few years of film, Italian literary films, I always feel that Europeans have a taste of literature and art in their bones, which is difficult for others to match. There are also many artists in Europe, and there are many categories of art. It seems inappropriate to collectively call them artists, but Europe is a country of art, there is no doubt about it, whether it is painting, composition, sculpture, writing, design, it has its own unique features, an artistic atmosphere, nurtured by People also have the eyes to discover beauty and the language to describe beauty.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog describes the lives of two hedgehogs, a small hedgehog and a large hedgehog, Paloma and Mrs. Michel. Paloma lives in a wealthy family, is smart, and likes to think. She doesn't want to take the path of her destiny, she doesn't want to live in a limited space like a goldfish in a fish tank, and she doesn't want to breathe. She likes to hide and think. Sitting in a quiet corner, she steals her mother's tranquilizers and plans to commit suicide on June 16, fantasizing that she might take another fateful path. Mrs. Michel was the janitor of the apartment where Paloma lived, and her appearance was as she described it: cold, acerbic, people often saw her, but did not pay attention to her, she hid in her corner, erected The thorns on the body resist everything outside.
Paloma's father gave her a camera, and Paloma used this camera to record everything that happened around her. As she said, the ordinary life around her can be viewed as a movie, absurd, hypocritical, and boring. , For the shooting of Paloma, people refused. When Paloma raised the camera to face people, there was a scolding "Paloma, stop shooting", the environment, family, morality and other factors restrict Paloma, the peaceful life on the outside is a sharp contrast to the suicide that Paloma secretly planned. The blank space painted on the wall is the number of days that Paloma planned to live. Fill in the pattern for a grid until the day it's done.
Mrs. Michelle is a concierge, a widow, no children, her husband has passed away from cancer for many years, and she has a cat named Raymond. She lives in the small space of the concierge, but has a large study with a shelf on the shelf. Full of books, every day, Mrs. Michele would read for a while. Mrs. Michele was dedicated to her duties and had little communication with the outside world, so she left a bad impression. She was well aware of her own insignificance, and thought she was too small. Showing your own softness to others means hurt.
Just when I was wondering how the two were related, another character came on the scene, Ozingerang, the new tenant, and the phrase "Happy families are the same, but unfortunate families are different" made Ozinger Lang and Mrs. Michelle, also known as Leni, left a deep impression on each other, and the feeling of meeting a bosom friend in high mountains and flowing water also paved the way for their later exchanges. Next, while taking the elevator, Paloma met Ozu Grande, but the brief exchange also surprised Ozu Grande to the little girl. At this point, the film gradually entered its climax, and the entanglement and contradiction of the hedgehog gradually became apparent.
On the other hand, playing Go with Ozugran and going to school, Paloma painted one blank grid after another, quietly waiting for the day of suicide to come. As a little hedgehog that has not grown up, Paloma's thorns Not hard, and occasionally restrained for a while for their relatives, on the other side, Ozugran gave Anna Karenina, who was in Leni's hardcover, and invited her to dinner, and then the two agreed to watch the video tape, and the distance between the two was little by little. Pulling closer, Leni seemed to smell the smell of spring, but she had no confidence in herself and restrained her thoughts. The hedgehog was tangled between whether to put up its thorns or put it away, put up its thorns and return to a plain life, maybe It is monotonous and boring, but it is safe to shrink in your own little corner. Put away the thorns and show softness. That embraces you is a whole new world, and it is wonderful that you have never experienced. What kind of decision should you make? I think Renee made a choice when he first visited the Ozugran's house to prepare for himself, saying goodbye to his old self, making changes by himself, and seeing a new self is what everyone wants. , Ozugran's appearance gave Leni an opportunity to change.
Because of her sister, Paloma knocked on Leni's door, and Leni, who became soft, gave Paloma a different feeling. It was a very pleasant conversation, and then another chat. Leni helped Paloma. Showing a self-cultivation and grace that doesn't belong to a janitor, trust was created when Leni opened the door of the study and let Paloma shoot, and Paloma saw something different from Leni, although it was a different one. An eye-catching gatekeeper, but still able to live elegantly like this, Paloma yearns for the gatekeeper's life a little more, she said, "I want to be a gatekeeper in the future." She has found the goal of her life. Disdainful, unable to dispel Paloma's thoughts, she said to Leni, I want to be a janitor, at this time, Paloma's planned suicide thoughts were shaken.
It was still early in the morning, and Madame Michel was doing her job as usual. When she saw Jean-Pierre dancing in the middle of the street, she wanted to remind him to pay attention to the car, but she didn't pay attention to the car coming behind. From Mrs. Michelle's point of view, she saw the crowd gathered around, Ozugran taking off his coat, and finally the boundless darkness.
At the end of the film, Ozugran handed the hardcover Anna Karenina to Paloma. In the movie, the goldfish that Mrs. Michele fished out of the sewer is a metaphor. It is the goldfish that Paloma fed with tranquilizers and did not die, implying that Paloma's suicide would not be successful, but Leni's death It really took me by surprise.
If Renee treats Pierre indifferently and leaves him alone, will there be a car accident? If Leni was a hedgehog hiding in a small corner, would he avoid a tragic fate?
We may all be a hedgehog, with spikes erected all over our body, protecting ourselves from others, while rejecting the embrace of love.
When a hedgehog's thorns are no longer hard, or even surprisingly soft, then it is ready to love or is loving everything around itself, and it gives you the trust and the right to hurt her.
Speaking of hedgehogs, you always think of roses, which are also covered with thorns to protect yourself. When you face the hedgehog that softens for you and the rose that removes thorns for you, please realize that they have delivered multiple trusts, How much courage it took to come to you.
Gu Cheng said, I don't like to grow flowers, because I don't like to see them fall.
But if you refuse to fall, at the same time, you refuse to bloom.
If you can choose again, the hedgehog will still put away the thorns for the person he likes and show his softness, even if he is hurt, even if he is covered with bruises and bruises, and even pays the price of his life. This is the elegance of the hedgehog.
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