Although the city we live in is getting more and more crowded, it cannot reverse the fact that it is getting more and more lonely. The estranged family, the unfamiliar neighbors, the close colleagues, the lovers who don’t understand more and more... And we seem to be the lonely dusts that have been lifted up and left behind in this lonely city, rubbing shoulders in silence, feeling Self-respect, struggling to find the soul's destination. And what is this home? It's a place to live, a place to live, a source of self-worth... all of them, but they seem to be insufficient. Whether we admit it or not, we always yearn for an intimate relationship in our inner world, where we can share joy and confide in sorrow. , expressing love, and even venting anger intimacy, it gives us stability, privacy, warmth, solidity, pride, love and hope.
Just like the three young people in "As Long as Together" who are in the same apartment but bear different weights and draw different life trajectories: Camille, a cleaning lady who lives in a single room, Philippe, a fallen aristocrat living in her grandmother's big house, Busy chef Frank who lives at Philippe's house. They are struggling with their own troubles: Camille, who lives alone, lives in harsh conditions, and no one knows or takes care of his illness; Philippe, who sells postcards, has a shy and sensitive stutter, and it is difficult to approach the people he is interested in. History and performance; Frank, overwhelmed by the heavy work of a cook, must spend his only rest time visiting his grandmother in a nursing home.
If it wasn't for Camille taking the initiative to invite Filibel to dinner, and if Filibel had not brought the seriously ill Camille home to recuperate on a stormy night, the three would not have become roommates, nor would they have had conflicts, quarrels, After friction, I learned that behind their different life trajectories, there are similar scars from intimacy: Camille's parents divorced when he was ten years old, and his relationship with his mother was rigid; Philippe, who lived in the house of his deceased grandmother, was more polite than warm to his family; Frank was abandoned by his parents and raised by his grandmother. The scars of their intimacy make them cherish each other, keep each other warm, and support each other. Camille is no longer alone, and her paintings are no longer just strangers; Philibel, encouraged by Camille, took part in an acting class that liked girls' invitations. Returning; thanks to Camille's help, Frank got out of his work and his grandmother, and his grandmother got what she wanted to return to the old house.
However, it is the scars of this close relationship that also make Camille hesitate and withdraw when it comes to his relationship with Frank. "We kiss and toast, but not in love". Camille's performance is understandable and even has commonalities with people who are consciously or unconsciously hurt by intimacy. Most of the scars of so-called intimacy are separation. In fact, since we were born by our mothers, we have already experienced separation, and later, we have experienced more and more separations, separation from relatives, separation from family, separation from love, separation from familiar environment... From a physical point of view From the above, what separation brings us is the disappearance of wrapping force, the disappearance of support points, the disappearance of heat transfer, and the bad feelings of isolation, cold, imbalance, loneliness, and fear brought about by these changes, which weaken our sense of security. with a sense of stability. Therefore, while we yearn for intimacy, we worry about the separation brought about by unstable intimacy again, and then we are overly cautious or even resistant to intimacy...
The film finally gave us a very positive ending, which is a kind of encouragement and a kind of belief. Love is always worth letting us forget or let go of the scars and pessimism. Another step of change may be beautiful, and that beauty will allow us to forgive all the hurts. Hope we can all find it soon.
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