When you have no love, don't give up your principles

Krista 2022-11-28 14:58:26

Death is a required course for everyone, and everyone has to graduate with enough credits. The difference is that some people leave with a sense of satisfaction, while others are full of fear. Ove, the protagonist of this play, is undoubtedly the former. The story told in the film only makes him more stable when he leaves. Even if it does not happen at all, he is still very satisfied - when there is no love in life, the death of reuniting with a lover is a gift .

At the beginning, I felt that the uncle Owei was like an aunt of the neighborhood committee, and he took care of that, from parking to the pet incompetent to poop everywhere. Annoyed at everyone, either this idiot or that idiot, and likes to shout at every turn. When the movie starts, the lover is gone! Then lost a job that lasted 43 years (doing the same thing in itself speaks for itself), went home alone and prepared to die - there was no reason to live anymore, no lover, no children, no Work... What a wonderful thing to be reunited with Sonia, the love of my life! It is a great comfort to be able to end my life smoothly.

It's a pity that God doesn't do what he wants. The noisy neighbors came, the wife was about to give birth, and she also brought two daughters. The male host can't do anything, he climbed the ladder and injured himself. Ove drove the neighbor's wife and children to the hospital... Every time Ove wanted to end himself, it was either this or that, and there were fond memories along the way. So far, we have fully known this old man. The four major misfortunes in life have all caught up (it would have been crazy for others) to lose his mother when he was a child, lose his father when he was young, lose his son in middle age (the lover had a miscarriage in a car accident, was paralyzed), and lost his wife when he was old.
However, the uncle has never stopped fighting to defend his values. He was too small to drive his car into the community (the buddy later passed out in the community, and the last sentence he said was: "Don't let the ambulance drive into the community"). The paralyzed wife fights for a teaching position, and the disabled friend fights for the opportunity to stay at home and be taken care of - even if it doesn't work, the uncle always works hard! No matter what the outcome is, Ove has lived a life of fighting, and there is nothing to regret, it's good!


The warm-hearted Uncle Ove reaffirmed his worth while getting along with his new neighbors. Gone with no regrets. In his suicide note, he said, "Only those who agree with what I have done are invited to the funeral." As you might expect, the community was in attendance.

The final scene is warm and touching, don't miss it.

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A Man Called Ove quotes

  • Ove: Some people say that fate is the result of our own foolishness.

  • Ove: Hey! What are you doing?

    Mähät: It scratched Prince.

    Ove: Throw another stone and I'll sew a doormat with your mop!

    Mähät: It is a chihuahua. And the cat certainly has both rabies and plague.

    Ove: Oh, yes. Clearly, you do, too, but we do not throw stones at you.

    Mähät: You still think you can do whatever you want? Slimy fucking old man. I'll tell Anders.

    Ove: Go ahead, tell him. If you can make someone who drives an Audi understand. Four zeros on the grill and a fifth at the wheel. If that dog pees in our area again, I'll electrify it. Idiot!