Analyse af kortfilmen 'Marriage of Inconvenience'

“Marriage of Inconvenience” by Jin Rho starts with Irene, the mother, touching the cross at her neck at the kitchen table. Her son, Paul, brings her an invitation to the civil marriage ceremony with his boyfriend, Silas. Irene tries to talk Paul out of getting married, trying to convince him not to get married right away. The film changes scenes to a conversation between Irene and her husband, who is a pastor. He asks Irene to come with him to a protest against gay marriages. Irene must decide whether she wants to join her husband to protest against gay marriages or compromise her religious beliefs to join her son on his wedding day.

The main theme of the short film is family conflict, explored through homosexuality. The message of the film is that homosexuality can divide families when parents are not able to accept the gay orientation of their children.

Essay of “Marriage of Inconvenience”

Religious beliefs have filled a lot in our history. Many people believe in religion, in one way or the other. But can it have negative effects as well? Often when we ask people why they believe in God, they often tell that they need someone or something to believe in, they need some sort of faith to guide them through life.But it’s more and more modern not to have a religious belief nowadays.In “Marriage of Inconvenience”, we see a family conflict, where religion is the cause to this conflict. The son, Paul, is about to get married to his boyfriend, Silas. The husband, a pastor, is very much against it. Therefore, he wants to protest against gay marriages. The mother, Irene, is split on what she should do.From the very beginning, we can sense that a conflict is inside of Irene. As the camera slowly from a long distance gets very near towards her, along with, what I would say sad music, we can really tense that whatever is going to happen, it involves her. She finds herself going along with Paul and Silas, but ultimately, she let them go alone. I think she does that because she can’t see a future like that. Even tough, she stood up for her husband, telling him that family is more important than their religious belief. The fact that she tries to persuade her son not to marry Silas right away suggests that she is both naive, in hoping Paul might change his mind and is against gay marriages.