When it comes to synchronized swimming, most people must have such a picture in their minds: a group of slender and beautiful girls dancing in the water, sometimes showing their upper body and dancing arms, and sometimes diving into the water to reveal only white legs. in various poses. It seems that in most people's minds, synchronized swimming is always closely related to women. But in fact, men also participate in this beautiful water sport, and the French film "The Big Bath" tells the story of a group of uncles who participated in synchronized swimming.
Look at these uncles with round belly on the poster, look at their dull expressions, and look at the title of "The Big Bath", no matter what, it makes people feel that this movie is about a scene that happened in a bathhouse. Years of Crisis Stories. But in fact, this film tells us the story of how a group of uncles who suffered from a midlife crisis reconciled with life on the swimming pool.
The middle-aged men's synchronized swimming team in the film is really "a sample of French mid-life crisis". Among them, there are those who suffer from depression and are unemployed, and those who have stayed in the swimming pool all their lives and have never touched a woman. There are people who are not well-managed and are on the verge of throwing birth but want to save face. There are people who work as cleaners during the day and walk around at night and rock and roll all their lives but are not famous. There are also mothers who are mentally ill and children who have aphasia, but this team has two coaches. Very "unusual" women, one of them is an alcoholic and the other is a disabled person with lower limb paralysis.
This two-hour movie tells the story of how such a bizarre team got together from a playful get-together to finally showing up at the World Championships. This is a decent French comedy. Although the two-hour film is a bit slow, the great contrast between the group of bloated, hairy middle-aged men and synchronized swimming still gives a great view. Shadow desire. But in my personal opinion, this movie contains some other truths besides the inspirational story we show how an amateur team came to the world stage through persistence and love.
We often hear such a sentence, "Every middle-aged man will linger in the car after getting home from get off work instead of going upstairs to go home immediately", if you pay attention, you will find there are many such examples around, saying that he wants to Whether you want an independent space, or you want to avoid family responsibilities, in the final analysis, it reflects that when a man reaches middle age, he has to take care of his parents and the elderly, his wife and children, and everyone at work. The helplessness when greeted with a smile, whether Chinese or foreign, all men over the age of 40 have to face this predicament.
Let's take a look at what some middle-aged French people in this film look like: Bertrand suffered from depression and lost his job, and he has to face the frequent and endless ridicule and provocation of his sister-in-law's family; Marcus's poor management After a lot of debt, he wanted to defraud insurance, but after forging the scene, he found out that he didn't buy insurance at all; Laurent had to face his son with aphasia every day after heavy physical labor, and there was still a mentally ill person in the nursing home. Normal mom; Simon has released 17 CDs but has never been famous. He can only work as a cleaner during the day and perform in a small bar at night, and is despised by his daughter...
Looking around, these middle-aged men are really worse than each other. It is good to say that they are lazy or they are unlucky, but their lives are that bad. The dilemma faced by the members of the middle-aged synchronized swimming team is also the dilemma they face. But in the face of this situation, it does not mean that change can be changed, and many times, even if they try hard, they will find that they can't find the direction, and it is impossible for everyone to "chic" leave everything and go abroad. That would be an evasion of responsibility. So, in the face of middle-aged dilemma, what should we do? That is to find a suitable way to face life and reconcile with life.
In the film, these men choose the way of synchronized swimming. Although there are such and such problems in their lives, they love synchronized swimming from the bottom of their hearts, so they take it very seriously, even if Faced with being called a "girl", being misunderstood by their family members, and being looked down upon by relatives, they still face it with 100% enthusiasm, because for them, synchronized swimming seems to be the only thing they can control And done things well.
In the early morning of the day after the game, these "belly worriers" stood on the grass and looked at the horizon in the distance. The sun jumped out of the ground and appeared in front of them. These middle-aged uncles suddenly shouted excitedly to the children. The same cheers. After that, they went back to their respective lives, nothing seemed to change, no media paid attention to their game, and no one suddenly rose to prominence, but everything changed again, and the success in synchronized swimming was like that. Like the sun that suddenly appeared, it gave them hope, and let these middle-aged men who have been troubled by failure for a long time discover that they still have the ability to make life better.
In fact, the same is true in real life. When you have a hobby and it can make you happy, you will find a way to get out of trouble, not only for middle-aged men, but also for everyone. I am deeply touched by this point. As a person over 30 who is still single, ugly, poor, limited in ability and average job, I was also in depression for a while, but fortunately I like to I express my inner thoughts through words. During the most irritable and depressive period, I also wrote frantically, and regarded it as a way to find a breakthrough in the predicament, although I also knew what I wrote. Very general, but I am very happy to see my articles being endorsed, recognized, and reprinted by media such as websites, magazines, etc. It can offset a lot of unhappiness in life, and it can make me feel that I am not useless and capable. Get some things done.
I think that everyone must learn to find a breakthrough for themselves in life. It is our biological instinct to live in this world. In order to live, we can only use our own life, time and emotion to exchange the materials and society necessary for survival. Relationships, this kind of pain and unhappiness will accompany you all your life, and finding a hobby will largely offset this pain and allow you to find happiness. If you are also facing various difficulties in life, it is better to try to find a hobby to make yourself happy, so that you can have the courage and strength to face the various problems in life.
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