The only son and daughter-in-law did not notice the worried and distressed father, they just waited for the old father to return to the age of 100 years and move out to live after receiving the inheritance and pension. His father is a nostalgic person, and he is reluctant to throw away the old things in the house. Looking at the old wooden bat used as a door lock, he recalls every bit of his son's trust and dependence on his father when he was a child. The contrast is like the alienation between the resident and the landlord. The current situation only adds to the grief.
The section chief does not get the approval of his subordinates in the company, nor does he find father-son affection at home. He gives wine from the snack bar of a vulgar writer, and goes to the place where the singing and dancing are peaceful, looking for happiness bought by money. After that, it quickly integrated with Western culture: fancy dresses, foreign cosmetics, foreign wine and jazz music, and the old songs of the 1920s who lamented the short life of the class teacher do not bite the strings, the new generation, who lost their way after the war, tried to imitate the middle-class culture of Western powers, trying to anesthetize , Forget the legacy of the atomic bomb and the fallout, the class teacher in the place where the old and the new alternate, is an orphan in the dance of men and women, the whispers of lovers, the trendy hats and the clanging of the piano.
The female colleagues are caring for the boss, just like the father and daughter take the initiative to travel together when the man has few days left, the boss regains the female care after the death of his beloved wife, and the youthful vitality, thoughtfulness and tenderness of the female make almost withered. The old tree infuses the spark of life. The true exchange of feelings between men and women has broken the barriers of occupation and age.
The film aims to describe the experience of the end of life and the dedication to serve the people, while not forgetting to ridicule and criticize the rigidity of the civil service system.
The reform book, which was kept in a drawer and tied with a rope for many years, was only used for tearing off the front page and wiping off the excess paint for the section head who sat in front of his head every day and kept stamping; Wandering through government departments by their demands, finding no way out.
The mourning hall was originally a place to hang the deceased, but it actually became a court where the chief took credit and criticized the deceased's merits and demerits. Several Limin people whose identities obviously did not match the official condolences did not say a word, and expressed their respect and gratitude to their benefactors with really sad cries and meager money.
The old subordinates standing on the bridge and bowing their heads, thinking about the stubbornness of the new head, colleagues' work according to regulations and the lifeless office, watching the vitality of the mother calling the children in play for lunch, the new park with a strong human flavor, and the cold winter night , The old songs of weeping and short life are like snowflakes in the cold winter that have left the world, falling on the hearts of the beneficiaries and the lone colleagues who are willing to take the people as the foundation and break the old rigid structure.
Written by Patrick Chan on Aug 24, 2006
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