Amélie: a warm movie

Megane 2021-10-19 09:48:58

I like the opening of the movie:
September 3, 1973, 6:28:32 in the afternoon.
A fly that flaps its wings 14670 times per minute landed on Saint-Vincent Avenue in Montmartre, Paris;
at the same time, two wine glasses danced in the wind on the tablecloth at the nearby open-air restaurant;
at the same time, the fifth floor, 9th Avenue Zudan, Paris After attending the funeral,
Gaola erased the name of his deceased friend from his address book. At the same time, a sperm belonging to Raphaeuml Poulain with an X chromosome stood out from the crowd and sent to the egg of his wife Amandine Poulain. 9 months later, Amélie born.

This is a peaceful and wonderful world: the same time, different lives, and different things will have small and ordinary changes in different places. They are independent of each other in the dimension of space, and inadvertently meet in the dimension of time, and then form the whole together. The world, and life is in this watery time, moving forward and passing by every minute and every second.
"20-80" is really a magical rule. In this world, 20% of the people hold 80% of the wealth. At the same time, 20% of the people play the protagonist on this planet, and the other 80% repeat the ordinary life of generations of human beings. They exist in society. But they seem to be far away from the center of society; they learn about changes in the world from the mass media intermittently, but they have no right to let this society listen to its own needs. -They are small, emotional, suspicious, and lonely-they live in the city, and they are indeed a representative of a noun-marginalized.
I remember Le Pen said that one-half or even two-thirds of the students in the student days are people who live for examinations. These people cannot learn what society requires. They are the “losers” of society. One or even two-thirds of the people are people who live for various titles, diplomas and certificates. They are "overloaded workers" in society. When they enter social work, they still work hard to do everything well. But when the company keeps coming in new people, they feel the pressure, the times are getting too fast, and the things they have learned are too old, so they keep charging, working, working, and charging until they are exhausted and finally fall into the habit of life. : To start a family and work, keep oneself safe, repeat the same things at the same desk every day, lose passion, and close my life in a narrow life.
I have no doubt that most of us are experiencing this kind of life. Life is as peaceful as ever, but I don’t know when we have been smoothed out and gradually integrated into the whole bizarre society, becoming one of the little ones. Member, continue a neglected life.
Perhaps it is precisely because of being rejected by the mainstream people, these ordinary individuals always look at the world around them with compassion and sentimental eyes. For example, Amélie likes to secretly turn his head to look at people's faces in the dark; he likes to find details that others can't notice. The stupid Lucien will be childish to make things he likes for the old glass man. Nino is obsessed with a fantasy of his own. Lying in the snapshot booth to sort out the shredded photos, the bitter-faced Joseph's favorite thing is to pinch the small bubbles on the plastic bag. All these details that we neglected in our daily life are displayed in the film, just like outside the window of Amélie's residence, the four seasons of the camera switching, and the instantaneous changes in the picture, but I was deeply moved.
The film runs through these marginalized ordinary people: they are lost, lonely, helpless, sad, disabled Lucien feels that he is not smart, so he never fights back against the boss's insults; the bitter woman Madeleine feels that she has no charm, so she can't face it. The pain of losing love; the old glass man feels that he is too fragile, so he refuses to communicate with most people; the neurotic cigarette seller Georgette feels that she is not recognized, so she keeps complaining...everyone feels that they are not important. Not required. The same is true for Amélie. She said to her neighbor Madeleine: "I am a kid no one loves." In Amélie's heart, she lacks the courage to love, so when she meets someone who is in the same situation as herself, her sense of loss is It broke out, and she unconsciously approached these people and helped them: she teased the owner of the vegetable shop, wrote a letter to Madeleine in the voice of a lover, painted with the old glass man, and combined Georgette and Joseph into a pair. In the end, even The eccentric father was also impressed by the dwarves traveling around the world, and finally carried the suitcase and started the travel plan. ——Amélie helped others with a little "trick", but actually helped herself: Seeing their blooming smiles, there was a kind of relief, a kind of relaxation, and a kind of real joy in her heart.
I began to think about my life: Although there are not so many weird people and things around, the memory of lack of technical processing will never be as warm and compassionate as the pictures in the film. After 20 years, suddenly looking back, I found that I spent too much time grabbing too few things. I should have gained more knowledge, edification, and vision, and I should have had deeper ideas, plans, and experience, but it is obvious that I am just a child who has just escaped from a yoke and is a little at a loss for the freedom he has longed for too long. .
After watching the movie, I asked myself if I was also a marginalized person, smiling silly, maybe I used to have a lot of ambitions, maybe now I still have a little vague ambition for the future, but I really I'm not sure if I, in this state, will become a marginalized person who is too emotional and content with fate a few years later. Think about your own growth experience, loving someone holding a book to spend an afternoon, loving all small animals, like quietly observing the surroundings, and more willing to treat things from a sensitive angle, respect all lives, and be compassionate Love this world. It seems that the tendency of marginalization in my bones is quite heavy. But what I don’t understand is that sometimes I completely abandon my quiet side: I will run to watch the game in the early morning, excited about the wonderful attack; I will be in the campus alleys where people come and go, and I will be arrogant with my dear friends. Laugh; at a certain moment, I will give a warm smile to someone who is out of reach in the eyes of others, and then start a magical friendship with them. Is this the duality that psychologists call? People cannot be loyal to one level of themselves, and the turbulence in the heart can only be experienced by oneself at a certain time and place.
Sometimes I feel that pursuing the life I want is really hard work, and a step-by-step continuation of life may not be so bad, but once my ideal overcomes inertia, I will tell myself: if I don’t want what I want Try it in life, and God knows how much he will regret in a few decades! Therefore, I hope to alienate the possibility of being marginalized. All I have to do is to maintain my original intention, just like the bullied boy Lucien. When he paints with the old glass man, his face will also have an innocent smile on his face.

Amélie, a warm movie, is always worthy of being owned and moved by people.

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Amélie quotes

  • Man in photo: She is in love.

    Nino Quincampoix: I don't even know her!

    Man in photo: Oh, you know her.

    Nino Quincampoix: Since when?

    Man in photo: Since always.

    Man in photo: In your dreams.

  • Amélie Poulain: She doesn't relate to other people. She was always a lonely child.