I'm not sure what the theme of my homily today ought to be. Do I want to speak of the miracle of our Lord's divine transformation?
Not really,no.
I don't want to talk about his divinity. I'd rather talk about his humanity. I mean, you know, how he lived his life here on Earth.
His kindness.
His tolerance.
Listen, here's what I think.
I think we can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do.
By what we deny ourselves what we resist and who we exclide.
I think we've got to feature goodness by what we embrace what we create and who we include.
I remember that this film was played on the movie channel, but unfortunately I didn't finish it for some reason. Quite sorry. I went to borrow a CD from my classmates the day before yesterday and found this film by accident. The excitement is indescribable. A large part of the reason is that I found out that the actor in the film is Johnny Depp, who I like recently. I found that Johnny seems to have a lot of fate with chocolate, remember that "Charlie's Chocolate Factory"? He is the strangely dressed Charlie.
The first thing that attracted me to the film was the superb dessert craftsmanship of the heroine Vianni, and the exquisite and tempting chocolate dessert seemed to melt my heart. You know, almost no one can resist the temptation of chocolate aroma. Vianni the Stranger is like chocolate, mysterious, charming and passionate, tapping gently on the softest part of people's hearts. However, as Vianni said: "It's always hard to accept being different." Especially when it came to Lanscone, a beautiful but conservative French country town. Vianni is a drifter, a passionate drifter, like her mother. From a young age, she and her mother were dominated by fate, wandering from village to village, distributing ancient cocoa medicines, and making people feel the sweetness of cocoa. Now, she has followed her mother's path, with her daughter Anluke, wearing a fiery red cloak, leaving their footprints in different villages. In the film, the weather is bad and the north wind is blowing, and this north wind is like the catalyst of the story, which affects the heartstrings of the protagonist and promotes the development of the story.
The chocolate in the piece seems to have completely transcended its original meaning and has become a kind of medicine to soothe the wound, and Vianni has taken on the role of the pharmacist. She likes bright red, and unlike the well-behaved villagers, she never goes to church, and always wears bright red shoes for her chocolate shop, even though the church is just across from her shop. Her distinctive style caught people's attention, and when people first saw her exquisite chocolate desserts, they were both anticipating and a little daunted, as the traditionally conservative people in the town were treated by the town's scrutiny. The "brainwashing" of the mayor of Sir LeOddie, refusing to associate with "radicals". However, everyone is incomplete and has wounds that are afraid of being touched by others. With his delicate insight, Vianni can understand the hearts of every customer in the town and make chocolate sweets that best meet their needs. , knocking open their inner world closed by tradition, so that their hidden inner desires can be released and satisfied. People are gradually conquered by her delicious chocolate treats and sincerity.
The characters in the story have their own unknown painful pasts, as well as things they hoped for in their hearts, but they cannot be realized due to the suppression of tradition. A stubborn old lady who yearns for freedom is suffering from diabetes, and has a daughter who has become ruthless since her husband's death and a lovely grandson, but her daughter hates each other and refuses to let her. She visits her grandson; Zusefini, a frail woman who has long been abused by her husband; and a widow, Madame Aude, who is addicted and grief-stricken, and old Mr. Berlot, who is silently in love with her. With the warm hospitality of Vianni and the fragrance of her rich and sweet chocolate, I began to try the temptation of daring indulgence. Both my body and mind were subtly affected, and I gradually began to open my heart to what I expected and learned to live a boring life. Add a pop of color and let the romance of chocolate unleash. All those who have tasted the chocolates made by Vianni's own hands stretched out their originally locked brows and showed a knowing smile.
Let's talk about Vianni herself and her lovely daughter, what is their inner world like? Because he is not accepted by the world, he always lives a wandering life. On the surface, Vianni is optimistic, but his heart is full of the bitterness of a single mother. Her daughter Anluke follows her mother with almost no regrets, because her mother is kind and enthusiastic is her favorite. However, when the young mind was mocked by the classmates, it was still hurt, "Why do we always do this wherever we go? Mom, why don't you go to church and wear black shoes?" Perhaps it was due to the panic of long-term indeterminacy. , The little girl always fantasizes about having a good friend - Pandora the little kangaroo, who always talks to it and tells stories. And the fantasy wallaby is injured. Until one day, a group of drifters on the lake broke into the town, and the handsome captain Lux fully satisfied the little girl's fantasy of pirates, and also fascinated Vianne's eyes. They fell in love because of "repairing the door". However, drifters are drifters after all, and after suffering multiple blows, Lux left with his fleet. Vianni also prepared to leave with her daughter because she could not bear the indifference of people towards her, but accidentally broke her mother's urn. What she didn't expect was that the people in the village who had been helped by her, in order to keep her, took the initiative to prepare the content of the Easter Chocolate Celebration for her, and Vianni couldn't help but burst into tears.
Sir Leo Dili, the town's ruler and conservative leader, is a meticulous and self-disciplined "gentleman". Rumors of Vianni have been spreading since she entered the village, out of fear that years of conservative tradition will be disturbed by those "radicals" and "savages". In fact, he is also a pitiful person, with desires in his heart, but because of the constraints of tradition, he does not dare to liberate himself. Because of this, he did a lot of wrong things in order to drive away Vianni and Lux. Until he finds he can no longer control the villagers' hearts, he begins to break down, ready to destroy Vianni's store. However, he unexpectedly tasted the deliciousness of chocolate, and finally fell under the "pomegranate skirt" of chocolate, released his closed heart, and saw his ignorant behavior of sticking to the rules.
The village was surrounded by a happy atmosphere, but Vianne knew that the trials of life would continue: But still the clever North wind was not satisfied. The wind spoke to vianne of towns yet to be visited. Friends in need, yet to be discovered. Battles yet to be fought. By someone else...next time.
But...And so it was, the North wind grew weary and went on its way. When summer came the little village a new breeze from the south blew soft and warm.
My mother knew Roux's return had nothing to do with a silly old door. So did I...
Suddenly, the door opened. As for Pantoufle? Well, his bad leg miraculously healed and he hopped off in search of new advantures.
I didn't miss him.
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