The movie "The Truth", as always, is based on the tunes that Zhiyu and the director are good at, presenting us with ordinary family trivialities.
In those trivial matters, there is no big deal, no fierce fights and quarrels, but there are always conflicts between the family members. Those conflicts are like the noisy cicada on the tree in the summer afternoon. It's annoying to listen to, but without it, there must be less flavor in summer. It's like a melodious and soothing cello song, even though not everyone understands its true meaning, but listening to it is not consciously intoxicated.
The contradiction in "The Truth" is unfolded by a mother and daughter.
The daughter who has not contacted her mother for many years, to celebrate the publication of her mother's new book, specially brought her husband and children back to Paris.
But as a movie star with many stars holding the moon, his mother is full of pride, unwilling and disdain to mention the true old past between her and her daughter.
When the daughter finished reading the new book and found out that what her mother had written in the book completely distorted the truth, she took the book and pointed her angrily at her and rebuked her, "Why did you write that?" "You are so hypocritical!" But the mother disapproved. He said casually, "This is my book, how to write it is my freedom, you have no right to interfere." So the contradiction between mother and daughter has intensified since then.
If it's just because the mother didn't write truthfully, it wouldn't be a big problem. The real contradiction between mother and daughter stems from the fact that the daughter also had the same dream of becoming an actor but failed to realize it, and the mother has always had a grudge against the "aunt" who is also an actor that her daughter likes. "Achievable" and this "must", the communication between mother and daughter has become more and more barriers.
During the banquet where everyone was seated, the daughter mocked her mother, "What is there to be proud of? It's just relying on the directorship!" The mother also responded calmly, "What does it matter, you don't like me, some people like me."
Seeing this reminds me of myself in the rebellious period and my mother at the time, but it was me who said this. Whenever my mother could not understand my dress or behavior habits, we would quarrel, and I often said to her, "You don't like me to pull me down, some people like me!"
How funny, it seems that when discussing the issues of family conflicts and the truth about growing up, families all over the world have become similar. Except for a very small number of unreasonable and rogue relatives who are not recognized by the six relatives, for most people, no matter how intensified the contradictions between relatives, they will eventually be coated with a golden coat by time, which gleams and gives us warm and gentle power. .
Just like the mother and daughter in the movie, even though they are full of barriers and contradictions, even if the daughter always wants to escape a life without a mother, in the end, she will return to her mother to celebrate the publication of the new book for her mother. When the mother needs her, she gives up her own affairs and works as her mother's assistant to help her with the work.
At the end of the story, the mother gained some insights through her role in the movie, realized what she had really lost and neglected over the years, and found her long-lost heart; the daughter also re-understood her mother through the days of working with her mother.
For the mother and daughter, the truth is: it turns out that in the childhood performance, the mother had been standing in the corner silently watching herself; it turned out that the daughter wanted to become an actor because of the magical brilliance of the mother.
For every ordinary family of ordinary people, trivial contradictions and daily trivialities, large and small, are the truths of life that people can't escape after exhausting their lives. They resemble the cicadas in summer, the melodious violin music, and the golden lake under the sun. Perhaps they are not the most important, but if not, they always feel that something is missing.
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