The camera again switches to the exclusive interview mode at the beginning of the movie. Henry looks at the camera with a sincere face. In the super close-up, the light in his eyes is so clear, as if he bumps into the stars. He can touch the mixed emotions with his hand.
"The children have too much energy. They are bored. " Henry's words were gentle, and he seemed to fall into his own thoughts. "If you don't have something substantial to share, how can they believe you? What about the literature in the classroom? " With that, Henry's eyes are still calm, not too many waves, but it always makes people feel that there is a story hidden in those eyes, waiting for people to dig.
After class, the chubby girl named Henry didn't leave. She still stayed in her own place and asked curiously, "why did you just drive Marcus out and let Jerry stay?"
"I have to make an example." Henry raised his eyebrows and a smile came from the corner of his mouth. "Marcus insulted you in words, which is not allowed in my class. It doesn't matter what I say. " After a slight silence, Henry asked, "what's your name?"
"Meredith."
"Nice to meet you, Meredith."
Looking at Henry's smile, Meredith cast her eyes in a daze. "Don't you really care if the children are rude to you?"
Henry pondered seriously for half a second, then shrugged invisibly. "Maybe I've been used to it for a long time."
Meredith looked envious. "I wish I were that strong."
"It's not about being strong, Meredith." Henry took a long breath and said with a smile, "you have to understand that, unfortunately, most people act according to their self-consciousness, and you have to remember that because you don't have the chance to do it again, you will meet the same kind of people at every stage of your life."
Mark adjusted his posture. To be honest, he didn't understand the intention of the work. Naughty students, intimate teachers, so this is the "death poetry club" or "spring of cattle class" that kind of work? But in lanli's performance, the deep and sad power can never be removed. Why?
Then, mark gradually understood something: This is a school that has fallen into the abyss. The students are stubborn, disobedient, ignorant, swearing and willing to degenerate; And parents also refuse to introspection, shirk responsibility, stubborn, Shangliang is not right.
Every teacher is deeply trapped in frustration and despair. They try to work hard and finish their work, but they are powerless. They bear unbearable weight on each shoulder.
In the dead of night, Henry can't sleep. He wanders in the street all night, muttering to himself and singing his own poems, just like a lonely soul wandering in the night; Dragging his tired feet back home, the phone call from the hospital forced him to leave home again.
His grandfather, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, locked himself in the bathroom again, chanting "Patricia" - Henry's mother, who refused to come out; Henry had to go to the hospital in person. After persuading his grandfather to come out, he helped him to go to bed. Looking at the grandfather who talked to himself about his death and the blank diary, Henry fell into deep weakness and pain.
So, he vented all his anger on the nurses in the hospital. After the outburst, he slammed the door and left. However, sitting on the bus back home, he fell apart bit by bit. When he saw a special underage service provider serving a drunkard, despair and pain completely defeated all the defense lines. He opened his eyes wide and let the tears flow freely, but there was no trace of soul in his eyes.
Mark was stunned, absolutely stunned.
Tony kayer once again uses the close-up lens of the fake documentary, the thick film quality, and even can clearly see the restless surging of the noise under the night, the original texture without polishing, completely close to the actor's cheek, and magnify every detail in the expression to the extreme.
There are no lines, no plots, or even the context. In lanli's eyes, the whole process of emotional ups and downs is truly and clearly presented. The silent cry, the silent roar, the numb howl, the eyes that gradually lose focus, but the tears can't stop, It seems that we can really see the process of the light of the soul fading bit by bit.
The delicacy and publicity of acting skills, with unprecedented shock, are magnified and magnified on the large screen.
Mark involuntarily slightly opened his mouth, and his soul was so stiff in place that he completely lost his ability to think. Inexplicably, the line of sight blurred, but the tears did not have time to condense, and then it dissipated and evaporated, leaving only the hazy world, thick bitterness and heavy sadness, like ripples.
This is the meeting of Henry and Erica. Even though a drunkard was "free of charge" just now, not only he didn't ask for the fee, but also he was slapped in the face, Erica didn't care at all, caught the pity and pain in Henry's eyes, and then followed Henry out of the bus, trying to finish the second business tonight, and even pestered with Henry, putting all the fault and responsibility on Henry, blame everyone and everything but not oneself.
The gesture of indifference and abandonment makes people feel sad and angry.
"She used to be a gentle and lovely girl, but she always asked too much for life. What qualifications could she not satisfy? Her mother and I met all her needs as much as possible. Why did she suddenly become so perverse? So crude? So mean? We don't understand. Frankly speaking, it has nothing to do with us. We are competent parents, but she paid us back by suicide. She is a selfish and stupid minor, and now she will never have a chance to enter Princeton University - anonymous. "
This is Henry's assignment in the first class. On the second class, he shared these assignments with the students. This is an anonymous assignment. The indifference and cruelty between the lines reflect the inner pain and suffering of the student.
As a substitute teacher, Henry didn't know what to do. According to the truth, his duty is not to "teach and educate", but just to maintain order and wait for the real teachers to come and succeed him. Then he completes the handover of his work and goes on to the next school. But the problem is that real regular employees don't know what to do.
A little punk with dirty words and no care; If they are not willing to help themselves, if their parents are not willing to help, then what can teachers do? What should we do?
Henry's grandfather's condition is getting worse and worse. He not only begins to incontinent in the hospital bed, but also has more and more vague memory. He constantly mentions his daughter Patricia, and seems to see Patricia come to the hospital to visit him. However, Henry is unwilling to respond and is in a painful state. Looking back at his grandfather who is at a loss, he is helpless and can't help.
On the way home, Henry saw Erica at the bus stop again.
Erica tried to borrow ten dollars from Henry because she was hungry; After all, Henry was soft hearted and took Erica home to make her a sandwich.
Inadvertently, Henry found the scar on Erica's skin. He carefully unbuttoned the net stockings. Then he saw Erica's inner thigh full of scars, blood stains, and dark brown eyes. He looked at Erica seriously, "have you been used recently?"
"What do you care?" Erica, like a hedgehog covered with spines, stabbed straight back.
"I'm not sure what to do with it." Henry remained calm, no sympathy, no pity, no anger, "but if I say, I'll wear more."
Erica is not appreciative at all. She tries to continue to sell her service, even willing to give a discount of $100. Now it's only $50. But Henry just skips these tricks and takes Erica to the bathroom, leaving medical supplies to teach Erica how to disinfect; Left clean bath towel, let her clean herself well; Then came to the hall, for their own lay, the sofa bed to Erica.
Looking at Henry's back, Erica is a little confused, and seems to be too strange to all this.
The next morning, Henry went to work and left Erica at home. But it's another bad day.
Hooligans who lose control of violence and destroy public facilities; Parents who try to put the blame on the school, or even take the opportunity to blackmail; They are introverted students who kill small animals for fun but don't know how to repent; Parents who simply don't realize the seriousness of the problem and don't care... The whole world is full of negative energy.
When Henry came home, he found Erica was using her mouth to serve a middle-aged man. Henry got out of control and grabbed the man by the collar. "Did you pay? Have you paid yet? " Scared out of his wits, the middle-aged man left behind a lot of green bills before he was driven out of his apartment.
Faced with the furious Henry, Erica cowered on the bed and said timidly, "don't hit me."
Henry didn't do it. He just handed Erica the tissue; Then he took out the clean sheets and asked Erika to change them. Looking at the disappointed Henry, Erica knelt carefully in front of him, "don't be angry, OK?"
"I'm not angry." Henry shook his head gently.
Erica's voice trembled slightly. "And don't think I'm hopeless, OK? I'll never do it again, I promise
Henry looked at Erica, lowered his eyes, carefully pulled Erica's open shirt and said, "you don't need to promise me. Whatever it is, whatever you want to do, do it. Just, don't be here. Do you understand? "
Erica tried to catch Henry's sight, but failed, kneeling in the same place, motionless.
Involuntarily, Mark's nose was sour. His depressed and depressing mood blocked his throat. He couldn't make a sound and his mouth was bitter.