Online review:Sara

Sara : stop being victim

Sara is a Cantonese Sexual-Erotic film directed by Herman Yau and starring Charlene Choi and Simon Yam in 2015. Focus on the story of how Sara struggled and survive to reflect the reality of the cause of gender inequality.

Director make use of the scene that Sara was raped by her step-father as a beginning, to portal and lead the viewer to the main theme of this movie, gender relationship. Directors take advantage of this as a begging, to establish the unbalanced relationship of actor and actress, in order to justifier and reinforce the impression of Sara and her background.

On the hold, Herman Yau attempt to use different direction to explain the fact that women are suffering a gender inequality in this society, that kind of unbalance is a systemized, implied and justified. Sara and her mother and the other charter Dok-my, have to give in that in the stage they have to deal with the reality to someone. The value and tradition causing they have to sacrifice and obey the one signifier as a dominant male (Sara step-father, Kam Ho-yin and the procuring in Thai.)

Patriarchy paradox in today society

The storyline of this film, Sara are the one tried to escape the patriarchy paradox. She change the game by playing the game, she received benefit in exchange her body to Kam.

Sara is signifier of modern woman in story that in this film, she has a better approach than her mother in term of dealing patriarchy system. What is more, she attempt to saving the girl which trap in horrible situation, Dok-my. It show what the director see the generation changing occur. It is easy to see that Sara, as a victim of abuse, that wanted to rescue other, in some level. This is indirect way to describe she are regret and hate the relationship between her and Simon. In other level, what she had do is shows the psychological phenomenon of modern women in society.

This film has indirect point to the dilemma of patriarchy in today society as well as other film mention about. People as an individual that suppose to be free and not being slave by any other, but somehow Sara was witness of abuse. Her stepfather dominate her family, Simon dominate her private life. In this kind of situation, director use the approach to show that the victim are not only the women herself but also man are suffer when gender inequality involved. Her stepfather lives in a family that full of lie and distance, he can’t receive forgiveness from Sara. Sara’s boyfriend can not enjoy a real relationship due to Sara past. Simon always have to worry the relationship would espouse to public. It seems to me that no one is happy and all of them become a loser and it is one of the main ideas on this film.

Social mobility, the way to get rid of misfortune

Director use education as a turning point to develop the personality of Sara in this film.  As the story develop, Sara use her body in order to exchange a decent school, chance to get rid of the fate to become a individual with a well educated background.

This is not a film that told people not to do sex trade, but do it smartly and voluntarily. What is all about to Sara is power, the power that not to obey or being submissive. If Sara follows her mother step, give in to her stepfather, she probably end up her life with regret and self destruct.

In the film, the social contract between Sara and Simon deal are very clear, they are both equal in this relationship. Simon promises her that she can get into school, in exchange of the time of sex in a month. Actually, she had reject having sex with Simon when he come to her apartment which is not part of the deal.

This kind of relationship courage Sara she is an individual with dignity. This is a huge different for Sara that have sex with her stepfather and Simon. She can make her decision by her own which lead to the main theme of this movie.

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