Thirteen years ago, Taiwanese singer A Sang wrote the word "loneliness" and matched it with the famous song " Moonlight Flower " by Michael Cretu , the godfather of German music , to create the song "Loneliness Is Singing".
In the song, " You listen to loneliness singing, gently, ruthlessly ", which made countless lonely souls shed tears in the late night of insomnia.
In 2018, during the Berlin Film Festival, German director Thomas Stuber's "Between the Shelves" (also known as "The Store Waltz") "lonely" was released.
Loneliness can not only compose a song, but also make up a "lonely" waltz .
Compared with the mainland translation "Between the Shelves", I prefer the Taiwanese translation of this film "The Store Waltz" .
Going back and forth between the shelves all day long, repeating the tedious store work. When the night comes and loneliness strikes, who doesn't want to find a modern girl and dance a waltz together?
After being unemployed for a long time, Christian, who is withdrawn by nature, applied for a job as a delivery clerk in the beverage department of a suburban store.
With the help of his senior Bluff, Christian learned to transport forklifts and gradually adapted to the monotonous store life.
During the day, I go back and forth between the shelves; in the middle of the night, I talk to myself and sleepless. In the ocean of loneliness , Christian could not find the slightest chance to breathe.
Until, when he met Marion in the store, the meeting of two lonely souls, there were no loving words like whispers, but a friendship that was longer than thousands of words .
However, Marion is already married.
Christian can only constantly restrain his emotions, and he can't express his emotions like the ancestors of the Eskimos.
Repeated work will continue, and loneliness is still around.
From the platform in the middle of the night, the dark apartment, to the unspeakable feelings, the director uses trivial shots to depict the lonely and lonely life of ordinary workers.
Even the little self-consolation left by the laborers is placed on the illusion of being broken by the director .
Christian tries a new work environment, learns a new driver's license, falls in love with Marion, gets to know Bruff, and tries to increase the joy of life and relieve the loneliness in his heart.
But in the blink of an eye, his illusory consolation was shattered.
Bluff committed suicide, Marion was married, and he was still accompanied by the familiar container and repeated work.
Life doesn't want to throw olive branches to them, and it doesn't want to design a happy and happy fairy tale ending for their stories.
In the middle of the night, the only thing they could do was fantasies: fantasizing about Bluff playing chess with him; fantasizing about tiptoes and dancing the waltz with Marion; fantasizing about a better life tomorrow.
When they woke up, loneliness and emptiness still filled their lives. No joy, no worries, just like yesterday.
It's not a friendly enough movie, and the whole movie is about Christian's ordinary life as a laborer, with neither a happy ending nor a sad story .
Christian regained his Eskimo courage, and when he confided in Marion, he only touched the tip of the goddess's nose lightly.
Bruff, his only best friend, died, and despite his deep grief and grief, he restrained the emotions that were about to erupt.
When loneliness comes, they may long for a modern girl with a graceful figure and a lifelong partner for their souls; but when they wake up tomorrow morning, they have to return to their repetitive life,
Although repetitive work is boring, it is the only thing that can be exchanged for full food, and only it can pay tomorrow's rent.
They yearn to dance with people, but they can't find the dance partner that belongs to him; they yearn to be heroes, but they no longer have the familiar heroic dream of childhood ; they yearn to express their emotions, but hide themselves more and more deeply.
Using trivial and tragic lenses to record the lonely but hopeful life of ordinary East German laborers, lonely but full of fantasy.
"Between the Shelves" is worth seeing.
Code word migrant workers: small supporting roles
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