These are the three most important men beside her besides her father—her lover, friend, and younger brother. They died one by one, unexpectedly again.
Her lover Roland. The beautiful love always begins in the romantic season of spring flowers. The green smile and the young face are uncommon, and the war destroys this common and precious beauty. The war makes Roland feel that the past is like a lifetime, those bloody pictures, kill Dying or being killed made Roland feel that the days of wandering in the mountains and rivers before, wandering in the mountains and rivers, were so unreal. He was so terrified on the battlefield that he needed to stay on the battlefield from time to time to gain illusory courage in a violent and bloodthirsty atmosphere. He said: "Going home makes people weak." Leaving the battlefield, there is no violence and bloodthirsty. Driven by the atmosphere, his illusory courage also dissipated, and he couldn't face the past. When Roland came back from vacation, the dodge eyes and indifferent expression facing Vera were impressive, and there was also a sharp temperament that was polished on the battlefield, and at the same time came the destruction of inner tenderness and kindness. Although Vera brought him back from the past and became his only spiritual support in the years to come, Roland died on the battlefield.
Her friend Victor. Victor likes Vera and loves it silently. He is a gentle and introverted boy with a little shyness. After feeling the love between Roland and Vera, he hides this love in his heart. The look he looked at Vera was always a little bit drunk. After the conscription began, Victor was brushed for myopia, fearing that he would be underestimated by Vera, so he fabricated the girl Molly. He has always been enthusiastic about participating in the war, not only because of his strength, but also because of Vera, he didn't want to show weakness in front of Vera, so he finally participated in the war. After Roland's death, Vera treated him by chance, and he confided his true feelings. Maybe it was because he was worried that he would die soon, maybe because the war made him cherish the rare opportunity and happiness, but he finally rejected Vera's kindly proposal of marriage. . He has always been a kind person. He was always gentle when he was with Vera, smiling and looking into her eyes, comforting Vera when he was worried about Roland's safety, using self-deprecating to relieve and cover his pain when he was recuperating in the hospital, and smiled to face Vera. The time in the hospital before his death was a rare happy time for Victor, even though he died so fast and silently.
Her brother Edward. Edward, like most young people at the time, was keen on World War I. Unlike Roland’s coldness and Vctor’s gentleness, Edward looked strange and strange. The emotional bond between him and Vera was no less than that of Roland. It was he who helped Vera enter her. The coveted Oxford University, when Vera dared not look at the exam results, he only asked him for help. He remembered Vera's dream of being a writer to his death. Vera finally healed him, his recovered health, and the news that he went to Italy to join the war, the news was so clear that people thought he would survive, but death came unpreparedly. This arrangement is really depressing.
In the film, the romance and beauty of youth are rendered aesthetically. Opening, quiet lakeside, Victor, Vera and Edward wandering in the water, the young body is as soft and dexterous as a koi, the trees on the lakeside are verdant and towering; on the way home, large fields, crisp laughter, outside the courtyard wall The four people chanted poems and talked about literature. They were all high-achieving students from Oxford University. They had the same aspirations. They were elegant and vigorous young people with a good education. They exuded a sense of cleanliness from the inside out. breath.
But the war destroyed everything. The end of the film is still on the lake, and Vera is the only one swimming in the lake. The surroundings are extremely quiet, really quiet... This kind of strong contrast between the end and the end is heart-warming. I can’t help but sneer, what is more sad than being right and wrong? The trees are still lush and towering, the lake is still quiet, nothing has changed, as if time has only passed for a moment, but it is already vicissitudes of life.
The color of this film is light and beautiful with gouache painting, but the scene by the lake looks cold, which is in line with its role in the film.
Young people don’t know what war is, but only knowing how passionate is to show masculinity. As said in "The Burning Years" and "Kumquat", such wars are meaningless, and it is worthless for people to give their lives for them. Only the temperature of the lover, Sweet cakes and quiet years are the most precious things in this world. When Roland realized this, it was too late.
Vera finally returned to Oxford to continue her studies. She was also a member of this fanatic. When she left Oxford, she never thought that she would come back. After all the vigor, she would understand that the peaceful breath is forever in her heart. Destination, because there is the wisdom of life in it.
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