Dead Pigs (Cathy Yan, 2018): China, USA

Review by Yuan Luo. Viewed at the AFI Fest 2018.

After watching this black humor comedy, I cried. I began to miss the first house I lived since I was born. I miss it very much, probably because my memory of it is getting blurred, I am so scared. Starting from a news event, there are many social issues such as real estate ascending, “white monkey” and demolition, as well as the smiles and emotions of the very flattering comedy family. I can feel the shadow of many references, but I don’t feel resentful. The humor in many places is well balanced. This piece of music uses a lot of music, which greatly helps the tone and reduces some places that are not embarrassing.

The film’s first person to pursue emotions rather than pursuing money in the modernization process appeared. As a senior middle-aged exquisite woman in the suburbs of Shanghai, Ms. Wang Zhaodi opened a beauty salon. Every morning, she supervised the employees in the store to excite the excitement, and applauded and applauded to call me the best. In her opinion, compared with her The expectation of suffocating in my heart, only the desire to shout out is the most likely to be realized, so she also chooses to shout in life, desperately yelling at life that I am not old – dressed up cheesy and delicate every day, desperately Shouting to the community, I don’t want to move – as the only nail house in this suburb: “I will stick to my home, I, I am not afraid, the law is standing on my side”, desperately yelling at her brother, I don’t want to sell – “Your own things, you can find a way.” Zhaodi has decorated the small building that she has lived for three generations as complicated and low-key as the Budapest Hotel. She has raised a group of pigeons that will fly back anyway, and she will be like the pigeons. When the reporter asked once and for all why she was not taken for granted under the cost of a large amount of demolition, she was anxious: “I am moving? Why should I move?” Ah? I was born here, our family has been born here for three generations. I am here, we all know how many generations, now there is no whole.” When other relocatees took the money to build modernization in line with the development of modernization, Zhaodi was not care about the money from the developer at all. . She only cares about the pigeons in her room, the puppies in her arms, and Memories in your own room. Even if her brother came to ask her to sell her house, she was not willing.

The society is much more ugly than you think. Life is much more gentle than you think. A sly pink woman can finally choose to agree to the demolition because of her family. So she is the winner, at least she has confrontation, knowing to think about herself. The things that are wanted are shouted out, even if they are not obtained in the end, they respect their own heart and receive the comfort of family, not the temptation of money.

The pig farmer is the first person in the village to dare to eat crabs. In today’s fast-changing development in Shanghai, pig farmers have the foresight. Pig raising can no longer be the only way out. There is more risk in raising pigs. Pig feed – “Pigs are better than me.” He borrowed usury, worked as an investor, bought VR glasses, he had the courage to eat crabs, but he didn’t have the skills to eat crabs. When the company he invested in the roll ran, when he pigs died all night, he was still the one. The simple-minded pig farmer who is most eager to succeed but lacks the most successful method, so he stunned the night and threw his dead pigs into the river. The infection was infected. At least it was everyone’s business, the government would solve it, the society would pay attention, but He has to pay for the treatment of dead pigs alone, but it can’t be done, no money.

The rich lady went to the restaurant almost every day to spend time with friends, but it seems that she doesn’t seem to like her rich second-generation friends. When she sees her dad holding a friend around her, that Late, she had a car accident, her neck was hurt, and the fruit farmer was smashed by her. In her dad’s words, “I have bought a good car for you, but it’s not conceivable.” It seems that some money can really longevity. At this time, the second person who appeared in the film to pursue emotion instead of pursuing money in the modernization process was the wife of the fruit grower. When the rich second-generation female neck was good, she took out a thick sum of money and said to the farmer’s wife that she was sorry. The farmer’s wife said, “You are like your dad, thinking that a few bad money can buy people, money. Can I buy my husband to stand up!” The second generation of the rich girl was gone. Money is not a panacea, but no money is impossible.

Put on a rented suit and rented umbrella, ask his dad to drink matcha latte in ZOO COFFEE to eat thick toast is the poor boy’s final construction of his dignity, but unfortunately this construction is less than a day, he was his father Demolition, the poor boy is both annoyed and embarrassed, the pig farmer’s father ran away, and did not ask the poor boy to ask for money, the poor boy began to think of ways to ask for money. He has a rich second-generation girlfriend, but he still decided to rely on his own strength to make money – touch porcelain. In the rainy days, in front of the lights, a bicycle with people falling to the ground, the person who fell to the ground was smashed a few grandfathers, this is the way to make money for the poor boy.

The poor boy’s feelings for the rich girl began to be curious and admire. Nothing should be true of any love. Love should not have too much inferiority and pride in being restricted by poverty and wealth. Fortunately, poor boys and rich girls do not. The young people in modernization are really hopeful. The rich second generation of women have blood and flesh. It is not the only money in the eyes. The poor boy has love and hate in his heart. It is not only poor bones. It is touching.

The climax of the movie is that the sister-in-law is being smashed in the rainy day and night. The pig farmer ponders in the rainy night and night in the room outside the pigsty where his money comes from. The second generation of the rich woman is in a hurry to contact her in the rainy night. The love of the poor, the poor boy hits the porcelain on the rainy night and the night to make money, the young American designer ran to other catwalks, everyone was at the same time, they didn’t get what they wanted, and who they all The result is caused by dead pigs, who caused the dead pigs, is caused by the so-called high-grade pig feed sold by unscrupulous merchants, and the pig feed producer is the rich girl and her father. Fortunately, our sister-in-law saved the whole film. She sold the house. The pig farmer has money. The poor boy doesn’t have to touch the porcelain. The rich second-generation woman also gets her love. The young American designers started here. The place where there is no nail house is talented. Thanks to Ms. Wang Zhaodi, who saved the whole universe.