Most of these topics have a fixed framework, at least in the process of presenting the story, both parties regard the extramarital relationship as a secret. But this movie is the opposite. From the beginning, the male and female protagonists did not cover up this matter. He even introduced the other party to his family in a fair manner.
Brian, a 24-year-old young writer, has nothing but ambition and crazy writing. One day, he accidentally ran into the 33-year-old, wise and beautiful French woman Elle. Both knew what would happen next. During the walk, Ellie told the boy that she was married and the mother of two children. But she and her husband have an agreement that between 5 and 7 pm every day is a time when the two can exile themselves and find another relationship. In shock, doubt and curiosity, Brian accepted this relationship. After getting along for a while, Brian wanted to change all of this. He proposed to a woman. After hesitating, Ali El decided to give up the relationship at the most emotional moment.
Although the film has always emphasized the different attitudes of Americans and French towards marriage and emotions from the beginning, in fact, this is not a true statement of cultural differences, but that the two represent the two camps. Bryan speaks for the majority of people who are under fixed moral values and life habits, while Ellie El is a very small number of people who look at emotions, family, and self from a decidedly different perspective.
Allie El graciously introduced Brian to her husband. The innocent child said to him, "I really like you to be my mother's boyfriend." From then on, the movie even had a certain "fairy tale color". It depicts to people a kind of interpersonal relationship that is almost impossible to occur in reality, which is the subtle real and psychological boundary between family obligations and personal emotions.
This film does not praise marriage or extramarital affairs. Of course, it also does not demean or criticize anything. It just shows people a dilemma in life, emotion and morality. The relationship between Ali El and her husband is almost a model of openness between husband and wife. They allow each other to breathe a sigh of relief within two hours a day. They also need each other to fulfill their parents' obligations at other times, because they both understand The growth and extinction of love is not necessarily bound to marriage. As adults, they must also take into account the trivialities and obligations in life. So instead of letting time wear each other out unsustainable and unable to escape, it is better to abandon the secular Experience, create a way of life that looks shocking, but actually liberates everyone. Of course, this is a spiritual world that most people cannot reach. It has surpassed instinctive jealousy and restriction, and has become a more forgiving and transparent concept of love. In contrast, many relationships in inertia are nothing but possessions in the name of love.
But fairy tales are fairy tales after all. Human beings are such a complex animal, even no matter how rational they are, they cannot completely eliminate the desire for jealousy and possession. When we fall in love with someone, in the hottest period, we are almost destined to occupy each other, which is also an instinct. Therefore, it is almost destined for Brian to propose to the beloved Ellie. The movie took a faint turn here. If she agrees to this marriage proposal, she will fall into the most vulgar life she has been resisting, and the movie will become vulgar.
Allie Elle finally chose to end the relationship because the other party "broke the rules." But many years later, they ran into each other again. Ellie Al was still beautiful as before, with her husband and children. They greeted each other, Ellie Alley slowly took off her gloves, wearing the Brian proposal on her finger. The ring given at the time. This is the most heartbreaking scene. Their love has no substance, but it does not dissipate in the emptiness of time. They confirmed each other in their hearts, but they were destined to never reach each other in reality. At this moment, the movie has almost become a metaphor for the ultimate ending of all love, or it is worn out in trivial matters, or it is destined to miss each other in the heart. When they each took their family members to chat in the sunshine on the side of the road, the incredible emotions and ways of getting along with each other were like a dream.
The leading actor of this movie, Anton Yeltsin, played an important role in the excellent film "Unmanned Pilot", which is full of destruction and redemption. This time he interprets a character about growth and re-examination of himself. The heroine who played with him is actually a Chinese-French mixed race. She once participated in "007: The Murder in the Sky", and they worked together in the most alternative love scene. This relationship ultimately left a ring, a memory and a book. Brian’s later book was called "The Mermaid", which only Ellie knew about. When they first met, the boy said to her, In a cartoon, there is a little mermaid named Ali El.
(Text/Yang Shiyang)
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