The History of Hope for the Leftover Men and Women

Zelma 2022-11-14 06:01:37

Speaking of the Soviet Union's weight, it is really unmatched. To use the home analogy, it must be the heaviest solid wood furniture, and it must be oak, strong and durable. The culture of Soviet Russia is the marshland. Captured, sucked blood, reborn by cutting the hair and washing the marrow, only if it is crushed and possessed can it be considered full of life. Therefore, a really good culture must make people crawl and look up. I always feel that the culture of Soviet Russia is a bit too heavy. After all, it is related to their geographical environment, climate, water and soil. People who live in ice and snow all year round and people on the equator have two feelings when they see the sun. But the strange thing is that Northern Europe, which is at the same latitude as them, is cold but light. The heaviness of Soviet Russia may also be due to its persistence to the black earth. In comparison, the Germans do not have the enthusiasm of the Russians, they are the product of their own thinking and entanglement, so the German culture is colder than that of the Soviet Russia. Soviet Russia is only heavy, but very emotional.

The people who have reproduced on that tundra are relatively absolute. When you drink, you have to drink a very strong vodka. It is as hot as a fire, with a throat, not drunk, and then staggeringly grab a handful from the snow and rub it on your face. The same goes for venting emotions, and, to a certain extent, it must be a bit tricky to make all Moscow aware of Volensky’s extramarital love, like Anna, without taking into account the prudent women's virtues of the bourgeoisie. Isn’t it true that only by digging into the horns can you infinitely approach the bottom of heaven?

Of course, our neighbors in the north are not only heavy and melancholy, but they definitely have a talent for being wild when they come to comedy. Ryazanov is a good player. It can even be said that we all grew up watching his "Italian Adventures in Russia". His name is the label of happiness in the memory gap between the 70s and 70s. Ryazanov’s comedy films are known as "impure comedies", which incorporate all the elements that can be used for music, lyricism, thrills, and detectives. After reading it, he made people laugh, but found that two handkerchiefs were already wet with tears.

For example, you, Nadya, is no longer young, with a reserved appearance but still dreaming of catching the tail of youthful romance. On New Year's Eve, you open the door and find a drunken stranger lying on your bed, and your boyfriend Hippolyte, who has been with you for many years, is coming to propose to you. You were at a loss, and you poured cold water on the uninvited guest with a teapot... The stranger yelled drunkly, that he and his friends had a tradition, washed the sauna, drank beer and drank white, so the drink was too high. He took a taxi and reported to his house to go home. Get ready to sleep well and recharge your energy. Propose to your girlfriend on New Year's Eve, so you'd better not show up at his house... his house? You have a headache. Sure enough, the fiancé is here, but the more you explain, the worse. That stranger entangled and harassed the marriage life you had longed for in the second half of your life completely... You vented all your grievances on this hapless guy, and he finally realized that he was wrong. He originally lived in Moscow but was sent off by accident. Boarding the Leningrad plane, he said that he was also a victim, and he kept apologizing and condemned your fiance for being careful. Your colleague, two chirping old girls, came in. You were showing off to them your unseen him, so you put your arms on the stranger's shoulder by mistake. ... They are gone, and you find that each other is a music lover. The thirty-six-year-old surgeon and the thirty-four-year-old literature teacher can sit down and enjoy the New Year’s dinner and talk about unsatisfactory lives. You think this is a crazy night, everything is disrupted, God slams you to shut you out, but opens another door...

This is the first half of "A Trick of Fate". When the Chinese white bones are thinking about how to make do with an affordable man in the same household registration book, let's take a look at how the leftover men and women in the Soviet Union approached marriage in the last century, or how they met love meticulously.

"A Trick of Fate" is the first part of the "Trilogy of Love•Music•Comedy" directed by Ryazanov. The director relaxed all his sense of rhythm and decided to relax to the end. For example, the beginning of the chapter is an animation and a narration, giving the realistic rationality that caused such a wasteful coincidence-the mechanical industrialization of mass production makes people live on a monotonous assembly line. The film also shows several songs in its entirety. The gentle male and female voices sing the sorrows of middle-aged people; and every time the hero and heroine have to get better, one or more people will be arranged by fate to ring the doorbell. The dialogue between you and me between the protagonists seems endless, but it is full of humor and humor. Even when we are angry and manic, it can make us laugh. Behind this knowing smile, there are hidden memories of that era, those frustrations and moods that seem to be familiar.

The second part of the trilogy is "The Story of the Office" which was once popular in China, and the third part is "The Station of Two People" with a tearful smile. Comrade Navaseritsev, the cautious little officer in the office, courageously pursued the female boss. "You will treat a good party cadre as a crippled person" has become so classic that it can no longer be classic. Zhenya can be seen as a prequel to Comrade Navaseritsev. Really, even the actors are the same person. All his brilliance was hidden behind a pair of silly lenses with the bottom of the bottle cap. When he encountered the unbearable Mrs. Yiluo made the ladies think he was really "very kind." He even strengthened his heart within a few hours of New Year's Eve, pursued Nadya, and resolutely threw Nadya's boyfriend Hippolyte's little photo-shun window onto the snow. His men are indeed very men when they are up.

This pair of leftover men and women finally had a happy ending, fulfilling the mission of comedy. But the director still discusses a little bit, is this kind of happiness morality? Ryazanov took advantage of the stumbling Hippolyte to tease the panic of Nadya and Renya. Whether it’s drunk or taking the wrong plane or the damn immutable big city’s dull buildings and streets, they are all credible. The passion of Nadya and Genia is also real, but Hippolyte’s jealousy and jealousy Isn't it true that years of entanglement are not true and credible? Isn't it innocent that the other leftover woman who is waiting for Renia to propose is not innocent?

We are happy to see lovers finally get married, it is not easy to laugh at all.

Liang's comedy maintains the most important principle: "You must love your motherland and people, but this kind of love should not be blind. The deeper you love, the more you will see the shortcomings of the motherland in all aspects and corners. Those who engage in satirical art just want to see the bad places." His protagonists are not handsome men and women, but middle-aged people who have been eroded by the years. The rich details are laid out and the life is restored lightly, which is realistic and quite. Romance, unconventional, makes the love struggling in the cracks convincing.

Therefore, even if fate has teased everyone, we sincerely wish Zenia and Nadya. Director Kalugina and Comrade Navaseritsev, two people who are very clumsy in life, suffered the greatest harm and fool in life, but she and he did not give up their sincere attitude. We support them to collide in a small office. . As for the two-person station, the parole prisoner Platon asked Vera, the little waiter of the railway restaurant, to arrange a place for him. He gently leaned his chin on his leather bag and sat while waiting for her to get off work. His eyes were calm, but his emotions were quietly revealed... We envy the tacit understanding of people who depend on each other.

Liang's love is not only about showing love, but providing background for love. The burden of life on the backs of two middle-aged men and women. These backgrounds make love more fulfilling.

This kind of love also adheres to the consistent tradition of Soviet Russian culture, even a small piece of dragonfly wings must be adjusted into plumpness-those colorful reflections, dense and intricate meridians, transparent and thin muscles are blended out in a single brain. Just like the name of the heroine in "A Trick of Fate", Nadya-Nadezhda, Hope. No matter how mediocre life is, no matter how badly fate is teased, we still have hope.





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  • [Zhenya has just come back from chasing Ippolit]

    Zhenya: I tried to chase him down, but he drove away... He drives faster than I run.

  • Ippolit: Such muck, such vile muck, this fish galatine of yours!