Watching a "Babbitt's Feast" like this In the movie, I put together a picture like this. The
story takes place in a small seaside village in Denmark where birds don’t lay eggs. The whole village lives a Puritan life under the leadership of an old priest. This kind of life is a bit boring. , But far away from the wars in Europe and the turmoil of metropolises, the villagers all feel a simple and safe comfort under the inspiration of God. Of course, there are troubles. The pastor’s two daughters are born and beautiful, and they have grown up in authoritative families. , The temperament is super vulgar, and in the eyes of the local young people, they will inevitably become the lovers of their dreams. Among them, the bolder ones will try their best to find opportunities to contact them; the bolder ones will simply come to the door to ask for a kiss. However, The pastor as a father never took them seriously. "My daughters are like my left and right hands. How could you take them away?" In fact, the pastor doesn't have to worry about anything at all. Two daughters Since childhood, the tutoring is strict, and they have already handed their youth and future to their father to arrange. On weekdays, they don't even go to the dance party, let alone dating?
The days go on year after year, and this kind of life will continue until the arrival of the French woman Babbitt. Before that, there were still ripples in the seemingly peaceful life. There was once an army officer in the city, Lorens, who was lost because of playthings. Deported to this remote village to "introspect". Inevitably, he fell in love with a daughter of the priest. This love is doomed to be fruitless. When he left, it was a painful farewell: "I will leave here forever , I will say goodbye to you forever. In the few days here, I realized how cruel and difficult life is. At the same time, I also realized that some things in this world...are never possible." A few years later , He married a maid of a Swedish princess as his wife. In addition, another one who has caused more trouble to the pastor is the singer Papin from Paris. At the suggestion of a friend, "I want to hear the voice of the sea "Papin came here to relax. Occasionally, the voice of another daughter of the priest fell in love with him. "There is a female actress. She is destined to conquer Paris." It must be said that artists are persistent, or somewhat paranoid. He unrealistically began to teach the priest’s daughter, and he wanted to take her to Paris. The result is conceivable. It was another painful parting, and only the priest was satisfied. I
have to admit, Lorens and Papin are two people like this. , Is enough to express the harshness of religion, the stereotype of the father and the heartfelt portrayal of the daughter. However, with the development of the plot, we find that the people who write the story are far smarter than we thought. It can be said that without Lorens and Papin, it is also Without two crucial links, this picture will never be able to be put together.
The Babbitt who arrived on the stormy night was exactly Papin’s arrangement. This was a matter of many years later. At that time, the priest had been working for many years. Although the villagers still continued the tradition of praying, the relationship between everyone The more and more discordant. Sometimes, the prayer meeting even becomes a quarrel meeting. Two elderly daughters sing hymns, but the people below are viciously accusing each other of their dissatisfaction. The arrival of Babbitt is not for the small village. Life brings a substantial change. This French woman from Paris, her husband and child, died in the civil war, and was introduced by Papin to a remote country just to survive. In this way, the poor woman was taken in by the two sisters and treated as her own servant. Unexpected things. To the master’s comfort, as Papin’s letter stated, Babbitt is indeed a capable woman. Over time, not only did the family’s savings not decrease due to the addition of one more member, but more and more Too many. Those poor people who were relieved by the priest’s family also found that even the salted fish porridge made by Babbitt was extremely delicious.
Of course, a woman who left her hometown and came to the corner of the world from a metropolis could not have a better life. But in the eyes of the villagers, Babbitt has always been so strong and optimistic. When someone asks her, don’t you miss France? She will jokingly answer: "Now I have only one connection with France. It’s a lottery. "
No one thought that 14 years later, it was this lottery that broke the peace of the village.
I think everyone has had this dream. If one day wins the jackpot, how will they lose the money? . Such dreams are always tempting. While we are imagining our various plans, it seems difficult to realize that if the dream really becomes a reality, whether our heart's endurance can persist to the realization of the plan. one day.
Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine how I am excited for her when a letter from France tells Babbitt that her prize has won ten thousand francs. Good people finally wait for a good reward, and the hard days finally come out. I sometimes I even want to get into the movie, help her pack her luggage, tell her, go back to France, go back to your Paris, where there are fine wines and music. When you go back, we will marry a nobleman. There are ten thousand francs. Are you worried about getting married? What's more, you have such a beautiful face. A little older, it’s nothing. How many times can you do hair for ten thousand francs, how many high-end fashions and cosmetics you can buy. It’s okay if you don’t go back to Paris, go to the United States, where it’s rich, and don’t have it War; or come to China, come to Shanghai, where foreigners are popular...
good stories never develop in the direction we envisioned. Watching the movie, Babbitt disappointed me a little. She had no choice Go right away. In fact, the sisters at this time had already expected that Babbitt would not be able to stay: "The one that should come will always come. This is all arranged by God." Unexpectedly, Babbitt did not mention leaving at all. Instead, they asked them to make a meal for the villagers at their own pockets on the centennial of the priest’s birthday, a "real French meal". The owner hesitated. Such a request is indeed a bit embarrassing, after all, this is a Puritan. The family, and how can there be any reason for the owner to invite the guest chef to pay for it? However, the two sisters have always been very soft-hearted. Since from the beginning of the story to the end of the story, both of them are responsive to requests like Bodhisattvas, then such a request to determine the fate of the story is naturally not Will be rejected.
The next step is the preparation of the meal. In short, Babbitt went back to France; when he came back a week later, he came with a whole boat of animals, plants, all kinds of wine, and a large chunk of ice. Undoubtedly, these are the raw materials that Babbitt has chosen to make this meal. Now it’s just waiting for the meal. During this time, there is another episode. The quail and turtles that Babbitt brought are really hard to see. The sisters who had passed away were shocked. They dreamed at night, dreaming of a beast that was roasted by fire. They had never dreamed of such a terrible thing before. Then they went to the village and cried secretly, "We really don't want to reject Babbitt , But we really don’t know what kind of meal she will make for everyone..."; Everyone finally agreed, "For the health and love of the sisters, no one is allowed to mention food-related matters." As the story progresses, we can see how this kind vow of the villagers finally disintegrated bit by bit in front of Babbitt’s delicacy.
To be honest, watching Babbitt prepare this feast is really pleasing to the eye. She even irons the tablecloth carefully. In a village with a more "rough" lifestyle than Paris, this kind of exquisiteness is a bit too luxurious, but it is this kind of luxury that can bring us vision and beauty. The pleasure of taste. Nowadays, there are too many movies about food, but the ones that really make me appetite, except for Lee Ang's "Diet Men and Women" and Xicosese's "The Age of Innocence", it is this one "Babbitt's Feast", all of them are movies that can't be more particular about the details of "eating". And this "Bab", because of this French feast that took place in a remote village, is especially coveted - It seems that such luxury is not far away from ordinary people like us.
The remaining third of the story was all unfolded at the dining table. This is the most exciting play at the dining table I have ever seen. It did not open and close, everything seemed to unfold silently, but It’s so exciting. What’s more interesting is that the storyteller specifically called Lorens back before the meal. At this time Lorens has become a general and brought an old lady from the Swedish royal family, which gave this meal What kind of color did it add? In addition, did Babbitt leave here in the end? What did she do before, who was it? And what changes did Babbitt’s meal bring to the village? The viewer reveals it by himself. After all, the picture that everyone puts together has a different taste in everyone's heart. "
Babbit's Feast" was once an Oscar's best foreign language film. This is of course not only It's because of the big meal inside. This is a film about intercultural communication and interaction, and religious factors will also resonate strongly with Western audiences. At the same time, the lines in the film are also striking people time and time again Mind. In the letter that Babbitt brought, Papin said deeply that every elderly person would feel shocked and confessed: "Think about who you are now - a lonely, ugly, already The old guys who were forgotten by those who worshipped me back then, I was thinking, you (the sisters) have chosen a better way of life...what is fame? In the end, we don’t all have to go to the grave..."
Surely For those of us who have no religious feelings and know very little about Western culture, the French meal in it is enough for us to chew for a while.
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