Recently, I was sorting out the previous text. This article was written in October 2010. I admired my patience at that time. Beware of spoilers
"The thing I was most afraid of was knowing that I was going to get out (from prison)... Later, I saw the woman in her thirties, she came to see me, and after she left, I remembered the woman who smiled at me when she was a child. The little girl, although she had missing teeth, still smiled at me... So, I decided to go back (go out)."
When she said this to Michelle, Juliette was very calm, as if she had been so calm when she made this decision, but in fact the woman in her thirties was the one Juliette hadn't seen and had no contact with in 15 years. Sister, because of her toothless smile, Juliet finally decided to accept parole and walk out of the prison... So, I can actually imagine that Juliet struggled and struggled in the dark and cold cell, denying it again and again. She mustered up the courage, the little girl's toothless smile, constantly tempted her, and finally awakened a certain emotion in her deepest heart that was closed for so long that she thought she was dead - love, or the desire for love !
Now, Juliette is back, but apparently, her painful past and 15 years in captivity have left her not knowing how to love and be loved! Similarly, Leah, who not only loves her sister, but also has anger, confusion, guilt, and even being deeply hurt, is actually at a loss. Therefore, when the two sisters meet at the airport at the beginning of the film, what we see is not warmth and touching. It's alienation and embarrassment, the hug is so rigid, their eyes are dodging and avoiding the topic that neither of them dares to touch... Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine the next episode: Juliet returns to "home" , Getting along with my sister's family and friends, I was nervous, shy and fearful, but in the end, the warmth of family and friendship, and the love that may breed, finally made my sister who had experienced pain, physical and mental exhaustion to open up, complete self-redemption, and truly return; It also made the sister who was in deep pain put down the burden, and was relieved from then on.
Yes, the whole story is as simple as that, nothing new, even the title, "Love You For A Long Time" (another translation "I've Always Loved You"), does not shy away from emphasizing this old-fashioned love theme. However, even so, I still get wet eyes in those places where I was caught off guard or prepared for it! We will still never tire of playing it in different ways! Because the desire to love and be loved may be the most important need in our life course! Love, family, friendship, what would life be like without these? Of course, love can also make us suffer, and even make us make mistakes. If we don’t love and don’t expect, we may not be hurt, and there is no such thing as joy or sorrow. But life is only a hundred years, and we can't escape death after all. We, who have doubts about the meaning of life, if we can't appreciate joys and sorrows when we are alive, it is really meaningless!
Therefore, the intersection of sorrow and joy may be the true meaning of life!
Although in the end, the film uncovers the truth of Juliette's "child murder" and seems to throw another, deeper question before us, but in fact, I have given up on this reason, although I have long guessed There must be a secret in Juliette's "Childicide", but even if she didn't take the child's life for such a reason, I would have forgiven her already! On the one hand, of course, it is because of Kristin Thomas's temperament and performance. On the other hand, even if she is really guilty, 15 years of imprisonment, censure from relatives and friends, rejection from society, and the heavy crime of "murderer" that she will bear for life , such a punishment is sufficient. So, when the truth finally came to the fore, Juliette actually "euthanized" her terminally ill son with no hope of cure, and I didn't want to conduct any moral torture on her, and, I believe, the director set I am afraid that this ending is not to discuss the morality of "euthanasia", but to better convey the theme of love to us - who can say that what Juliette did to her son was not out of love? She just did the last thing a mother could do. If we were in her situation, what choices would we make? So, in the end, it may be ourselves who are being tortured!
Although it seems vaguely that the truth seems to be begging the question to some extent: If Juliette is really sinful, will all people be redeemed? Fortunately, Michelle's words gave me strength: "I have been a volunteer for 10 years, going in and out of prison time and time again, and talking to people in prison. Over time, I have a different view of the world and people. ...to the sky...to the passage of time, I feel that the prisoners are no different from me, that maybe they can be in my place and I can be in theirs. Sometimes it's a natural transition between the two."
Yeah, how different are we actually from the people in prison? Are we really more noble than them? Even if they are humble, they actually have the same yearning for beauty, kindness, love, and forgiveness just like us! Just like Juliette, when she was released from prison, she was not without expectations for her future life! It's just that guilt, guilt and low self-esteem have been haunting her, and fear - the fear that she has been forgotten and will be forgotten ever since - keeps her from thinking about it! But inside, the desire to love and be loved has long been surging. Going to bed with a strange man you met in a bar, in addition to proving that your body is "alive", you also secretly hope for the resurrection of your soul. So, still love saved Juliette! Leah's notebooks that write down her sister's name every day, the eyes that look at her sister even though they dodge a bit, the niece's innocent but heartfelt reliance, the brother-in-law's defensive but forbearing attitude, the grandfather's kind smile even though he can't speak , the sad but sincere words of the parole officer, and the phrase "Isn't this my little Juliette?" from the demented mother's epiphany... All these are Juliette's support, let her slow down Slowly began to contact others, made her feel proud when she was officially hired by the hospital, made her cry when she received everyone's birthday wishes, made her dress brighter and asked her niece if she wanted to wear earrings, made her hesitate but I still accepted Michelle's invitation to take a walk, and occasionally showed a long-lost smile and graceful look... When Michelle reached out to her after knowing the secret, although she hurriedly rejected it, the ice in her heart also lingered. It has already begun to melt, so when the parole officer committed suicide, the breath of death once surrounded her, making her weak and hesitant again, but she did not follow in the end. What saved her can only be because she can love and love, right? !
So, Juliette is both unfortunate and lucky! Looking at her, I always think of Hannah. The lives of these two women are so similar in nature but have very different endings. The biggest difference is probably whether they have love and warmth. Juliette gave up her defense in court, kept silent on all the accusations, and walked into prison like a dead body, with some sense of self-imposed exile and self-imprisonment, "Anyway, I sinned extremely badly, I gave him life, but He was pronounced dead, I have nothing to say. Explain, explain what? Explain to whom? Explain is making excuses, there is no excuse for death, the death of a child is the deepest and deepest prison. You will never think of it.” I I believe that the death of her son has already exhausted most of Juliette's life. In prison, the idea of death must have flashed in her mind more than once. Then, what made her support to the end and break through this "deepest and deepest" Jail"? I think, apart from self-punishment, Leah's toothless smile, although it appeared a little late, was firm. And Hannah, the more humble woman, the tapes sent by Mike, the readings from Mike, had also been the support for her to survive the long years and study with an extraordinary enthusiasm, but in the end, Hannah decided in a decisive way. He chose to give up. In addition to his fear of the future life, the more hesitation was Mike's hesitation. He withdrew his hand and sent a message to Hannah: The reading of life will eventually disappear, then, Just end it!
At the end of the film, facing Michelle's call, Juliette, who was full of tears, finally answered loudly: "I'm here!". This makes people daydream, but I still like the two previous scenes: the sisters are sitting in front of the piano playing and singing their childhood songs, the fingering is very unfamiliar, and the tune is not smooth, but the nursery rhyme is sung very melodiously by them ; On vacation in the countryside, children and adults alike played to their heart's content. On a wall full of white roses, Julia and her niece carefully picked and cut flowers, the little girl held a flower basket quietly, and Juliette smiled softly. : "Isn't it enough, another one!"...
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