Stroll through the colorful and romantic streets of Paris and bathe in the warm sunshine; sit down at the small cafe on the corner and enjoy fragrant croissants and hot coffee; open the window, and you will be greeted by picturesque scenery and elegant buildings in the shade of greenery ; After work, have a drink and chat with friends under the stars, the lights behind you are like a dream, like a Van Gogh painting; jog along the quiet park path and winding river bank, and buy it at the bakery next door. To fresh chocolate danishes; dressed in costumes, slowly walking down the old spiral staircase with printed carpet; spending weekends in the long and cozy wineries on the outskirts, sumptuous dinners by candlelight and endless wine; surrounded by intoxicating Love, delicate flowers, snuggling couples, free and enthusiastic atmosphere..., the life of young girl Emily in Paris is as beautiful and charming as a dream. Such a scene seems to dispel the growing chill of late autumn nights. "Emily In Paris" is such a bright and relaxing drama.
Chicago girl Emily accidentally got the opportunity to work in Paris for a year, and moved from the Windy City to the romantic city alone. She was excited and curious to be able to live in the most beautiful city in her mind. Unlike the lazy, sexy, mysterious French women here, Emily with big eyebrows is simple, direct, aggressive, and passionate about her work. Not speaking French, she was determined to bring the style of American companies to French companies, and was immediately treated coldly by her French colleagues. In their view, Americans do not understand work-life balance, live to work, and French work to live. The American definition of success, the French feel more like punishment. In the eyes of her new colleagues, Emily is just a country bumpkin who doesn't understand what happiness is, doesn't understand life, and works too hard.
Her American values were also scorned and ridiculed because of her incompatibility. Emily, a newcomer, participated in the company's client's perfume advertisement shooting. The creative idea of the advertisement was a beautiful model who was naked and only wearing perfume, walking on a beautiful bridge under the gaze of men. The client believes that this is sexy surrealism, creating a "dream" where women long to be admired and admired; Emily believes that it is sexism against women, and men's objectification and disrespect for women, this "dream" is a man's dream , by no means a woman's, such an advertisement is a disservice to a perfume brand.
Of course, how to interpret it varies from person to person, but Emily's views represent the politically correct and self-righteous universal values of mainstream American culture. When she asked her boss Sylvie's opinion, she felt that Sylvie, who was also a woman, would definitely agree with her opinion. Sylvie just replied indifferently that she is not a feminist, and she will not view the relationship between men and women so simply and superficially. This is an American style, and she does not agree with it.
Emily once sat under the roof of the Cafe de Flore and chatted with a semiotics professor about Sartre and Beauvoir, mentioning that she had read The Second Sex, maybe she didn't understand it.
The differences and conflicts of culture and values made Emily in a foreign country quickly fall from excitement to sadness of loneliness and frustration, and she was at a loss. It was as if Alice fell down the rabbit hole and entered a bizarre world where her cognition was overturned. However, she was smart and brave and soon realized that the difficulties and discomforts in front of her might not necessarily drown her. Maybe it was a door, and the other side of the door was the possibility of another life. Now that you have left the familiar life, why not open this door as a new attempt and an adventure.
When she realized her self-righteous ignorance, she began to try to let go of her inherent cognition and unrealistic expectations, and truly watched and learned from the outside to the inside. , a change has occurred.
Paris is the hometown of Sartre and Beauvoir, the starting point of existentialist philosophy, which deeply affects the people here. Emily also seems to have experienced a baptism of existentialism here, and the people who appear in her work and life are all existentialists. Their way of life and their views on life exude an existential philosophy, the pursuit of individuality, authenticity and freedom.
Emily's neighbor Gabriel is a hardworking and passionate chef who dreams of owning a restaurant of his own. When he had the opportunity to buy the restaurant where he had worked for many years, the high asking price was something he could not afford on his own. His girlfriend's family was happy to sponsor him, but he flatly refused. The girlfriend is difficult to understand, and the contradiction between the two deepens. When he was distressed, he was able to buy a small restaurant in his hometown of Normandy. After considering it again and again, he chose to give up the opportunity in Paris and return to his hometown of Normandy. In his view, accepting other people's funding is tantamount to losing freedom, and he doesn't want to belong to anyone. He is unwilling to give up both ideals and freedom, preferring to self-exile and go elsewhere to realize his dreams. The price is to leave beloved Paris and familiar restaurants, and the end of the romance.
Boss Sylvie is elegant, mature, sexy, proud, charming and elusive. Sylvie, who is engaged in luxury marketing, knows that luxury is defined by depth and taste. It requires mature and rich precipitation and hidden mystery, and also makes herself like a luxury. Sober, calm, emotional and romantic, she maintains independence and strength in her work and life. She doesn't believe in fairy tale love, and understands that it is not possession or possession that makes you happy. Invest in and enjoy the sweet romance of love, and know that love is only a part of life. It is more important and true to be true to your heart and maintain your integrity.
Colleague Luc is as straightforward as a child. He was the one who pointed out Emily's incompatibility without shyness, and pointed out Emily's incompatibility. In the process of getting to know Emily, he gradually regarded her as his own, and warmly raised points and helped her. The pure-hearted Luc has clear loves and dislikes, regards the free spirit as paramount, and is never afraid to express his true thoughts. He lives in the moment wherever he wants, enjoys happiness, and deeply understands the difficulties and pains that real life will have. There is no way to escape the suffering of life, only to face it.
Mindy, the friend Emily met here, hid in Paris in order to escape the life planned for her by her rich father. Without financial support from home, Mindy works odd jobs as a nanny and spends her days idling away. In the eyes of her parents, the right person, the right thing, the right street, and the right life, she disapproved, and she wanted to become a singer. The previous setbacks and failures made her lose her courage and hesitate to move forward. Immersed in the free and open atmosphere of Paris, with the encouragement and support of Emily and her friends, Mindy finally let go of her worries, regained her passion and inner strength in singing, and stopped caring about the judgments of others, and pursued her dreams without distraction. .
After living in Paris for a while, Emily realized that when she decided to accept the job opportunity in Paris, she subconsciously wanted to escape from the city where she grew up and the future where everything had been planned and clearly understood. After coming to Paris, with the mentality of having fun and enjoying it, I didn’t really want to get to know the city and live in it seriously. And now, when I opened the door to a new life, everything in front of me is new, and I don't know anything about the future. Confusing, and even a little scary, this adventure is a joy to behold.
Abandoned the Chicago life and familiar cognition, but also gained a new freedom. The encounter in Paris made Emily see the complexity and change of human nature and the countless possibilities of life. Only by knowing how to balance the delicate relationship between good and bad can she live a rich and profound life. And life is a journey of change, which means to think differently, to constantly transcend the familiar, to step out of the comfort zone, and to go broad and profound.
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