Historically speaking, Iran and Japan have little to do with each other. Geographical factors are far less than the historical intersection between China and Iran. But in terms of film, China and Iran have nothing in the past, except that Majid came to Beijing in 2006 to film the Olympic Games promotional video, I have no impression of any substantial cooperation. In 2002, however, Iranian director Kamaru Dabres made a film "The Blanket of the Wind", about a little Japanese girl named Sakura. In order to fulfill her mother's last wish, she went to Iran with her father. Farhan, weaving a blanket designed by my mother before her death.
Sakura's mother died in a car accident while shopping for her. Since then, Sakura has been in silent grief. Even when she came to the beautiful and enthusiastic Iran, she was unhappy. It was not until she met the windy boy Rubes that she felt the blending and warmth of her soul. A perfect fleece rug has put everyone's efforts and, of course, the craftsmanship of Rubes. This is a touching work, as delicate and lingering as the Iranian children's films in the past.
After a lapse of 10 years, Abbas came to Tokyo and filmed "Like a River in Love" (2012), which was regarded as a sequel to "Legal Copy". The two foreign films suddenly broadened Abbas's vision. Who would have thought that 15 years ago, Abbas was still in a remote place in Iran, dedicated to filming such incredible films as "The Taste of Cherry".
Of course, this work about assisted dating women is not like the Japanese films such as "Tokyo assisted dating women". Abbas still strives to penetrate the human and erratic hearts. Undoubtedly, "Like a River of Love" is very unified in terms of form and content.
Xiaoqiu, who came all the way from the countryside, has been in Tokyo for more than two years. While studying sociology at the university, she is also an assisted dating girl. He also had a rough boyfriend like Jiang Jin Xianming, a car mechanic. Originally, I was going to see my grandmother who came to Tokyo this night, but I was entangled by my manager Haozhi and insisted on asking her to meet an important person. She had no choice but to ask the taxi driver to circle the train station to see if her grandmother was still waiting under the statue in the train station square. In the sharp turn, the figure was blurred, only her tears were crying.
With the note, he asked about a snack shop, and Xiaoqiu happened to find the right person. A squat old man with a beard, carrying a takeaway, nodded straight to her. Xiaoqiu followed him to the house on the second floor of the corner. The bookshelves in the room, the constant phone calls, and the portrait of a woman in "Parrot Learning" on the wall all aroused Xiaoqiu's great curiosity. She didn't feel the slightest separation. The old man called himself Takashi Watanabe, a translator, and a full-time professor of the social department of the university. Coincidentally, it is the same as Xiaoqiu's elective major.
The peaceful old man always smiled, even if Xiao Qiu told a funny joke, he would still be happy. It turned out that the agent, Haozhi, was the old man's student. The old man learned about Xiaoqiu's life experience and bought her shrimp soup at the snack shop. Then, yawning, she took off her clothes, but the old man didn't want that. In addition, tired of her boyfriend's incessant phone calls, she just wants to sleep now. So, the old man quietly guarded the house, for fear of being disturbed by the sound.
This night, Xiaoqiu must have slept soundly. Early in the morning, Xiaoqiu went to school. The old man drove her off. After she got off the bus at the entrance of the university, her boyfriend Jiang Jin Xianming stopped her and pulled the old man in the car anxiously. After Xiaoqiu left, the young man came down and wanted to borrow a fire from the old man to light a cigarette. Later, he insisted on getting into the car, and the old man, who was somewhat flustered, remained calm. After coming up, he thought the old man was Xiao Qiu's grandfather. The old man nodded in approval and said nothing.
The approach that followed was subtle and careful. The guy said that I have no culture, I just like Xiaoqiu and hope to get married as soon as possible, so that I don't have to worry about what she does outside, because she has to obey me and report to me from time to time. The old man was noncommittal. In this world, there is always a person who is unreasonable. The so-called scholar meets the soldier is not clear. What more can the old man say.
After Xiaoqiu got into the car after school, she felt strange. Since her boyfriend recognized the old man as her grandfather, she had nothing to say. On the way, Jiangjin Xianming said that there was a problem with the chassis of this car, so he gave it to another one. This involves life and death. Since the replacement only takes ten minutes, it should follow the trend. The old man drove to the repair shop. Jiangjin Xianming, who was wearing tooling, found a Volvo case belt. At this time, a car drove up. The driver was a middle-aged man. He greeted the old man and said that he was his student 30 years ago and was a neighbor before, but the old man said he couldn't remember it. After the replacement, the old man drove away. The guy is still repairing the car for the middle-aged man.
Xiaoqiu in the car said worriedly that her boyfriend Jiang Jin Xianming would definitely ask the middle-aged man about the teacher. The old man said leave him alone. On the way, Xiaoqiu got off. The old man drove back and stopped at the door downstairs. An old woman who did not appear tried to talk to him, but he ignored her. When he got home, he received a call from Xiaoqiu. He hurriedly got down again and drove to pick her up.
Xiaoqiu, who was at the side of the alley, covered her bleeding mouth with a towel, and was retaliated by her boyfriend again. Presumably it was her boyfriend who had inquired about something from the middle-aged man, at least he knew that the old man was not her grandfather. Earlier in the car, Xiaoqiu also said, I told him before that my grandfather was a fisherman. The old man also laughed and said that everyone has two grandfathers, one from his father and one from his mother.
Without saying a word, the old man took her into the car. When she drove to the door of the car, the old man dropped the key and let her enter the house, and he went to buy medicine. But Xiaoqiu didn't go in and sat on the steps. The old woman on the first floor saw everything through the window and stuck out her head to chat. You are his granddaughter. Back then, if it wasn't for your grandmother, I would have married him. I loved him so much when I was young, just because of him, I have never been married and can only take care of my paralyzed brother.
Xiao Qiu was confused. Fortunately, the old man came in time to take her back to the house. Just as he was about to rub the medicine and disinfect her, he heard Jiang Jin Xianming's hoarse roars downstairs. If the barbarian is reasonable, the world will be peaceful from now on, and it is no use to feed him chicken soup all day long. Of course the old man would not open the door. Like a river of love, it's just a bubble. Everything is messed up. When I was at a loss, I only heard the sound of the glass window being smashed...
2014, 8, 20
From the film critic collection "The Invisible Movie" (Haitian)
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