The hope of life does not have to be entangled in a moment

Americo 2022-04-20 09:02:35

A person who is so desperate for life that he wants to end his life, finds his final residence in advance, and then drives back and forth to and from the long loess road. He needs a burial.

He kept chatting up with different people on the way, trying to tell them his needs in the most relaxed and not heavy tone. During this period, he met a soldier who had just enlisted in the army. He used all the easy-to-understand languages, but he couldn't get the soldier to get out of the car and take a look at his final residence; he met a seminary student, but the student wanted to use his own The meager theological knowledge he had learned persuaded him to regret his thoughts of suicide. He said, I don't need persuasion, I need someone to bury me.
Just when he thought his search was fruitless, an old man successfully accepted his arrangement.

Although the old man agreed, his words were very intriguing, with simple examples that revealed the true meaning of life everywhere.

The world is not what you think it is, you have to change your perspective, and the world will change because of it, he said. Be optimistic and look at things positively. You are at the golden stage of your life, committing suicide because of something minor, just because of a problem. Life is like a train, always moving forward, and then reaching the end of the journey, that is the end. Death awaits at the end. Of course, death is also a solution, but it's not a waistline, and it shouldn't be when you're young. You think something is good, and then you realize you're wrong, the key is to think hard, have you lost all hope?
Do you ever look up at the sky when you wake up in the morning?
Don't you want to watch the sun rise at dawn?
The afterglow of gold and red, don't you want to watch it again?
You don't want to look at the stars anymore?
That full moon night, don't you want to watch it once?
Choose the right way, people on the other side like to look this way,
but you're in a hurry to go there?
Don't you want to drink spring water?
Or wash your face in water?
Look at the four seasons, each season brings fruit,
summer has fruit, and so does winter,
No mother can
fill the refrigerator with so much fruit for her child,
no mother can do so much for her child.
Likewise, God has done the same with his creatures.
Are you going to reject everything? Are you going to give up everything?
Are you going to give up trying the taste of cherries?

The film does not explain why the man wanted to kill himself, but when the dust of his request was settled, a melancholy floated on him. Perhaps life and death were originally a matter of one thought, or perhaps it was originally a ritual to complete one's own thinking.

The scene at the end of the shoot may really confuse you. The dusty road was green. In the breeze, the subject's face was filled with a smile, and his eyes were full of vitality.
At that time, I suddenly realized that the ultimate mystery of this film is to tell people that the hope and beauty of life are actually there, and there is no need to dwell on it for a while.

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Taste of Cherry quotes

  • Mr. Badii: I don't want to give you a gun to kill me. I'm giving you a spade, a spade.

  • Mr. Bagheri: When you want to help someone, you have to do it properly, with all your heart. It's better... more just and more reasonable.