and half awake, their willpower is the weakest, so Professor Fang chose when Ruining's energy has been exhausted, as a time to treat him, when Ruining approached Gu Jie, Gu Jie let him listen to the bell, that is, hypnotized him, let him forget his appearance, Ruining did not know Gu Jie's former name Ren Xiaoyan, Professor Fang told Gu Jie, when Ruining tried to hypnotize her, she must not resist, of course, in this treatment process, Also need the cooperation of Ruining's assistant Amy, Amy to do what Ruining wants to do, send a text message to Gu Jie in time, and help cover up Gu Jie's identity, in addition, Ruining's hypnotic means are invincible, he once implemented hypnosis on the patient three times in the same treatment, Professor Fang also prevented this, set a trigger point for Gu Jie in advance, as long as Ruining tries to let Gu Jie say something that exposes her identity, the trigger point set by Professor Fang will work, Gu Jie will suddenly see Professor Fang, Professor Fang will wake her up.
Gu Jie thought that if he didn't let Rui Ning dig up anything, he wouldn't believe her, Gu Jie knew Rui Ning very well, so he had to let Rui Ning feel that he had the upper hand, so Gu Jie prepared a fake medical record, and asked Professor Fang to tell The opening story to Rui Ning, which was to break The psychological defense line of Rui Ning, the ghost story Gu Jie told him was to disintegrate his self-confidence, completely overthrow the inherent cognitive concepts it had formed, when his self-confidence collapsed, Gu Jie said what it was.
Xu Ruining woke up, his psychological burden was put down, all along, he was not unable to be treated, but he did not want to be treated, because he felt that he should not be forgiven, no one could forgive him, what really made him let go was to let him forgive himself.
Film critics
The progress of human civilization originated from mutual cooperation and mutual trust, but in this highly civilized world, we are increasingly distrustful of others, want to understand each other, and even have to find answers from constellations and eight characters. In particular, groups with psychological disorders and sub-health are everywhere, how to get out of the demons of the heart and release themselves to become a problem that too many people need to face. At this point, the profession of psychologist has emerged, and hypnotherapy has been derived, which can put the patient in an unguarded state of consciousness and let the doctor help him get out of the shackles of the mind and achieve a healing effect. The film "Master of Hypnosis" focuses on this subject, teaching fans how to face and release the most profound dark memories hidden in their hearts.
Directed by Chen Zhengdao and starring Xu Zheng and Karen Mok, this film tells the story between a psychotherapist Xu Ruining and a female patient Ren Xiaoyan, which is simply how Xu Zheng and Karen Mok coax each other to sleep and achieve a certain purpose through sleep. This kind of one-line narrative, two-person dialogue film mode is rare, if there is no rigorous story logic as a background support, without the actor's skillful acting skills, it is difficult for the audience to patiently watch the film in front of the screen for nearly two hours. However, from the perspective of Sun Peng's viewing feelings, this film will definitely make you calm down and think to discover.
At the same time, in the film, we can also see director Chen Zhengdao's intention to handle details. Including the structural arrangement of Dr. Xu's studio, the setting of floor textures, the psychological hints of the paintings on the walls, and the careful layout of the lights, we can see the psychological research of the film. Of course, these environmental settings are all in service with a theme, that is, "hypnosis", knowing that to achieve hypnosis, the scene is very important, such as the need to choose a place where air circulation, quiet and feel safe. Indoors, if you are sitting on a chair, you will need a chair with a backrest. Obviously, these details are taken to the extreme in the film, and even if a real professional hypnotist watches this film, he will have great resonance.
In terms of actors, the role of Xu Ruining can definitely be called another classic of Xu Zheng. If in "No Man's Land", he was also unexpectedly abrupt for the first time to show the role of a serious lawyer, then this time in "Hypnosis Master", he completed a real transformation from a comedian to a powerful actor. Because the role of Xu Ruining is extremely challenging to acting, especially in the mutual temptation and mutual speculation with the patient Ren Xiaoyan, he needs to have a high-level, multi-change psychological process. From high self-confidence, to a slight sense of exhaustion, to the brink of collapse, Xu Zheng's interpretation does not make people laugh at all, allowing people to see the other side of this powerful actor. If the success or failure of Xu Ruining's role is related to the success or failure of the film, then there is no doubt that Xu Zheng has carried this film.
Putting aside this therapeutic model of hypnosis, in fact, another theme of the film is fear. The word fear is often because we ourselves dare not face the darkness of torture. When tearing through all your fears and calmly approaching those things that are not beautiful, maybe you will see a lot of scenery that you can't see under the "sun"... In addition, the end of the film is also wonderful, let's call it the "golden ending". Such "golden endings" are rare in movies, and the similar examples of this film belong to "The Sixth Sense", but the ending of "Master of Hypnosis" is more perfect than "The Sixth Sense", the front paving is silent, and at the last moment, all the characters ushered in an unexpected and reasonable destination.