Faced with a recurrence of cancer, Julian decided to submit an answer sheet for death. Old friend Thomas flew from Canada to Madrid to visit him. In the four-day company, the two completed preparations for the pilgrimage to death together. In it, Thomas felt proud of Julian’s bravery from the initial attempt to persuade him to understand Julian’s decision to give up treatment to meet his death.
When looking at it head-on and even welcoming death, you will find that many things it has experienced are so similar.
The burial methods, urns, and wreath decorations are picky to prepare for the funeral, such as choosing the ceremony form before the wedding, wedding dress, and bouquets.
Read travel guides before traveling, find a boarding shop for pets, read books about death, and find the next owner of the pet.
Like accepting flowers or inverting colors, bowing or saluting after the end of the play, accept comfort or avoidance, and express gratitude or apologies frankly.
But those seem to be irrelevant arrangements. The most important and difficult things in life are those emotional relationships, love, and family. In work and social life, if you are not there, they will find someone else, and someone will always answer the phone for you, and you cannot be replaced in love and family.
Always face the farewell of love and family: a hug with a thousand words but an unspeakable hug with the son; accepting the anger of the sister’s hard to let go; and blessing each other peacefully and naturally with the ex-wife.
The film "Trueman" uses "If there is not much life left, what preparations should be made now?" This question is used to trigger the thinking of "how life should be passed to completion". It reminds me of Kai-Fu Lee’s emotion when facing the direction of the end of life: “Let my relatives and friends know that I really love them, and they fill my life with warmth and brilliance. I want to spend an unforgettable time with them, let Our lives for each other remember the light that we radiated at that moment. I want to live wholeheartedly at every moment of my life, and I will no longer bother to speculate and remember those that have not yet come or have gone. It’s a matter of life.” This is the thinking of life toward death, the most profound convolution of life.
Finally, facing the anxiety of Thomas leaving.
Julian: "You are leaving tomorrow. I will never see you again. I hate that I will not go to the airport to see you off at the airport."
Thomas: "I don't want you to come either."
Julian: "It's great. Let's separate on the street. You get a taxi and you go back to the North Pole."
Thomas: "Good idea."
However, Julian went to the airport to send Thomas off, and entrusted him to Thomas, the dog Truman, who had never been able to find a safe owner. Thomas, who was stunned on the plane, clenched the dog leash as if he had an epiphany.
I still remember that when I was with Julian on the first day to consult with a dog who has lost a close person, Julian once asked: “Leave it a shirt of mine or something. Will clothes with my scent be useful?”
Maybe Thomas is also another Truman in Julian's heart who can't let go and needs to leave something to comfort...
The film does not explain the old relationship between Thomas and Julian from beginning to end, but the trust and dependence that are deep, down-to-earth, do not need to be disguised, and do not need to be explained are scattered in the quiet and light plot, which makes people sigh with emotion. At the end of life, there is a precious gift from someone.
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