In the cold and humid winter in the south, if there is a warm movie.
"Wandering in the Clouds" was an award-winning film at the 1997 Shanghai International Film Festival. Like the warm winter sun, it is filled with warmth and intermittent sadness and finally the beauty.
I have never forgotten the phantom-like vineyards that are shrouded in mist in the movie under the shadow of the sunset in the movie, the majestic music in the background of the Cangshan twilight, filled with the majestic music of the hero and heroine in love, and The tortuous and deep emotions between the hero and heroine floating in the floating world.
Paul, played by Keno Reeves, is a soldier who has just been demobilized from the battlefield. In the days when he left home to fight, he always missed his wife and his originally warm family. When he ran home full of joy, the reality was very different from his imagination. His wife was sitting on the sofa listening to music, even he The letters sent back recording his thoughts on the battlefield day and night were also ignored by his wife and thrown aside. The wife explained that as long as he knew that he was alive, he did not say anything, but there was a faint feeling in his heart. Lost, in the days when he left the battlefield, he recalled the scene filled with gunpowder countless times. The sudden passing of life made him know how to cherish the preciousness of the people around him, but when he wanted to give this kind of love and care, he faced It is his wife's indifference, and no one shares his inner touch, which is undoubtedly lonely and sad. And his wife just kept pushing him out to sell chocolates.
She is a woman named Victoria who was abandoned by her boyfriend before she got married. She originally wanted to go home to reunite every year when the grapes were harvested in her homeland, but she was trapped in such an embarrassing situation. Her beautiful homeland and her feudal and conservative father kept her away.
They meet at such moments, on the train, on the bus, every time they meet, the finger of God plucks the strings of fate.
She stopped by the side of the road and waited for him to appear, and told him her story, hoping to get his help, acting as her husband temporarily, hiding from her conservative father, and the kind-hearted he readily agreed. They then embarked on this road of love and beauty lurking together.
The pleasant vineyards are shrouded in the warm sun and mist, which is like a dream, so it is also called "Cloud Township".
In this refreshing exterior scene, their carefully disguised husband and wife relationship is trembling under the eyes of everyone in the family, and there is no room for negligence and carelessness. Fortunately, Victoria's family is very friendly and funny, and they are happy to accept Paul as a new family member. Only her father, stubborn and conservative, can't accept his daughter's self-assertion in his feudal traditional thinking, and he is depressed. He saw Paul as an intruding stranger, with suspicion and scrutiny.
After night falls and the grapes are frosted, a year's harvest can be ruined, the whole family ignites bonfires in the vineyard, paper fans like butterfly wings are tied to their arms, and the thick hot smoke to dispel the cold. Victoria and Paul participated in the family's labor together. This was the first time Paul gradually integrated into the family, and it was also the first time he felt the passion of life again after leaving the battlefield.
The most unforgettable part of the film is the process of picking grapes during the harvest. Paul's naivety when he first started to gradually become familiar, and even aroused Victoria's father's urge to compete with him secretly. The two of them hurriedly picked while surreptitiously spying on each other's progress, constantly competing to speed up each other, which greatly improved the efficiency of harvest picking. The local tradition is to throw the harvested grapes into huge wooden basins, and people step on them to make mellow wine. In the joyful and jumping music, the grape juice splashing in the sun is full of life. Bright and beautiful. The moment my father and Paul looked at each other and smiled several times, I believe that the rift in my father's heart was slowly melting under the warm sunshine of this cloud town.
When Paul inadvertently slowly entered the hearts of this family member, his love with Victoria also grew secretly, but because of his family and his wife, this responsibility made him have some scruples in his heart, and he dared not Love Victoria easily, afraid of hurting her again because she can't give her a future. Under the tug of this contradictory feeling, he decided to leave to expel this quietly growing affection.
Yunxiang at night is quiet and beautiful, making people feel the quietness of the years. Regrettably, the parting song has already been played, and Paul sang the sad parting song with melancholy under Victoria's window, waiting for her to turn on the lights in the room to light up the dark night and his sad parting heart. He finally left.
The next story, it must be said that it was arranged by God. When Paul returned home, he found that his wife had lost his love and had an affair with others, and he was able to get a divorce easily and smoothly. After returning to his freedom, he happily ran into the distance, His wife can't understand his reaction, only he himself understands what this moment of joy means, what this divorce deed means, that is the face of happiness that he has been looking forward to for a long time, he doesn't have to choose, he doesn't have to feel guilty, and he doesn't have to take responsibility. . He can finally express his heart truly and pursue his happiness. He immediately found a car and ran to the cloud town he had always dreamed of.
However, what awaited him was the anger of Victoria's father after the lie was exposed. He threw the kerosene lamp in his hand at Paul, but accidentally smashed it on the dry branch of the grape. In an instant, a fire dragon spread rapidly, and the power of the whole family also disappeared. Unable to resist this sea of fire, the entire vineyard was destroyed in the raging fire. Looking at the ruins after the fire, the hope of the whole family fell from the clouds into the deep sea. Victoria's father watched the painstaking efforts of many years of management suddenly disappear. Finally, I couldn't hold back the old tears, and the stagnation buried in my heart finally poured out, because I was afraid of losing and had a strong exclusive mood, because I cared too much and cherished the people and things I loved.
Unwilling to divide the slightest bit from others, this is the hesitation and fragility of the father in love. At this desperate moment, Paul found a living grape root in the ruins, which rekindled hope for the family. The father held up this last source of life and said to Paul: "Sow it with promise, honor and love. The source of life, the root of your life has been connected to the family." Father finally accepted Paul with confidence. At the same time, he also gained the true meaning of caring, hope, love and trust.
The smile that opened on the ruins can already see the hope of the trees in the next spring. The sun penetrates the mist, and finally it is clean and clear like the sky again.
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