I have three wishes

Horacio 2022-11-25 08:50:14

First, I want you to love and love me forever;
second, I want to be happy forever;
third, always youthful and beautiful.
This may be the wish that every woman will have, simple, but so extravagant.
So maybe only women can appreciate the deep sadness contained in "Dumplings".
In the movie, Miriam Yeung tells Aunt Mei about the misfortune of marriage: when a man is 20, he likes a 20-year-old woman, when he is 40, he likes a 20-year-old woman, and when he is 60, he still likes a 20-year-old woman. Woman, suddenly remembered a similar joke. The conclusion is: men are more single-minded than women, because they always like young girls.
Aunt Mei's answer was disdain: what's so good about being twenty? Silly B!
In the whole film, only Aunt Mei is qualified to say this, and only she is mentally strong. She doesn't rely on others, she relies on herself.
But no matter how independent a woman is, I am afraid she cannot escape the curse of these three wishes. . .

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Dumplings quotes

  • Mei, the cook: Let me tell you, all expensive cosmetics claim to contain precious stuff like bird's nest, ginseng, pearl powder, pollen, royal jelly, whatever. Who cares? For women to rejuvenate, you must start from inside for the best result. Only my secret formula can do this. Mrs. Li, think of the results, not what it was.

  • Mei, the cook: [singing] Rough is the nature of Lake Hung / My home is on the shore / At dawn, boats go out with nets / At dusk, they return loaded with fish / Wild ducks and lotus roots are here / The scent of rice fills our autumn air / They say heaven is beautiful / How can it compare with my Lake Hung?