The title of the film is "The Taste of Plum Chicken". At first glance, people think it is a healing food film, but after clicking it, I find that I feel as if I have been deceived in my feelings - it has nothing to do with food at all!
The directors and screenwriters are Maja Shatapi and Vincent Paland, and their masterpieces include "I grew up in Iran", which has won Oscars and Cannes awards and nominations. The excellent foundation of the main creative team ensures the excellent quality of "The Taste of Plum Chicken".
The atmosphere created by the film is quite romantic and retro, and the beautiful pictures all show the elegance of France. Using an upside-down montage to narrate the musician's life not only achieves the first and last echoes, but also contrasts the bright joy at that time with the gloomy negativity at this time, making the audience happy with the musician's love, and for this Crying when love is gone.
The insertion of the animation not only reflects the sense of mystery but also relieves the dullness brought by the plot. The funny death and the close-up of the children when they become adults not only make the film more dramatic, but also add a touch of black humor to the depressing plot.
At first glance, I thought that the musician wanted to die just because he lost interest in the music he loved, and there was no more rush in his life, but later I found out that it was not the case. The unfinished love made him, but it also became the heartbreak of his life.
That violin accompanied him through the heart-wrenching loss of his beloved, the smugness when he was a fledgling man, and the applause after he became famous... In a sense, its significance to musicians is not just a violin, but more like a violin. An old friend who accompanied him through ups and downs.
When his teacher gave him the violin wrapped in white cloth, he understood why he had to travel through mountains and rivers to restore the violin, and why he was preparing to end his life because the violin could not be recovered. Because every note that the piano played under his fingertips was his endless thoughts and sighs for his beloved. The piano is broken, and his last memory of the beautiful past is gone, and only the cold reality is left to face. We can't imagine how heartbroken and unlovable he must have been when he opened the lace white cloth and saw the violin he cherished shattered.
At the end of the film, he, who became a grandfather and grandmother at an old age, met his love on the street by chance, and only got a closer understanding of his suicide. Even with the passage of time, the voice and smile of love have long been deeply embedded in my heart. But when she said, "You've got the wrong person" like a stranger, what could he refute? She already has a lot of children and grandchildren, and he also has his own family. Not only will not solve any problems, but it will make the two of them fall into an even more embarrassing situation.
This feeling can be reminisced, but it was already lost at the time. However, this side has caused a shock that cannot be underestimated. Later, he traveled long distances to find a substitute for the violin. In fact, he didn't realize that he didn't really want to find a new violin, but just wanted to convince himself to transfer the death of his love to something else, and to use the substitute for the violin. In place of his feelings for Yilan. However, the heart will not deceive people. The moment he plays the piano, he immediately understands that she and the piano are irreplaceable things. They had all left him, and there was no way to get them back.
Death was a relief for him.
And Frankie, the musician's wife. Marriage requires mutual understanding, but also a spiritual resonance. Getting married is not building a shed to live, especially for an artist, soul mate is part of the nourishment that nourishes his art.
Frankie had never known the musicians, and they had little communication. Maybe she was attracted by his musical talent, or maybe she was attracted by his maverick, but she never entered his heart, so how could she know that she would throw away the additional him, the musician who was blessed by him, What kind of soul is inside?
For her husband who wanted to die, she couldn't do anything, and there was nothing she could do to save her. All she could do was pour all her heart into that plate of plum chicken. Carefully carry it over, tidying up his appearance like a girl, but he doesn't give him a second look.
In "The Comet Beauty", the heroine Marg once said: "I hope he needs me, not Marg Channing." Aside from the appearance of brilliance, the musician is just a music-focused, 'without responsibility' It's just a human being, obviously not a good person suitable for living. At the end of the play, I saw that Frankie had been crying secretly while listening to his music before breaking the piano, and felt sorry for her.
Just like what the teacher said when he gave the musician a violin, true love is eternal and irreplaceable.
Vois-tu,mon enfant.,désormais,
listen baby, start now
celle que tu as perdue sera dans chaque note que tu joueras.
What you lose will be in every note you play
Elle sera ton soufflé et ton soupier.
She is your breath, your sigh
Cet amour est précieux ,car il est eternal.
This love is precious because it is eternal
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