The movie begins with Margot baking a cake in the morning, and the golden morning light streaming in through the window outlines the profile of her face, the fluff of her arms. But her mechanical movements, her expressionless face were filled with emptiness. Then the back of a man appeared, with no face visible, but it was natural to guess that it was her husband Lou.
In fact, Margot and Lou's married life has no shortage of sweet tricks. In the morning when they were still sleepy in bed, they would hug and tangle and joke with each other in childish accents. After the occasional quarrel, they sat apart by the window, she was inside the house, he was outside, through the glass window, they touched each other and kissed. When she showered, her head would suddenly spray out a pinch of cold water, giving her a chill; she asked her man to fix it, but there was no action. Later she found out it was his man who poured the water outside the door, and he said, "By the time we're 80, I can tell you, this is the longest joke I've ever played on you." When the truth came out, Margot cried , at that moment I thought Margot would understand and keep the marriage. It's a pity that there is still laughter in the tears, very bitter and cold, and she can't stand these meaningless little tricks of posturing.
On the fifth anniversary of their marriage, they were relatively silent at dinner at a high-end restaurant. She broke the silence and asked, "How are you doing today?" He laughed at her being pretentious and had nothing to report. She asked: "If there is nothing to say, then why do we go to the restaurant to eat?" "Because there is delicious food here, that's all."
Their feelings are like the summer fans swaying by the bed in the film, rattling, monotonous urging people fall asleep.
So she left him anyway.
Artist and rickshaw driver Daniel, of course, has little passion in life. Margot and Daniel go to the amusement park to ride the slalom. It was dark all around, only electric lights flickered. The motor vehicle spun in circles, she swayed from side to side, bumping into his shoulders again and again, and she laughed as she grabbed the front safety rail of the car. Suddenly, the music stops alone, and the incandescent lights come on. They got out of the car in embarrassment.
Just like feelings, it always begins with the gorgeousness of summer flowers and ends under the sunshine of frankness. The new man becomes the old man.
At the end of the film, Margot's morning cake is recreated, this time seeing the man's face, not her husband, but Daniel. Margot had divorced Lou by then and moved into Daniel's house. Time is ruthless, and the once fresh relationship still can't escape the track of falling.
Two days after I got out of the theater, I couldn't forget those images, the topics that young female director and screenwriter Sarah Polley wanted to explore.
"Life has a gap in it. It just does. Don't go crazy trying to fill it."
Day after day, any marriage It always tends to be flat, lose the excitement, and then people become eager to move, hoping to have fresh people and feelings to fill the void.
But people can't live up to the time. "We may just age, time may just pass, new things get old, we may need to live with emptiness." -Sarah Polley)
I just feel sad that this cycle is just as pessimistic as people are going to die.
It is inevitable to become an "optimistic pessimist". ?
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