The Allies won, and the British occupied Germany. A British officer occupied a German engineer’s castle as his home, and took his wife from London, ready to start life after the war. But the pain of losing her beloved son in the war deeply tortured his wife, and she has always had a deep hatred for the Germans. Although at the beginning, because they did not find a place to live, they lived with the British military officer and his wife and the German engineers evaded and showed insincere humility, but the hostess was still very taboo. But a piano connects the daughter of a German engineer who also likes to play the piano, because the hostess taught her son at the piano, and the engineer's daughter just made up for the lack of her son. It just so happened that the engineer's wife died because of the war. The two people were in the same situation. The heroine's husband often avoided the passing of his son. He didn't want to mention that the heroine and the engineer had an affection, and they soon became a glue-like pair. Soon the husband discovered the secret, and the hostess also confessed everything to her husband. Just when the wife put everything down (leave her son's sweater) and was about to start again with the engineer, the hostess decided to return to her husband and bear everything with him.
The hostess's husband is really good. First of all, he took his wife to his side to get her out of the pain of losing a child. When he arrived in Germany, he treated everyone who had been a defeated country with a tolerant attitude. He even asked the engineers not to move out and live together, even when his wife asked not to live in the same room with other people, so he decided to do so. It shows that the husband of the heroine is an upright, compassionate and kind person. He is not arrogant, condescending, and looks like a conqueror. Although the people still misunderstand him and resist him, he has always maintained his own attitude, which is commendable. The same is true for emotions. Knowing that his wife has derailed, there is no resentment and scolding, but more understanding and fulfillment, so the final return of the wife is also inevitable.
The trauma after the war is devastating whether it is a victorious or a defeated country. Mutual mistrust and mutual hostility make people always have a lot of misunderstanding and resentment. How can you straighten yourself at this time and be yourself? ,It's really tough. The hostess and his wife, the engineer, and the engineer’s daughter are actually very confused, and they are slowly finding themselves in their lives bit by bit, knowing how they should live. The aftermath of war is really everywhere, affecting everyone, every family, and even every minute of time. Only time can slowly heal the wound and forget the hatred, but how long it will take may only be based on your heart. Feel it for yourself.
The life in the ruined walls is hard but the same is not lacking. Most are just the catharsis of hatred and the lonely resentment. Perhaps this is the most direct "aftermath" given to us by the war...
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