The central theme is cruelty to children , and its lasting effect .

电影核心主题是对孩子的残酷及其持久的影响。

It 's more about sadness and loneliness than about cruelty or inhumanity .

它更加关乎悲伤与孤独，而不是残酷和不人道。

Even if true , it would not justify such cruelty ; but it isn 't true .

即使这是真的，并不能证明如此残酷是必要的；而这并不是真的。

The death of jesus was not unique in its cruelty , however horrible it may have been .

耶稣的死亡过程的残酷却并不是独一无二的，虽然它可能是很恐怖。

How else to convey its mad caprices , the incomprehensible scale of his cruelty and the spiralling paranoia ?

不然还有什么方式，可以表达其统治的反复无常，以及其人不可理解的残酷程度和日益增强的偏执呢？