Balloon is a woman's disease, so it's not convenient to tell you. "I can see a sick woman."

"It's a woman's illness, so it's not convenient to tell you."

"You said that I could see a sick woman."

"I'd better wait for Dr. Zhou."

"I really can't help you when you are so conservative."

This is the dialogue between the heroine Zhuo Ga and the male doctor in the film Balloon, and it is also the second time that the film mentions the concept of a new era.

The first time is at the beginning of the movie, the male elder sister and her father discuss motorcycles.

"How many years have you been riding this motorcycle?"

"I have been riding for more than five years, and there are many problems."

"How can riding this now be better than riding a horse?"

"Yes, the horse has been sold now, and there are no horses now."

"The times have changed and there is no way."

The change of the times is the theme that runs through the whole movie. Through the exploration of contraception, children and love, the inadaptability of old ideas in the new era and the collision between old and new ideas have been intensified.

contraception

With regard to contraception, there are many plots about "condoms" in the new era in the film, but there is only one plot about "ligation", which is the product of the old era.

condom

1. At the beginning of the movie, the elder sister's two sons stole condoms by the bed to play as balloons. The older sister, who was ashamed to explain, had to say it was a balloon, and then she punctured it while the child was not paying attention.

"Balloons are children's toys. Why not play with them? " "Dad, you don't understand this."

Not only for children, but also for adult fathers and big sisters, I am embarrassed to explain.

Zhuoga, who came back from the clinic, put the condom on the bed, but her sister Zhuoma found it. After listening to her sister's explanation, Zhuo Ma threw the condom back into bed like a hot potato.

3. Two naughty sons stole condoms and changed another child's whistle, which led to conflicts between two adults.

"Last night, when our family was having dinner, my son came in with this balloon. We are all ashamed and don't know what to do. To make matters worse, my father asked my daughter what it was. My daughter was so ashamed that she ran out without looking back, let alone eating, and she hasn't come home yet. "

"Ashamed to death" is a common idea of condom, a new thing.

Ligation operation

The ligation operation was embarrassed to tell the male doctor at the beginning of the article by the female host Zhuo Ga. But compared with condoms, ligation is a permanent and irreversible contraceptive operation.

The reason why you are willing to do this when you know that ligation has adverse effects is clearly stated in the movie: talk about sexual change.

In public cognition, sex is private and can't be said to the outside world. Condoms are like being placed on a table, which makes everyone embarrassed. Ligation is irreversible, but can be hidden.

The attitude towards "sex" is one of the manifestations of different concepts in the old and new times.

Children-reincarnation

The film spends a lot of time emphasizing the story of reincarnation, which is embodied in the reincarnation of ancestors.

(paternal) grandmother

"Jiang Yang, is that mole on your back still there?" "Still there."

"You recognized the reincarnation of your grandmother as soon as you were born. It's amazing, the moles on your backs are exactly the same. "

This passage by a nun in Zhuo Ma laid a good foundation for the reincarnation of her grandfather, telling us from the side that reincarnation is a local belief.

grandpa

Grandpa's reincarnation is manifested through Zhuoga's pregnancy, but it intensifies the internal contradictions of Zhuoga's family and is also a concrete manifestation of the contradiction between old and new ideas. It has gone through several stages.

1, Grandpa passed away

2. The guru predicted that Grandpa would be reincarnated into the Zhuoga family.

People doubt what the guru said.

4. Zhuo Yu confirmed pregnancy.

5. The communication with Zhou Cuo made Zhuo Ga's thought begin to awaken: women didn't come to this world to have children.

6. My sister Zhuo Ma, her husband's elder sister and her son Liu Jiang all disapprove of Zhuoga's abortion.

7. Zhuoma took Zhuoga to the temple.

Although the film tells the story of "samsara" in a large space, it denies samsara from a realistic perspective.

1, the lens of IVF on TV. If there is reincarnation, how can IVF explain it?

2. The river is the reincarnation of grandma, and the other two younger sons don't know who is reincarnated.

As proof of grandma's metempsychosis, I picked a mole in my dream.

4. On the night when Zhuoga told her husband to abort the child, she told us through Zhuoga that the guru might be wrong.

From this perspective, the story of the four brothers living in harmony that was deliberately deleted in the novel can be reasonably explained. The story goes like this:

A long time ago, an elephant, a monkey, a rabbit and a parrot came to a very beautiful grassland, where there was a big tree full of fruits. After a while, they wanted to become sworn brothers, but they didn't know who was older or younger. When they got here, they told each other the size of the tree. "

Elephant: When I got to this meadow, the tree had already borne fruit, and I was still eating under it.

Rabbit: When I got here, the tree had grown tall, but it didn't bear fruit.

Monkey: When I came, the tree was very small, with only a few branches.

Parrot: When I got here, this tree was just a sapling. I even peed on it a few times.

In this way, they divided the old and the young and became brothers in turn. Elephants carry monkeys, monkeys carry rabbits, and rabbits carry parrots. They respect each other and live a beautiful life.

Among them, Grandpa plays the elephant, Jiang Yang plays the rabbit, the second brother plays the monkey and the third brother plays the parrot. After the story was finished, grandpa reacted and said, "I should have played the parrot, but now it's reversed." I played the elephant and I became the youngest. "

The story of "Four Brothers in Harmony" emphasizes reincarnation, and also implies that grandpa will be reincarnated as the youngest child in the future, but it contradicts the theme of the film, so the director only shot the flash when Zhuo Ma went to school to meet the river, without too much pen and ink.

love

The story of Sister Zhuo Ma and Debenha represents love, which is a dark line reflecting the collision between old and new ideas. Although the film doesn't specifically say how they separated, it only says that there are some misunderstandings between them, but we can make some speculations from a few sentences.

"Without the karma of past lives, it is difficult to be reborn again and return to this world. Since the deceased chose your body, how painful it is for him to refuse to be born. You can't accumulate all the debts you haven't asked for in your life like me. " Zhuo Ma said to her sister after learning that she had the idea of aborting the child. It is not difficult to see from this sentence that Zhuo Ma once had a child with Debenga, but she miscarried.

In order to emphasize this point, the director specially used flashback lens. After the above story, it was followed by this content: Zhuo Ma, a younger sister, came to see her sister. Then the camera turns back to reality. It means telling us that in the past, my sister was pregnant and told her sister, but now she is pregnant and told her sister.

This technique is also very common in other movies, such as One Step Away. In order to show who killed Wan, a contrast lens was used. The horse walked in front of Sun and the masked woman, and then the masked horse walked behind Sun and Wu Liu.

Let's make a reasonable guess:

In middle school, Zhuo Ma, who has a strong personality, and Debenga, who is talented, were lovers. After Zhuo Ma became pregnant, they explained the situation to their families. Sister Zhuo Ma was willing, but Debenha's family was unwilling, and even forced Debenha to marry another woman. Debenga was adamant, but he was locked at home and couldn't get out. After a long time no news, Zhuo Ma, who mistakenly thought she was abandoned, aborted her child and became a monk.

Debenga learned that Zhuo Ma had become a monk, so she had to obey her parents' request and get married. Writing a book is a way to resist Debenha. With the arrival of a new era, Debenha chose to divorce and return to the school that Zhuo Ma fell in love with. Then, what happened in the movie.

(I checked the information: in the past, marriages in Tibet were arranged by parents, and sons had to resign themselves to fate. In addition, there are many inequalities in old-style marriage. For example, when choosing an object, we should first consider the position and wealth of the other party, and then consider the character and appearance of the other party. From this point of view, Zhuo Ma without parents does not meet the standards of Debenha's parents. )

Their love tragedy is the product of old ideas in the old times. Even if the misunderstanding is solved, what can be done? Zhuo Ma has become a monk, and Debenha promised not to disturb him. It is difficult for them to develop any more.

Two balloons

Each character in the film has its own meaning or represents a group.

Zhou CuO: From her remarks that "women don't come to this world to have children" and "having children can relax and receive a better education", we can see that she is a person with a new era and new ideas.

Debenga: People who bowed to the old times before, but found themselves again and adapted to the new era.

Zhuo Ga: After contacting Zhou Cuo, my thoughts began to change, but I still didn't have the courage to stick to it.

Big sister: people who are in old ideas but are exposed to new things.

Liu Jiang: A person whose thoughts began to be influenced by those of the old times.

Zhuo Ma: People who live in old ideas and can't get in touch with new things.

Generally speaking, if there is any doubt in front of the film, the explanation will be given in the end, either straightforward or obscure, otherwise the film will be incomplete.

The front clearly tells us that "there is a great contradiction between the concept of the old era and the environment of the new era, so what will happen to this contradiction?" The last two balloons in the movie represent this answer.

Combined with the previous plot analysis, the broken balloon represents that the old times have passed, and the old ideas should be broken accordingly. Flying balloons represents free will, that is, everyone's ideas should be respected.

In the film, Zhuo Ga's thoughts were influenced by her husband, and his thoughts were influenced by the guru. Zhuoga's behavior of burning books to drive Debenha away tells us that she made a decision for her without her sister's consent. Under the same blue sky, people are created equal, and life, thoughts and expressions are all the same. We can't take it for granted to make decisions for others.