- The movie "Flower Cafe",
which was hidden in the hard drive, was just turned out and watched yesterday. The prose editing, seemingly chaotic scene switching and complicated plot, turned out to be so beautiful , It's like appreciating a piece of prose, word by word, it seems that I don't understand why, until I understand it, I can't help but ignite complex emotions in my heart.
- Is Vera your girlfriend?
——Yes , the
little protagonist Lauren and Vera fell in love with Vera at first sight at school. They hugged each other tightly and did not want to separate. He lost his temper when he had to be separated, and when he got home, his mother Jacqueline talked to him and asked him if Vera was his girlfriend, and Lauren said yes without hesitation.
Lauren is a child with severe Down syndrome, but perhaps it is such a defect that allows him to have a more pure understanding of love, like twin flames, once they meet, they cannot be separated.
The male protagonist Anthony met Ross at a party. At that time, the background was a song "Flower Cafe". They fell in love at first sight and seemed to have found the love of life.
But just as Lauren and Vera had their mother, Jacqueline, there was Carlo between Anthony and Rose.
Carlo is Anthony's wife. They are childhood sweethearts. They have never separated since they met. They are each other's soulmates. The rush of the years through the music.
After meeting Rose, Anthony gradually collapsed in the fragile balance, like that plane under the blue sky, fragile and lonely, and finally burst open...
Lauren loves Vera, and also loves her mother, and her mother Jacqueline loves even more He, but no one wants to let go, they are so persistent.
- Don't you think you are too small?
--Do not. She is very pretty. So is her mother.
——...I must be dreaming. Then why do you lose your temper at school? I will not be angry. I just want to have a good talk with you.
"She's beautiful" is Lauren's evaluation of Vera, which is really in the eyes of a lover, and age is not a problem, the little guy is really persistent.
Jacqueline thought she was dreaming and dared not admit that her son could be so persistent.
It's like Carlo can't believe how deeply her husband loves Rose.
This relationship, tearing, tangled, persistent and unwilling to let go, is heartbreaking.
When a person meets a loved one, meets his twin flame, he has to put his heart and soul into it, yes, is that so?
Even if there is a childhood sweetheart who walks with each other along the way, who cannot forget you in the depths of the soul; even if there is a mother who loves you deeply, and who loves you with all her heart?
"I just want to have a good talk with you."
Someone who truly loves you will not let you give up, let go, but talk to you.
--Sorry. Mother. I think I am in love with her.
- You've only known her for two months. You are only seven years old. A 7-year-old knows what love is. Give me a break.
- I love her as much as I love you.
Little Lauren said he fell in love with Vera, even though he had only known each other for two months.
Jacqueline is reluctant to admit Lauren's love, "You are only 7 years old. A 7-year-old child knows what love is. Stop teasing."
Just like Carlo's reluctance, we have a family and children, do you want to abandon it? All, all betrayal?
Just like Anthony's children from time to time release the songs that mother Carlo loves to listen to, to provoke Anthony's emotions.
Like Anthony's urge to burst into tears when he hears a familiar concert.
When the world of love cannot be balanced, and you give wholeheartedly, but there is no corresponding return, this love is so bitter, just like a pure Espresso, there is no milk to dilute, no chocolate to taste, only astringent taste, love It is deep, the taste of love, and the unspeakable bitterness.
- This is really heartbreaking.
--forgive me.
Jacqueline, who would rather give her all to love her son, listened to her son Lauren's words, "This is really heartbreaking." Yes, it is really heartbreaking, this bitterness is too hard to swallow, and finally everything ends in the brokenness of the rainy night . They are persistent and refuse to let go.
Carlo finally came to Anthony and Rose's residence, hugged Anthony, "forgive me", she finally let go, let the twin flames burn brightly.
Persistent destruction, letting go of rebirth.
The film uses prose editing techniques to tell two seemingly unrelated stories. In fact, it is a stream-of-consciousness film technique. It uses superb montage to connect today's Montreal with 1969 Paris, and endows reincarnation and redemption. A perfect interpretation of the past and present.
Sometimes, too persistent will not be perfect, let go, maybe you can embrace more!
Speaking later, about exploring the structure of the film.
Personally, I think the movie is not what many film critics say. The male protagonist Anthony had a plane crash at the beginning, and his wife Carlo felt guilty, so most of the movie was Carlo's nightmares and fantasies.
Personally, I think this is not the case. The movie actually uses a flashback method, arranging the end at the beginning.
In the film, Anthony left Carlo after he met Ross, and Carlo was depressed because of this, often having nightmares and sleepwalking. The silent cry of extreme sadness during sleepwalking and the child with Down syndrome in the back seat of the car showed several times of grief after Carlo left Anthony. The mood and overlapping with the story of 1969, she incarnates Jacqueline, and Jacqueline loves her son, she loves Anthony as much. Due to frequent nightmares and depression, Carlo sought relief and found a psychic. The psychic broke through the entanglement of past and present life. Carlo finally realized that this love can only be fulfilled by letting go of herself, so she came to Anthony and said "forgive me".
Later, Anthony married Ross, but Anthony did not completely forget the childhood sweetheart love between him and Carlo, so he was on the verge of collapse. Although he felt very happy, he had every reason to be happy.
Later, when Anthony was on a business trip, the plane crashed. This is the two high-exposure shots at the beginning and the end of the film. A plane crossed the sky and exploded in 0.1 seconds. And that just happens to tie the whole movie together.
At the beginning of the film, the male protagonist Anthony bids farewell to Ross and his daughters. When he went through the security check and was about to board the plane, a group of Down syndrome patients walked on the face. Imagine that the back figure that is gradually receding is the male protagonist Anthony, the young male protagonist Lauren, Vera, and Jacqueline.
As mentioned above, sometimes, being too persistent is not perfect, let go and maybe embrace more!
And the tears in the male protagonist's hands are actually the tears of everyone, the sadness for Anthony's passing.
Lincoln 2013-10-07 11:27:15
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