What does the last joke told by the doctor in the Italian film A Beautiful Life mean?

1. In a farewell in Italy, the doctor told Quito a mystery:

When you called his name, he disappeared.

This mystery is actually very simple, even mentioned in many cultures, such as China and Japan. The answer is silence.

-and in the whole story, this answer is not only the code word of an old acquaintance, but also the foreshadowing of the whole fate ... When you are discovered, you will disappear ... So, be silent, don't make any noise, and hide quietly until no one is there. ...

2. At the banquet in the concentration camp, the doctor painfully told Quito another mystery:

Fat and ugly, timid to yellow, you asked me what kind of guy I was, and I said, quack quack. I shit while walking. Who am I?

-this mystery is relatively simple, almost a nursery rhyme about ducklings, but the doctor was so painful that he repeatedly asked Quito if he was a duckling.

3. The doctor went on to say:

Don't! The answer was given by the vet, and I couldn't work it out, so I couldn't give him a riddle. I thought it was a platypus. But the platypus is not called quack, and the platypus is called yiyi. I translated it into Italian for you last night. what do you think? I can't think of anything except ducklings ... help, please, help, I can't sleep. ...

The sadness and pain in the doctor's eyes are obvious. He is sending a message to Quito with a silly riddle, that is, ducks and platypus have different sounds, suggesting that Italian and German will eventually become the key to identify them.

Because of the language barrier, the doctor can't help Guido and his son. He was in pain, too. He couldn't sleep all night, thinking about how to mix platypus into ducks. However, there is no way. Guido doesn't know German. He stressed that I translated it into Italian for you. Guido's son is a dangerous unstable factor. We also saw in the parallel plot that the child forgot the silence agreement because he was happy and said "thank you".

So Guido's son is a duckling in the riddle. He may only need a suit to dress up as a platypus, but croaking will eventually betray him.

So, the doctor finally punched the table and said sadly, those damn ducklings, didn't they? He may find a way to save the clever Quito, but he has no confidence in facing a child.

I don't agree with some statements about the image of doctors on the Internet. He is definitely not a selfish, cold-blooded person who is addicted to guessing games!

The doctor is actually a fleshy artistic image in the film.

First of all, how can a person who can't eat for guessing games not be a smart and elegant person?

-when he is guessing riddles, he can think quietly alone, share the joy of guessing riddles with others, and praise Quito's cleverness unabashedly. How can he not be a modest man who likes peace by nature?

When he said goodbye in Quito, Italy, he took a flower and said he would give it to his wife who was far away from home. So what he took was a gift for his wife. Isn't it also friendship and commemoration for Quito? He exchanged crossword puzzles with his friends. Can such a behavior habit be possessed by a rude and heartless person?

If it weren't for this bloody war on racism, what kind of life would doctors continue? What kind of beautiful life will he have?

5. Pick another director's own explanation ...

Guido expects Lessing to give a more reasonable answer to this difficult problem. In fact, Benigni has interpreted this puzzle as "nonsense". (In the film, Lessing gives Guido four puzzles. ) Because Lessing's name is reminiscent of the tradition of the German Enlightenment (with the same surname as the most important writer and thinker during the German Enlightenment), the role of Lessing has retreated to an unharmonious position (from a former close friend to a "butcher" and an "executioner"), which is a major blow to Guido and highlights the complete irrationality of the "catastrophe".

-hardware

In an interview, roberto benigni showed that there was no answer to this riddle-it emphasized the absurdity of this situation in an absurd form. At the same time, some people think that the answer should be "Jews".

Benigni interpreted this riddle as "meaningless", and it seems that Guido needs Lessing to make a more rational response. Lessing's name. Recalling the tradition of the German Enlightenment, it was a heavy blow to Guido that this role returned to a state of disharmony, and emphasized the total irrationality of the Holocaust. [6]

(6) Carlo celli's interview with roberto benigni, unpublished, 1 1 March 3rd, 1999.

In an interview, roberto benigni said that there is no answer to this riddle-it is meaningless to point out the absurdity of this situation. However, some people think that the answer may be "a Jew".