as if sewn into the skin

Amelie 2022-04-20 09:02:08

In San Francisco, I stumbled into the movie theater and picked this one up. The result is the most immersive and empathetic film I've seen in recent years. The lines and pictures are real and absurd, wanting to laugh and cry. I cried many times throughout the movie, and then burst into laughter. (When I walked out of the theater, my whole body was sour, I wanted to ask my friends what to eat, and then I started crying...) Later, I recommended it to my friends, but there was no very good feedback, maybe I have to have the same experience will be hit immediately.

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The Farewell quotes

  • Nai Nai: I walked the path of life and I have to say, you will face with difficulties. But you have to have an open mind. Don't be like a bull hitting his horns all over the walls of the room. Life isn't just about what you do, it's more about how you do it.

  • Billi: You know, one of the few good memories of my childhood were those summers at Nai Nais's. They had that garden, Ye Ye and I would catch dragonflies. And then we just moved to the States. Everything was different. Everyone was gone. And it was just the three of us.

    Jian: I know it was hard. It was hard for us too.

    Billi: I wanted to believe that it was a good thing, but all I saw was fear in your eyes. And I was confused and scared constantly because you never told me what was going on. And then Ye Ye died. You didn't even tell me he was sick. So it felt like he just vanished suddenly. And you wouldn't even let me go to his funeral.

    Jian: You were at school. We didn't want you to miss school. We did what we thought was best for you.

    Billi: But I never saw him again. And every time I came back to China, he just... he just wasn't there anymore. And I come back and he's just gone. The house is gone, A Die's gone, our Beijing home is gone and soon she'll be gone too.