In the beginning, Jackie and her sister Hilary were just two happy little girls with no guesses and deep sisterhood. The mother who taught music let the two sisters learn music, the elder sister learned the flute, and she learned the cello. The older sister may be older, or she may have better comprehension, and was invited by the BBC to perform. Jackie insisted on following, so the conductor's mother gave Jackie a simple drumming move. As a result, Jackie forgot to play the drums because he kept watching his sister play the flute during the recording.
The angry mother told Jackie that you will never be allowed on stage again, and if you are going to perform with your sister, you have to play as well as her.
In this way, in order to perform with his sister, Jackie began to practice the cello diligently, day and night. The two sisters performed on the same stage, competed on the same stage, and held hands wherever they went. However, Jackie gradually showed her special talent and talent in music, and soon surpassed her sister in achievements. Later, she was fortunate to be taught by a famous teacher, and she became brilliant in the international music scene at a young age.
Jackie is not conscious of his life after being recognized for his talent. At first, she received an invitation to perform at the Italian royal family's wedding, and she also took her sister to go with her. After the performance, I dragged my sister to dance together, slept on the same bed at night, and used a flashlight to peek at the two dependent angels on the mural, feeling like I was in heaven.
And the next morning, Jackie's world took a turn. She was woken up to perform in Berlin, where she kissed her sleeping sister Hilary before leaving. What she didn't expect was that it wasn't just the Berlin show that awaited her, but an endless two-year global tour. She was driven from one unfamiliar country to another, and after the performance, she lonelyly received one compliment after another, while the outer pocket of the cello was affixed with airline stickers one after another. After the performance in Moscow, she spit out the truth to the master who admired her very much: "I don't actually want to be a cellist, I hate playing the cello."
After the tour, Jackie rushed home to see her sister excitedly, but found that her sister had The lover, and later even agreed to the other party's proposal. Jackie is dissatisfied with her sister's "betrayal" of their family, and it is difficult to bless her sister. She told Hilary that she wanted to give up the cello, to get a normal job and be a normal person.
"We don't know anything, I only play the flute, you only play the cello," sister Hilary told Jackie. "If you don't have a cello to support you, you have nothing." Hilary continued: "You think being an ordinary person is better than being a It's easy for extraordinary people, then you're wrong."
Let's stop here.
I told the plot to my dad who didn't watch this movie. When Yapa heard this, he sighed and said to me, "She(Jackie)issuchababy".
Yes, actually Jackie has always been a big baby. When she was a child, she didn't actually love the cello, she just loved the feeling of "being together" with her sister. When she was famous and on tour, in Vienna, she didn't even know how to make a public phone call home; in Madrid, after arguing with the hotel cleaners who couldn't speak for a long time, she still couldn't find a way to wash her clothes (whether She washes or sends it by herself); in Moscow, she sends all the dirty clothes home, and when she receives the clean clothes, she takes a deep breath and says, "It smells like home"... No matter how sophisticated or touching Jackie's cello skills are. The little girl in her heart didn't grow up with her, she didn't have the ability to take care of herself, and she didn't grow up emotionally and rationally. When she got there, she had always been a lively child, with flattering blonde hair and a pure, warm look.
But the endless acting life made her tired and withdrawn, and it also made her farther away from the only emotional sustenance (family), and made her more lonely.
It is a pity that when she sent out the distress signal, no one heard or understood. Her sister's sentence: "If you don't have a cello to support you, you have nothing" and knocked her back to where she was.
Does she have any other options besides continuing to play the cello? (If you were Jackie's mother, how would you react after your gifted daughter was well-received and loved by the music industry after two years of global tours, and the master told you that she was no longer playing?)
So Jackie continued her acting career, marrying a talented pianist who was mesmerized by the sound of her cello. One day she found that her hands were shaking, and she began to worry that one day she would not be able to continue playing. So she asked her piano teacher, "If one day I can't play the cello, will you still love me?" Her husband replied, "It's like dancing and dancing are inseparable, if you can't play the cello, You are no longer you." At
that moment, she understood that her husband fell in love with her talent, not her.
So she runs away, fleeing back to her only emotional sustenance - the home of her older sister who has given up on music. My sister has everything she wants: loving her husband, children, a happy family, and an ordinary life. When she didn't grow up, she came to her sister's side, and she still wanted to share everything with her sister, including her sister's husband, just like when she was a child.
I've read a lot of film reviews focusing on Jackie asking her sister to let her sleep with her brother-in-law, but ignoring the many photos and videos of Jackie holding her brother-in-law's hand and playing with her sister's children after the bed. What does Jackie want? She is not jealous or perverted, all she wants is to share the feeling of happiness that her sister has-the kind of being close to the body of those who care about her, and sharing the family with the next generation of her own blood. She is just a kid who is loving.
But all this is too difficult for sister Hilary. She is an adult, no longer a child, and even though she loves her sister dearly, she can't share everything about her life with Jackie.
After leaving sadly, Jackie found that he had a terminal illness, starting from the uncontrollable limbs, and gradually lost his ability to act. During her illness, she and her husband asked to perform on stage again, and her husband did his best to help her ~ let her play a drum on the stage. Sitting in a wheelchair on the performance stage, watching everyone play, time seems to be rewinding to the scene when she was just going to perform with her sister when she was a child~ She was the same as when she was a child, and watched others in a daze , and forgot that it was her turn to play the drums.
When she stretched out her hand, which was no longer easy to control, and beat a drum vigorously, the audience watching the performance in the movie stood up and applauded enthusiastically, but I felt tears in my eyes~ This poor child, this poor fate.
Even if she is a genius, what she wants from beginning to end is the same as all ordinary people: ordinary love, ordinary happiness. But her talent makes her like a kite with a broken string, the higher it blows, the farther it floats, and eventually it will stall and land.
At the end of the movie, the adult Jackie meets the child Jackie in the sand disaster, and the adult Jackie tells the child Jackie: "Ijustwannatotellyou, everythingisgoingtobealright".
Are things getting better one day? Did she mean that she finally got the redemption of family affection in her sister's arms?
And I really want to ask Jackie as an adult, "If you had to start over with your life, would you pick up your cello again?"
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Jacqueline du Pré is a 20th century musician A gifted prodigy, born into a family full of music. His mother was a pianist, and his two daughters were raised vigorously since childhood, hoping that one day they could become outstanding musicians. The film is based on the death of Jacqueline, based on her sister Hilary. HilaryduPre' and her younger brother PiersduPre' published a biography of Jacqueline on the other side of the stage.
When she was a child, Jacqueline's older sister Hilary learned the flute and Jacqueline learned the cello. Her sister's flute performance was excellent and she often won awards. Everyone She would always say to Jacqueline, "Do you feel proud that you have a talented sister?" Once, Hillary was invited to perform on the flute again. Jacqueline was not reconciled and wanted to perform with her sister, but she couldn't play the cello at that time. Very ideal, she had to be arranged to play drums. During the performance, she always watched her sister playing the flute inattentively, and forgot her turn to play the drums. At the end of the performance, she was taught a lesson by her mother. You have to have the same level of performance as your sister." Perhaps stimulated by her mother, or maybe she really just wanted to perform with her sister, Jia Guilin began to practice the cello non-stop. Level, the sisters began to compete everywhere and won numerous awards.
In a competition, Hillary won the first place in the wind group, and Jacqueline also won the first place in the string group. Jacqueline usually likes to swing to the music, and her input in playing the piano and excessive shaking her head to the music are greatly affected. The attention of the judges and the audience, from this moment onwards, Jacqueline's performance in music seemed to start to show its prominence, even surpassing Hillary Clinton. Seeing that Jacqueline, who had been chasing afterward, was favored by the judges and the media, she was very fond of Hillary Clinton, who had always been outstanding. At first, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, but when I remembered that it was my sister after all, I adjusted my attitude and gave up the halo and glory to my sister.
In 1961, 16-year-old Jacqueline played Bach at the famous Wigmore Hall in London, England. Suite, Sonata by Handel, Brahms and Debussy. While playing the first movement of Handel's Sonata in G minor, her A string slowly loosened. Jacqueline stood up to apologize to the audience and arrived After the backstage tuning, the performance continued. All the audience responded with warm applause and infinite appreciation. Since then, Jacqueline's music career has been spent in non-stop invited performances and competitions.
The sisters' relationship is quite good, no matter where they go, Always inseparable. Even when Jacqueline was invited to perform the cello at the Italian princess' wedding, she insisted on taking Hillary along with her. It seemed that as long as Hillary was by her side, Jacqueline could feel safe, like a little girl who didn't grow up. The next morning, Hillary woke up and found that Jacqueline had been arranged to perform in Berlin, Germany.
Although Hillary was also very good at playing the flute, she did not shine on the music road like Jacqueline. She later met the conductor Kieran. Christopher Kiffer Finzi, the two fell in love and got married. After getting married, Hillary and her husband moved to a remote suburb and lived a very leisurely life.
In the past few years when her sister Hillary entered the family, Jacqueline toured the world alone. Since she was a child, Jacqueline was not a very independent child. At home, her family treated her like a child and let her go everywhere. But And because she became famous too early, she had to face the outside world early as an adult. Except for the cello, Jia Guilin has no ability to live. It is said that she took the subway for the first time when she was 17 years old. , can't do laundry and don't know how to deal with it, she can only send all the dirty clothes home. There is a scene in the movie when Jacqueline sees someone reading Freud's book, and she takes the initiative to chat, and the other party thinks she likes Freud too Ed's book, but Jacqueline went on to say "It's a pity he invented the atomic bomb." The other side was three lines with a wrong face...
Hillary once said to Jacqueline, "Without the flute, without the cello, neither of us can do anything. ".
Jia Guilin, who relies heavily on her heart, is actually very lonely in her heart. Facing the expectations of the outside world for her performance on the cello, she can only devote herself to the music and vent all the emotions she wants to express on the music. All of a sudden, her emotions were like fire, and all of a sudden, she was sad and sad. The audience in the audience was often moved to tears. She missed home and her sister, but performances, interviews, and recordings made her miss her. Her mood can only be kept in her heart. Every time she returns to the hotel after a performance, she faces an empty room with no one to talk to, no one to rely on. She even puts the cello outside the balcony at sub-zero temperature or in the big sun Under the sun, these actions have repeatedly revealed that she actually does not want to be a musical genius at all. As she herself said, "I am just a person who came to a concert and unexpectedly stood on the stage."
The mainland pianist Fu Cong and his wife lived in London, England, and often invited young musicians to come to their home for parties. Jia Guilin fell in love with pianist Daniel Barenboim at first sight at Fu Cong and his wife's house. Jia Guilin even converted to Judaism after marriage for Daniel. The combination of people is the best partner of a golden boy and a girl in the music world. Both husband and wife love music, and later on New Year's Eve, they played Beethoven's Sonata No. 69 in A major together at the home of Fu Cong and his wife again on New Year's Eve. At that time, EMI The record producer praised it greatly, thinking it was the best performance of the piece he had ever heard. In addition, the two played together publicly in 1968, with the British Chamber Orchestra under the command of Barron Boeing in Haydn's C. The cello concerto in major, the husband and wife's super tacit partner shocked the audience.
Daniel Barron is a man with ideals and aspirations. He filled all the performance schedules after marriage and was quite keen on a busy life. Although Jacqueline also She enjoys performing everywhere with her husband, but her heart is actually hoping to live an ordinary life with children like her sister Hilary. Long running, rehearsal, concerts, TV, radio, recording... Waiting makes Jacqueline feel very tired and not getting enough sleep.
Once, she asked Daniel "If I can't play the cello, will you still love me?"
Daniel replied "If you can't play the cello, it's not you. "The
exhausted Jacqueline ran to her sister's house in a fit of rage. She didn't want to play the cello anymore, and seeing her sister's ordinary life at home was the ideal family in her heart. Hillary shared everything selflessly with her sister since she was a child, chatting and chatting. Seeing her sister Jacqueline's sudden visit, of course, she greeted and entertained generously.
Jacqueline thought that her sister could share everything. She even asked Hillary to share her brother-in-law. This proposal began to make the two sisters feel in their hearts. Pimples. At first, Hillary still insisted on defending her rights, but Jacqueline ran up the mountain naked like crazy, crying loudly that no one loved her, no one loved her, she just wanted to find someone to sleep with, just to sleep , What's so great? This act frightened Hillary, who was overwhelmed and had to share her husband with Jacqueline.
Jacqueline's empty heart can be seen here. She asked Hillary to share her brother-in-law. In fact, she did not fall in love with her brother-in-law. She used sex to express her emotions and fill the empty heart. She thought that Hillary shared with her since she was a child. All things, but she doesn't know that a marriage partner can't be as simple as sharing things.
After discovering that her brother-in-law is actually in love with her sister Hillary, Jacqueline left Hillary's home and returned to Daniel.
1971 At first, Jacqueline began to find that she could not hold the bow in her hands, and sometimes even had problems walking. In 1973, she was diagnosed with incurable multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease , at first it was difficult to get rid of the disease, but it gradually eroded the body. As her health gradually deteriorated, Jacqueline turned off all performances and finally had to sit in a wheelchair. Her hands and feet lost control, and her whole body was She couldn't follow her orders, all she saw were double images, and her head was shaking severely. She could only rely on nurses to take care of her daily life. At home, she could not swallow, speak, or move her body. For several years, She shut herself down by refusing outside visits. Daniel, on the other hand, traveled back and forth between France and the UK after taking the position of artistic director of the Paris Orchestra. At first, Daniel returned to the UK every week to take care of Jacqueline, but later built another love nest in Paris. , The days of returning to the UK are also getting fewer and fewer. It is said that many British people do not understand Daniel.
After suffering from illness for many years, Jacqueline died in 1987. At the age of 42,
Jacqueline began to play the cello at the age of 5. For a child It is quite difficult. The strings of the cello are thicker than those of the violin, and the distance between the notes is longer, so the muscles and force control need to be just right. But Jacqueline is not only a strong learner, but also adapts quickly. She started from 16 She has been shining on the music stage for 10 years since the age of 19, playing almost every song with her life. Playing with her natural feeling and enthusiasm, she gives new life to every song. In her, apart from watching To unlimited potential, and more because of the sustenance of the soul, talent and cello burst into sparks, creating one moving song after another.
It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine an inner world that is hailed as a genius by the world. We can't understand the pressure they are under, and we can't explain their behaviors that don't play cards according to the rules. When the film was released, it was vividly that Jacqueline did not The other side of the public is open. Many people who know Jacqueline disagree and think that the plot is exaggerated. But we will never realize that when a person is praised by the whole world, but is slammed to the ground, it is best to lose her. My friend and only friend - cello. There is no more applause in life, only loss, loneliness, loneliness and pain, but also to face and regain self-confidence. But no matter what, she creates unique and wonderful music But it will leave the vast number of fans with unlimited memories.
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This is a "fish that slipped through the net" in the business card group. The story structure of Qin Tian in the Relentless Wasteland is a legend. The story is based on music, but the director's focus is on how to pursue oneself while growing up.
The term "self" may be too metaphysical, so "home" has become a common term that is easily recognized by everyone. Hillary and Jackie grew up in a musical family and were influenced by music since childhood, so when they grew up, they seemed to be nothing but musical instruments. As Jia Qi herself said, she just accidentally stepped into the ranks of performers after a concert. A splendid stage may be the goal that many people are striving for, but Jia Qi easily achieved it. The tight performance schedule made her seem to be farther and farther away from home, so when the family washed the dirty clothes she sent back and sent them back. When giving it to her, Jia Qi opened the package and smelled the clothes and said, "That's the smell of home."
Jia Qi's attachment to her family is more like her attachment to her sister Hilary. When they were children, the two played at the beach. They could imagine the dunes, standing water, and grasslands as scenes from all over the world. In the eyes of the two sisters, any place where they coexisted was a piece of fertile soil, and in this interdependent cognitive world It can never be intervened and replaced by anyone.
When she was a child, Hillary showed a superior musical talent. Although Jia Qi was also catching up, Hillary ceded the glory and halo to Jia Qi every time. This is not just a kind of pity and promise; it is also a kind of helplessness and fate. As the number of awards has increased, music has gradually become not music. In the standard education, we must follow the methods of the predecessors, and give up the original random performance and communication. Jia Qi met a famous teacher and held a concert, which became an instant hit. On the contrary, Hillary is farther and farther away from music. The reason why her sister's halo overshadows her talent is that her love for music has been replaced by another beautiful thing, "love".
The union of Kiefer and Hillary created another "home". But it was a thrill for Jia Qi, who was farther and farther away from home. For Jia Qi, "home" means sharing everything and being attached to each other, just like two sisters hugging and becoming one at the beach when they were young. Danny's appearance temporarily relieved Jia Qi's irritable desire for "home". Danny and Jackie are the perfect combination, but Jackie soon discovers that a duckweed playing career can never compare to the quiet life of Kiefer and Hillary's secluded farm. This comparison of "movement" and "stillness" is actually just an appearance. The real crux is that Jia Qi can never forget the commitment shared by the sisters when they were young. So Jia Qi suddenly gave up the full performance schedule, went to the farm to find her sister, and even asked to sleep with her brother-in-law.
In a way, Jia Qi's desire and fantasy of sex comes from the symbol of the cello. When her heart is integrated into the melody, what she longs to embrace is not just the cello, but everything about her sister. But it seems impossible, Jia Qi's mind is occupied by these fragmented delusions. She can express "intercourse" in various languages, which is a subconscious protest and dissatisfaction; because the farther away from her, it must be interpreted in a very conscious way. Danny was amazed at his wife's erratic behavior, but there was nothing he could do; he would never know what Jackie really needed, in fact even Jackie herself couldn't tell why, because only her sister Hilary was worthy of her love.
Although music plays an important role in the presentation of the film, it is actually different from other music-themed films. When Jia Qi played around with the famous qin, she found that although the famous qin made her famous, it also caused a great burden on her body and mind. Her subconscious has been longing for that piano to be damaged soon, so that she can stay away from the rootless life that makes her helpless and helpless at this moment. So she put the cello on the ground to bask in the sun; she also put the cello on the balcony and covered it with snow.
Jia Qi's mood is restless, which may come from her bipolar disorder. When playing in Spain, there was no place for laundry in the hotel, so she had to send her dirty clothes home in a package, because only home could give her real peace. But when she got home, she found out that Hillary and Kiefer were getting married. Jia Qi advises her sister to enjoy sex without getting married, but she doesn't know that Hillary's music world has long been replaced by Kiefer's love.
Jia Qi continued the promise of the two sisters when they were children, and walked into a fertile soil together; shared the world. So she also longed for her own music world to be replaced by Kiefer. Jackie's unusual behavior is not because she is in love with Kiefer, but simply because Kiefer is her sister's husband. That is to say, no matter who married Hillary Clinton, Jia Qi shared everything about her sister as promised; of course, another factor was Hillary's infinite concession to Jia Qi since she was a child.
The friendship of the sisters seems to have gradually developed into different areas and independent development due to the growth of age, but the secret commitment from childhood makes this firm "love" construct this refreshing film.
The scene in the last scene is to repeat the situation where the thirteen-year-old two sisters met the woman at the beach. This time, the woman's face finally appeared clearly, and it was surprising that the woman was actually Jia Qi. Little Jia Qi asked Jia Qi, "What do you want?" Jia Qi replied, "Just to see you." Then she told Little Jia Qi, "Everything will be fine." Before Jia Qi died, she I realized all this, as Hillary said: "In the end, everything was really good." Isn't that what life is like? Maybe the course of life has to stumble, but with love, everything is really going to be fine.
In the film, Hillary and Jia Qi's respective growth experiences were shot in two parts, and then they were interpreted in a way of echoing the beginning and the end. The structure of the whole film looks like an abstract fragment, but the skills are extremely superb. It is a pity that very few people discuss this film, which is why I call it the "fish that slipped through the net" in the business card group.
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The most special part of this film is that it describes the emotional entanglement between the two sisters, which is like glue but mixed with love and hate. Since childhood, the two sisters have played different musical instruments, but they both have hopes and expectations to impress others. Looking forward to it, and this film focuses on the two sisters who want to make themselves the focus of the spotlight, but later found that a simple emotional expression and listening to each other's voice are the comfort that each other's hearts seek.
The director of this film first narrated the childhood stories of the two sisters, and then used many details to individually describe the adult mental journey of Hillary and Jackie, and what surprised me was that the director used the mutual conversion between the protagonist and the supporting role. Let's make individual stories more delicate. When narrating Hillary's story, Jackie's experiences are also narrated at the same time, but they are all superficial facts. It is difficult to feel his state of mind, which is surprising. The point is, this way of narration makes the audience want to know what important events happened around Jackie that affected his thoughts. When the main and supporting roles switch to describe Jackie's mental journey, the director has already grasped the audience's attention. Force, I'd love to know what exactly made Jackie make that incredible change and decision.
The two sisters are always the rivals of each other in their minds, and they are also the comfort and support of each other's souls. This film is to describe the true nature of the two sisters, in order to attract the public's attention, to use each other's talents, and to tell the strong ideas of each other. , However, this film also interprets the touching emotion between the two sisters, which is extremely shocking. The two find their self-confidence in their musical talents, but they are lost in the idea of making themselves outstanding. Unexpectedly, playing music Only by finding comfort in each other's hearts is the key to making oneself happy and stable.
The scene that left a deep impression on me was when Hillary refused Jackie to let her husband be alone with him, Jackie ran into the woods angrily, stripping naked one by one, like a traumatized child hiding in a corner crying, and The only sister who knew him, hugged her and gave him the comfort he needed, Emily Watson, who played Jackie, really fully displayed his amazing acting skills in this scene, that emotional breakdown scene , The acting is natural, so it is particularly touching. Personally, I think this is Emily Watson's masterpiece of acting, and it is even more delicate and real than his famous work. He has grasped many subtle emotions just now. Well, let the audience easily enter the emotional world of the characters.
I really like a sentence that Hillary said in it: When you lose your dearest relative, what comes to mind is the appearance and memory of your relative's childhood. This sentence really touched me deeply, when you are your own brothers and sisters. When I grow up and become enemies, at the last moment of my life, what emerges are the beautiful memories we shared together in childhood. This is really the most memorable and memorable good time for human beings. Through this memory, I have aroused my emotions towards my loved ones. The consolation also evokes the long-frozen call of family love. This is really a shocking drama describing family love! Recommended to friends who like touching movies.
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