First, let's recall the plot.
Anna is a girl who loves to read, and her sister is a recruiter. On the bus to meet the guests, Anna taught her sister to speak English, but her sister told her that no one was interested in my English, so teach a man what he wants me to say. Anna's sister's guest Michael Daly (Jude Law) is a car dealer who comes to Vienna to talk business. Daly does not see Anna's sister after being interrupted by his partner Peter (Moriz Bredo), but he hires prostitutes. The matter was known to Peter and then threatened him to cooperate.
The dentist (Jamel Dubz) is a Muslim because his love for a female colleague has made him tangled, and he has to seek help from both the clergyman and the psychiatrist.
Art company owner Ruth (Rachel Weisz), Daly's wife, has an affair with a young photographer, and she wants to end it but can't. The photographer returns home to find his girlfriend Laura (Maria Flo) has abandoned him.
Rapist Tyler (Ben Foster) is trying so hard to get over that he needs to fly to Louisville.
Laura meets John (Anthony Hopkins) on a flight to the US looking for his missing daughter, who had left home because of his affair, and their flight is delayed in a blizzard while connecting in Denver. Laura met Tyler and had a crush on him, left a note for John, and took Tyler to the hotel to indulge. Taylor finally resisted the temptation to stick to himself.
John found no trace of his daughter in Phoenix, told the story of the airport at a networking event and read Laura's note to him "She has a crush on a handsome guy, but there are a few firsts in life. ". The meeting is followed by Valentina, her husband Sergey who berates her for being unmotivated. What she fell in love with was the dentist, and after asking the psychiatrist, the dentist decided to leave her in order not to violate the Muslim teachings.
Sergey's boss is an unscrupulous businessman. He is a driver and a bodyguard. The boss asked him to find a prostitute and found Anna's sister. While waiting for the boss, Sergey met Anna, who accompanied her sister, and they had a good conversation. When Anna saw his book and asked him if he liked to read books, Sergey replied, "The boss never reads books, only dream chasers read books, poor dream chasers".
When Anna's sister finds out about Sergey's boss's money, she finds a pimp to catch them and kill them both. Sergey took Anna away happily, and Daly and Ruth were reconciled as before. In the end, a beautiful woman went to take a photo as an interview girl, and the film returned to the original point.
This movie, which is composed of 5 stories, was a bit scattered at first, but then the stories were strung together through various characters, and the story was narrated around the themes of marriage, love, sex, belief, primitive desires, and dreams.
(1)
Jude Law recruited prostitutes, but he was a little uneasy and a little guilty. Judging from the details of using his real name, he was not a veteran, so it should be a sudden idea. Judging from his message to his wife, he loves his wife very much, and judging from the intimacy of his children to him, he is a good father and a good husband. Running around is nothing more than to make a better life for his family. When he was in Vienna, he left a message to his wife saying that he hoped she would be there too. When his wife asked him where to go next, he said he would go to Berlin, and Ruth said he had never been there. From the end, he really took Ruth with him. went. I think Jude Law represents some people like me who can't express their feelings and can only work, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't love his wife and children. They've been shaken but their hearts are still on the family, and often it doesn't end up being a real big mistake.
On the other hand, Ruth has a decent job and a dignified and generous appearance. She complains that her husband is away from home for too long and doesn't care about their mother and daughter. However, from the perspective of her daughter who only plays with her father but sees her from a distance, she doesn't love her daughter that much, but she is obliged to do so. That's it. In the face of her lover, her seemingly firm determination was dissipated as soon as she was teased by her lover, and she followed to enjoy the love under the bed. When faced with her lover's promise that she had made, she replied in the form of money. It can be seen that this woman loves no one but her selfish nature.
It can be seen here that Jude Law's seemingly first derailment was actually forced out by Ruth, who was cold and violent to him (I really want to ask Ruth if she is a Leo and a Scorpio), he can't get love, or even No greeting calls and messages when traveling on business. And Jude Law can still have a warm phone call with his daughter while waiting for a prostitute, which shows that he is a good father and husband who loves his family.
(2)
The story of the dentist is relatively simple. He is a Muslim. He fell in love with his female colleague, a married woman. It didn't wake him up, but he was still fascinated by his raging love. And the psychiatrist made him understand either the fact that he forgot that he was married or that he was a Muslim, which made him sober. He finally chose faith, not that inexplicable passion.
In this era of materialistic desires, it is impossible to control the endless desires of the heart by relying on cold laws, and sometimes only by relying on faith can people's hearts get real peace.
(3)
Laura met a robber after being injured by her boyfriend, but her pain covered her eyes. Anyway, I didn't see how handsome the rapist was, but she just wanted to have sex with him and wanted to indulge like crazy Own. But the rapist really repented himself, and after a huge spiritual struggle, he still kept a clear head and finally redeemed himself.
Laura's ideas and practices are actually very common in today's society. "How many firsts can a person have in his life?" Yes, people are comforting themselves like this now. In many groups of N, I have seen girls who are broken-hearted and asked for a date, or they are usually dating, why don't they live with such a mentality. Do people only have a little desire in life? Do they have to face the blows or encounter difficulties in this way and mentality? From this perspective, it is not unreasonable for Laura to be betrayed by her boyfriend. Isn't there a saying in China that "poor people must be hateful".
(Four)
Anthony Hopkins, the old man, has a personality like me who likes to chat with people, but this old man still hasn't woken up after his daughter ran away and disappeared. Although he said that his daughter ran away because of a recent affair, he didn't tell Laura when he came up, but waited for Laura to ask him "Does it matter if I like you?" Judging from what he has done, I think he still wants to date this girl again, which is really old-fashioned. When he told everyone about his experience, he kept talking about his persistence without realizing that his romance was the source of all misfortunes.
A person can be romantic but suffer the consequences for it, some are cruel, but some people are still obsessed even after being punished.
(5)
Sergey, at first I thought he was a second-rate person who didn't seek to improve as Valentina said. But after his boss called him to pack his things, he hurriedly took out two books from a shelf full of books, and he was still learning English while driving, I saw that this man wasn't that bad. .
Sergey is not a complete villain, he will book the wrong ticket for the boss and park the wrong car, and he will not take the opportunity to wipe the oil when the boss asks him to check the prostitutes. It can be seen from the fact that he can let a girl get into the car for shelter from the rain and take him around for a ride. It can be seen that he has a good heart, a good person who is not very confident and not good at words (except when he meets the right person). And since he told Anna that his boss treats him as a dog, he can only do this now and will leave soon, I think he is a potential stock, far beyond the realm of ordinary good people. And when he said, "The people who read are all dream chasers, poor dream chasers", his heart was moved all of a sudden, and what he said was really good. People with dreams are often unhappy and sometimes in difficult situations in reality, but they still have dreams in their hearts. They perfect their dreams in books and rely on books to fight against this bleak real world.
Driving in the rain for a drive is one of my favorites, and it instantly resonated. It's not like this is the case in life. People live to encounter all kinds of difficulties and criticisms. As long as they have dreams in their hearts, they go after them. Reading can make people wise and keep a positive attitude. Life is like reading a book, from the beginning to the end, through unremitting pursuit and finally realizing the dream. And this section is also from the rain to the last warm sun after the rain, which indicates that the life of the dream chasers will eventually pass the rain, and the last life of the two innocent dream chasers will surely go to perfection.
I think this movie is a mirror, I found all kinds of characteristics in me, such as Jude Law's love of home, such as Hopkins's love and perseverance, such as Sergey and Anna's innocent romance, and also let me see my selfishness and selfishness. hypocritical.
Personally, I think this movie is a good movie in general. It vividly shows this materialistic world and these characters full of desire and greed. I personally think that a movie that makes people think should be considered a good movie. Movies are not used to evaluate but to watch.
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