Isabel Cosette, a female director from Barcelona, made an unexpected contribution to a small town bookstore with a very British flavor. Of course this may be due to the original novel by Nelope Fitzgerald. A book-loving widow, Florence, came to the small town of Harborough, opened a bookstore in an old house, and tried to breathe a new 1950s air into this conservative town. During this period, Florence received indifference and hostility from Mrs. Matt, who had the power to speak in the town's affairs, and other forces. Only the seemingly weird, solitary gentleman, Brandish, took a supportive attitude. Fight hard until the end of your life.
The life of the British after the war was epitomized in the daily dark battles in the small town, and even affected Christine, a young working-class girl hired by Florence. This capable girl showed no interest in books since her debut. But in the subsequent interactions, I became more and more aware of Florence's attitude of loving books and life. Mrs. Matt tried to control the cultural ecology of the town, and she did not hesitate to use her relatives in London to change the rules and try to drive Florence out of the town. On the other hand, Mr. Browndig, the lonely old man who only showed himself as a mysterious image in his mouth when he first appeared, turned out to be Florence's most intimate confidant. The old man who was reclusive and fell into the small town's short-talking tore off all the pages with the author's portrait, but was deeply attracted by the Bradbury's book sent by Florence.
In The Bookstore, two books are crucial to the development and end of the small bookstore, one is Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury and the other is Lolita by Nabokov, the former seems to be able to It is regarded as a realistic projection of Florence's resistance to the power of the small town, representing the establishment of the Alliance of Hope between Brandich and Florence, the latter directly referring to the era of the Cold War, how prejudice in a corner is related to ideology Just like the struggles of the people, ruthlessness restricts the small dreams of normal people. The film does not focus much on the operation of the bookstore itself, but mainly introduces the environment of the old house, paving the way for the ending of the bookstore in the end. The pen and ink are mainly spent on the relationship between Florence and the surrounding characters. Mrs. Matt's image is prominent, because the film does not simply show her "evil" side, but points the finger at her sincere and confident celebrity style. It is this kind of certain. This level is similar to the self-confidence of the fallen nobles before the war, which led her and Florence to become fateful natural enemies. The conflict between Florence and Mrs. Matt was externalized by her conflict with the town. The controversy over the preservation and abandonment of bookstores is actually a microcosm of the social mentality conflict in Britain after the war.
The film ended bleakly for Florence, but the bookstore ended in anger. The silent Christine repaid the persistent confidant who once brought beauty and hope to the town in the most direct way. He also continued this arrogant persistence in his own way. Emily Mortimer's performance continues her low-key and intellectual style, interpreting Florence's indifference and strength to the bone. She is a veritable "big heroine" today. The contemporary example of sublimating the original may be because of this scorching energy that gives people a sense of abandonment from the performance level.
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