The story takes place in a decade that is remembered by almost all Chinese, in a remote small mountain village in Chongqing far from the center of all storms. This mountain village is too far away, so far away that it can be so peaceful in that decade, like a dream, like the youth of the three protagonists, romantic and pure.
Liu Ye has been a romantic from the very beginning, and the song "Mozart Loves Chairman Mao" he played when he appeared on the stage showed his attitude towards life and love. His love for the little tailor is almost purely spiritual, so he did not compete with Chen Kun for his love for the little tailor, but quietly watched, watching the little tailor get pregnant and helping her to have an abortion, and went to the little tailor every day The family reads to her.
In contrast to the romantic plot that flows like the ubiquitous Mozart and Beethoven violin tunes, there is also an important element in the film, those of European novels. Many times those European novels acted as a driving force for the development of the plot, not only by Balzac, but also by Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, Romain Rolland's John Christopher", but Balzac was written into the title of the film. Balzac, unlike Alexandre Dumas, was a realist writer, especially in an age full of magical and colorful colors. In that paradise-like place, it was like a potion to sober up the intoxicated.
Educated youths have gone and gone, love has come and gone, and the lives of people in the mountains are still as peaceful as the blue smoke floating in the mountains. But for the three protagonists, youth and love, as well as dreams, they are all just a short moment. When reading a book in the library hole or playing the violin outside the window, maybe this film is the first thought of life, romanticism. The plot is always short-lived, and finally disappears with the rising water, leaving the sky with endless regrets. The second thought of this film is whether to wake up from the dream. Chen Kun said that by reading to the little tailor, she would wake up and make her realize the world. But when the little tailor really woke up, no amount of romantic music could turn her back. Balzac told her that women are the most beautiful things in the world, perhaps even more beautiful than this small village in the mountains. So she wants to go out, Balzac transcends time and space, and realizes realist redemption for this soul deeply immersed in romanticism. As for this redemption? Unfortunate? The story just came to an abrupt end.
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