Compared with Liu Feilai, the film reviews of Zhou Qingquan, a senior reporter at Film Weekly, are much more normal.
""Sowon" tells a story about underage sexual assault. Although the effect of the movie is not a bloody accusation, it shifts the focus to the process of letting the victim get out of such a psychological shadow. The focus is more
Mostly it was the reaction of people around Suyuan, especially her father and some of her friends.
The film is unique in that it does not focus on the police solving the case or restoring the tortuous criminal process, but instead focuses on the emotional impact of the crime on Suyuan and her family.
, the pressure and indifference endured by all parties, and the process of finally walking out of the shadows and welcoming a new life together. Precisely because the film truly reproduces the difficult emotional journey of the criminal victim's family, the film can effectively bring tears to the eyes of the viewer.
However, the film also puts forward such a tragic proposition for us: At a time when the rights and interests of defendants are constantly being valued, how to fully protect the victims so that they will no longer suffer secondary harm from society while innocently being harmed by criminal acts?
In recent years, as the process of democracy and the rule of law has gradually advanced in various countries around the world, the concept of the rule of law in the judicial field has also made remarkable achievements.
From the criminal substantive rule of law concept of statutory punishment and appropriate punishment of guilt to the criminal procedural rule of law concept of excluding suspected guilt and excluding illegal evidence, they all reflect that the value goal of protecting human rights in criminal proceedings has gradually become a superior value concept and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Needless to say, the above-mentioned value concepts focus more on the protection of the rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants, but the protection of criminal victims is often lackluster.
However, if we think about it carefully, we will find that although a series of judicial relief measures have been proposed for criminal victims in recent years, due to limitations of concepts and traditions, their implementation in practice is not satisfactory. Moreover, the so-called
Most of the assistance is mainly based on monetary compensation, and spiritual comfort measures such as psychological correction and restoration of damaged dignity are lacking in both form and content.
In public prosecution cases, because the public prosecution agency forcibly intervenes and becomes the prosecution, and there is a certain degree of conflict between the official and social public interests represented by the public prosecution agency and the interests and demands of the victim, so what status should the victim have in the public prosecution case?
And how to reasonably set their rights, this is what we should pay attention to and think about. The basic purpose of criminal proceedings is to determine the guilt or innocence of the defendant on the basis of ascertaining the facts of the case. This process does not accommodate
The victim’s emotional outlet and mental comfort needs.
The weak should be protected by the law and the perpetrators should be severely punished, but at the same time, as shown in the movie, we have never paid attention to it.
In fact, from this perspective, Suyuan in the film is actually lucky.
After she suffered severe physical and mental torture, she still had a selfless and protective father: he wore sultry props and dressed up as his daughter's favorite "Coco Dream" to make her happy; when she suffered curious harassment from the media
, tried their best to protect her huge scars from being exposed to the public; and there were classmates who never left her: the little boy felt guilty and cried bitterly because he did not accompany Suyuan to school on the day of the incident, causing her accident.
as well as various material and spiritual help provided by sympathetic neighbors. Especially the sympathizing psychologist, who committed suicide because her daughter could not bear the pressure of public opinion after being sexually assaulted.
She felt the pain she suffered and took the initiative to provide Suyuan with psychological treatment...
In other words, Suyuan's luck is due to the fact that she was born in a healthy society idealized by the film's creator. In this society, people around Suyuan's misfortune do not act as mocking, disdainful, indifferent spectators, but treat Suyuan's misfortune with human nature.
Kindness helps victims build a warm emotional zone. In this zone, victims can receive sincere comfort and selfless assistance. It was under the protection of the warm light of this zone that Suyuan was able to get out of the predicament of life.
But what about in reality?
The lead actor Chen Wen mentioned in an interview that of the six victims, two committed suicide, three were still depressed, autistic, and unwilling to interact with society, and only one returned to a normal life.
What a terrible fact this is!”
A bunch of film reviews about "Su Yuan" were sent from Cannes to China.
Rarely does a film entry receive such high attention!
Because as we all know, in a palace of literary and artistic films like the Cannes Film Festival, the films competing must be literary and artistic films.
But this time, "Sowon" has received more attention than any previous participating film.
There are many reasons, including the appeal of Li Yi, the winner of the Oscar for Best Picture, outstanding actors such as Chen Wen, Lin Yunbin, Chu Xuexiang, and Wen Qing, as well as the subject matter of "Su Yuan" itself. These are all leading to
The reason why this movie attracted so much attention.
Even though the movie has not yet set a schedule, domestic media, media, and netizens are all building momentum for the movie and discussing related topics.
When many people first learned about the theme of the movie "Suwon", their first reaction was that a movie like "Suwon" would not be able to sell at the box office in China!
In fact, even Li Yi himself feels so.
After all, unlike "The Gift from Room No. 7", although to a certain extent "Suwon" and "The Gift from Room No. 7" are both tear-jerking family films, the stories are completely different. In this movie, although
It shows a lot of warm and hopeful scenes, but more of them are heavy!
Although the ending of "The Gift of Room No. 7" is not perfect, it is at least a comedy.
But "Suwon" is different. Even the ending shown in the movie is hope! But everyone who watches it will have a feeling, that is, despair!
Coupled with the sensitive subject matter, there is actually nothing exciting about this movie. This kind of movie may be a good movie, but it is definitely not something that everyone can accept easily.
Because the first feeling people have after watching the movie is: uncomfortable!
However, as more and more people join the discussion, the media, film critics, netizens, etc., the topic becomes more and more popular, which invisibly makes this movie have a very good reputation before it is released.
Screening environment.
And don't forget, "Sowon" has also entered the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival.
At the same time, Li Yi and the others have received invitations to the closing ceremony.
Unlike the Oscars, it is the normal practice of the three major European film festivals that as long as you receive an invitation to the closing ceremony, it basically means you have won an award!
And once this movie wins an award, it will also be a huge publicity!
For this reason, many movies to be released in the summer are a bit numb!