I watched the movie “The Reader” last night, this story is affected me deeply.

The story was taken palace in post-World War II Germany. Occasionally a teenager handsome senior school student named Michael was sick and helped by a mature lady called Hanna on the way his home, but Hanna’s age was twice than Michael’s. Michael seeks out Hanna to thank her, and then the two are quickly drawn into a passionate. They often make love at Hanna’s home, and I found Michael was fallen into this strange love deeply. Hanna was enthralled Michael reads to her book from “The Odyssey”, “A lady with a little dog” and their physical relationship deepens. Until one day Hanna was mysteriously disappears, Michael was left heartbroken. Michael next encountered Hanna likely ten years later, he becomes a law university student, while he attended a Nazi war crime trial. Michael found Hanna was a war criminal in the court, and finally she was sentenced to lifelong in jail. Michael’s real marriage was unhappy, I think he was never forgot his first time, and he choiced to divorce his wife whom was his university classmate. Michael decided to save Hanna whom spent her life in prison, he sent record tape what recorded his reading he have been read to Hanna at that time and books to her. Hanna was illiteracy, she began to learn words from books and wrote letters to Michael. At that time, Michael was her unique relative. At the end of movie, Hanna was suicide before she would release from prison soon, Michael was sad, and he revealed his secret to his former wife at end.

My eyes contain tears after I watched the movie, my wife asked me” Which secret have you keep”, but I said no. Actually I keep one secret in my heart, and I always feel guilty, but I don’t dare to reveal it.

[ 本帖最后由 PUPPET 于 2009-3-22 12:41 编辑 ].

Haven't seen it. I read a few books about NAZI..

Which secret have you keep?  Sounds your wife doesn't surf on WW, or she doesn't know your ID.

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原帖由 冰城来客 于 2009-3-23 10:00 发表
Which secret have you keep?  Sounds your wife doesn't surf on WW, or she doesn't know your ID

Keep my secret..

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原帖由 Emerald 于 2009-3-23 09:48 发表
Haven't seen it. I read a few books about NAZI.

The story gives us a description of human nature, such as “Broken Back Mountain” by Ang Lee. But I think the story is truth, although I feel quite depression through the movie, but its remains aftertaste and consideration to me..

I had seen this movie, but never read the novel, so I just got to know the story from the movie.
This is a kind of insight of the tragedy that Nazi had done on the Jews, the question of the ordinary German student seems like asking all the people around the world:"How could we let this happen?"
The movie seems to give Hanna an alibi by showing that she is illiteracy, and she is regretting her guilty for the rest of her life.
But the brutal fact lied unchanged, Hanna and the crew locked 300 jewish women in the church and let them burned in fire without any help.such kind of inhumane is not worthy of any forgiveness, like the Jewish daughter said at the end of the movie.  
I actually can not understand the reason why the affection between Hanna and Michael can last for more that 20 years, looks like they are only satisfied their flesh desire for a summer, they have nothing else in common.
We see many once couple when they got divorced, they battered each other so bitterly as if they were eternal foes. In terms of mutual help or flesh relationship, even once couple can not maitain a little bit mercy to each other not to say an affection relationship between Hanna and Michael.
Are we too realistic or they are too idealist?
Anyway, to cherish whatever we have on hand now, to enjoy the companionship that your better half had given you is the only things that we can do..

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原帖由 nice妈妈 于 2009-3-23 16:40 发表
I had seen this movie, but never read the novel, so I just got to know the story from the movie.
This is a kind of insight of the tragedy that Nazi had done on the Jews, the question of the ordinary  ...

Quite abnormal sentiment, flashback to they first encountered and did physical relationship, Michael was only sixteen, and Hanna was thirty-six, a great discrepancy. But I noticed some detailed description in the movie. Michael came from a rich family, his father was stern, and his mother always protects him. So I think Michael has Oedipus complex. On the other hand, have you noticed, when Hanna says she needs to change her cloth and ask Michael to wait outside, but Michael peeps through the crack of the door. That means in subconscious Michael has sexual impulse. On Hanna’s side, maybe she was feeling depression and empty, and need a man to satisfy her flesh. She was immorality. When Hanna realized the gaps between the two persons, she decided to leave Michael.

I'd better to read the original novel to get more understand because I have a few knowledge about Nazi and Jew, but I feel Hanna was innocent, she did only obey the Nazi's order.

[ 本帖最后由 PUPPET 于 2009-3-23 21:54 编辑 ].

To understand this sentiment hidden in this movie, I feel it so depressed,  sadness around me. Hardly to realized, at the end why Michael speak out the secret,  I think it unnessary. Keep this into your own heart, it is good for all of you. Suggest LZ continue to keep silent..."Rejoy Evenmore"..

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原帖由 吉吉BOB妈妈 于 2009-3-31 17:19 发表
To understand this sentiment hidden in this movie, I feel it so depressed,  sadness around me. Hardly to realized, at the end why Michael speak out the secret,  I think it unnessary. Keep this into yo ...

Thanks for your understanding, It is better to keep the secret in my heart to accompany with my whole life..

I remember Michael told the story to his daughter at the end, not his former wife....

I happened to go past a video shop today and bought it. will see it tomorrow..

It's realy a nice movie making me sad. I'll read the novel if available..

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原帖由 yhhome 于 2009-3-31 20:37 发表
I remember Michael told the story to his daughter at the end, not his former wife...

Thank you for your remind, maybe I misremembered it..

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原帖由 Emerald 于 2009-3-31 21:26 发表
I happened to go past a video shop today and bought it. will see it tomorrow.

I am expecting your comments..

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原帖由 叶落的日子 于 2009-3-31 22:13 发表
It's realy a nice movie making me sad. I'll read the novel if available.

Somebody say read novel is better than watch movie, especially for complicated and detailed sentiment description..

But still feel difficult for me to read a n English novel like that!.

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原帖由 叶落的日子 于 2009-3-31 22:27 发表
But still feel difficult for me to read a n English novel like that!

Reading original work is enjoyment, take it easy, I like to read it on shuttle bus to my company someday..

Oh， thank you,puppet. I'll try. I may get some simple ones to start..

I am a idiot, I didn't realize Hanna was a  illiterate untiil Michael said it , I just thoght that Hanna was enjoying Michael reading to her..

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原帖由 yhhome 于 2009-3-31 20:37 发表
I remember Michael told the story to his daughter at the end, not his former wife...

Yes, it was his daughter.

[ 本帖最后由 Emerald 于 2009-4-6 19:39 编辑 ].

Hannah was guilty because she really did put her dirty hands on 300 jewish women by locking them in a burning church. Her admission of guilty on the trial, more or less, doesn't make any difference because dead people can never be brought back to life. If we look at the problem from a historical point of view, we understand why Micheal kept the secret Hannah is illiteracy. The trial was in 1958, wasn't it? Back then, NAZI was cast aside by the people in Germany after The World War II. Micheal kept silence not only because he thought the affair was ashamed but also he dared not to help "Hannah the NAZI" at that time..

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原帖由 吉吉BOB妈妈 于 2009-3-31 17:19 发表
To understand this sentiment hidden in this movie, I feel it so depressed,  sadness around me. Hardly to realized, at the end why Michael speak out the secret,  I think it unnessary. Keep this into yo ...

Micheal bound to tell the story to his daughter at the end is what the movie hinted, it was hatred shouldn't be passed onto the next generation. Just like the Jewish victim's daughter at last kept the the tincan meant forgiveness.

[ 本帖最后由 Emerald 于 2009-4-7 08:10 编辑 ].

I watched this movie recently.  I also watched Revolutionary Road, which is also starred by Winslet..