Hello, the film I want to recommend to you today is a typical French literary style film in 2010 and Marguerite's Afternoon ( La tête en friche). This is a film full of warmth, tenderness and love.
Part.1
Speaking of which, Kidman has nothing to do with literature and art. He is vulgar and fat, and he hangs in the loser piles who sneer at books all day long.
His grammar was messed up since he was a child, and the language teacher often took him as the object of ridicule in front of the whole class. Not only did the school education not bring the joy of reading to Kidman, but it aggravated his shadow about learning.
At the same time, his family education is also a mess. He doesn't know who his biological father is. His mother even always loudly accuses this big guy who had worked so hard to give birth to 10 pounds in a strange tone, saying that he is delicious, lazy and dirty. Dirty and useless. Kidman grew up in such an environment, and the shadow of childhood can be said to have accompanied him throughout his life.
But on a sunny afternoon, in a small park with many pigeons, Kidman met Margaret, 95, a gentle, intellectual and erudite woman who was a scholar before retiring, and the two were nothing alike. The individuals meet since then.
This time, Margaret brought a copy of The Plague and read it to Kidman on her own initiative. Kidman, who had no interest in books, was immediately infected by the spread of the plague, and came every afternoon. Go to the park bench and listen to Margaret read this wonderful book to him.
They read The Plague together in just a week, and even Kidman memorized some of the wonderful words from the book, "One day we'll all cry like outcast dingoes at our mother's grave."
But it didn't take long for Kidman to discover the drawbacks of reading. He used to be able to live in the crowd ignorantly, but because of reading, with the enhancement of insight and thinking, everything in front of him seemed to be clearer. , it is no longer possible to be content with the status quo as before. Kidman was terrified by this change, he didn't like it, he approached Margaret and wanted to tell her the fact, but under Margaret's vivid description, he was attracted by another book of hers, and never again. The plan to not read books has since failed.
During the warm contact between the two, Margaret told Kidman about her condition. She had age-related macular degeneration and was slowly losing her sight. Soon after, she was addicted to books and could no longer read. Had to use crutches to avoid obstacles in the way.
Kidman was deeply touched by the old lady's remarks. He spent a lot of time carefully carving and polishing, trying to make her the best crutches. After being reminded by his girlfriend, Kidman also plucked up the courage to practice reading aloud to his girlfriend again and again, holding a book, because he thought, Margaret, who loves books, can't live without books even if she is blind.
This time, Kidman told Margaret to close her eyes, and he said he wanted to give her a present. Yes, this gift was the first time that Kidman read for Margaret. Kidman read quickly and nervously, turning his head to check Margaret's expression every time he read, but Margaret was always kind. He smiled and listened to him read aloud. I think it was Margaret's gentleness that encouraged Kidman to keep reading.
However, one day, Kidman found out that Margaret, who was living in the nursing home, had been picked up and asked carefully because her nephew could not afford the nursing home, so she was sent to a distant, low-priced, Poor nursing home.
Kidman drove for a long time, and finally found Margaret in the harsh environment, this elegant and intellectual old lady, even though she was sitting in the crowd, she still held a book and read carefully, Margaret saw Kidman's arrival immediately showed a surprised smile.
In the end, Kidman drove the van to pick up the old lady Margaret, whom he had long regarded as a family member. Margaret took him into the world of reading with endless patience and tenderness, and he reciprocated. Margaret has a home.
Part.2
This is not a love story, but there is a lot of love in this story.
Two lonely souls listen to each other, approach each other, and sometimes this tenderness exists beyond love.
Books make people soft. Margaret does not complain or resents, she accepts some changes calmly, enjoys reading and life, and treats the things around her with the greatest tenderness. She is named after flowers and has been wandering in words all her life. Adjectives are surrounded by them. Verbs grow like wild grass. Some of them are unpleasant to you, but she has been gently implanted in my hard land and my heart.
This film has the unique humor and delicacy of the French. In this only 82 minutes of film, a large part of the time can be given over to books. Perhaps this is the luxury of the French.
(This article was first published on the public account "Shaanyan's Private Collection of Books and Movies", watching a good movie with you every week)
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