A country that remembers pain and understands reflection is worthy of respect.
At about 8:58 am on April 16, 2014, a " Sewol " passenger ship carrying 476 people wrecked on its way from Incheon Port to Jeju Island .
This accident killed 304 people, injured 142 people and missing 9 people, most of whom were students because they were going to take a study tour, but unexpectedly they were separated by heaven and man.
However, this seems to be a natural disaster, and after the cause of the incident slowly surfaces, it looks more like a man-made disaster.
"Dream Searching" says that a person will experience three deaths in his life.
The first time is your heart stops beating, biological death; the second time is at a funeral, with people bowing, your social status dies; the third, and final death is when the last person in this world, forgets you.
It is precisely because of the memories of these parents that they will not stop pursuing the truth, so we see one documentary about the "Sewol" appearing.
For example, "That Day, the Sea" that analyzes the cause of the shipwreck from a technical perspective, records the country and the incident after the accident, "The Country that did nothing during the golden rescue time" which records the country and the incident after the accident;
exposes the "Diver Bell" which falsely reports from the South Korean authorities and the media, and tells the "Sewol's Sinking, 101 Minutes of Life and Death" which tells the accident from the perspective of survivors and rescuers.
In addition to documentaries, the first movie about the "Sewol" incident, "Birthday", was also released in South Korea on the fifth anniversary of the shipwreck, and defeated Avengers 4, which swept the world, with more than 1 million viewers.
starring Xue Gengqiu, Quan Duyan , the former won the Best Actor of Bai Xiang with " Suyuan ", and the latter won the Best Actor of Cannes with "Miyang". With these two escorts, "Birthday" has become a heavy tear gas.
However, this movie does not dig out the truth and condemns the government's inaction and false media reports, but slowly reveals to us the scars that are difficult to heal in the hearts of the families of the victims.
Zhengri (played by Xue Gengqiu) is the father of Sooho who died in the "Sewol". Due to work reasons, he stayed in Vietnam for five years, and was also imprisoned for three years due to a strike.
In the past five years, he missed Xiuhao's growth and had very little memory of Xiuhao, especially after Xiuhao's death, he failed to meet his son for the last time.
He was extremely guilty of this, not daring to face his wife, and dared not step into the house.
Because, when they were in the most painful time, he was not by his side, and even Xiuhao's last wish could not be realized.
For the family, he is more like a bystander, so he will arouse his wife's suspicion when he comes back. His happy scene about the family going out to play in the sea looks so unreal.
He tried to do something to make up for this already fragmented family, including his young daughter and his broken wife, but the facts were always the opposite.
Sunnan (played by Jeon Do-yeon) did not come out of the incident where his son died. His nerves became sensitive and irritable, and if he was not careful, he would become hysterical.
The son's room still retains the appearance when he left. Shunnan does not allow anyone to move the things in the room. Every year she buys Xiuhao a new piece of clothing.
Because she didn't receive a call from her son, she blamed herself very much, so she would consider Xiuhao no matter what she did, and naturally ignore her little daughter around her.
Shunnan often holds his son's clothes and cries loudly in his son's room. The daughter must let herself grow up so that her mother's mood can improve.
She is sensible and well-behaved, but she also has a little willfulness of a little girl. She will be scolded by her mother because she is picky about food. "Brother can't even eat, you are picky about food."
And Shunnan also blocked herself and did not contact the outside world. Even if the families of other victims cheered her up, she was indifferent.
Zhengri thought his wife was very strange, so he went to tell her sister, and the sister told her: "It is wrong for people who have experienced that kind of thing to do."
In fact, not only their family has had such hardships, but the families of other victims are also suffering from painful torture.
ending with the end of the video, at the commemorative birthday party for Xiuhao, Xiuhao's classmates, friends, and other family members told their stories.
Everyone present could no longer control the tears that broke out from the dam.
They have been suppressing for too long. In order to wait for the truth and not be tied to public opinion, they have inexplicably carried too many accusations. Those who survived are the most painful.
Many people may think that the perspective of "Birthday" is too mediocre. Compared with other Korean movies that reveal scandals, such as " Furnace ", "Defense Attorney", etc., "Birthday" is indeed like a small bridge and flowing water, too silent.
As far as movies are concerned, the works presented by the director after having the theme of One King and One Back and Scars seem to be insincere, and the whole movie looks more like a charity film.
The transitions and details in the movie did not reach the passing level, and the hard-spreading and excessive force scenes that were not in line with the atmosphere seemed extremely awkward.
Especially the last scene of the "birthday" party, it was originally a sublimation of emotions, but it was a little uncontrollable in front of one story after another.
should be slightly restrained in this scene, and this kind of relationship is the most attractive one.
And if it weren't for Xue Gengqiu and Jeon Do-yeon's god-level acting skills, and the story background of "Sewol", I'm afraid "Birthday" would be constantly testing the edge of a bad movie.
Putting aside the movie, those who survive with grief in reality are the greatest anger in the world. As long as the memory is not eliminated, they will never be truly happy.
, these legacy issues are probably more important than the truth.
After all, there are too many things that cannot be said about the truth, and we can only sum up lessons and learn from experience through events again and again.
"My second and I don't want the rest of my life, my self whom I don't want to reconcile, you all walk towards spring, leaving me in the broken, mournful and beautiful." - "Manchester by the Sea".
This despair lies in the shocking incident, and this beauty lies in the young men and women in the flower season. Before the incident, the ship that the student was originally riding was replaced with the "Sewol". The weather was bad that day, and the "Sewol" was overloaded.
In the foggy environment, except for the "Sewol" forcibly sailing, all 10 ships in the other ports were suspended, but the passengers on the ship were not aware of it, and the original captain was also replaced by
On the morning of the next day, the hull tilted.
According to official information, it was because the cargo on the ship was piled up in one piece, which made the hull unable to bear the load, and the entire ship began to fall.
However, after many experimental arguments by physicists, this official statement is completely absurd, not only deceiving the people, but also insulting Newton.
In theory, the location of the "Sewol" accident is very close to the land, and the weather was particularly good that day. Even if the dumping occurred, it would not cause such a large number of casualties.
However, everything could not stand the problem. After the accident, the captain told the high school students in the cabin to stay in the lounge and wait for rescue.
After hearing the radio, the children who had no experience in sea rescue believed the staff and thought that nothing would happen, they were excited to take videos in the cabin.
Little did you know that death was approaching them step by step.
Time passed little by little, and the children who were unable to wait for rescue became impatient and panic. Their crying, screaming, sighing, and anger were filled with endless tears.
The entire boat has become a purgatory on earth that traps life.
Let’s see what the captain was doing after the broadcast. He hurriedly abandoned the boat in pairs of shorts, completely ignoring the life and death of others. This is definitely an incredible behavior for a normal captain.
Of course, the rescue team's behavior is also outrageous.
After the first wave of rescue, they only rescued the crew on the ship and some of the passengers who escaped. When others asked for another rescue, they just nodded and did not take any action.
Not only that, they also obstructed the fishing boats and caring people from the people who rescued themselves, blocked the news of the "Sewol" and prohibited everyone from approaching or rescue.
Even the parents' crying beside each other, they looked at nothing.
The golden rescue time was exhausted by them, and the parents watched their children disappear in front of them, but they were incompetent.
The parents' faces were filled with despair.
The media that should have adhered to the pursuit of the truth have also joined the ranks of deceiving the people.
In the report, they said: The coast guard rescued all 325 high school students in Tanyuan and sent this false text message to all parents in a mass to prevent them from rioting.
As South Korea's supreme leader, the then South Korean president evaporated for seven hours after the accident. When he appeared in front of the public, he immediately did not consider rescue but discussed the aftermath with the public.
and appeared in the reading draft. Their words "This noble sacrifice will not be in vain, it will make this a chance for the Republic of Korea to be reborn..."
has to make people wonder whether "noble sacrifice" and "opportunity for rebirth" are related to a certain religion.
, and the seven hours she disappeared have not yet concluded. Some say she went for plastic surgery, some say she participated in some kind of sacrificial activities, and some say she was working in the Presidential Palace.
Anyway, each version has a theoretical basis, but the final analysis is that she did not organize rescues in time, which caused the disaster to become more serious.
Of course, the most widely spread is the religious sacrificial ritual that has made 304 living lives apart.
In 2016, after the biggest scandal in South Korea's political arena was exposed, people suddenly woke up and found that their president had been manipulated.
The person behind her manipulating her is the daughter of the founder of the Korean cult "Eternal Life Cult".
The Sewol accident happened to be the 20th anniversary of the founder's death. In the past few decades, incidents such as the Sewol were also occurred, and they were all young people, with more than 300 deaths.
There is a saying among Korean folks that using young men and women to sacrifice can bring people back and thus achieve eternal life.
Although it seems unreliable, all the evidence afterwards seems to point to this argument.
The owner of the "Sewol" passenger ship, Yu Bingyan, was originally an important leader of the cult "rescue religion". In 1987, the "Five Oceans Collective Suicide" incident caused 32 deaths, which was the cause of his cult.
After being released from prison, he relied on his followers to make money and became a world-class rich man and became a world-class powerful man, but his death was unpredictable. After the accident, Yu Bingyan disappeared.
South Korea launched 10,000 police officers to hunt them down and found a pile of white bones in the mountains. After DNA identification, the deceased was Yu Bingyan.
But the fact is that it didn't take long for Yu Bingyan to disappear, and why did the body become bones? It was summer at that time, so why was the body wearing a cotton suit?
The authorities have never responded positively to various doubts.
The people and evidence of the accident were handled in a hasty manner. The public kept doubts, but the authorities remained silent.
It was not until the third anniversary of the "Sewol" that salvage began. It was only done with the assistance of the Chinese Shanghai Salvation Bureau . No matter what the purpose was not salvaged at that time, with the drag, the authorities said it was difficult to whitewash anything.
Using the Sewol incident as an entrance, it involved many political scandals from the South Korean authorities. 200,000 people took to the streets to march and asked the South Korean government to investigate the truth.
Five years have passed since the accident and time has not cured everything.
Even if most children who escaped from birth are not so happy, they often go to the hospital and take medicine, and in severe cases they will even commit suicide by cutting their wrists. Those tragic screams and pictures left an indelible mark in their hearts.
On the fifth anniversary of the sinking of the Seyoku, a mother wrote a letter to her daughter. To outsiders, time is a good cure for everything, but it is a pain that cannot be erased for her parents in their lifetime.
"When you were one year old, you grabbed the lot and got the thread. Is this happening because I didn't buy new threads and put the used thread on it?
Mom gave birth to you when she was old, but she didn't even get pregnant with you for a longer time, so she gave birth to you early.
If you were pregnant with you for one more month, would you change your life and let you survive?
Mom is the sinner who did everything wrong.
I'm sorry, I earned a few more dollars to work, but I couldn't get the last call you called.
I'm sorry, mom is not a rich man.
I'm sorry, let you be born in this home without anything.
Mom will go to hell, daughter, you go to heaven. ”
In addition, in the face of harm, even the victims cannot get together.
Take money but not money, and sue and cry, which will arouse public discussion, and even add harsh words, which will mock them for enjoying state subsidies.
These people have never experienced the emotional ups and downs of the families of the victims. They made comments based on their own measurements alone and made unrestrained speeches.
They are bystanders who are keen on watching the fun, but they are the most disgusting, hateful and despised people in the world.
"They watch the fire across the river, but treat the fire as fireworks , as if they celebrate the holiday; they see drowning people, but they treat the water as fountains and applaud them." - "Ha's Viewer's Writing"
Compared to the truth, these things are not about themselves and only like to make fun of, and they are more willing to believe in hearsay, uglier, and more limitless.
As Edison Chen said: "No matter what I do, people will only see that bad me. The world does not want me to be a good person."
Compared to the story behind it, people prefer self-righteous carnival. Bystanders always hope that things can become interesting but don't want to see the paleness after the truth.
This will make their sympathy begin to ferment, and two faces will appear, so the differences in appearance are often when the inner evil is about to be exposed, and they will purposely maintain their own personality.
Finally, we will realize that most of the people who slander and pity are the same wave of people.
After all, in today's society, ghosts are not scary, what is scary is the human heart.
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