First, if we all agree. Life itself has no meaning, meaning is given by us, so maybe we can watch this film from a different baseline.
Baseline 1: The world is sinking, and adults should be low, angry, and in control. Then the heroine is really annoyed, especially when paying attention to the homeless, especially when the driving instructor is already violent, trying to help him. . . .
But what if the baseline isn't like that?
Baseline 2: What if the meaning of this life and the attitude towards it are yours to decide? What's wrong with the heroine saying hello to the store owner when she is visiting the bookstore? What's wrong with the heroine in a happy mood when she was learning flamenco, and even wanted to give the teacher a hug? When the heroine encounters the wandering sweat, she pays attention to whether he is cold or not. What's wrong with staying there? When the female protagonist meets the driving instructor, she holds a happy spirit and holds herself, and it is not wrong to ensure his safety as much as possible when he is emotionally space-time.
Then the director used N times of contradictions to help us see when the heroine didn't smile...she wasn't crazy.
Serious face 1) Treating violent children in kindergarten, with compassion, she found a psychology person to help the children make psychological portraits and help them relieve.
Serious face 2) When she met a homeless person, she took the initiative to walk into the house. When the homeless person couldn't describe his experience and mood, he always looked at her and asked seriously, do you understand? Do you understand? She looked back into Wandering Sweat's eyes seriously, and she said, "Yes, I understand."
Serious Face 3) When she meets her real name, Tianzi, they chat at the bar, flirt, and her emotional response is just right.
Serious face 4) Treating her own sister, when her sister attacked her for no reason, her roommate asked her if she was okay, she said okay.
Serious face 5) When the driving instructor finally got out of control and still insisted on driving, her attitude was the most persistent and the most serious, she pulled out the car key to ensure that the driving instructor would not hurt herself. The driving instructor grabbed her by the hair and tried to hit her. She jumped out of the car and still insisted that the coach couldn't drive and still wanted to help him.
She insisted on wearing those stupid boots over and over again, persisted in the coach's blackened heart, lost control of her emotions, and when she finally collapsed, she responded by listening, looking at him with tolerant eyes, and responding with her neither humble nor arrogant attitude. . . .
Even such an unhappy, paranoid stance coach. Can shout out "you don't give favors". This seems to explain why the heroine still chooses this driving instructor under very unpleasant circumstances, and why in such an "adult" world, the heroine still insists on wearing those stupid boots and colorful skirts.
This is her choice, after seeing both sides, not heartless.
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About the ending of the heroine? The heroine eventually gave up the driving instructor. She also finally met the other half at work who chose to face life with a happy attitude. She has no house, no car, no yard, no pension insurance, no baby, but she will still be very happy.
The writer and director used this understatement to narrate the film, which reminded me of "The Life of the Disgusted Matsuko"
And those stupid, ugly boots reminded me of All About Steve.
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