Directed by Lasse Hallström
Writing credits by Lasse Hallström / Reidar Jönsson (Novel)
Country: Sweden
Runtime: 101 min
Twelve-year-old Ingmar always likes to talk about death, whenever he is alone Facing the starry sky, he would talk about people who died in accidents with a calm and sympathetic attitude. At the same time, he pays much attention to comparison and the sense of distance from looking at things. Mrs. Avicen told him that time can heal everything and that he must learn to forget. He is convinced and thinks she is wise. At the same time, Ingmar is very empathetic. He never complains about his mother who is bedridden all year round because of illness, nor does he complain about his father who went to transport bananas near the equator. He always thought, if his father came back to take care of him, who would take care of those bananas? Woolen cloth? On the beach, the scene where Ingmar made his mother leaning back and forth with a smile became the most beautiful part of his imagination.
Ingmar always thinks of Lycra (a dog sent into space by humans). He is worried that humans have only prepared dog food for him for five months and the antennas that make him uncomfortable. Finally he concluded , Lycra was deliberately killed by humans. Similarly, when he learned that Sika (the dog fostered in the kennel because he could not bring it to his uncle's house) was dead, he cried and said that he wanted to tell Sika that he didn't intentionally kill him.
The summer that Ingmar spent at his uncle's house was really wonderful. It was so wonderful that I really envied me. I think the story was so wonderfully performed, and we all want the blessing of Ingmar's mother. When the warm sun illuminates the whole carriage, and in the warm and sunny carriage, my aunt praised Ingmar and said that he brought the good weather. My uncle mentioned the small football team. I am really happy for Ingmar. Then he was greeted by his little friends on the football field, "green hair" and "tomboys", Mr. Avicen in the basement, Fang Song who repaired the roof, Bory of the glass factory, Kalefan and other interesting people of all kinds. How much Ingmar hopes to see her mother giggling endlessly because of those good stories, but the image on the beach will always be a bubble.
Uncle is an optimist. He ignored his aunt's opposition and built a "summer house" in the yard, a good place for him to remember his good times. He always took Ingmar to look through old photos, listened to music, talked about his romantic affair when he was young, and jealously inquired about the sculptures between Bory (the angel of the glass factory) and the artist. At the same time, Don't forget to brag about being a goalkeeper, he has the ball in his head. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that he is always unable to guard the ball, and there is always a crisis of being replaced. However, he was an excellent coach when he led the junior team and was proud of the samba steps he designed.
The home of "Green Hair" is a children's paradise and is called a warehouse. There is a big bucket downstairs for the children to comfortably "fight a water fight" after kicking the ball. Upstairs is a fairly formal boxing arena. What is even more disgusting is the orange space made by his "green-haired" father. warehouse. The spacecraft set sail for the first time and ended up in mid-air. "Green Hair" and Ingmar were not rescued by the adults until they were dim. Everyone welcomed them back to Earth in unison. The second time, he fell into the quagmire, but it is already very enviable that the small sailing incident has received such attention from the whole town.
In fact, Ingmar is very lucky as a young man, because he has two nice female companions around him, "golden hair" and "tomboy". And when there is no intersection between them, Ingmar alone enjoys a good time with each of them. "Golden Hair" is the kind of empathetic girl. When Ingmar's mother screams, she quickly closes the window to prevent the Children's Bureau from getting involved. She and Ingmar share a cave under the train track. , Moment is often accompanied by a train roaring, with Sika's company (Ingmar's dog), with an attempted intimacy, with a sad farewell, hey, I really don’t know if they can see each other again in the future . Before Ingmar arrived in the town, the "Tomboy" was a leader on the football field and boxing ring, invincible and full of domineering. However, the charming Ingmar soon conquered the little overlord. The "tomboy" was afraid that his breasts could not continue to stay on the football team, so he asked Ingmar to make a decision. Ingmar was very experienced in teaching her how to use elastic bands to make a bodice. He is a girl who has seen major events. The trick is obviously ineffective. The good times didn't last long, and another "fruit candy" type girl stepped in. The demo of Ingmar's back to the strip really made me look hard, like a veteran in love. A fight in the boxing ring calmed the storm. The "Tomboy" put on a beautiful cloth skirt and sat quietly next to Ingmar for the first time. The offensive flame was finally extinguished. It seems that Ying Gema will have a good life in the future.
Mr. Avicen is a patient who has been lying in the basement all year round. He always complained that Fang Song (the only roof repairer in the town) would send him to the west because of his constant beating. For him, even a small one. The sound, as long as it is repeated, will be infinitely expanded, reaching the edge of collapse. When the two met for the first time, he asked Ingmar to read him an ad in a magazine about corsets. He closed his eyes, excited and intoxicated thinking about those provocative words, but when someone suddenly entered , He will quickly grab the magazine and hide it again. When Ingmar returned to the town for the second time, Mr. Avicen had passed away. It was a Greek family who replaced his "place", and the basement completely became someone else's territory. Later, when Ingmar moved to live with Mrs. Averson and slept on Mr. Averson's old bed, he opened the bed to search for the magazine, but did not find it.
Speaking of Bory, she is really a kind angel. She is tall and strong, with a typical front and back. She is the sour grape in the eyes of all the men in the glass factory (will drool when thinking about it), but she is not arrogant. She never faced any flirt with a cold eye. At the same time, she was very clean and self-loving. When faced with the invitation of the artist (want to use her as a prototype to complete a sculpture entitled "The First Mother"), she For fear of things other than art, Ingmar was hired as a guard. Ingmar sat quietly in the corner, often feeling that he was a little in the way, but the curiosity of her uncle inspired Ingmar to climb up the skylight to see what happened. When the bare body was faintly visible, he had fallen from the sky and turned towards Bory's face went straight down. All this did not annoy the kind girl, but the artist who was angry and wanted to clean up the mess. In the end, the hotly hyped sculpture was too exposed and could not be displayed in the large square, but was transported back in front of everyone, and the pale sculpture ended dismal with everyone's laughter.
The glass factory is another place outside the warehouse of the "green hair" home, where all the people in the small town make their debut. The children often help here, serious and serious. When Ingmar walked into the factory for the first time, he had to mention the "breast cup" that later appeared on the table at his uncle's house. He saw with his own eyes that the factory director chased after the artist for making the finished product too nasty. , And smashed the finished product to pieces. And that afternoon when Fang Song was dragged to the stove to warm up after swimming in the winter. This was the only time Fang Song didn’t lay on the roof and beat him. Maybe he really wanted to relax and change the environment, but the incomprehensible people were acting as heroes. Save him in dire straits.
When Ingmar first saw Kalefan, he squeezed out a small area in a crowded workshop to practice riding a bicycle on a wire, followed by an open-air performance. Kalefan was a god. Not only can he ride a bicycle on the wire, but he can also say the names of the previous presidents of the United States at the same time. He also has a wooden block on his head and an axe on the wooden block. However, he didn't make people worry, he still made everyone a false alarm, but the occasional mistake will never destroy their interest in playing treasures.
The beautiful scene always flashes through my mind first, so much so that I forgot to mention Ingmar's family. Ingmar's mother was a little hysterical from beginning to end. Her appearance was often accompanied by a desperate scream and a maternal love that could not be fulfilled due to illness. Excluding the phantom on the beach, the most real and happy moment in Ingmar's memory was when his mother took pictures of him and Sika. By the way, he mentioned that his mother was a photographer and gave up after giving birth to them. Maybe life really made her like this, maybe it was the books that Ingmar said. He always talked to "Golden Hair" about his mother's reading too many books. Obviously he was very worried, so he would He often found opportunities to tell stories to his mother, because he said that only when his mother heard a good story, the book in his hand would be temporarily put down. How he hoped that his mother could read less books and listen to the stories he told more. Take care of his boys, not just a perfunctory coughing sound. But how can he understand that the book is a kind of release from the mother's eyes that is more affectionate than the child, with a strong charisma that makes her withdraw from the world, I am subjectively afraid of this type of mother, lonely appreciates her selfish soul Fortunately, her brother is very gentle, and wiped her out the gray of Ingmar's childhood. Ingmar is an older child who can make people cry and laugh. He learned to understand his mother prematurely and to forgive her all kinds of faults. Compared with those children who are willing to fall because of no motherly love, he is optimistic and optimistic. Motivated. Fortunately, her mother gave Ingmar enough care before her death to make up for all her faults. I really like the passage where Ingmar went to the hospital to visit her mother. The author is very kind and didn't let it bear too much sentimentality. The mother looked at her little son with concern for the first time, boasting of his newly bought jacket and boasting of his intelligence, but this only time was so short. Before leaving the door of the ward, Ingmar asked her mother what she wanted as a Christmas gift. The mother thought about it and chose wisely to give her son enough confidence and hope. She said I think you must know what your mother wants. what. Ingmar smiled while taking off his jacket while repeating "I know, I know!", and before entering the ward, he lowered his head and shed tears, unwilling to take off his jacket. Ingmar is really smart. He thought of the automatic toast machine, because in the morning his mother often held the toast that he baked, pretending to be angry. Although he wants to buy a new type, it must meet the requirements of being compact and not making the mother nervous. Ingmar, who was holding the bread machine happily, waited for Mr. Sangbo (mother's friend) to have a serious and sad expression. Thank the director for not letting us face Ingmar’s sadness due to his mother’s death, because the fast-moving train in the snow will take him back to Chong
Ingmar's brother is the only unsympathetic character in the play. Not only does he often bully Ingmar, he is also a person who cannot take responsibility and has no courage. But after thinking about it, he still got my forgiveness. As a elder brother, he needs to take on an inexplicable responsibility, but under the pretense of a strong adult, he has an immature and fragile heart. He would be afraid of his mother being angry and disguise some traces of mischief. He would blame Ingmar for the holiday that he was forced to "exile" again. He would bluntly drive those who were surrounded by the ambulance and watch his mother get caught. Onlookers sent to the hospital, he would shoot them with a gun. A teenager who always faced others with a toy gun undoubtedly exposed his inner panic. When Ingmar came back from visiting her mother and discussed with her brother to buy her an automatic toaster, her brother was irritated by the miser Ingmar's mouth, and he coldly told Ingmar's mother that she was about to die. He was too much. No matter how ignorant Ingmar was, how could he understand that the best gift his mother gave to Ingmar before his death was a hope related to Christmas.
When Ingmar came back to the town in winter, it was far less warm and bright than summer. His mother passed away, and because of the reduction in the number of rooms in his uncle's house, he had to move to live with Mrs. Averson. Although Mrs. Averson was very kind, the two of them must have gotten together with the wish of relying on each other. Soon, he learned of Sika's death in a dispute with the two girls. Ingmar hid in the "summer house", crying for Sika's forgiveness, and asked her mother why he didn't want him. This is the only and most tragic passage in the whole film. However, afterwards, Fang Song ( Roof repairer) The inexplicable winter swimming broke. Then, summer came again, and the whole town cheered for the Swedish team's championship. At this time, Ingmar was holding the "tomboy" and fell asleep peacefully with the sound of Fang Song hitting the roof.
Ingmar is very characteristic. He can't drink water when he is nervous, and he often sprinkles all over it. He likes to be like Sika, yelling loudly on the ground, venting different emotions. When his mother screamed, he would cover his ears and chant a "mantra" of his own creation until her emotions subsided. I think Ingmar is an optimistic and open-minded person. He never needs our sympathy, and our life is never easy and beautiful. As long as there are one or two moments in life that are worth continually flashing, we should feel happy, even if it is so illusory. In particular, Anton Glanzelius (Nov. 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark), the actor of Ingmar, likes the smile he bestows on Ingmar.
I checked the director’s information on IMDB. I didn’t expect such a famous person like "The cider house rules" (1999), "Chocolate" (2000), and "The shipping news" (2001). His hand, recommended "The cider house rules", starring "Spiderman" Tobey Maguire.
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