A single mother who speaks Spanish as a mother tongue and does not speak English, came to a typical American home as a nanny for her livelihood. The maid protects her daughter's life for a high salary and makes it easier to discipline her daughter. I don't know if the newly unemployed hostess is at the bottom of her life to show her superiority or just want to find a companion.
The story is expressed in a soft lens without rush or slowness, and it is very comfortable to watch, because their life is our life (even if the culture is different, I admit that this film is to express cultural conflicts. It has caused changes and compromises in life, but I want to look at it from another aspect, such as its another translation name, "True Love Express".) I can see myself in their images. This is not the best of art. Is there a fascinating place? What we like is not a battle between good and evil. It is enough to watch a movie once. We don’t need to think deeply. What we keep thinking about is that the people in the shadows are struggling in human nature. There is no right or wrong. Which one is It is not a story that is inconclusive, but a story that often ends without an end, because it is exactly what we have experienced.
The first time the maid learns English (want to complete a communication) is to comfort the little hostess Bernie. My mother deliberately bought her clothes one size smaller for her to lose weight. The maid got up early and changed her clothes and studied hard." Just try it on", to appease Bernie. At this time, because of love, she involuntarily intervened in the life of different cultures that she had never wanted to intervene.
What's out of control is that because of work, the maid had to take her daughter Christina to live in the owner's seaside apartment. Thus began a series of cultural collisions in the form of life, education, and privacy.
After an emotional outburst with the hostess, they reached a consensus. Both sides had already unconsciously intervened in each other's life. This night, the maid decided to start learning English.
Everything the maid does is for her daughter, coming to the United States, doing this job, etc. Her life is to bloom for her daughter and live for her daughter. When her daughter was loved by the hostess and came into contact with American culture and American life more and more, she was uneasy. She hesitated. She was afraid that a child might be lost if she didn't understand her original intention.
At the same time, the hostess's affair, the male host was tortured by the work and family, was breathless, and the ambiguity appeared.
One night when the hostess and the hostess quarreled, the hostess and the maid who was going to go home walked together. They admired each other, chatted, had no alcohol, and had no sex. They just touched and kissed. Finally, the maid finally said "i love you" and ran away quickly. She said that there are certain things that you absolutely can't do when you have children.
The next day, bid farewell and resign. The daughter yelled and clamored frantically. She said "you can not do this to me". She was too young and didn't know what kind of sacrifice her mother made under the psychological struggle. They walked to the bus quietly. At the station, the maid said, "is what you want for yourself to become so more different than me?", on the bus, the mother and daughter are cuddling each other.
It does not only talk about conflicts caused by cultural differences, because there is sentiment in this accident, it talks about life. Everyone inside has done nothing wrong. The host is right. He runs his own small restaurant. He just wants everyone to taste delicious food. He strives to be a good husband, son-in-law, and father. He is only attracted by a true Mexican woman who is equally kind and charming. Is the hostess wrong? Suppressing the emotions that she thinks is worthless, venting in sports, venting in finding a lover because her husband can’t accompany her, for the sake of the child, even if the method is wrong, she is working hard, she is not a femme fatale, otherwise, how would she react? The maid, mother and daughter are so good, she did everything she could, and finally made the right decision. Is the maid wrong? Is Christina (the maid's daughter) wrong? At that age, she hopes to accept new things and go to a private high school where she earns a scholarship. She is just a child.
A story without a correct answer unfolds a familiar picture for us.
Some people say that the host and the maid should be together. First of all, that ambiguous night, because the wife cheated, do you have to use the same behavior to retaliate? Okay, not just revenge, but the host also understands that at that time they only escaped reality for a short time, "touching the ground" It’s hell.” We can’t live in heaven forever. We will eventually return to reality. He has reason and responsibility. Then, can the host and the maid really be together? Will there be no quarrels if they form a family? Wouldn't a similar situation be formed? Even if some of the ideas are the same, and even though their every communication is a booster that promotes their mutual attraction, they are still two people in different cultures. They have not lived together all the time, forming a family. , Falling in love is easy, life is nothing to do with love. Life has been telling us that love is not everything that can be eliminated. If Jack doesn't sink to the bottom of the sea, can he live happily with Rose forever? After Snow White married the prince, must she lead a happy life?
"Quick Translation of True Feelings", true feelings, has nothing to do with language. We do not use a word of love to simply define all emotions. Love is not all, but there is always love in life.
In addition, I would like to say a few more words. I am a fan of Adam Sandler. If it were not for him, I would not have watched this film. Anyone who is familiar with him knows his transformation path. I think this is the best transformation for him. One of the films is better than "Starting from the Heart".
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