The film is trivial and slow, emotionally restrained, and slightly bitter. A middle-aged female philosophy teacher, the child married and left, the mother died of depression, and the husband moved out to live with his lover. All of a sudden, life has changed dramatically, and every piece seems to be the straw that crushes life, but in her, everything has become indifferent, like a rock in a stream, it is still standing still when the water washes over it. . As usual, I read in the crowded subway every day, go to school to give lectures, and tell my students that "hoping is more satisfying than having, and happiness is real happiness before it exists". I think what she said was to keep expecting. So I went to the old castle in the countryside with a suitcase, lying on the grass in a red dress, and still reading. Under the dark blue sky at night, with her hair on her shoulders and looking at the green void in front of her, she said that I have found my freedom again.
We can neither let others bear our destiny, nor transfer the suffering of others to ourselves. All we can do is take care of ourselves and find a suitable way to live with pain and peace. The collapse and reconstruction of people in middle age, from being deeply entangled to being detached from things, does not seem to be a heart-wrenching embarrassment. There is a rich and intellectual spiritual world, and there is a kind of self-constructed strength to support in the suffering. The background of life is nothing but desolation, and it is always better to have oneself.
The heroine is played by Yu Peier, who is nearly sixty years old and still very beautiful. Just remembered watching "Thirteen Invitation" Xu Zhiyuan interviewed Chen Chong before. She had very light makeup on her face, a white sports collar dress, sitting tall and straight, intellectual and elegant. She said, "The young people of today are constantly entertained and filled with short-lived stimulation. Only monotony alone can stimulate their imagination and creativity." She said that no one knew about my struggles, and that I was still willing to show some kind of innocence and tolerance that were branded elsewhere. Chen Chong has a sense of overlap and complexity after experiencing different eras. Like her, I am not so afraid of age. It is a gift from time.
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