Looking for an antidote for pain

Jamir 2022-04-21 09:03:51

I've been seeing some prison-related stuff lately. Most of the scenes in Tolstoy's "Resurrection" are in prison, "The Reader" is also about the story of the people in prison, plus "Love You For A Long Time". Although the stories are different, the angles are different, and the methods are different, it is obvious that this topic has touched many writers and directors, and it is constantly brought up. I guess it is probably because in extreme scenes like prison, human nature is magnified to the greatest extent, and the essence of human beings can be displayed in the most dramatic way. Similarly, the protagonists of the two films "The Reader" and "Love You For a Long Time" cannot be said to be "innocent", but at least they are excellent hiders. In these two films, the prison is no longer a forbidden place for personal freedom, but has become the best place to hide secrets.
When the protagonist Juliette said in tears at the end: "The death of my son is my prison", I began to vaguely understand this mother, who once made no refutation of the accusation of killing her son in court, preferring to use a prison window To bury the mother who had lived a happy life. Suddenly, in the face of great pain, the truth can be so trivial. But, is it too heavy a price to bury a painful memory with 15 years of prison life and the misunderstanding and abandonment of the dearest person? Every time the issue of price is involved, it always leaves me at a loss. So I leave the question mark of whether it's worth it, and turn to a more fundamental question: Is the cost valid? Can pain be relieved or relieved in this way? In fact, the film does not answer this question directly until the end. But offers another answer: love.
It is not the 15 years of isolated prison life, but the tolerant love of her sister Liya, the love that Marshall understands, and the true love of the little nephew girl, so that Juliette can start a new life. This new life does not deny the pain of the past, but heals the pain with love. When elder sister Juliette and younger sister Lia sat together in front of the piano and played and sang "Love You For a Long Time" that the sisters often collaborated with when they were children, I guess Juliette should understand that love has never left her.

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I've Loved You So Long quotes

  • Juliette Fontaine: The worst prison is the death of one's child. You never get out of it.

  • P'tit Lys: The prince went slowly through the forest. His beautiful horse was silent. The sky was taking on the color of roses. "Will I be in time?" the prince wondered. He remembered what the magician had told him. "Night is your only enemy. Once it has cast its cloak of darkness over the world and you cannot tell the shadow of a dog from that of a wolf, you will know it is too late and that your beautiful lady is lost forever. Hurry if you love her." The prince's heart was pounding.