Chapter 476 A Mistake Destroys a Family

“The rhythm is great.”

Bruno couldn't stop praising him.

Sometimes, just watching the first ten minutes of a movie will make you feel a little restless.

However, the life-like story told in "Manchester by the Sea" completely immersed the movie fans in the theater in a short period of time, and they all looked at the big screen intently.

After his nephew Patrick learned the news of his father's death, he was not overly sad on the surface. Instead, he called his friends to his home and laughed endlessly.

But this kind of laughter cannot be conveyed to the hearts of movie fans.

Because almost all movie fans can feel that Patrick is escaping from reality and his father's death.

The next day, Li brought Patrick to deal with his brother Joe's funeral. What Li didn't expect was that his brother Joe actually gave him custody of Patrick.

It's just that when it comes to custody, Li has no way to do it because of what happened in the past.

In fact, Patrick's biological mother did not die, but after his father got heart disease, he left and never came back to start a new family.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Mizhou.

The extremely life-like narrative rhythm gradually makes the characters of the entire film clear.

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"What happened in the past?"

"Why doesn't Li want to raise his nephew? He is the only person his brother can trust and entrust to him?"

Looking at Bratt's blank eyes, many movie fans thought so.

It was at this time that Li's memories flashed back again and he returned to the past.

The night when three of his children were burned alive by the fire.

Fans understood everything when they saw the flames rising.

That night, Brat, who was drunk, bought daily necessities and beer after his wife and children fell asleep. However, before leaving, he saw the children in the attic. Li added two pieces of firewood to the closet, but did not add them. Fireproof board, leading to tragedy!

The fire devoured the house and all three children died and were burned to charcoal.

Although the wife was rescued from the fire, nothing could be saved.

"Some mistakes cannot be forgiven."

This is a sentence that fits Li Xian's current state of mind.

Movie fans did not sympathize with Li, after all, all these tragedies were caused by Li himself, but they could understand and feel Li's despair when he went to the police station to take notes when his child died!

In the theater, Brat crossed his arms and looked at the big screen carefully.

I have to say that this scene is Bratt's two most satisfying scenes personally, so much so that he couldn't be separated from the role for a long time.

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Lee was not arrested, it was an accident and the victim was his own child.

But just when Li was released and was about to leave the police station, the most classic scene in "Manchester by the Sea" took place at this moment!

Li walked out of the interrogation room like a zombie and came to the lobby. When he saw a police officer, he rushed over like crazy, grabbed the gun of the passing police officer, and then pointed it at him without any hesitation. The trigger was pulled on the temple!

This is not a show, this is a real pull of the trigger!

"Holy shit!"

Watching Li fail to turn on the safety button for the first time and attempt suicide, and then turn on the safety button and prepare to fire the second shot, the fans in the theater were speechless!

Any movie fan can understand Li's choice.

If it were them, they wouldn't be able to deal with what's happening in front of them!

Perhaps death is the most liberating option.

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Is Li a bad person?

I'm afraid many movie fans can't answer this question.

You know, Li loves his wife, his children, and even his brother and nephew very much, but this night's negligence and mistake cannot be forgiven, and it is also the root cause of Li's current situation.

After this accident, his wife left Li, and Li could not stay in this small town full of painful memories. He left here alone and went to work in Boston. Except for this time, he never came back. Patrick, who had been close to him as a child, also gradually lost contact.

In the past, for many of Lin Qiu's films, fans wanted to express a lot of real-time opinions or impressions while watching the movie, but this "Manchester by the Sea" is completely different. It uses the plot to capture every fan's restless heart. I calmed down and just wanted to quietly experience the story.

When his uncle was unwilling to be his guardian, his mother was Patrick's last resort.

But no matter how reluctant Li was to raise Patrick, he was unwilling to let Patrick return to the arms of that irresponsible woman.

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His father's death didn't seem to have any impact on Patrick.

Patrick is still in love with his "two girlfriends" and wants to get to third base and complete the crucial hit. He seems to have completely forgotten the fact that his father is no longer around.

Li, on the other side, received a call that almost caused him to have a "cardiac arrest."

This call came from ex-wife Randy.

"I'm Randy."

Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Bratt, who played Lee, perfectly presented the emotions of embarrassment, uneasiness, and sadness. He pretended to be calm and hesitantly responded to his ex-wife's greetings.

It turns out that his ex-wife Randy also received the news of Joe's death and came here to express her regrets.

When talking about Joe's funeral and Patrick's affairs, Randy's voice also had a sobbing tone.

You know, their family used to be so happy, like the bright sunshine, but now it is so dark that you can't see a trace of the sun, just like the gray sky of Manchester by the sea.

"Can I ask..."

"How are you doing recently?"

As soon as Randy's voice came out, many viewers in the theater couldn't help but shed tears.

As the people who loved each other the most, but the accident pushed the two in different directions. I am afraid that every time they meet, they will think of their children.

"I don't know, what about you..."

Lee kept pacing, like a child who was at a loss, holding back tears, and answered Randy.

"I don't know either."

On the phone, Lee learned that Randy had a new family and was pregnant.

After learning the news, Lee was even more incoherent and hung up the phone in a hurry.

This feeling is like Randy is asking Lee to look forward, telling him that life must go on, but Lee wants to stay forever on the day before the fire.

Perhaps the real Lee was already dead on that day.

What remained in this world was just an empty shell.

Returning to the small town, Lee's mind was constantly filled with memories that he would never forget in his life.

Randy was not wrong in that accident. It was not easy for Randy to forgive Lee many years later in the eyes of the fans.

But in this world, it is easy for others to forgive you.

But it is the most difficult to forgive yourself.

This kind of self-blame cannot be overcome by the persuasion of bystanders. It is a shadow that accompanies a lifetime.

Lee has been imprisoning himself.

Even if the cage is opened, Lee does not want to walk out at all.

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The fans in the theater can empathize.

Even though they know that all these problems are caused by Lee's mistakes.

But at the moment when Bratt's dejected eyes looked at the big screen, fans could still feel the sadness from Lee's heart, and couldn't help but feel sad for him.

... (End of this chapter)