The movie is based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, the British “Elephant Man”. The protagonist of the movie, Joseph Merrick, known as the “Elephant Man”, is a patient with a severe head deformity, who initially appeared as an elephant man in a circus freak show, and then was admitted to the Royal London Hospital with the help of Dr. Treves, who became well known in London society. He was admitted to the Royal London Hospital with the help of Dr. Treves, a British physician, and subsequently became well known in London society.
The Elephant Man, though ugly on the outside, possessed an inner optimism, kindness, and resilience beyond the ordinary, in stark contrast to characters who appeared normal on the outside but acted selfishly and cruelly.
True beauty comes from one’s heart and behavior, not from one’s appearance, and when evaluating others, one should delve deeper into one’s inner world.
“Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, was born in 1862 and died in 1890 at the age of 27. Merrick’s death was accidental, as he suffocated in his sleep when his heavy head slipped off the edge of the bed and dislocated his neck.
1980 / USA / Drama Biography / David Lynch / Anthony Hopkins John Hurt
The Elephant Man (John Hurt) is a man born with a deformity that gives him his name because his face looks like that of an elephant.
The Elephant Man has been exploited by profit-driven circus owners, taken on tour around the world, and subjected to inhumane abuse.
The socialites were incredulous at what the Elephant Man endured, but the optimistic and strong Elephant Man took it on the chin.
Until one time, the Elephant Man meets a young British doctor (Anthony Hopkins), out of compassion and doctor’s ethics, he signs an “adoption” agreement with the circus owner and brings the Elephant Man back to the hospital for research.
In the hospital, the Elephant Man feels the warmth of the world again, and the doctor has also formed a deep friendship with the Elephant Man, who can no longer bear to let go of this “God’s outcast”.
However, the circus owner, who is obsessed with profit, snatches the Elephant Man back with his men, so will the Elephant Man’s new life come to an end?
