“There are people on earth who do all the ungrateful work for us, such is your father” (1:44)
The film’s director, R. Mulligan, was a humanist and sought to show that human values need to be protected and that lawyers can act as such defenders.
Atticus Finch is a cult figure for lawyers, he serves as an example of professional honesty and integrity. Despite the fact that this lawyer is a fictional character, a real monument was erected to him in Alabama in 1997.
In 2008, she became an honorary member of the Alabama Bar Association for her portrayal of Atticus Finch, who “became the personification of an outstanding and exemplary lawyer serving the poor.”
We live in the 21st century, but the problems described in To Kill a Mockingbird haven’t gone away.
Some people are still imbued with hatred of others – cases of racial and ethnic discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance occur daily. Therefore, the film does not lose its relevance today.
For example, you can make a similar film about the trial during the “legal default”, and instead of Tom, Alexei Navalny is put on the dock. Instead of a jury – a court panel, instead of one lawyer – several.
And then the director can shoot one or more episodes of the film in order to show what happens to these lawyers after the trial.
Everyone knows that Tom Robinson (in his place you can put many) is not guilty, and at the same time everyone knows that he will be found guilty.
Lawyers in Russia and Belarus, as well as Atticus Finch, lose the courts, and their defendants, as well as Tom, were found guilty.
But every time the lawyers, like Mr. Finch, fight no matter what, say what they believe, and so even a lost case is not hopeless. Because for both their clients and the people who listen to lawyers in the process, their struggle becomes that tiny protrusion that you can grab onto, hope for something, and keep your hands on.
A lawyer must have the courage, faith, and great perseverance to know that nothing will work out and still do what he has to do as best he can for the last time. This is the meaning of protection, service to people and the law.
The lawyer should be the defender and the last hope.
A lawyer must save even when he cannot be saved.
It's a beautiful movie. Lawyers and lawyers are required to review.
