In the American movie "Mr. Church", Eddie Murphy's chef Mr. Church proves the purest kind of companionship in the world: no relationship, no desire, no desire. When Charlie was ten years old, his mother was terminally ill. Church came to this family in need of care and accompanied Charlie's mother and daughter, watching Charlie grow from a naughty child to a fancy girl. He took care of Charlie's mother's last journey. Send Charlie to college. These important times in their lives are spent together. And when she got pregnant out of wedlock and returned to him again, she greeted her with open arms.
Mr. Church feeds three generations of Charlie, mother and daughter with delicious food, brightening their world and making home not just a concept but a more real existence. At the same time, he also influenced Charlie with his taste in books and music. Under the guidance of Mr. Church, she became fond of reading literary masterpieces and fell in love with the jazz music Mr. Church listened to while cooking. He is family, but more pure than family. He was like a spiritual mentor, but let Charlie live her own life without interfering.
"Mr. Church," more than any other film about healing, also touches on a keen question: Love has boundaries. When a person loves you and accompanies you, does it mean that he should show all aspects of his life in front of you at a glance? Shouldn't you keep and maintain your private life? Mr. Church in the movie clearly sets his own strong boundaries in his own way, even without giving in to the people he loves the most.
When Charlie returned to Mr. Church from college, Church welcomed him, but asked her not to invade his privacy and to protect hers. What kind of privacy does he have? Charlie is curious enough to search Church's house for everything about him. The result seriously angered Church and told her to leave immediately. Does Mr. Church have a big secret waiting to be revealed at the end? When Church died, the owner of the nightclub who had a secret about him showed up at the funeral and inadvertently told Charlie Church's secret: He went to the nightclub every week to play the piano, and his playing fascinated many people. Just as Charlie didn't know Church could play the piano so well, this old friend of Mr Church didn't know Church was a master cook. Except for some bits and pieces of Church's private life revealed by the occasional quarrel before, Church doesn't have any major shocking secrets. He is just a person who respects the boundaries of others and needs to have their own boundaries in life.
Love is not only companionship, but also borders.
But before that, the grown-up Charlie had learned to maintain Mr. Church's secrets and boundaries, relying on each other and giving each other in the long time that three generations of a family coexisted with him. After hearing the story Church told her daughter, Charlie understood one thing, she is also the source of love in other people's lives, and she, her mother, and her daughter are also Church's sense of security and home. After Church's death, Charlie woke up one day and heard the familiar jazz and kitchen sounds again. It turned out to be his six-year-old daughter, little Isabella, standing on the stool, cooking breakfast according to Church's way. Not one-sided giving, giving and receiving. Rather, it is interaction and circulation, endless.
As Church said, the most important thing in the world for a person is to feel safe, and this feeling of safety is a source of warmth. "Mr. Church" doesn't have particularly ups and downs, but rather peacefully tells a story of love and companionship.
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