This is an excellent realist movie. Natalie, a middle-aged philosophy teacher, has a rich and free spiritual world. At the same time, she also has to face the trivial life of chicken feathers, her mother suffering from anxiety, and her cheating husband. , the editing textbooks were withdrawn due to different ideas, and all the variables in life and world events made Natalie's ordinary life gradually collapse.
Facing the sudden "accidents" in life, Natalie calmly and rationally accepted everything without complaining and entanglement too much. The sudden death of her mother, she did not have too much sadness, but calmly handled the funeral for her mother. Her husband confessed to cheating and decided to divorce and live with his lover. When Natalie learned all this, she just said: I thought you would love me forever! There is no trace of retention, no trace of vulnerability, just like an ordinary little thing that happens in life, it is natural to accept it. Is she really cold and heartless and not sad? Of course not, she just hid her grief well.
When she sent the students away by herself and cleaned up the mess on the table, when she sat alone on the sofa in a daze, sadness sneaked onto her face, and when she talked with her favorite student Fabien, When she talked about her husband's seaside villa, she could no longer go there for vacation, her eyes were wet, her love was moistened in the traces and trivialities of life, and the plants and trees in the garden of the villa were carefully tended by her for many years. Witnessing the growth of her pair of children, and thinking that she is about to lose them, can't help but feel sad. When she went to the seaside villa for vacation for the last time, her husband said that after the divorce, she could still come here, no matter how much she was reluctant, she still answered that it was impossible, she understood that separation was separation, and they were no longer family. , it doesn't belong to her anymore. The vacation was interrupted by a phone call about her mother. When her husband took her to the train station, she looked at the seaside scenery outside the car window, thinking of the happy time here, and sadness crept up her face again.
When she was looking for a church for her deceased mother to do a ceremony, when she talked about her mother's life experience, she cried when her father separated from her mother because of half-heartedness. Maybe she was thinking of her current situation. . And when the mother's ceremony was over, she was alone on the bus going home, her sadness finally poured out uncontrollably, but when she turned her head, she saw the figures of her husband and lover outside the window, and she laughed again. Come on, at that moment I feel that life is really absurd and ridiculous. . . .
Later, she was accompanied by the old black cat of her deceased mother. On an accidental morning, she woke up crying in the bed. When she went to the commune of the student Fabian, and discussed with the student Fabian on issues such as politics and revolution, they had differences of opinion. She was as enthusiastic and radical as her students when she was young, but in the end she returned In a normal life, seeing these young people, she may think of her former self. Comparing the two, she couldn't help feeling sad and lost. She cried silently again, and found an excuse to return to her home in Paris.
Later, she became a grandmother and visited the commune again. Her students adopted the old black cat. She was really alone. She had no idea of looking for other men. She said that she was truly free. The curtain of Christmas came to an end, she did not keep her ex-husband alone, she cooked a Christmas dinner for her children, and coaxed her granddaughter alone...
Now that I think about it, the movie shows a picture of Natalie's life after she fell into a "mid-life crisis". The movie shows the emotions of the protagonist very restrained. The sadness of the protagonist is like a section of a wave. Sadness is very secret, but it always leaks more or less "fractures" in some gaps in life. Time is moving forward, and Natalie's severe pain in life is also slowly resolved in the ordinary life, just as Like all of us, there are many scenes related to books in the movie, which make us realize that Natalie's spiritual world is rich enough. I think maybe it is such a strong and rich spirit that gives Natalie enough. The strength to fight against the trauma of life finally leads her to come out of the low valley, enjoy loneliness, and walk on the road to true freedom.
The film director is very good at using the camera to describe people's emotions. He is very restrained and calm. He doesn't have a lot of brush and ink, but at this time, silence is better than sound.
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