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today I'll show you a psychological thriller film: "Marionette "
spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
Marianne is a famous psychologist
A few years back, during an outing with her loving husband, short-named Husband,
their car stalled at a fork in the road
A kind man offered them a ride
Unfortunately, they ended up in a car accident, killing her husband
Marianne has spent her days in tears following the tragedy
To start anew, Marianne moves from upstate New York to Scotland
The trauma wounds her so much
Time and again, she wonders what would happen if she takes another path
according to Husband's advice
She wishes for the revival of Husband, but that will never happen
Marianne soon joins a psychology clinic in Scotland
Her first client is Manny, a boy with golden curly hair
He lost both parents, and stays with the foster family
Suffering from severe autism, Manny seldom talks
He spends most of his time drawing
Marianne tries to make some conversation about his drawings
That trick pays off
Manny claims that he can make disasters happen
At once, Marianne does not take his words seriously
That night, when she drives through a tunnel,
she witnesses a car accident that takes away several lives
To her shock, she finds one of Manny's drawings prophesying the car accident
In his sketch, a doggy pig is watching the car accident
Obviously, the fat pig refers to Marianne
Immediately after, Marianne questions Manny if he draws it based on the news report
However, Manny replies that he makes the car accident happen;
and without his interference, Marianne would not be there
Needless to say, Marianne does not believe his smelly bullshit
In her opinion, it is possible to foretell an upcoming disaster;
but it is not possible to create one as he wishes
Undaunted, Manny tells Marianne there is a gun in her drawer
Marianne denies it, for she has never seen any gun there
Comes evening, Marianne pulls open the drawer, and finds a gun
Frightened, she checks with the office manager if Manny has entered her office
Manager does not remember seeing him
Touching the gun, Marianne ponders how it emerges out of thin air
Later on another note, Marianne signs up for a book club
They often discuss profound theories such as the Parallel universe theory, and Schrodinger's cat
Imagine putting a cat in a sealed box with deadly radiation
If the radiation decays, the cat will die
If the radiation doesn't decay, the cat is alive
The experiment suggests that cats live or die depending on human observation
Without observation, the cat is both alive and dead in the box
Both realities exist at the same time
If you observe it, it immediately splits into two parallel worlds
The cat is either dead or alive
They believe that consciousness determines the existence, and even creates two different universes
As a child psychologist, Marianne is not interested in these discussions
But she is interested in a handsome man rich in hormones and beards, nick-named Beardy Hormone
The two chat in perfect harmony
It is not easy for her to meet a hormone mate
Beardy Hormone invites Marianne in for a cup of coffee
But Marianne still grieves over her late husband, and is not ready to see another man right now
She cannot tell if she has fallen for Beardy Hormone
Applying the theory of Schrodinger's cat,
she is both willing and unwilling to explore the new relationship
After some consideration, she decides to give it a miss
However, a series of weird occurrences changes Marianne's mind
The next day after work, she receives a stranger's call
The man tells Marianne she must kill him, or else he will kill her
Before Marianne asks who she should kill, the man hangs it up
Other than that, the air ducts in her house give off strange noises
Marianne tries to investigate, but to no avail
Feeling insecure, Marianne returns to the book club, and agrees to date Beardy Hormone
Their relationship has grown by leaps and bounds
Together, they spend sweet time discussing poems and sailing
At the clinic's meeting,
Marianne informs her colleagues that someone has instructed her to kill a person
She wonders if anyone is playing a prank on her
The clinic director is apparently disturbed by such news;
but he tells Marianne not to care about it
Marianne intuitively knows that it is not something small
So she looks for Director privately and probes further
Director reveals that it should be from Manny's previous doctor, short-named Doctor
Two months ago, this man got delusional, and tried to set himself on fire
He ended up in a mental hospital with severe burns
Director assures her that Doctor's words do not make sense
Marianne has many questions unanswered
She wants to know why Doctor burnt himself, and who she should kill
All this must have to do with Manny
Checking Doctor's diary, Marianne finds him writing that Manny's dream is real
She is now more curious about Manny's supernatural ability
During their session, Manny has been doodling creepy scenes of accidents and disasters
When asked why he favors such themes, Manny plainly says he wants them to take place
And then, he draws a picture of a man falling into the sea,
and writes down the name of Beardy Hormone on the paper
Marianne's heart almost falls out
She checks with Manny if the man is swimming
Manny coldly replies that no, he will be drowned to death
That sends a shiver down her spine
She recalls Manny's ability to prophecy disaster and the previous car accident
If what Manny says is true, she must prevent Beardy Hormone from dying
So Marianne follows Manny to his house
Manny's foster mum introduces Manny as a kid, who has never uttered a word
Manny's father died in a car accident
Unable to grapple with the loss, Manny's mother committed suicide in the car
That is possibly why Manny is so into drawing gloomy pictures of disasters and accidents
Marianne cannot wait to clear her doubts
She asks Manny why he puts a gun in her drawer
Manny's answer is rather ambiguous
He says there is no gun in the drawer
It only appears after Marianne looks at it
The gun is similar to Schrodinger's cat
As long as Marianne observes it, the gun would exist
Marianne is not convinced at all
She bangs against the table, and questions Manny about how he knows about Beardy Hormone,
and why he curses him
In terror, Manny starts screaming like he is having a seizure
While the foster mum rushes in to pacify Manny, Marianne discovers a new painting
It is about a fat pig committing suicide with a gun
Back home, Marianne wants to alert her boyfriend
However, no one picks up the call
Meanwhile, the TV news reports about a flood that kills more than 2,500 people
Marianne is reminded that Manny drew about the flood yesterday
Anxious, she stumbles to her desk, and sorts out that drawing
On it, the number 25 is glaring at her
Marianne cannot help but believe that Manny has the power to mess up her life
Now, finding her boyfriend is the top priority
So Marianne visits his house, he is not in
She goes to the book club, but he is not there
She even ventures to the harbor at late night, and searches the boat, but it all proves futile
Marianne leaves a voice message to her boyfriend, telling him not to sail into the sea
Seeking a proper solution, Marianne decides to meet Doctor at the mental hospital
Doctor is a man full of scars on his face
Just one glance, he knows where Marianne is coming from
Doctor reveals that Manny is able to manipulate the future, and make his drawing come true
Manny is God in this world
The gun in Marianne's drawer, the noises from the air ducts,
and the sudden deaths of her closed ones, are all within Manny's control
He toys his target like a marionette until the target is killed
The only way to stop him is to murder him
Doctor moves upstairs upon finishing his words
Marianne is left seating in the vacant room
Her blood runs cold after hearing Doctor's message
She comes to realize that Manny preys on her; and she will die like the fat pig in his picture
Gathering her wits together, Marianne discovers that Doctor is reading the book Second Death
She recalls that Manny has a picture of the same theme
Marianne senses that Doctor must be in danger, and rushes to the rooftop
As she watches, Doctor jumps off the building, just like what is drawn by Manny
In shock, Marianne cannot even stand firm
This incident all the more confirms the fact that Manny is able to control the future
So Marianne rushes to the harbor in car, and waits for her boyfriend by their boat
She leaves a hand-written note on the boat, warning him not to go into the sea
A thought flashes across her mind
If she was to release the boat, Beardy Hormone would not be able to sail
So Marianne unties the rope
And then, she visits the archives room at the clinic for the previous medical records of Manny
Flipping through the notes, she finds another painting
It depicts a man sleeping in a boat,
implying to Marianne that Beardy Hormone might be sleeping in the boat
Marianne drives back to the harbor
A group of men crowd at the seashore to discuss a tragedy
It is said that a boat without ropes, was driven ashore and wrecked
One fisherman even reports that the victim's girlfriend has set the boat free last night
Marianne cannot imagine that her relief efforts accidentally kill Beardy Hormone
Right then, she recalls seeing a picture of a doggy pig captured by a policeman
Beside them, a fisherman is sitting on a stone
The setting is exactly the same as her current situation
Marianne realizes that she will be arrested soon
So she immediately leaves the harbor
On her way back to the city, Marianne remembers many details about Manny
Doctor has ever noted down their conversation
On one occasion, Manny said that he is the ruler of this word
He is able to manipulate and ruin everything
The reason why he regards himself as a god and kills others through his painting,
is that he does not want to receive any mental treatment
He hates the world
Manny used to tell Doctor he would destroy the clinic, the hospital, the whole world,
and the adults who neglect him
Up to this point in time, Marianne fully submits to Doctor's advice
She must kill Manny to restore the order in her life
Therefore, she breaks into Manny's house, and snatches him from the hands of his foster mum
To Marianne, the most depressing curse is that she would commit suicide
She cannot see why she is chosen for the torture
Enraged, she slaps Manny, and questions him if could see this coming
Confused, Manny wants to know why Marianne kidnaps him
Immediately after, Marianne points her gun at him, demanding to have her normal life back
In the meantime, she realizes a police's car is chasing them
Marianne turns the car around, and takes Manny into a desolate factory
She threatens Manny to restart her life
However, Manny shakes his head, saying it is too late
He explains that from the time she makes her choice to open the drawer, her fate is set
He does not control anyone's actions
He warns Marianne not to shoot; otherwise, everything will disappear
She's like Schrodinger's cat right now, in a quantum superposition of shooting and not shooting
In the end, she pulls the trigger on impulse
Right after that, she regrets it
It is too much for her to kill two lives in a day
She does not have any hope in life
Breaking down, she picks up the gun to kill herself
So far, what has taken place matches Manny's drawing
Strangely enough, Marianne somehow knows that she is not dead
Instead, she feels like having a dreadful nightmare
When she wakes up later, she finds herself to be lying on the operating table in New York
It turns out that she was the one severely injured in the car accident with her husband
To her unbelief, her husband is still alive
Husband tells her that she has been unconscious during the past few days
Marianne holds Husband's hand, feeling relieved that she is able to reset her life
Marianne dismisses all the unhappy moments about Scotland, treating them as a nightmare
Following her recovery, Marianne returns to the clinic
She plans to have two children
Husband is so happy that he wants to bring her to Scotland
However, Marianne cannot sleep whenever she thinks of Scotland
She describes all that to Husband
But Husband firmly tells her they have never been to Scotland before
Marianne alone ruminates on the dream, and wonders if it really happens
But she even remembers Beardy Hormone's phone number
On a sleepless night, she finally dials the number
The receiver denies knowing her
But she recognizes his voice, and confirms that he is Beardy Hormone, her boyfriend
All of a sudden, she seems to realize certain things, and heads to Scotland for verification
According to the address in the dream, she finds the psychology clinic
She finds the manager and colleagues are exactly those, who live in her dream
But they do not know her at all
What's more important, there is no client named Manny; and the scarred Doctor is still alive
Marianne concludes that what she has gone through,
is not merely a dream, but a parallel world created by her suicide
The cat could be dead or alive
The gun could exist or not exist in the drawer
When she chooses to open the drawer,
one world with a gun and another world without a gun, are created
When she chooses to date Beardy Hormone,
one world with a new relationship and another world without the relationship, are unfolded
Two parallel worlds emerge at every decision she makes
If all the previous assumption is true, she has to know how she revives after killing herself
To solve the mystery, she enters the archives room,
and finds Manny's medical record lying on the floor
This poses as a bug to her
If Manny has never visited the clinic, his medical record would not appear in the archive room
Piecing up all information, she deduces that she might not have escaped from the thumb of Manny
Just when she cannot figure it out, Manny walks out of the room
He arrogantly announces that he has given Marianne a chance to live her life anew;
but her choice upsets him
Marianne's choice determines her destiny
In the previous world, Marianne is doomed when she opens the drawer
In the current world, Marianne cannot avoid death when she makes the call to Beardy Hormone
In fact, Beardy Hormone has fallen dead from the stairs
Husband will also die because of her
Marianne opens the medical record; but to her disappointment, it is all empty
This is because Manny is a healthy child in this particular world
She takes out everything, and finds a gun and a picture
The picture shows that a man dies of a hurricane
Soon after, Marianne receives a call from her friend that Husband has lost his life in a hurricane
Breaking down, Marianne screams in hysteria
She has no idea why her life is so miserable
Among thousands of men on the earth, she alone is transferred from one world to another,
and set to go through so many hardships
Marianne wants to shout at Manny; but he is long gone without any traces
And then, Marianne trembles her way out of the clinic, armed with a gun
The policeman takes her as a psychopath, and captures her
To her dismay, Manny shows up at the quarantine room, and watches her suffering
Marianne cannot tell which world is real
It is also unclear when the two parallel worlds begin
The end of the movie reals that both worlds are merely an imagination of Manny
Marianne and the characters related to her, do not exist in reality
The autistic child is traumatized by his parents' sudden death
To manage the fear of losing them, he creates a world dominated by himself
In his world, a psychologist with a similar experience like his mum accompanies him
She would discover the gun in the drawer, and suffer pains resulting from her choices;
while Manny would try to interfere in preventing her death
They are just imagination traces of the boy,
who's longing to choose the right way out of his own family's tragedy
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