Chapter 1565 The story of the father and his daughter
The travel love whirlwind brought about by "Roman Holiday" has been blowing for a while.
During this period, travel and encounter have become the most popular keywords.
Many people in domestic tourist areas complain that dog directors are not human beings, so why don't they make some movies to promote our country's great scenery?
However, no matter how hot the topic is, it will also cool down.
In fact, filming "Roman Holiday" can be said to be an extremely easy one among all the movies Li Yi has made. If it weren't for Princess Estella's rush for time, this movie could have been made even more relaxed.
After the release, Li Yi hardly intervened in the film's promotion and went on vacation early.
At this time, James Dean suddenly sent an email to Li Yi at Dean Films.
What's interesting is that there is a press release in this email about a father and daughter.
Li Yi just took a brief look at it and understood why James Dean sent him this email specifically.
Because this father and daughter are a special pair. The father's IQ is only 7 years old.
"Does it sound familiar?" Li Yi asked Mu Qing with a smile.
""The Gift of Room No. 7"?" Mu Qing immediately thought of the first movie directed by Li Yi, which was a huge success!
The same thing is about such a father and daughter.
The difference is that the father and daughter in this email are facing separation and are preparing to file a lawsuit.
After covering the news, a reporter from a media company owned by Dean Films thought the news was very representative.
In addition, it can be said that Li Yi has a tacit cooperation with Dean Pictures. For this reason, as a great director, although the movies he has directed are not familiar to them, at least Li Yi's first successful movie is still familiar to them.
Remember.
The people at Dean Films found that this incident was very gimmicky. If it could be adapted into a movie and interact with reality, it would definitely be a good project.
Li Yi was indeed quite interested.
In fact, he does not object to using real events to promote movies. What's more, if it works well, the movie will also affect reality.
The difference between "The Gift in Room No. 7" and this incident is that "The Gift in Room No. 7" was because the father was wrongly accused and imprisoned, while in this incident it was because the district education officials discovered this special family. They believed that
The father was unable to take care of his daughter, so he took the child away.
This kind of thing is actually very common in America.
For this reason, the father, who had an IQ of only seven years old, searched everywhere for a solution, and finally got the attention of reporters, which led to the current matter.
When Li Yi saw this email, a movie already appeared in his mind.
"I am Sam"!
It can be said that "The Gift of Room 7" is also imitating "I Am Sam" to a certain extent!
The difference is that "The Gift from Room 7" is a stick movie, while "I Am Sam" is a Hollywood movie.
Like "The Gift from Room No. 7" is actually more serious, while "I Am Sam" shows more warmth.
Of course, there are also differences between the two.
"The Gift of Room 7" focuses more on the relationship between the father and daughter, while "I Am Sam" has more connotations.
Sam, a father with an IQ equivalent to that of a 7-year-old child and lack of self-care ability. It was also an accident that he actually had a cute and petite daughter. When he came home alone with his newborn daughter, I believe no one would think that he would
Be a good father.
With Annie's help, little Lucy grew up happily. Unlike Sam, Lucy is beautiful and smart. Although she is only 7 years old, her IQ has exceeded Sam. 7-year-old is when she begins to understand herself and the world.
When she told Sam: You are different from other fathers, she used the sentence: "Other fathers will not accompany their children to the park" to describe it. This sentence may seem childish, but it also expresses a
The essence of a good father is not that he needs a high official or a good salary, or that he is smart and capable. All he needs is more time with him.
Lucy is innocent and precocious. She has already felt the difference in this family and her father, but her love for her father is no less than his love for her. She protects her father in her own way.
To avoid further growth causing a gap between the two people. However, in the United States, which pays attention to child welfare, this approach is not feasible. When I saw Lucy and Sam being forcibly separated, I was angry at the child welfare organization at that moment.
Even if it is for the future of the child, one should not be so cruel.
Fortunately, Sam is stupid and lucky, and unexpectedly found a well-known lawyer to serve him for free. The most exciting part of the whole drama is the court debate. It is not so much about the custody debate between the two parties, but about qualified parents.
Debate. During the trial, two different parents were heard. One mother had a low IQ, but she cultivated a high-level talent, while the other father, a high-IQ father, tortured his daughter who graduated from the Higher Conservatory of Music.
People with autism tend to stay behind closed doors after the age of 26.
Emotions have nothing to do with IQ. Although Sam has a low IQ, he has sincere feelings for Lucy and is loyal to his four low-IQ friends. He chose to come here in his own way even though he knew that he had no hope of victory.
Come to live with Lucy. The ending in the play may be the best ending. Shared custody makes everyone happy. The long tear-jerking process finally has a sweet result.
In the play, in addition to Sam, the parent, there is another Rita, a beautiful, successful and capable lawyer. And she seems to be a complete reflection of Sam. She has a high IQ, a successful career, a capable mind, and a wealthy family.
She has a luxury car and a mansion, and a son. However, she is also overly shrewd and insane. When she first appeared, she kept filling her pockets with all kinds of candies to relieve stress. She was also at a loss when it came to her son and didn't know how to interact with him.
Close to her husband. She was even more at a loss when facing her husband who had never shown up. She knew that he was having an affair, but she was still unable to expose the fact. She had so much, but no love from her family. On the other hand, Sam had nothing and his family was destitute.
But she has the unreserved love of Lucy and her friends, and the love of her colleagues and neighbors. So in the end, Rita can honestly say: She got more than Sam got in this lawsuit.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And the prototype of this "Sam" in reality can be said to have equally good luck.
Although he did not find a free lawyer to fight the lawsuit for him, he was noticed by reporters and Dean Films.
Li Yi noticed it.
If this project is launched, Dean Films will definitely arrange for lawyers to litigate for the father. In North America, this matter, to be honest, may be difficult for the father.
But for Dean Films, it’s too simple.
Capital society is like this.
Of course, Dean Films will definitely not let the case go so smoothly, but the result will definitely be what they want.
Although Dean Pictures' motives are impure, as long as the result is good, it doesn't matter.
Of course, in fact, this case may not be agreeable to some people.
Because in reality, such parents, to be honest, are indeed not suitable to take care of their children.
Of course, whether it would be better to leave such children to society or other families is indeed a question worth exploring.
It may be necessary to analyze the specific issues in detail, but the fact that the intelligent single parent in the film can cultivate his children to become talents is either an example or the result of artistic processing.
Li Yi also asked Mu Qing this question.
Mu Qing was startled for a moment, then said: "From an educational point of view, to be honest, it is true that this father is not suitable to take care of children. As for whether he can cultivate talents, it is uncertain. In comparison, it is indeed normal.
It is easier for parents to educate their children well."
"But from the standpoint of a bystander, I believe that everyone would be willing to stand by this father. After all, it is unknown whether he can cultivate his children to become talents. And similarly, whether she can meet this father after leaving her
Whether a good parent and a good family can grow up healthily and become a talented person is also unknown.
Since the same things are unknown and the same things are inconclusive, then I prefer to focus on the present and there is no reason to separate this warm family, this father and daughter who love each other."
Li Yi nodded. It is actually difficult to give an answer to this kind of question.
Because as my wife said, everything is unknown, so we should focus on the present.
This is different from "The Gift of Room No. 7" because "The Gift of Room No. 7" does not focus on this issue, and the social environment, education system, and laws and regulations of the East and the West are also different.
In China, a mentally retarded father and his daughter will usually not break up with each other as they do in the United States.
Therefore, "The Gift of Room No. 7" focuses more on the emotions between the father and daughter.
In "I Am Sam", it obviously involves more things.
Another normal family ended up taking care of their children like that. This kind of comparison is actually also unequal.
Because that is not an objectively common situation.
Therefore, it is meaningless to continue discussing this issue.
But Li Yi thinks that such a movie is still very meaningful.
In fact, this kind of issue can easily cause controversy. Why?
In Li Yi's view, movies like "I Am Sam" are actually more suitable for Chinese people to watch. Why do you say that?
Because first of all, we Orientals will be more certain of the educational significance of the film and the life values advocated by the film: enjoying family love is above all else!
It is also the value of many of our countrymen. Although we are forced to violate it from time to time due to pressure or temptation from life, ideals, and society, there is no doubt that when it comes to family ties!
Li Yi was very moved by a courtroom scene in the movie "I Am Sam".
It also gave him a different understanding of the movie.
In court, the bald lawyer asked Sam whether he could do multiplication? Can he do addition? How to give Lucy a better environment?
These questions can be said to be very practical, but on the other hand, questions such as whether you can do multiplication and whether you can add are actually meaningless.
Because the responsibility of parents is more to accompany and teach correct values, right?
One thing to note is that no one's parents are perfect.
Some parents may be social elites, while others may be street vendors or even illiterate. They cannot be perfect in all aspects.
It can be said that Li Yi is not clear about the American side, but in China, it can be said that there are many cases of illiterate parents raising top scorers in college entrance examinations.
Therefore, from this aspect, there is no answer when discussing whether a father with an IQ of only seven years old can take good care of his daughter and train her to become a talented person.
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t!
However, in the process of accompanying their children to grow up and leading them to understand all aspects of the world, parents are exposed to problems that they cannot explain. Maybe they are also "Sam" in areas that they are not good at.
It can be said that the movie is entirely a story supported by a 7-year-old father with his love, and a story enriched by a 7-year-old daughter with understanding, patience and cuddling. This is an encounter created with the heart of the Creator. In fact, it can be peeled off layer by layer.
Remove the shell of the entire film, put aside the impersonal laws, and the peripheral characters. What you see is a father who is the only one who knows the true meaning of father's love. At that time, it was so pure that you can no longer refine it.
A love that brings out impurities.
Maybe people will ask: Can this kind of fatherly love meet the requirements of the real world?
Many people will answer: No.
Then ask: How much pure fatherly love and understanding and love for one's own children are there in the real world?
In fact, the courtroom scenes in the film are the confrontation between the real world and the ideal world. In fact, the confrontation between the lawyers is not important. What is important is the problems reflected by these characters in the world of family love. The opposing lawyers and the staff of the Child Protection Center are very concerned about family love.
Their understanding is zero, they only see the law and those lifeless rules. The piano teacher is the one who lacks family affection and is the Achilles heel in her life. Sam’s lawyer is a character who ignores family affection and is hit back hard by it.
Sam taught them what love is. He showed the sacrifice of a father giving his all to love.
The small football match, the small dance, the small court in the final film, a 7-year-old father being chased by countless children. It was the respect he won, and the world he won.
Of course, movies are always the product of artistic processing. It is impossible for a movie to cover everything. The same is true for "The Gift of Room No. 7". It is impossible to satisfy everyone, as long as the movie provides a logic and core that most people can accept.
, then that’s actually enough!
Therefore, Li Yi is still very interested in this movie.
After all, this can be regarded as the feeling of reliving "The Gift of Room No. 7" back then!
The importance of that movie to him is self-evident!
