Matthew Amalric's silent interpretation of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is impressive. And his performances in "Attachment in the Last Eight Days of Life" and "The Taste of Plum Chicken" are equally wonderful. Although the film tells the story of Nasha Ali, an Iranian musician, his performance is still mournful and moving. And the first love, played by Golshifteh Farahani, is like a poem, like a dream, and like an angel.
This 2011 film, co-directed by Vincent Paland and Maja Satabie, is based on the story of Maja Satabie's grandfather and takes the last eight days of the musician's life. The story, with flashbacks to the past, continues the cartoon and magic styles that Maja Shatape likes to express the reason why her grandfather loved the violin all his life.
Nassa Ali was rebellious and not gregarious since he was a child. He did not follow the rules like his younger brother. He only loved to play the violin, and the elder master learned from the violin master. One day, he met the girl Yilan, and he saw it as his love. This continuous love was not recognized by Yilan's father, thus ruining this wonderful marriage. Elan said the time with him was the most beautiful day of her life.
Just when Nasha Ali was in pain, the master gave him the most precious violin and said: You love Yilan deeply, and she loves you too. Love is precious and eternal, but she cannot be your lover. , from now on, you can only turn your love for her into strings and notes, and let her integrate into your musical life, so that you can feel the breath of Yilan everywhere, this is what you should dedicate your whole life to Art.
The fact is, for more than 20 years after that, he has been following the teachings of the masters and interpreting it with passion, making the violin music in his hands fly all over the world. Yilan, who is already a wife, also silently pays attention to him and loves him all his life. Even in the end, both of them are old and frail, and after an accidental encounter on the street, Elan still weeps bitterly after he dares not recognize each other. Love has been with them for so long and heavy that neither of them can bear this simple greeting.
What made Nasha Ali even more unacceptable was that his wife, who was nagging about his life, broke the qin that the master gave him. Thinking about it, breaking his beloved qin was equivalent to killing him, but he was exhausted. The wife doesn't understand. After that, he was willing to stay in bed and wait to die. The god of death Aseriel told him: No matter whoever walks through the past and tells him about the long road he has gone through, leaving will not erase everything you have done. Once you leave, you will never look back. Shah Ali, what a pity, you only have one life.
For eight days, Nassa Ali wanted to die but was laughed at by death. In the end, just like his mother, he turned into a long wisp of blue smoke as he wished and went away quietly. A page of life is turned like a movement, but the wonderful notes will always reverberate between heaven and earth.
"I grew up in Iran" makes people familiar with Maja Shatape's talent. In fact, it is her autobiography, and "The Taste of Plum Chicken" is also from her picture book. The taste of plum chicken, long and sweet, must be a delicate, sweet and sour taste that is extremely fleeting. Speaking of her grandfather, she said: "He was extremely offended, self-indulgent, self-centered, and at the same time so charming and lovable. In fact, I am also such a person. Only those who admire themselves can become artists. If you can't imagine yourself as the center of everything, how can you create.
2013, 7, 3
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