Author: Fang Hanjun
Simon Abdelli was a former advertising director and photographer. Another of his attention was the son-in-law of Beatles member Paul McCartney. After six years of careful polishing and directing, "Bella's Fantasy Garden" (2017), creating an almost fairy-tale magical world.
The heroine Bella (Jessica Bronfen Deley), librarian, amateur fairy tale writer, obsessive-compulsive, autistic, and phobic eccentric, and the hot-tempered neighbor , Gardening master Yafei (Tom Wilkinson), because the garden has a pair of touches, plus a warm cooking man Vy Nong, a science and engineering man Billy, they jointly performed a sitcom of flowers and birds. It can be said Full of British style.
From my point of view, the subtlety of the film lies in the organic combination of plants, food and books, which gradually produces an indescribable miraculous effect. Bella is a hard-working child. She was abandoned by her parents at birth, like falling from the sky. She was waiting to be fed in a broken cardboard box, but she was cared for a hundred times by a wild duck. Fortunately, she was carried by an old man who was swimming naked and sent to the church.
But unfortunately, the first thing she saw in the world was plants, so she fell into the phobia of plant density, but she had a soft spot for order. Make this kind of oily food. Every day at 9 o'clock in the morning, I have to arrive at the library on time. I am controlled by the rigid boss, the old aunt, Miss Ba. She is not allowed to read books during work, and her eyes are always fixed on her.
Bella's life can be described as embattled on all sides. A strict boss makes her suffer enough, and what is even more unbearable is that the old neighbor, Yafei, is simply a Hitler-style fascist, as if the old man never said anything from his mother's womb. A good word is fierce all day long. In the face of evil neighbors and evil mothers, Bella can only shrink in her own shell and write some beautiful things like fairy tales.
The film is of course a bit sensational, and even in some places, it makes people feel a little too much, but overall, the contrasting atmosphere she created is quite successful. Our world that needs to be clarified actually lacks real fairy tales. The poetic world of fairy tales created by Andersen and Greene is becoming more and more rare. The value of the film is that, although the reality is chaotic and has many obstacles, it requires us to create a better future with our own hands, and we cannot let it go. This is where the purpose and focus of the film is to explain.
The upper and lower parts of the film, based on the specific needs of the characters, are thus constructed as a reverse drama. In the first half, Bella meets her evil neighbor, Yafei, accusing her of being a garden terrorist. Indeed, she had never stepped into the garden. The garden was a mess. She was afraid of plants. What could she do? The landlord came over and told her to leave immediately. Fortunately, the warm man Vignong moved out of the code to fight back. The landlord promised to give her a month. If she didn't clean up the garden, she would leave naturally.
Vernon is Yafei's chef, but he can't stand the old man's nonsensical remarks, so he leaves in anger, and is brought under Bellana's command to make her a delicious breakfast. Bella has since said goodbye to the cabinet full of canned beef. After his divorce, he was alone with his lovely twin daughters, who laughed without teeth and were amused. The problem is that Yafei, the evil neighbor, quit his job. Since Vignon left, he has been chewing wax every day and can't swallow it, which finally made him furious. The old man came over and ordered Bella to return his cook, claiming that he was going to die, dying, and racing against time. But he just refused to accept the softness. Vignon said don't pay attention to him, the old guy likes to play tricks like this.
The old man even went to the library to find trouble with her. Bella took the opportunity to joke and recommended him "Dinner Alone", "Little Fortune" and "Classic of Dining Alone", which made him grit his teeth. Bella's troubles are, of course, the gardening. Vernon has hay fever and can't count on him. In order for Bella to clean up the garden, Vernon finally compromised, but on the condition that the old man guide Bella's gardening, he promised to make the old man three meals a day, which would at least allow her to clean up smoothly. The temptation of food was irresistible, and the old man had to agree.
But cleaning up this dilapidated garden is completely physical work, loosening the soil, digging ponds, trimming branches, etc., she is exhausted, and she can fall asleep with Vernon's bread. The most irritating thing is that the evil neighbor even instigated her to turn the soil again, saying that if the grass roots are not pulled up, it will destroy the plants, so she has to start over. With delicious food, the evil neighbors slowly calmed down, and it seems that the satisfaction of appetite is a big deal. He stared at Bella like a fly, and said that a real gardener would be happier. The old man lent her a book "Discovering the Garden", which was very useful.
It wasn't all bad for Bella. In the library section, there was a man named Billy, who looked like Bella. The boy was interested in Da Vinci and asked her if she had seen "The Fantastic Fantasy of Santa Teresa". ". Feng Xi begged Huang Xi, and after the two went on a date, he showed her the mechanical bird he designed. The only time Bella stepped into the garden was because she got back his bird photo, but she was blown by the wind to the trees in the garden, but she was too scared to reach. Bella is sure she's really in love with Billy this time. Before, we thought that Vernon comforted her and gave her a sense of happiness when he hugged her, but we were wrong, she loved Billy, the dick. It was because of Billy, chatting with him in the library, that she was fired by Miss Ba.
A hearty rain, like a spark in the garden. Bella gradually talked a lot with the old man. Asking this and asking that, the old man was extraordinarily amiable. Just like her grandfather, the old man said that the world seems to be chaotic, but in fact there is a very beautiful order. Even being invited by him to visit his garden, and listening to him talk about the seeds collected from all over the world, which grew into vivid flowers and swaying plants before her eyes, convinced her, no, admired. If I say that he is a bad neighbor at this time, it would be a bit outrageous.
The old man told Bella the tender story of how he fell in love with "Luna" when he was young. In the end, she was a master gardener. According to the old man's instructions, she gradually took care of the garden in an orderly manner, and the seeds that the old man gave her have been sown. But the date with Billy was in vain, she saw Billy joking with a beautiful girl who was flying in the wind. She stayed out of the house, did not eat or drink, which made Vinon worried, but fortunately the old man came to enlighten her.
Billy, who was on crutches, begged her for forgiveness, because what she saw was his twin brother, and he had a car accident while performing his contract that day. This guy's words are credible. After all, he was really injured, and he couldn't have done it on purpose. Interrupted "bitter plan", people do not like this. Yafei reassured her that you should forgive this guy. What the old man said was more believable. Bella is obsessive. If she believes anyone, she will believe what they say.
Finally, this pair of idiots who love each other is reconciled. But unfortunately, the old man Yafei suffered a heart attack and said goodbye. This time it was true. It was not deliberately made up to eat Vignon's food. The old man left a will, leaving his house to Vignon, he has two daughters to support, let him take good care of the garden. And Bella's house and garden are actually owned by him, but they are managed by others, and now they can be given to Bella with peace of mind. This pass sells very well, there are so many great gifts, I want it too.
Miss Ba, the old aunt who fired Bella, was moved to tears when she saw Bella's new book "Welcome to the Garden of Wonders". It seems that as long as Bella wants to go back to work in the library, it will definitely not be a problem. In the end, Vernon and his children, Bella and Billy, cuddled in the shade of the garden, enjoying a beautiful life.
A high-flying wild duck flies by in the sky, she is very lonely, but the ugly duckling can also fly high. As said in the film, "the power of beauty is greater than gravity, and the power of emotion cannot be overcome by logic." Such a wonderful scene, can there be a trilogy like "Amelie"? It seems that the old man is gone, and Bella's love has also settled. It is really difficult to come out again.
2017, 6, 27
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