"Trueman" (2015) directed by Sisko Gay has invited the famous Argentine actor Ricardo Darling to play the role of Julian, an opera actor suffering from advanced lung cancer. His previous starring "Mysterious Eyes" won the 82nd Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. A story starring him in "Wild Story" is very funny. Sisko Gay, who was born in 1967, has directed films such as "Man with Two Guns" and "Spanish Virgin".
Truan is an old dog raised by his owner Julian. At the urging of his wife, Thomas flew from the icy Montreal to Madrid to visit Julian. The doctor said that his cancer cells had metastasized to the liver and persuaded him to continue further chemotherapy. Julian asked the doctor, can chemotherapy cure my disease (no, that can't). Since it can't cure my disease, why should I waste my life in the hospital? I have been chemotherapy for a year and I have had enough. The doctor was helpless.
Thomas certainly hoped that he would continue treatment, but he couldn't find a reason to persuade him. In Julian's view, the biggest thing right now is to find someone who can trust Truman. He went to an animal psychologist and asked how the dog would feel after the owner left. The doctor said that there will be indigestion, and there will be corresponding physical reactions. This made it even more determined that Julian wanted to find a safe family for the dog. A hostess said that she had adopted a 4-year-old Russian boy, hoping that this big dog would accompany him and find a sense of adapting to the environment together. Julian agreed to let Truman try with the little boy for a few days.
As for Thomas, he either led Truman to stroll around or accompanied Julian, like a dangling shadow. He said that he came to see Julian for 4 days, but he couldn't help Julian at all, so he was very awkward. depressed. Sometimes, the two would quarrel. In the small bookstore, Thomas picked many books on how to understand the psychology of dogs, as well as a book "Death, a New Dawn". Living to death is really easy to experience. Thomas became a complete bystander.
The theater owner blamed Julian for not telling him about his illness. He said that who dared to hire an Argentine actor back then. I asked you to come. Now the theater is completely dependent on you. Without you, their salary next month would not be available. Up. Thomas on the side knew that the old man had no idea of Julian's true condition. Julian looked helpless. A few days later, Julian picked up the dog and felt that the man was unreliable and did not treat Truman well. Later, when he found another woman, Thomas didn't feel bad, so he withdrew.
In fact, in addition to his "son" Truman, there is really a 22-year-old son, Nico, who lives in Amsterdam. Thomas felt that Julian's father should say goodbye to his son. In the end, they really went, and the two continued to quarrel on the plane, getting a little bit stingy. When he arrived in Amsterdam, his son hurriedly said that he was going to take an exam, so he could only gather for lunch. Sophie, his son's girlfriend, also came, and Julian was very happy to see that his son had such a beautiful girlfriend.
When saying goodbye, Julian asked Sophie to take care of Nico. After the son bid farewell, he suddenly returned and ran over to hug Julian. Seeing the back of his son leaving, Julian couldn't help feeling sad, turned around and said, let me stay quietly for a minute. There must have been a lot of gaps between father and son, but this time they were closed. Returning to Madrid, it happened that Julian met his ex-wife Gloria. Thomas said that he had gone to the Netherlands with Julian to see Nicol. Gloria said to Julian, I told Nico about your situation.
I see. This made Julian wake up like a dream. The son came back suddenly and hugged him tightly. Because Julian always tells others that his body is developing in a good direction, and there is nothing serious about it. Even if he finds a new home for Truman, he always says that I will travel to Canada with my friends for a long time. Unexpectedly, the ex-wife had already told her son. But Julian did not blame his ex-wife. People who are terminally ill, don’t say that according to the ancient Chinese saying "people are about to die and their words are good" (this seems to think of people as bad people), at least they will be much better in terms of people and things, and they are also mixed with inferiority. Knotted with self-pity.
For example, when I was dining with Thomas, I saw my former rival in love, and I was afraid that the other party would remember the past. I didn't expect the man to come over generously, take the initiative to greet him, and sympathize with him. Julian said with emotion that I have to apologize to you. No, if you are not like that, I cannot find my current wife Louise. It seems that many people's affairs are not as bad as they thought.
Julian's cousin, Paula, has always been very incomprehensible about Julian's refusal to go to chemotherapy, and even quarrels about it. When Julian told her and Thomas that he didn't want to drag on like this, he wanted to take a few pills early and leave quietly, so as not to make people pee and urinate someday, and he would also be in pain. Paula ran away angrily and sadly. In the film, Paula and Thomas have an exciting one-night stand, which is also drunk. Is this also not enough to make fun of the show?
Speaking of this, I want to say that the film is like those "near death" films in Europe. In the final scene, how the parties deal with life and death, whether they bid farewell with dignity, or leave uninvited and uninvited. In fact, it involves a question of outlook on life. This is a hurdle that everyone must pass, and no one can escape, because no one really died naturally, even if they live to be one hundred and twenty years old, they will all go away sick.
I always thought that if one day you really suffer from an incurable disease, and it becomes incurable, it is better to leave quietly and happily, so as not to hurt your loved ones and hurt them, and it is also a sin to drag them down. Think of those intensive care units full of tubes and waiting for death year after year like a vegetative person. It’s better to end up early with dignity. Of course, only senior executives can enjoy this kind of treatment (special care). In the ward, the cost of a few years is astronomical), and ordinary people have long been bye bye.
Going back to this film, in fact, the film is long enough, the overall rhythm is too slow, some plots make people feel jerky and boring, or even superficial, of course, compared with "Spanish Virgin", of course, there is less amusing, although the film is not lacking. joy of life. Compared with movies like "Small Stories" which also talk about dogs in Argentina, it is a few grades behind. But the highlight of the film lies in the ending, which means that the ending not only saved Truman, but also saved this image that made me quite plain.
Thomas’ four-day holiday arrived, and Paula and Julian took him to the airport together. In the lobby, Julian took out the ticket with the dog and said, "This is the ticket I bought for Truman. This is its quarantine document. It needs a special cage and a special passage. Truman will hand it over." is you. Thomas didn't expect this at all, and Paula didn't expect it either. After looking for foster care in Madrid for a long time, I didn't expect to worry about it, but I still feel that my old friend is reliable.
Oh well. Thomas took the dog away, and Truman turned his head reluctantly to look at the owner who had accompanied him for nearly his entire life, as if he was saying: Goodbye, Julian! Goodbye, Thomas! Goodbye, Paula! Goodbye, Madrid! I will be fine in Montreal! It was snowy winter, but with a master like Thomas, I would be warm.
2016, 11, 30
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