On Friday night, after a week of heavy work, I decided to have some tender films to experience the beauty in the world, so I chose this one from the list of marked films. It turned out that "the world is worth it", the old man was driving the lawn The story of traveling by plane really brought some comfort to a social animal like me.
There is no adventure plot like a normal road movie, nor the profound meaning of the pilgrimage road. The beginning of the journey is even a little sudden and unexpected, because the old man has just been warned by the doctor to turn on the red light, he is blind and lame, and he can't drive yet. , but the news of the distant younger brother Zhongfang still made the old man disregard all external conditions and set off according to his heart.
The sun was just right on the day of departure, but not long after the trip, the old man was blown off by the wind and sand brought by the big truck whizzing by. He picked it up and started the lawn mower. He found that the engine was broken, so he had to take the car with him. Rely on the trailer to return the same way.
I thought that a bad apprenticeship would make the old man stop for a while, but never thought that the next scene would be the old man coming to the lawn mower yard, buying a "classic machine" and hitting the road again, and the Road Trip kicked off from then on.
Most of the time it was just the old man, the lawn mower, the cornfield, and the long straight and curvy road.
The passers-by sometimes looked sideways, and the old man waved his hand to the melon eaters in a dashing manner, still walking on the road calmly at a "turtle speed" slower than walking;
Sometimes there is a "car accident", but it's just a human and a deer. In the face of a female office worker who is emotionally broken because of the frequent killing of wild deer on the commuting road, the old man gives a helping hand like a gentleman and is used as a punching bag. They ate roasted venison under the crowd and used the antlers as decorations for their homemade RV;
Occasionally, there will be a stray girl who runs away from home. The old man uses the story of "unity is strength" to make him get lost;
Sometimes there is a lawn party of young people. The old man is applauded as a "cool guy". He takes off his hat to show his goodwill, and he quickly gets along with them. When speaking frankly about the 100 disadvantages of getting old, it is still hard to hide the loss;
So "what's the worst thing about getting old"?
It's "you often think back to when you were young".
After experiencing the "deadly steep slope", at a bar table with a World War II veteran, the old man said the shadows left by the war and his regrets in his life, that is, he killed the same troops by mistake young scout.
After the old man finished speaking, his eyes were full of bewilderment, and he lowered his head, but in the camera, he could clearly see his red face and the corners of his quivering mouth.
The closer he got to the goal, the more he could feel the old man's expectation and anxiety. The old man, who had stopped drinking for many years, asked for a beer to strengthen his courage before arriving. Even though he didn't need courage to build a fire next to the cemetery park, he actually stopped and walked many times in the last few kilometers. He was inquiring about his younger brother from the people in the town, maybe he was thinking that his younger brother would forgive him? Is he still alive? What to say in the first sentence? But in the end, I decided to muster up the courage to get the answer myself.
Finally, I "completed the journey in the way I wanted" and came to the house of my younger brother, who was also on crutches. The two hadn't spoken for 10 years because of the estrangement, but after calling each other their names, they ignored each other, and then Sitting on the chair in the small courtyard in front of the house, the younger brother discovered the strange means of transportation of the elder brother. After confirming it, his eyes were filled with tears, but he was still speechless. Perhaps it was to prevent the tears from falling. The two looked up at the sky. A starry sky appeared in the lens, and there were thousands of words in it.
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