We Judge, But Do Not Understand | Super Deluxe Movie — Transcript

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1. 0:00A man leaves his family. No explanation,
2. 0:03no closure, just absence. [music] Years
3. 0:06pass, seven of them. And then one day,
4. 0:09he returns. [music]
5. 0:11But not as a man who left.
6. 0:13He returns as a woman. The door opens.
7. 0:16For a moment, no one knows how to
8. 0:18respond. [music]
9. 0:20A child looks up trying to understand
10. 0:22what he sees. A wife stands [music]
11. 0:24still.
12. 0:26Caught between memory and reality.
13. 0:29Nothing dramatic happens. No shouting,
14. 0:31no confrontation, just a silence
15. 0:34that doesn't know where to place itself.
16. 0:36[music]
17. 0:37The child though doesn't hesitate. He
18. 0:39wants to take her to school, to
19. 0:40introduce her to his friends, to say
20. 0:43simply,
21. 0:44"This is my parent."
22. 0:46But the world outside is less certain.
23. 0:48The looks linger longer than they
24. 0:50should. The whispers begin [music]
25. 0:52quietly but persistently.
26. 0:54And slowly, without anyone saying it
27. 0:57aloud, a distance [music]
28. 0:58begins to grow.
29. 1:00At first, it stays outside. But over
30. 1:03time, it finds its way in.
31. 1:06Until it begins to shape how she sees
32. 1:09herself. And unable to carry that
33. 1:11weight, she decides [music] to leave
34. 1:12again.
35. 1:13Once again, before she goes, she returns
36. 1:15home one last time.
37. 1:17And there her son [music] is waiting.
38. 1:19Not with questions, not with doubt, just
39. 1:23acceptance.
40. 1:24And in that moment, nothing about her
41. 1:27has changed. Only what others chose to
42. 1:30see.
43. 1:31Because often we don't look to
44. 1:32understand,
45. 1:33>> [music]
46. 1:33>> we look to judge.