The simplest love is the most rare

Mara 2021-10-20 17:26:04

This is an extremely moving romance film, but it is also an extremely simple love story: a man and a woman meet on a train, have a good impression, and spend a night together in Vienna, that's all. There are no ups and downs, no unforgettable incidents that sublimate the simple relationship between the two of them; just normal dating, eating, chatting, and drinking. This is basically a love story with no plot.

But in this simple plot, the two most important themes of love are actually explored: the loss of love and the gain of love. The beauty and immortality of this story, first of all, lies in the shortness of this love. But beautiful love often must be short-lived. As the two protagonists in the story said: We are often bored with ourselves, because we can't escape ourselves, we must endure ourselves all the time. If two people in love don’t know how to take the initiative to let the love pass at the right time, then love will eventually die on its own, because if we can’t even stand it, how can we endure the other person all the time? Woolen cloth?

The death of love (the death of love) and the loss of love (the loss of love) are two different things. Actively losing love before the flame of love is extinguished is actually keeping love forever in a sense. Just like the 13-year-old girl in the unnamed cemetery: ten years later, the 13-year-old heroine grew up ten years old, but the little girl who lost her life was still only thirteen years old. The lost life made her thirteen years old become eternal; the people who did not lose their life let their youth slowly die. The active separation on the platform has made this love a classic eternity; before the natural death of love, taking the initiative to extinguish the burning fire is actually lighting a candle that will never go out in the depths of the soul.

Another reason why this love is so touching and beautiful is that it has a perfect and natural beginning. The two naturally talked, naturally developed a good impression, naturally held hands, naturally kissed, neither resisted nor forced, like is like, and honest. When you fall in love with those lovely lips, your lips are already on your tongue, because they know your desire for them, and they also desire your caress.

Such a simple beginning of love is actually the most difficult to find in real life-not because this kind of love is too complicated to get, but precisely because it is too simple to get. Love in life often has too many tactics, as the French heroine in the movie said: too much thoughtfulness, too much self-protection. How many boys dare to invite a girl who came across on a train to spend a night with him in a strange city, and how many girls will confess their love so actively? A kiss is just the beginning of a love, but we who are afraid of failure have to discover everything before we are willing to start. As everyone knows, there are too many things that will never be discovered before love begins.

The simplest love is the most rare, but the simplest love is also the most touching. Don't let love turn into a Hong Kong and Taiwan soap opera; just keep love on the grass and hug, kiss goodbye actively on the platform of the train station.

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Before Sunrise quotes

  • Jesse: Sometimes I dream about being a good father and a good husband. And sometimes it feels really close. But then other times it seems silly like it would ruin my whole life. And it's not just a fear of commitment or that I'm incapable of caring or loving because... I can. It's just that, if I'm totally honest with myself I think I'd rather die knowing that I was really good at something. That I had excelled in some way than that I'd just been in a nice, caring relationship.

  • Celine: I like to feel his eyes on me when I look away.