Ensemble, c'est tout.
"Even if things backfire, even if we go our separate ways, at this moment, we are together."
This is the slogan on the waist of the book.
"Emily Paris VS Merry Chef, the more you fry, the more you love
it" is the slogan on the DVD box of the movie.
Obviously, the film is based on the love story between Camille (the heroine) and Frank and Philip. Compared with the heaviness of the original book, the adapted film is more like a warm and touching sweet work.
Both have their own advantages. Audrey Dodo and Geon Calle and others performed the characters in the original novel with a lively and flexible line. The casting in the play is very good. , I immediately grabbed my friend's hands and said: It's her! She is Du Ma Ma! Exactly as I imagined!
However, due to the length problem, the movie has deleted many dialogues and plots, and also omitted the inner drama of each character. Therefore, if you have not read the original book, you may feel that many scenes jump very fast, and the relationship between the characters is progressing. It is also confusing, which is the most unfortunate point.
"When we are falling down, we can't do anything, we have to wait until we fall to the bottom, and then kick a foot, only then can we get back up..."
When I first read the original book, I exclaimed , this is really a desperate and disheartening novel. Abandoned by his parents since childhood, a dissolute cook who still has time to take care of his grandmother with Alzheimer's disease; a descendant of a poor aristocrat who has a social barrier, stutters, and sells postcards in museums; extremely talented, but because A skinny cleaner girl who despaired of life and became anorexic, trembling in the dark corners of the city with the original sin of her
parents divorced; suffering from Alzheimer's disease, abandoned by her only child, her only hope in life is every week The sound of a locomotive engine from far and near, she was Polaroid who was living in the rehabilitation hospital.
The seemingly desperate four people meet together with the plot deduction, creating a touching story. They know each other, cherish each other, support each other, slowly open their hearts, and fight against their past dreams. In the end, everyone walks out of the shadows. , to feel the morning sun that blinds you to open your eyes.
Like the book review on the back of the book: This is undoubtedly a magical fairy tale, telling us that even the most marginal, the strangest, and the most unfit for life can be strengthened by people's acceptance and love .
The movie is understated in many plots, but it fails to make people feel that kind of impact.
In the movie, Mammy Du and Camille walked into the elevator together. Du said, "Why are you always the only one sweeping the fifth floor?" Then the elevator door closed and the curtain changed.
It is written in the original book: "The girls don't like this floor because it's the executives' floor <...> But on the fifth floor, every office is disgustingly elaborate <...> "Because of despair in life, cleaning shit and urine is just a job for Camille. Since it's just a job, it doesn't matter where you clean. From these actions and thoughts, you can feel
Camille 's cold heart, like It was as cold as ice crystals.
In the laundromat, the indifference to throwing clothes into the washing machine used by the homeless also leads to the reason why Philip and Frank regard her as an angel, she is so different, so slender. But in the movie, we can't feel these, can't feel the deep sadness of Paulette's heart, can't feel the coldness of Camille, and Philip became a noble boy with a simple
stutter .
These are regrettable points after the adaptation of the film. However, it is undeniable that it is impossible to completely reproduce the content of the five hundred pages of the book. The director's delicate movement of the camera and the superb acting skills of the actors are still very fascinating. It seems a bit of a fly in the ointment, because there are too many romantic commercial films with similar plots. If I hadn't read the original book, I wouldn't have any special
resonance with this film. At most, I think it is a warm and delicate piece French cinema, that's all.
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