At the age of 65, you still have to engage in sex work?
I can't help but sigh, after people reach old age, is it important to live or to be dignified?
The director uses a calm shooting technique to collide in the conflicting human nature, exposing the bottom of society and the tragic old age of elderly sex workers.
Facts such as mental deprivation, loneliness, and empty nesters are displayed in front of people's eyes.
Behind the "** there is a way of survival that makes people not ashamed and deeply compassionate.
In the leafy park, a thin woman with a painted face.
Looking at it from a distance, her body looks like a girl, full of strength, but when she looks closer, her face can't hide her wrinkles, and she is full of scars of time.
The woman's name is Su Ying, she is fashionably dressed, she is 65 years old, and she is a sex worker.
In the crowd of people coming and going, she is always looking for her own "customers". Su Ying took a fancy to an old man who was close to his prime, and the two looked at each other without any conversation, and reached a "deal".
The hotel not far away is where Suying goes to work, and the numb Suying has long adapted to this lifestyle.
As soon as the camera turned, the long gray hair fell in front of the audience. I can't help but wonder what happened to herWhy this path?
Su Ying has no children, no daughters, no support, and puts aside her shame in order to survive. The old man in the park is her most important economy**.
She always smiled and said to everyone, "Do you want to talk to me about love"?
Whenever the outside world asks him why he is doing this kind of business, So-young will deceive himself by saying "save money and save money for the children who are out of town".
In fact, Su Ying had an unforgettable experience when she was young.
When she first stepped into society, she worked as a nanny and worked on the assembly line. Later changes in the times forced her to be reduced to "** who suffered a heavy blow both physically and psychologically."
That period of time like falling into a stinky ditch made her sprout a true love affair with an American GI, and the two also had children, but they were forced to not be able to raise them, and in the end they could only give it to others.
Su Ying, who was discouraged and guilty and blamed herself, tortured her, and in desperation, she fled to South Korea to live in seclusion.
A person who loves beauty, although he has been treated unfairly by fate, Su Ying has always been decent.
Although she has no skills, no relatives to rely on, and even eats the last meal without the next meal, she did not choose to pick up garbage, but started a "skin and meat business".
In a sense, So-young gave birth to a child, which is it?
Saving money and working for her son from other places" is not a lie, it is the hope to support her survival. Although it is impossible to meet again in my lifetime, there is at least a "support".
is old and yellow, and has nothing to rely on in society, and many of her former customers have become her friends.
Because everyone is the same age, they seem to be struggling for "**", but they are actually seeking emotional comfort and "support". The two of them have long surpassed the "love of fish and water" for Su Ying.
The director uses multiple shots to show the "process" of Su Ying's work.
The details give people that she seems to be only engaged in an ordinary profession and has nothing to do with "**."
In the eyes of old customers, Su Ying is just "emotional" sustenance, but what about the eyes of the people around her?
She was ridiculed as "disgusted" by people, throwing away the face of the elderly, which is equivalent to the most undignified "garbage" among her peers.
Su Ying, who is hopeless in life and love, has been doing it for decades. She has suffered everyone's eyes and disdain, but what can she do?
Su Young does not have the ability to live, does not have children to rely on, and does not take care of her husband. She doesn't want to lose everything, she can't eat the hardships of the bottom, she will only wander like a walking corpse, among many men.
It is worth mentioning that Su Ying is not a money-greedy woman. As long as she earns enough for that day's living expenses, she will "call it a day".If you give some money, you can donate it to those in need.
I often wonder: is her move "redemption" or "kindness"?
I went to the doctor's clinic and met a desperate mother and son in the camp. The women went to the father with the children in their arms, but the men ruthlessly chose to refuse.
In anger, the mother poked people with scissors, and the child ran away from home in a panic.
As if thinking about the child who was born many years ago, So-young followed him with confidence and took the little boy home as well.
The two spent some days together, and the child's mother was put in prison.
So-young reaches out to a stranger and finds a lawyer, hoping to use her ability to give some warmth to this desperate woman.
Later, because she needed to work, So-young gave her child to the disabled Do-hoon and the transgender landlord, and then started her numb part-time job again.
She met a former customer in the park, and the two of them talked like friends, talking about another customer, "Change Song". Su Young knew from Jae-woo's mouth that there was a "change Song" who had a stroke and lived a miserable life.
"I liked to be clean when I was young, and Su Ying left a deep impression on him, because every time the two of them made a deal, he always tidied himself up.
Hearing that the other party was sick, her son sent her to the hospital, but her grandchildren avoided it, she couldn't bear it anymore and decided to visit the other party in the hospital.
After the two met, "Change Song" lamented that his son settled in the United States and lived a very chic life. After he suffered a stroke, his son hired a nurse and returned to the United States after a short stay.
I can feel the "expectation" and "loneliness and despair" of people for their children in old age.
In desperation, he said to Su Ying, "I won't die alone, it's shameful to live, do me a favor."
looked at the man and cried a lot, but Su Ying didn't give it. The next day, she fed the "change Song" with medicine, and her face was worry-free.
After coming out of the hospital, I met a young man who was making a documentary, and they were entangled with each other, always wanting to hear about Suying.
Su Ying smiled sadly, what do you say?Even exhort the lads to earn more money while they are young, otherwise they will suffer as much as they do in their old age.
After the interview, So-young comes to the park again and meets Jae-woo by chance.
When I heard that person say "Change Song" and passed away without knowing what to eat, a little loneliness flashed in his eyes.
Soyoung was calm, and frankly she sent him away. The heavy theme of life and death is interspersed in the conversation between the two, and the irony is extremely strong.
Jae-woo was surprised, but soon calmed down and bluntly said that a friend with Alzheimer's disease was "seeking relief", and maybe So-young could help him.
Seeing this, I was very shocked in my heart, Su Ying's behavior is equivalent to "**But these people are willing to be "helped", how many people have been hurt by this situation?
In this way, the two of them came to the old man's house, Zhong Xiu looked at Zaiyu painfully, and said bluntly: It won't be long before I will not recognize you, so you can send me on the road at that time.
The last three went up the mountain, and So-young pushed it down from Jong-so's hands, and Jae-woo was very calm. It seems that death is more of a release for the empty nesters who have lost their orphans.
Afterwards, Jae-woo found out a few days later that So-young was a high-end restaurant, and the two of them did not match their identities.
Jae-woo tells So-young that his wife and son are dead, and he is the only one living miserably. Su Ying still talks about the "first half of life" and "children" with a serene expression.
In despair and helplessness, Jae-woo, who witnessed the "liberation" of his good friend, also wanted So-young to help. In order to no longer be lonely at the last moment of his life, he asked Suying to be by his side.
In the end, he put a whole bottle of sleeping pills in his mouth, and Su Ying ate one and fell asleep quietly, the effect of which can be imagined.
Looking at the calm expression of the old patron, Su Ying burst into tears, and no one knew what this meant.
Some people feel sad, some people feel guilty, some people feel helplessness in the face of life, and some people think it is the bitterness of Su Ying's life.
Jae-woo left a large sum of money for So-young, and So-young only had a small part left, and the rest was all donated to the temple.
Soon after the defeat and Su Ying was thrown into prison, she did not exonerate herself, because she did not need to worry about food and clothing in prison, and she could no longer sell herself.
It's a pity that Su Ying solved the problem of food and clothing, did not survive the cold winter, and finally she also left.
As the most marginal character at the bottom, the emotions rendered by "* make people's minds unable to calm down for a long time.
The elderly in the film seek relief through death, imagine the situation faced by orphans and empty nesters in life
In an aging society, "* is intertwined, and neighbors with the same disease are warm."
"Miss Bacchus" is ostensibly about the "sex" of the old man, but in fact, it is more like fighting against loneliness.
That helpless character, like the walking dead, gradually faded away and isolated, which is a layer of human nature worth reflecting on.