The undercurrent of calm

Zechariah 2022-09-18 11:07:50

A film about derailment is unexpectedly quiet. All emotions and undercurrents are expressed through subtle eye changes and physical touch.
The former rock musician’s music teacher met a foreign exchange student who was boarding at his home, and the seemingly peaceful family life took a turn for the worse.
They have a common hobby and taste for music, and they know how to appreciate each other. For the male protagonist, the arrival of the female protagonist is a fresh breath that reaches the bottom of his heart, bringing a long-lost touch to his heart, and he began to secretly observe the female protagonist's every move. The female lead took the male lead’s music lesson for the first time and played the piano. The soothing and relaxing music suddenly changed into a fierce and fanatical style in the back. The music well represented the female lead’s inner changes at this time.
There is a dense forest behind the main man’s house, but he and his wife have never been to this place. It is quiet and quiet, so quiet that you can hear the sounds of birds and the rustle of leaves being blown by the wind. One day they agreed to end get out of class. We will meet there in the future. At that time, the weather was gloomy and the lotus leaves were rolling in the wind by the lake. This scene was beautiful, but slightly depressing, suggesting a bad emotional ending. There are only two of them in this world. They stare at each other, the male lead strokes the female lead's hair and fingers, they kiss each other, talk aimlessly, everything is very quiet and beautiful. This is like their inner world. Although the male protagonist’s wife has lived with him for many years, she never walked into the male protagonist’s heart, but the girl who came by accident inadvertently opened the door to her heart. Music is the beginning of their fate and a key to each other's inner world.
That period of time between the male lead and the female lead alone in a room with no lights turned on was wonderful. There were only two of them in the dark space, chatting with each other about each other's lives and understanding of music. When talking about interest, we sat in front of the piano and played music together. The male lead was completely attracted by the female lead, listening to the graceful and soft music, as if the female lead understood his inner world, because the female lead said it was for playing. With his music, he looked at the heroine and gently held the heroine's hand with his own hand. True love is to understand each other, without words, it is very comfortable together, but the man's wife does not understand him, the man let his wife listen to the music in the headphones, but the wife is too noisy.
In addition to "Life Like Flowing Water", this film has another translation called "Changing Breath". Although there is no poetic translation of "Life Like Flowing Water", it expresses the theme of the film. A peaceful and dull married life needs some fresh air, and the heart touch of the heroine brought by the heroine is undoubtedly like an experience of fresh air. In the film, there is a passage in which the female bishop and the male lead breathe and relax. The male lead experiences unprecedented joy, and the goodwill for the female lead is born from this.
Finally, my daughter saw the clues. In the dense forest, I saw my father getting along with his classmates. She lost control of her emotions. She went to the male classmate who had had a one-night stand with him. After being rejected by the male classmate, she drove into the tree. superior. The male protagonist is about to leave home with the female protagonist to start a new life, but at a critical moment, he receives a text message from his wife. The daughter has an accident. The planned leave can only be abandoned halfway, and the male protagonist returns to the family. Life has not changed, like flowing water, but can the family of the male lead who have experienced this emotion still maintain the surface peace as before? That dull family life, because of the impact of this accident, awakened everyone's inner pain. In the photo of the last family, you can only see the appearance of the three people.
The music part of this film is great. It can be said that the emotional changes of the male lead and the female lead are largely dependent on the music. Although the film is very calm, but being substituted into the plot by such great music, you can slowly realize their feelings. Emotional entanglement and dependence are worthy of a person's careful taste.

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Breathe In quotes

  • Keith: Maybe boundaries are there for a reason... structure.

    Sophie: You sound like a teacher.

  • Sophie: What makes you happy?

    Keith: At the moment there's only really one thing that makes me happy.

    Sophie: Me?

    Keith: It's true.