How do you feel after reading The Promise of Gold?

Commitment itself is only a starting point, because Hamudis's wife has three identities in essence: first, she is Hamudis's wife; Second, she is an illegal immigrant; Third, she is black. These three identities are intertwined and progressive, and the essence of the problem can not be truly explained until the last layer. There is such an episode in the film. Amido's wife was waiting for Iger under the bridge when it suddenly rained heavily. His wife suddenly looked up and found that it was not a rainstorm. Obviously, the local people urinated on themselves on purpose. Acylamino's wife scolded casually, but she didn't want to be more angry. Two white people got off the bridge and ran over her luggage on a motorcycle. Everything in the bag was run over. No one knows who she is, and it is impossible for two strangers to know that she is an illegal immigrant; The only certainty is that she is black. Perhaps we have to ask, why are blacks so widely discriminated against and their rights trampled on, but they are unable to fight back? The reason is that she is not only a black woman, but also an immigrant who has no legal rights in her own country, a helpless wife and mother who lost her husband. ...

It is based on this triple identity that Iger is caught in a quagmire more terrible than keeping his promise. Because he gradually found that whether he can honor his promise is actually only a matter of form, which can only determine whether Edgar is moral or not to live up to his conscience to a certain extent; More cruelly, the external force that prevents the promise from being realized is immoral in itself. If it corresponds to the identity of Amido's wife, realizing the promise is not only a challenge to himself, but also a challenge to his father, and it is also a challenge to the moral upper limit that Edgar has always accepted. In this way, the form turned to the essence, and human nature surfaced.

You gain something, you lose something. Iger finally chose to help Amido's wife get rid of her conscience, but he undoubtedly lost his affection. The father was tied to a chain by his son like a dog and let his son untie him. The appearance of this scene is not Japanese at all, but makes people feel sad. At the end of the film, when his wife heard that Amido was dead, she didn't intend to board the train for Cologne, but turned around and went back. No one knows what happened after that, only one thing is certain: Iger's moral growth has become an endless price, and all three people have become victims of each other. The real conflict began.

The author coquettishly called this film a "monument", not only because of luc dardenne's bright but ambiguous conception. In The Promise of Gold, all the skills in luc dardenne's later creation have begun to appear. From a photographic point of view, stylized hand-held cameras and relatively dim colors give people a strong sense of recording and realism, which greatly enhances the credibility and shock of the film; From the writer's point of view, seeing the big picture from the small and the sudden change of plot have become the important elements of luc dardenne's film plot. It is worth noting that although the plot often changes suddenly, it does not feel abrupt, indicating that the bedding of change is sufficient, the rhythm of change is appropriate, and the logic of change is natural. Voice in reality is also an important part of luc dardenne's films. The roar of motorcycles in the distance, the muffled sound of amino landing, and the gasping sound when talking on the phone ... all kinds of voices are very expressive, and some of them are strong hints of the plot turning point of the whole film. In addition to these, the film also has a very important prop-the gold ring. As an object given to Edgar by his father, the ring is of great significance in both surface plot and deep meaning. It is paired with the ring on the father's hand, and can even be called the certificate and token of father-son relationship. The ring appeared in several key places in the film: when it first appeared, my father gave it to Iger. Iger was very happy and thanked him again and again, which reflected the harmonious relationship between father and son and a happy life. When the ring appeared for the second time, they took a bath after burying the amido group, and the father took off the ring on his son's hand and cleaned it. On the one hand, it is to clean the blood and destroy the evidence, on the other hand, it is also suggesting that my father evaded his responsibility and washed away the stain in this way. Next time, the camera deliberately stopped in Iger's hand, and the ring sparkled as his hand moved. This seems to imply that there is an invisible magic between father and son that drives Edgar to call his father and tell him where Amido's wife is. At this moment, the father symbolized by the ring defeated Amido's wife, who was in danger. Fortunately, when Iger came home, she found herself running into the road, hoping to take a taxi to the hospital to see the children, so she escaped. The last time Edgar appeared, he sold the gold ring in despair and bought a ticket with the money he got back. This is telling us that Iger has broken with his father or the moral values he represents and embarked on a road of no return without hesitation. This link is not only pulling, but also following the flow of the whole story, forming a very complete clue, which is luc dardenne's usual way and their genius. ?