Illusions gone 45 years

Hugh 2022-04-22 07:01:54

Reminds me of a scene in the movie: when the heroine wakes up in the morning, the hero is not there, and the camera falls on an empty pillow. My imagination is actually: no pillow towel ah? Is it true that foreign pillows are not covered with pillow covers? ...Writing this to show that my thinking is probably a bit weird, but the association at that time was indeed like this; thinking about it now, maybe I want to "save" myself from the dull feeling of the movie.

The old couple lives peacefully, the husband sings with the wife, and the beauty is happy. The heroine looks quite elegant and beautiful even in her 60s. However, a letter informing that the male protagonist's girlfriend's body was found broke the tranquility and opened up the cruel illusion under 45 years of beauty.

The male protagonist wants to go to Switzerland to take a look at the body. The female protagonist has the same hair as the deceased girlfriend and has a similar name. The male protagonist answers the female protagonist's answer to the question "Will my girlfriend marry her if she is alive?" Favorite cameras are put on the shelf... these are actually nothing, I think the most unacceptable thing is: they don't want children, and the "big things" in the family are decided by the male lead, then it is the male lead who persuades his wife not to have children; but In the photo, the deceased girlfriend is clearly stroking her bulging belly and smiling happily!

She can replace a part of the shadow in his mind, but the child can't come back if he loses it! The heroine finally insisted on holding the 45th anniversary celebration perfectly. The speech of the hero was very touching, wasn't it, he was moved to tears. However, in the end, the dance song, the one he chose at the wedding ceremony 45 years ago, played... She knew that something was broken beyond repair...

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  • Winnifred 2022-04-24 07:01:25

    Forty-five years of companionship can also be fragile, especially when suddenly there is another shadow in your life. Life is as oppressive and gloomy as the thick fog of England, as ugly and awkward as the old sex in the film. It's not necessarily that he lost to 6 days of missing. Men say that they can do it all over again, but once a woman is injured, it will be difficult to recover. People gather for emotion, but the hypocritical nature of life makes it all the more unbearable

  • Katlyn 2022-03-20 09:03:03

    #2016Top Ten Candidates# "The ex-girlfriend who is afraid of ghosts". It was not just the lost lover that was discovered, but the yesterday's (possibly missed) sixties in this already old Europe. It looks like an old-school, middle-class melodrama, but the undercurrents of low-level politics are surging—there's nothing more telling than being "stillborn."

45 Years quotes

  • Kate Mercer: You used to love your birdwatching.

    Geoff Mercer: I did, yes.

    Kate Mercer: It's funny how you forget the things in life that make you happy.

  • Geoff Mercer: Lena, this is wonderful. Thank you.

    Lena: Not bad for an old fascist, huh?