David, a romantic old man who has been divorced for many years, is a university professor, has a spare tire, and is a student who has a crush on him. They have had sex together in a ritualistic manner for more than 20 years. David is also a well-known media intellectual, amateur Time to write drama reviews for The New Yorker, and at the same time, I also preached and preached in hundreds of forums in the United States, but it is not as elegant and refined as Yu Dan, so I want me to take her mother along with her daughter to greet her. The grandfather and grandson go together. At the beginning of the film, he talked about the repression of sexuality in the Puritan tradition on a talk show, and then talked about the rebellion of the generation on the road in the 1950s and 1960s against the mainstream society, which is much more reliable than Mr. Yu Dan
. The Cuban-American student Consula (Penelope) in his class attracts a lot of attention to him, and the lover David is also sullen enough, because he is afraid of being sexually harassed, he never dates students in private until he waits for him He didn't start until after the course was over. Old men over 500 years old are all weirdos. Of course, the extra 30 years of experience in stinging women is not a cover. It's a hit. It's just a love between teachers and students. Aventure, even just one ons.
Later, some changes slowly began. David began to be sticky to her. He had to talk on the phone every day. A scene of making love with a man younger than him, so much so that he starts stalking her later. Possessiveness and jealousy are signs of love coming. Unfortunately, David spent most of his life free from all kinds of relationships, He didn't want to be trapped in those invisible bars, so he cruelly abandoned his wife and children when he was young, so he never sent a spare tire to the airport, but this time, he fell for her and was fascinated by her. There is no pride in front of him at all. The lover who has experienced the sexual liberation movement of the 1960s, disregarded family responsibilities, and is like a duck to water in front of all kinds of women finally lost his hand. Love made him feel at a loss, and he was like a fruit fly. windows, but never knew that there was still a layer of frosted glass between them.
She asked him what he wanted from this love, he didn't answer, it wasn't because of anger, he really didn't know, the only thing he knew was that one day a man younger than him would take her away, he just wanted to be there Before that, she had more possessions, not just her body. She wanted to take him to see her parents again and again, but he refused. He just wanted to shrink back and enjoy love in a small world, not for this or that kind of relationship He was exhausted, and he didn't want to hear other people's accusations about their age gap--it didn't take much to think that she was plotting against him. Although such anxiety is mundane, it is an indisputable fact. Consula is naturally clever and clever. I don't know. She just ignored it, she was so cautious, she didn't even say the only time she said I love you, she didn't say it, but it didn't mean she didn't care, she was so stubborn to bring him to her parents It was a kind of disguised struggle. But he couldn't realize it, he was still trying to get out of the relationship that made him deeply entangled. The last time, Consula invited him to his graduation party, he did not refuse, but He lost his courage on the road and fled in a hurry. At this time, he could no longer decide which is more important, love or the trap of marriage. His eyes wandered at the end of the crowded street in the Big Apple, as if he could not see the way out for love.
Finally, they ended . He fell ill. After that, the spare tire left him, and the "only clue to pride" was lost. Then, an old friend was critically ill, an old gangster who also had an affair with a young woman, and his attachment to his wife at the end of his life , which touched David slightly. After two years, he finally came out of the shadow of his old friend's passing. He originally thought that he could continue to live happily, and still went to the radio to do talk shows, telling people what to read. Which book, which drama to watch, what kind of art to admire, and what kind of love to talk about can still seduce the students in his class and show his mature charm as an old man. He never thought about it, the people around him walked away one after another, and he just covered it up. Tears pretended to be happy, it turned out that although these relationships made him feel uncomfortable, they were also the sustenance for him to get rid of loneliness.
On New Year's Eve, Consula came to the residence to find him, cut her hair short and described as thin. She said she had breast cancer. She said that she felt older than him now. Buried in her arms and weeping, like a wounded cub, without a trace of dignity. She asked him if he would have sex with her after the operation, and whether he would still be able to stand up in the face of her body without breasts, this Such stubborn words, still defiantly provoking his love, he still did not answer, this time still not because of anger, but it is not because she did not know, she knew that his silence was because he loved her, and The body that lost her breasts has nothing to do with it.
Among the many love letters Shen Congwen wrote to Zhang Zhaohe, there is one that is the most heart-wrenching: I have passed bridges in many places, seen clouds many times, and drank many kinds of wine, but I have only loved one righteous one. The man of the best age. These men who have been in love for many years will always find a home after the romance. They gave him a period of singing and dancing, but only she can give him a period of peace in this world.
There is no despair, nor Parting, love can be neither grand nor humble. The film ends with a kiss when he goes to see her after the operation. It turns out that what he has always been in love with is not only her charming body, but also his own possessiveness. But just "she", without any attributive "she".
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