We finally made a movie like the melting pot.

I never like to judge a movie by "good-looking" and "bad-looking". I don't think movies should be classified as "good-looking" and "bad-looking". I am more inclined to say whether they are good or worth watching.

from Blind Mountain to Dear, to 22, to Carnival, they all tell us that some movies may not be good enough or interesting enough, but they carry more meaning than the film itself. The function of movies has never been just for entertainment, sometimes they can also change our lives.

Carnival is the only Chinese film to enter the competition at this year's Venice Film Festival, and it is also one of the best Chinese films this year.

the film revolves around girls Xiaowen and Xiaomi, focusing on the social malice and difficulties faced by underage girls in the process of growing up.

Xiaowen is a 12-year-old student whose parents live with their mother after the divorce.

one day, Xiaowen and his classmate Xiaoxin were taken to a hotel by President Liu, a senior official, and carried out a sexual assault, which will become the shadow of Xiaowen and Xiaoxin's life.

however, what is more, frightening than sexual assault is that Xiaowen, as a victim, suffered all kinds of torture afterward.

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the hospital checked Xiaowen twice and got different results one after another. For the first time, Xiaowen lost her virginity, and the second time she was bribed to say that Xiaowen's body was intact.

regardless of Xiaowen's feelings, the doctor publicly published the test results in front of the media, which means that Xiaowen will face a lot of discussion at a young age.

in addition, the police repeatedly forced Xiaowen to recall the experience of that night on the pretext of investigating the case, constantly reminding Xiaowen of the most painful experience of her life and causing Xiaowen to suffer second injuries.

Xiaowen's mother did not comfort Xiaowen's injured heart but cut off Xiaowen's hair. Instead of trying to bring the bad guys to justice, my mother condemned the victim and repeatedly said to Xiaowen, "I told you to wear those clothes that are not three or four!"

the father is even more weak and incompetent. In the face of his daughter's running away from home, he unexpectedly said that he would let his mother take her back.

Xiaowen, who has gone through all these tribulations, is just a child.

We don't know how painful her body and mind are, or how she got through it.

We looked at the scenes and felt heartbroken, trying to help Xiaowen share a little pain, but there was nothing we could do about it.

on the other side, Xiaomi, a waitress at the hotel, witnessed the incident through surveillance video. she had conclusive evidence of President Liu's crime but chose to be silent to keep her job with a monthly salary of less than 600 yuan.

A hotel costs more than 700 a night. Maybe she thinks people who can stay here will never need her help.

it turns out that Xiaomi is also a member of a large number of vulnerable groups of women. she escaped from her hometown three years ago and has been displaced from 15 cities. As to why she ran away from home, we don't know.

all we know is that when people asked her if she wanted to go home, she said no.

all we know is that she would rather keep this job with a monthly salary of less than 600 yuan, and would rather clean the room, wash dishes, take out the garbage and do work that others don't want to do than go home every day.

in our opinion, this teenage girl, who is supposed to be attending classes at school and playing with her classmates like her peers, is doing dirty work that does not match her age and earning less than the legal minimum wage. It can be called a hellish life. But in her opinion, it was nothing compared to the treatment in her hometown.

if it hadn't been for this movie, we might never have known that there are women who have suffered so miserably in this day and age.

the stories that happen to Xiaowen and Xiaomi may seem exaggerated, but they are not just fictional stories in the movie, they happen every year, right around us.

about sexual abuse of children, many cases go nowhere, and many more are unknown at all.

the director makes it into a film so that men, women, and children can watch it in the cinema so that people's attention can be raised to a certain extent, then this film is more valuable than ten or twenty popcorn movies.

the plot of "Carnival" easily reminds us of the Korean "melting pot", but "Carnival" is no less inferior than the "melting pot".

the melting pot is very contagious because of its excellent scripts and lines, which can easily drive the audience's mood, make people gnash their teeth, be filled with righteous indignation, and even burst into tears.

compared with the "melting pot", the "carnival" is much more insipid, or calmer, appears not enough tear gas, giving people the illusion of "not good-looking".

whether a film is contagious or tearful is not the criterion to judge whether a film is good or bad. On the contrary, I just think that restraint is the advantage of "Carnival".

We always tend to give high marks to moving movies, such as "Gift from Room 7" and "if love has providence". It's not that they are bad, but we always get high marks just because they are touching, not because the movies are good.

overtime, we will have the illusion that "what is tearful is a good film, and what is less tearful is a mediocre shot". if a movie is not deliberately sensational, what you see is what the movie looks like.

I still remember Dunkirk, which was released not long ago. Many people say that it is not hot and good-looking compared to previous war movies. On the contrary, excellent war movies will never use "burning" and "blood" to promote and beautify war. Restrained, calm narration can better restore the truth of the war, on the surface is not good enough, but the inherent artistic attainments have reached a very high level.

by the same token, good ethical films will never try their best. Tearful, sensational, touching. After all, it's too easy to make a movie sensational. Everyone can make sensational movies, at least hundreds of them a year.

as long as you deliberately shoot how miserable the protagonist is and how ruthless you photograph other people, normal people will cry like dogs.

but what about after crying?

will people care for children when they cry? Will you care for women?

not at all

people just thought the movie was very moving at that time, and they still did what they should do three days later.

it's like watching the news of sexual assault, we will be sad, sad, and weep, but we can't stop the sexual assault, and the next time there is a sexual assault, all we can do is be sad, sad, and cry.

We not only need to know what happened, but also need to know the reaction of society, but also need to know what happened later, what progress has been made, and whether it has been resolved.

the whole movie "melting pot" is about how miserable children are, how powerful the headmaster is, and how unfair the administration of justice is. Of course, you think it's tearful, but it's not enough. Is the movie "melting pot" good? Of course, and very good.

but if the later movie is shot like this again, it won't make much sense.

"Carnival" and "melting pot" are about similar themes, but the emphasis is completely different.

the director weakens the process of Xiaowen being insulted to the greatest extent but focuses on hindsight. The director did not impress the audience by "selling badly" and finished the story of Xiaowen in just 10 minutes. And the remaining one or two hours are talking about people's attitudes towards this matter, what people have done, after all, these are the most important, and only these can make the audience think deeply and have more practical significance.

the director did not mix too many personal opinions, did not vent too much emotion, and did not guide the audience in a specific direction, but told stories objectively and realistically, allowing the audience to think for themselves.

the director chose to restore the original beauty of the film, without being deliberately sensational, the narrative is very restrained and calm, and the rhythm is slightly slow. On the surface, the carnival is insipid and unattractive, but it gives the audience more time to think about more questions.

after watching the melting pot, we only know that minors should not be harmed. All we know is that criminals can rely on their power to reduce their punishment. But after watching the Carnival, we also think about what we can do when minors are hurt.

that's why I say "carnival" is no less inferior than "melting pot".

that's why the audience kept applauding after watching the movie.

I certainly hope that no more minors will be hurt, but no matter how sound the judiciary is, there will always be criminals. We should not avoid the topic of sexual assault, we should face it bravely and think about what we do and what we don't do when such a thing happens, so as not to make things worse.

my mother blamed Xiaowen for not wearing conservative clothes and cut Xiaowen's hair, which directly led to Xiaowen running away from home. Should we learn to communicate with our children? Should education be used instead of blame?

similarly, Xiaomi would rather do the dirty work than being treated as a human being rather than go home. Should we reflect on the insufficient care for our children?

President Liu proposed a private solution and promised to bear all the tuition fees of Xiaowen and Xiaoxin, so how should we formulate laws so that criminals can be punished and victims receive material and spiritual compensation?

Xiao Xin's father chose to have a private relationship with President Liu. The reason was: "what if President Liu is sentenced?" If he comes out after a few years, he can continue to call the wind and rain. But what about our children? It's going to be judged by people. "

sexual assault occurs from time to time, is it because the cost of the crime is too low, and the day when the criminal is released from prison is the time to let the tiger go back to the mountain? How can we effectively reduce the chances of criminals committing crimes again?

when we learn that children and women have been hurt, should we stop talking and give more care?

We know that one of the countries with the lowest status for women in India, where women are frequently sexually assaulted, and there were more than 30,000 rape cases in 2014.

in the movie "Love of Bollywood Robots", a naked woman was successfully rescued from the scene of a fire and filmed by unscrupulous media, causing the girl to say that she was shameless to live and rushed to the street to commit suicide.

does such a thing just happen in the movie?

Harry Dreyfuss accused Kevin Spacey of molestation, and someone said he wanted to make headlines.

Susan Bertram accused "T-bag" Robert Knepper of sexually assaulting her. Some people even said that women were too hypocritical.

Zhang Ziyi rejected Weinstein many times, but some people said she was hot.

Zhang Ziyi, one of the most famous Chinese movie stars in the world, needs to rely on this kind of news to increase her popularity?

Gwyneth Paltrow claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Weinstein, and some people even accused her of crossing the river.

others question what Weinstein's victims did when they pretended to be virgin bitches.

isn't it because the new fathers in "Carnival" are afraid of being gossiped about, isn't it because the unscrupulous media in "Bollywood Robot Love" are wanton filming, isn't it because the victims are afraid of people talking about it? isn't it because these keyboard warriors condemn the victims that they are afraid to say it!

have we become like Indians in terms of disrespect for women?

there has been a sexual assault, and we may not be able to help, but we can stop blaming the victims, they are not the objects of gossip is not a tool for us to vent our anguish.

We are always too tolerant of the bad guys and too hard on the victims.

in the Carnival, Xiaomi's colleague Lily said, "I will never be a woman again in my next life" and then left here.

at the end of the story, Xiaomi also embarked on a journey on a motorcycle to the future and freedom.

this reminds me of the Indian movie Hot, in which three women embark on the road to finding the promised land together after suffering.

I admire their courage and strength, but at the same time, I hope that one day girls don't have to pursue freedom in this way. They can be treated equally at home, at school, in the company, and every corner of society.

while Shi Ke's lawyer is not afraid of difficulties and dangers, to help Xiaowen get justice, he openly goes against the police and President Liu.

when people ask her, "you've been in this business for more than a decade, don't you want to do anything else?"

the lawyer said: "This kind of case needs to be done."

Yes, such cases need to be done, and movies like "Carnival" also need to exist. Not only that but also need parents to take their children, teachers to take students to see it.

the release of the "melting pot" attracted constant attention from the South Korean public, and the South Korean National Assembly changed the law as a result. South Korean police once again launched an investigation into the "Jen Wo School incident" and the people involved were re-indicted; "Brokeback Mountain" made people understand that homosexuality is as normal as heterosexuality; "the birth of a country" influenced people's sense of race.

We always feel that watching movies is just for entertainment and relaxation, and it can't bring any help to life or society. Good movies are small enough to change our values and big enough to change the whole world.

Carnival should never be judged by whether it is good or not. If it can make people pay more attention to children and women, the meaning of the film itself is worth five stars.

in the movie, Xiaowen's mother blames Xiaowen's hair and clothes. It's chilling.

people always criticize the victims for dressing up too beautifully, when will they condemn the bad guys' beast behavior!

people always comfort the victims to learn to be strong, when to let the bad guys receive the punishment they deserve!

people always tell girls to protect themselves and when to teach boys not to hurt others!