The immigration issue raised by 'One Battle After Another'

'One Battle After Another', which won six awards, including 'Best Picture' at the 98th Academy Awards, tells the story of rebellion, courage and struggle. The film tells the fighters who raise their voices against injustice, oppression, inequality and discrimination - they must keep fighting until these things end in the world.

Chaitra 2, 2082

Reena Moktan

The immigration issue raised by 'One Battle After Another'

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The final scene of the film 'One Battle After Another' is very powerful. 16-year-old Willa (Chase Infinity) is driving a car on the highway with handcuffs. She is being chased by the fierce hunter-Avanti. Who is assigned to kill Willa by military officer Steven Laxus (Sean Penn). The sound of the car and the strong wind also tell us what speed Avanti is going.

Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) is also following their car. Why are these three, who look like competitors in a 'car race', chasing each other like this? To understand that, you first need to know how these characters got here.

The way this scene is shot, the kind of background sound that is heard in the background, also makes it powerful . Moreover, the sound that is playing in the background tells the story of the film, which is beating until it reaches here, and this scene of 'One Battle After Another' attracts all attention . In an instant, the hall becomes quiet, the audience calms down and becomes ready to travel with the characters . The background of these three characters is interesting . 

In particular, director Paul Thomas Anderson has established a strange relationship between these three and brought them to this point . Willa and Bob are father and daughter . That is why he is chasing Hunter Avanti to save his daughter . Why is Avanti trying to kill Willa ? In fact, Willa's 'biological' father, Steven, has assigned Avanti to kill her . Bob and Perfedia (Tiana Taylor) have been lovers since they were active in the radical leftist revolutionary group and movement. However, during the movement, Perfedia and military officer Steven become close, and Villa is born that way.

One day, Steven reveals the names of his rebel comrades to Perfedia. While searching and killing all his comrades, Bob flees to a new city with the baby Willa. After 16 years of Willa growing up with a new identity with her father, Steven begins to search for them.

The scene of the tug-of-war on the street between Willa, Bob and Avanti is not only about the love of a father and daughter. Or it is not just the struggle of a father to save his daughter. It reflects the issue of immigration. In particular, Willa's biological father is not ready to accept Steven as his daughter. However, Bob, the father who has spent 16 years taking care of Willa, considers Willa as his own daughter. For his daughter, he forgot about the movement, revolutionary groups and rules. He distanced himself from his girlfriend.

Here, Bob is a symbol of those immigrants who want to live with their deeds. However, Steven is a reflection of power and authority who cannot accept immigrants. He became a colonel because of his work of opposing and chasing immigrants. Therefore, this film raises the issue of immigration, which is seen as a problem by a powerful nation, through the relationship between two fathers and a daughter. And, through the film, it raises the voice of coexistence.

In particular, Bob and Perfedia, including revolutionaries, fight various struggles to protect immigrants throughout the film and start movements. However, the government is always trying to chase them away. Through the relationship between Bob and Willa, 'One Battle After Another' shows the struggle for coexistence. In particular, Bob and Willa are trying to enjoy their own world. However, unable to accept their existence, Stevens destroys their world. This film is also a satire on immigration activities in America. As the title suggests, 'One Battle After Another' tells the story of 'Battle', i.e. battle. It is also the story of the courage and struggle of the rebels who rebel - 'One Battle After Another'. The film tells the fighters who raise their voices against injustice, tyranny, inequality and discrimination - they must keep fighting until these things end in the world. So, towards the end of the film, Villa begins her fight by assuming the rebellious nature of Perfedia. The contradictions created by power and power, and racist ideas force her to fight. Villa takes on the legacy of Perfedia, who was pregnant for 9 months and went into rebellion with a gun.

Although on the surface it is a father and daughter story, this film says in a general way that this earth belongs to everyone - therefore everyone has the right to live here equally. No one should be discriminated against on the basis of color, language, religion, if discrimination occurs - one should rebel. Or that same discrimination and hatred gives birth to rebels there.

This action/crime film also presents the beautiful relationship between a father and daughter. Whether it is the love he shows towards his daughter or the responsibility, the relationship between these two is beautifully shown in the film. To what extent can a parent go for their child? How important is their protection and upbringing to a parent? This is presented through Leonardo's character Bob.

This film is not only beautiful due to the harmony of political issues and emotional relationships. The strong female characters presented in the film make 'One Battle After Another' even stronger. The film shows a tireless revolutionary woman, played by Tiana. Carrying a full-blown womb, Perfedia confidently fires a gun at discriminatory, racist groups, oppressors and oppressors. Leaving her newborn child behind, she sets out to rebel.

Whether it is a rebellious woman hidden in the garb of a 'nun' or a teenager who is just starting to understand the world, there are many such female characters in the film 'Villa', whom the director has left no stone unturned to show as powerful. This film, which won the 'Best Picture' award at the Oscars, represents not only women who have joined the revolution, but also those rebellious women who are rebelling from their respective positions against current society, social discrimination, oppression, and injustice. 

Reena

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