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Far and Wide: I think Zhao Yingfang is the character who comes closest to portraying mothers in Flower-Planting Country. Even when her husband cheats on her and abuses her, she still treats him as her whole world, but her maternal love also makes her cut ties with him.
She does divorce her husband for her child, showing that she has awakened to some degree of resistance. But the problem is that those conditioned beliefs are practically etched into her bones. She still "loves" her husband and wants to prove her worth, so she keeps disciplining Gu An harshly, hoping to prove her worth that way.
That's the tragedy of some mothers in Flower-Planting Country. She clearly doesn't need to prove herself to anyone or win that scumbag's regard, but the old society's conditioning of women is etched into her bones, into her soul. All she can do is keep struggling between awakening and submission.
The victim becomes the abuser in turn. Tragic and pitiful, yet also hateful.]
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Soybean Juice Should Go Extinct: This completely broke me. My mom is so, so much like Gu An's mom. The part where he gets sick is practically identical. She blames you while also feeling bad for you, but that only makes a child feel wronged and afraid to speak up.]
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Laiwu: After watching the movie, all I want to say is that the man gets to conveniently disappear from the conversation again. Gu Fengyuan was the one who cheated, committed domestic violence, and constantly manipulated Zhao Yingfang. He knew Zhao Yingfang wanted to prove her worth. He knew exactly what she was thinking, but he had no feelings for her or her son and just kept toying with them.
To outsiders, he's emotionally stable, a good husband.