A happy life is really hard

Tracey 2022-01-27 08:05:20

Every deep, unfulfilled connection with another has the potential to hurt oneself, to the point of giving up on oneself and unable to move forward. Throughout my life, I need to keep repairing those unsatisfactory connections. Maybe I can't be consummated, but at least I can reconcile with myself. The loss of the protagonist when he was a child and the unexpected separation of his original family led to his unfulfilled connection with the past, and his sudden awareness caused him to escape into negativity and degeneration, unable to extricate himself from a happy life. Maybe it's the regret and self-blame that I didn't say a good word to my family and the family's worries, or maybe it's the guilt that I live such a happy life, but my relatives are living in dire straits. On the long way home, slowly repair this unsatisfactory connection.

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Extended Reading
  • Michele 2022-03-23 09:01:38

    First-class themes, second-class performances (the Indian part of the young actors is the best), third-class narrative editing, turning a moving story into a straightforward running account, it is really not as good as the reverse order in the trailer. The depth of self-discovery in adulthood is not manifested, making the journey of rooting more stripped and blunt.

  • Lenny 2022-03-21 09:01:38

    Good luck, it doesn't matter if you cast the wrong tire

Lion quotes

  • Saroo Brierley: I'm sorry you couldn't have your own kids.

    Sue Brierley: What are you saying?

    Saroo Brierley: We... we... weren't blank pages, were we? Like your own would have been. You weren't just adopting us but our past as well. I feel like we're killing you.

    Sue Brierley: I could have had kids.

    Saroo Brierley: What?

    Sue Brierley: We chose not to have kids. We wanted the two of you. That's what we wanted. We wanted the two of you in our lives.That's what we chose.

    [pause]

    Sue Brierley: That's one of the reasons I fell in love with your dad.

    [pause]

    Sue Brierley: Because we both felt as if... the world has enough people in it. Have a child, couldn't guarantee it will make anything better. But to take a child that's suffering like you boys were. Give you a chance in the world. That's something.

  • Saroo Brierley: Do you have any idea what it's like knowing my real brother and mother spent every day of their lives looking for me? Huh? How every day my real brother screams my name? Can you imagine the pain they must be in not knowing where I am?