We yearn for light and long for warmth, but fragmentation is the norm in life.
This deeply emotional and powerful Taiwanese film is heartbreaking and depressing to watch, and it has great staying power.
It is the 56th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film -
The Sun Shines
directed by Chung Meng-hong is the director of " Great Buddha Plus ", which is called one of the top ten movies of 2019 by netizens. Producer and cinematographer, won the 54th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards Best Cinematography.
's film has the director's personal style, and the photography composition is authentic, ordinary yet comfortable, strong yet gentle.
Awen (played by Chen Yiwen) is a driving school coach. He and his wife Sister Qin (played by Ke Shuqin) have two sons.
's eldest son Ahao (played by Xu Guanghan) is a warm and kind gifted student, while 's younger son Ahe (played by Wu Jianhe) is just the opposite. He is rebellious and difficult to discipline. He always fights and causes trouble, which brings trouble to the family. .
So whenever a driving school student asks how many children he has, Awen always answers one question. In his heart, only Ahao is his hope.
The beginning of the film is very violent. On a stormy night, because Ahe was bullied by Heilun, he asked his friend Caitou (played by Liu Guanting) to help him vent his anger, but what he didn't expect was that Caitou arrived at the scene. He picked up a machete and chopped off one of Heilun's hands without saying a word.
After the incident, the two went to court. Because Ah He did not hurt anyone, the judge planned to give him a chance to change his ways, but As a father, Ah Wen insisted on sending Ah He to a juvenile care center. , Sister Qin is very sad that her husband is so hard-hearted towards her son.
In the end, the court sentenced Ahe to three years in prison, and Caitou's family compensated Heilun with 1.5 million. However, Caitou only had grandma as a relative and could not afford to pay such a large amount of money.
Heilun's father had no choice but to turn around and find Awen, but Awen had enough reasons to refuse. After all, Ahe's hand was not chopped off, and the court did not hold him responsible.
Although he said this, he still owed some human touch. It can only be said that Ahe was no longer his son in his heart.
However, A-He's troubles were not over yet, because his girlfriend Xiaoyu came to the door with a pregnant belly and said that the child in her belly was A-He's and she wanted to give birth to the child.
Awen was so angry that he just let it go, but Sister Qin was always soft-hearted as a mother. She kept Xiaoyu and said she would take good care of her.
For Awen, the only thing that makes him happy is that he also has an eldest son Ahao who is good in everything.
He always uses the slogan from the driving school to encourage Ah Hao, asking Ah Hao to "seize the time and grasp the direction."
shoulders all the expectations and warmth of his father, and Ahao is also very upbeat and strives to do everything well.
The gentle and kind-hearted Ahao is kind to everyone and always considers others.
Sister Qin didn’t have time to take Xiaoyu for a prenatal check-up, so Ahao offered to take her there. After that, he also took Xiaoyu to the Juvenile Nursing Home to meet Ahe.
Unfortunately, Xiaoyu is not a family member and is not eligible to visit, so only Ahao can go in.
As the younger brother, Ah He has lived under the halo of Ah Hao since he was a child, and he himself has very low self-esteem.
So I learned about Xiaoyu's pregnancy from Ah Hao, which made Ah He feel that his self-esteem was damaged.
So the two brothers met and started quarreling without saying a few words. In the end, they broke up unhappy, and Ahao also took his brother's angry words into his heart.
Indeed, the gentle, handsome and flawless Ahao is the envy of many people, but no one knows what he is thinking in his heart, and no one wants to understand his heart , ask him about the pressure of studying No big deal, are you having a good time?
Of course, he is so perfect that no one cares about his feelings except for being praised.
Ahao showed signs of depression. He was often in a daze, imagining that he was in a void and felt abandoned.
Until a girl named Xiaozhen broke into his world, she was the first person who cared about his feelings.
After that, Ah Hao told the girl the story of Sima Guang. The story was different from the popular version. The Sima Guang in his mouth broke open the water tank, but no water came out. Everyone only saw another one hiding in the dark in the tank. Sima Guang.
This story is an allusion to Ahao. The perfect boy in the eyes of outsiders, but inside there is a darkness without sunshine. His heart is dead.
Later he recalled his trip to the zoo with the girl and sent the girl a text message.
He said The fairest thing in the world is the sun, because regardless of the dimension, every place has half of the day and half of the night in the whole year. . The sun was very bright that day when I went to the zoo, and all the animals tried to find shadows to hide. He Suddenly there was an indescribable feeling. He also hoped that he could have some shadows to hide in, but the animals in the zoo, Xiao Zhen, A He, and even Sima Guang could all find dark places to hide, but he couldn't, he There is no water tank, no dark place, only sunlight, 24 hours a day, bright, warm and sunny.
He gave warmth to others, but forgot himself.
So in the end, like sunshine, he chose to jump down in a dark night and left this world.
Ah Hao's death hit Ah He deeply. Since then, he has completely changed. He worked hard to reform and was released from prison early, and worked hard to make money to support his family.
And the father Awen's heart felt as if a large piece of his heart had been cut out, and his spirit became dazed. Now he really only had one son left..
The days were spent hiding grief, and everything seemed to be going smoothly.
But what is owed must always be repaid. Caitou was released from prison after four and a half years, and found Ah He again. After all, he only stood out for Ah He, but Ah He turned his back on him in court. The blame is completely passed on.
Caitou, who was full of anger, knew that A He wanted to cut off the relationship with him, but he could not let A He go.
Awen learned that Caitou was released from prison, found Caitou and wanted to give him money to help him do business, but it was too late, Caitou already hated them.
Later, Caitou threatened Ahe to help him transport drugs. Ahe agreed that this would be the last time he would help him because he did owe Caitou.
Trading In the suburbs, Ah He drove a customer's car from the car wash. He repeatedly reminded Caitou not to smoke in the car because he was reprimanded by his boss for doing so last time.
When they arrived at their destination, Ah He returned to the car after completing the transaction, only to find that the vegetables were missing.
His search for the person was fruitless, so he had no choice but to drive back by himself.
He didn't know that Caitou had been beaten to death until a few weeks later when the gangsters came to him and asked for the money back from the transaction.
After Ah He confirmed the news, he felt that he had finally gotten rid of the shackles of the past and could start to live a new life.
He will never know the truth.
It turns out that Awen was worried that Caitou would do harm to Ahe, so he drove his car nearby to watch over Ahe.
On the night of the transaction, Awen also followed them. When Ahe went to trade, Caitou remembered Ahe's words and obediently walked outside the car to smoke. At this moment, Awen drove the car and hit Caitou. head, and then destroy the body and eliminate all traces.
The last cigarette was not lit in the car.
After being told the truth, Sister Qin was filled with despair and regret, and cried heartbreakingly.
But this secret will always be rotten in the couple's stomachs.
Life is about constantly "seizing the time and grasping the direction". Sad things will always pass and will be forgotten. On this road of life, just hold the steering wheel in your hand, stop when the red light should stop, and start slowly when the green light , drive steadily, and the road of life will be smooth.
Everyone in the film has their own difficulties, a dark, broken life, and overflowing with sadness.
When the sun shines, all the suffering in the world will be invisible. Good and bad, good and evil, are opposites, but they also make up for each other.
Due to different choices, they corrected themselves after making mistakes, and made mistakes again, but no matter what, they became the sun that redeemed each other because they had been hurt.
Regrets cannot be undone, and destiny is difficult to change. After facing cruelty and despair, we carry the tragic past and continue to live.
