In Western culture, especially in English culture, words or phrases that use "French XX" as an attribute often have derogatory meanings.
For example, "French kissing", it is said that the kissing parties extend their tongues as long as possible, allowing each other to enjoy the pleasure brought by kissing (tongue eating) as much as possible like sucking finger chicken feet or pig trotters. Of course, the trouble with this kind of kissing is that the one with the short tongue cannot satisfy the one with the long and greedy tongue, so "French kissing" actually contains teasing and ridicule. To put it this way, perhaps the Hanged Ghost is the best way to play "French Kiss".
Another example is the so-called "French disease" in English-speaking countries, which is said to be gonorrhea, syphilis, and even AIDS. Because in the eyes of outsiders who don't know French people, French people basically don't know anything other than sex and romance. As long as sex is comfortable, no matter how clean and hygienic, wearing a condom is basically desecrating the pleasure of sex. Therefore, the French emphasize the life philosophy of "make love, don't die", but in English-speaking countries it becomes "make love, don't fight".
Such embarrassing examples can't be cited too much, it's really special to draw hatred. In fact, when we say "French romance" in Chinese, it really means very romantic. At least the eyes are full of a series of complex expressions such as envy, jealousy and hatred, but not necessarily in English. Whenever you come across a phrase with the word French in English, don't rush to understand it as "French", because most of it is not a good word. For example, someone is so embarrassed that they scold the street, but they find that they are a little gaffe (probably still a pervert), and when they save face, they often have to say "Excuse my French!" Don't think people are humbly saying "Forgive my French", but in fact they are saying "I'm sorry, I just made a foul language"! Look, I will save face for myself. In fact, when scolding the street, it is likely that the English called "Global Mandarin" is used. It is said that 80% of the English vocabulary comes from French. I really don't know how to be grateful! Don't think that European and American people must be high-quality people, here is a haha, and experience it yourself!
I don't know how the French offended the gentlemen in English-speaking countries in the first place. Anyway, as long as you don't like your every move, you can use a French phrase to dislike you. Another example is French leave, do you think this is a "French farewell"? Hehe, it's actually disgusting the other party's "farewell without saying goodbye", which is a bit uneducated. But when you think about the English-speaking people who coined the term, they don't seem to be very educated citizens.
Perhaps, in the eyes of citizens of English-speaking countries with a strong sense of superiority, the appellation of any country or nation in the world can be used for derogatory fancy teasing or ridicule, and sometimes of course even oneself. Our China also has many meanings in English. Don't think that there is only one meaning of "China". There is a word called Chinaman, which is a very discriminatory derogatory term. I'm pretending to be writing a "film review" here, so I can only stop here, but the French or French-related topics are probably just beginning.
Many Chinese people who learn or come into contact with French must be fooled by the word "romantic". Then, when we listen to French songs or watch French movies, we must also be influenced by the word "romantic". If you have really listened to French music or seen French movies, you will be deeply impressed by French emotion or humor. I used to only cover my head to learn French, but later I came into contact with French music, and found that the unhurried tune really needs patience to taste, and of course, it needs to be experienced with real emotion. For example, in the song "My Name is Elaine", which was very popular ten years ago, I introduced myself in the first French class, and I heard the first sentence of this song. Celine Dion's French songs are nice too, but you can't listen to every song with the emotion of "My Heart Is Still".
Later, I watched a movie "Life of a Rose" with the French song of the same name, which made people feel as sad as a cat scratching. These good-looking and endearing movies, I have seen them before, and I have never thought of calming down and writing some words. But I found myself wrong. If life is to be wasted no matter what, then waste some time on nonsense, and maybe leave some thoughts for the old self. So, I decided to add all the comments about listening to music or watching movies in the future, but the text about French movies should start with "The Belliers" first.
In the movie "This Killer Isn't Too Cold", Little Lolita became an uncle control, which seemed to set off a global trend. Of course, the movie is really good, but I won't talk about it alone here, I'll talk about it later, I'll watch the movie again, and then write some messy text.
Of course, there are also "Desert Flower", "Amelie", "Spring in the Cattle Class", "Golden Wire Cage", "Les Miserables", "Notre Dame de Paris", "Hotel Elf", "The Little Prince", "Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion", etc., these classic and touching films, I really don't have the confidence to write a film review after watching them once. Only those who have watched the film more than twice can they have something to say—— It seems so! Although I watch a lot, I forget quickly, so I have seen so many French movies, but I really can't remember too many titles for a while.
Goodness, I finally got to the point where I'm talking about the film "The Belliers".
I've seen the French film "The Belliers" three times. This film was released in 2014, and it has been almost five or six years since then. It can be regarded as a classic "old movie". For our era of fast food culture, it is very likely to be submerged in the vast "shadow sea" after half a year, but the ocean of time can never drown the classics. I call this film a classic, and I'm sure some people will agree, but if you don't see this film ten years later, it's still warm enough to laugh and cry.
I have longed for a harmonious family with many brothers and sisters since I was a child. Unfortunately, our original family has undergone unforgettable changes. However, it is precisely because of this that I am even more envious of those big families who are harmonious and beautiful, happy and harmonious, like four generations living together. No matter what, the family should hold together as a group, whether it is looking for people to fight or start a business, a large and harmonious family can easily remind us of the truth told by a saying: "A fence has three stakes, and a hero has three gangs." Harmonious family, no deception. On the contrary, if a family often intrigues and fights together, face and heart are not in harmony, let alone ghosts and gods bullying you, even the worst dog in the village looks down on you.
"The Belliers" gave me just that kind of warmth, but unfortunately, I couldn't have that kind of family warmth. We Chinese all pay attention to "pragmatism", as small as a family, as large as a country, pragmatists can really be said to fill the streets. Therefore, the most direct and influential aspect of your status in the family is to see how many benefits or benefits you can bring to your relatives and friends. Our traditional family, which has always paid attention to benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and trust, is now full of stakeholders at every turn. Putting down a bunch of things and bringing up a bunch of them, you have no idea when they (or we) became so greedy. And the most direct and least intelligent standard to measure the benefits or benefits you can bring to your relatives and friends is to see how much money you can earn, or how much official you have become. In such a family atmosphere, we can no longer experience that kind of family warmth, but more of the carelessness and indifference of ordinary people.
Bailey and his wife are deaf and mute. They have a son and a daughter. The son is also deaf and mute. Only the daughter has a "gene mutation" and grows into a normal person (our so-called "normal person", of course, is aimed at the deaf-mute. In terms of human beings, if the whole world is deaf and mute, then those who can speak and see will become "disabled"). So in a sense, the couple cares about the most normal person in the family. Even if she leaves for a minute, she always feels that it is a "disaster" for the whole family.
For all parents in the world, one of the most painful truths in life is having to deal with their children growing up. The Baileys are no exception, and their baby girl, Paula, is also growing up. And a child's growth is not smooth sailing. When a child grows up, there will be all kinds of troubles, one of which is "living for ideals". I think there must be many friends who have been fooled by the word "ideal", right? That's right, people must have ideals in life, otherwise what's the difference with salted fish! The problem is that ideals belong to ideals, and the world we live in is a real world; ideals are full and reality is very skinny. Fortunately, Paula's ideal is also practical, she has a good voice, and she can sing to study in a good school in Paris - such an opportunity is a great temptation for anyone.
The conflict is also about Paula having a good voice. For the first time, she experienced the difficulty of choosing, but unfortunately, life is a process of constant choice, and of course, a process of constant compromise. So, even though the choice was difficult, she still made her own choice. At first, her parents did not support her, especially her mother, who became anxious after hearing the news, and even lost her temper from time to time. The turning point of things came at a singing competition at the school. The father, who felt Paula's singing attentively, was finally "sung" to tears by his daughter. This cry opened old Bailey's heart.
Later, the plot was more logical, and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed. We saw typical French humor (I hope "French humor" is not a derogatory term) from the camera, and there was warmth in the teasing. The biggest feature of French movies is that they are eloquent and slow, as if we were listening to an old man tell a story of memories. So the first quality of watching a French movie is to be patient, follow the camera, watch it slowly, and of course, taste it slowly, without any pauses or interruptions in between, otherwise, you will suddenly feel dull and even doze off. Come. When you look at the back, you will find that many details are really touching. If you are an audience with a strong desire to perform, I believe that you will definitely be half-hearted by the actions of the Baileys and his wife. You can't tell the critical moment, and you can only be anxious to dance. How helpless! It turns out that no matter how warm the family is, everyone has their own helplessness!
However, this family has a weapon to resolve conflicts, that is love. Since the French have a reputation for having good sex, there is an element of love in any of their works. It is true that if the world lacks love, it will lose a lot of color itself, and it is not worth our nostalgia at all. The most touching part of "The Bellier Family" is that this family is so loving, almost to the point of love and hatred.
The episode that made me "run to tears" is at the end, when Paula went to Paris, she stopped halfway with her teacher, and then ran back to give her parents and brother a "flying to a dream" hug, Of course, it's a Bellier-style hug of love. This loving hug is more of a promise. No matter where she goes, she will return to that house sooner or later, and she will also reassure that tantrum mother. The picture of a family hugging is so warm - I haven't been surrounded by such warm loving hugs in a long time, so I can't figure out what it means to be a family in the true sense. I think if you have to have a warm family, it's like "The Belliers" (here, let's not think about the opening line of "Anna Karenina") .
I remember that Xiong Da always warned Xiong Er that the bear must have a bear-like appearance! So I was thinking that the family should have something like "The Belliers". Otherwise, it only has the name of "family" and has no reality of "family". In my eyes, such a family with intrigue is not as good as a dog kennel, it is better to have nothing.
I hope everyone who reads this article has a loving family! Really, and and beautiful...
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