The Power of Silence - About "Farewell to the Piano"

Marcel 2022-04-24 07:01:14

It was a rainy night, and I watched "Farewell to the Piano". The introduction to the film that I have seen before is the famous New Zealand female director Jane. A romantic film directed by Campion won the Palme d'Or and the Best Actress Award at the 46th Cannes Film Festival. In fact, this film is not romantic, on the contrary, most of the viewing time is indifferent and sad. It is only in the end that I feel the love and warmth.
The story begins with a child's voice telling the audience that it is about a mute woman, Ada. She couldn't express herself in words, only sign language and notes. She once had a loving and like-minded husband, they sang and played the piano together, indulging in the happy world of music. One day, they were singing in the woods and there was a thunderstorm, but they completely forgot about it. As a result, their beloved husband was struck to death by lightning, and she became dumb with fright and grief. After losing her husband, she has only one lovely illegitimate daughter. In order to survive, she crossed the ocean and married a man she had never met in New Zealand before, so she started a new life...
bumpy and tiring voyage, extremely simple wedding, muddy and backward village..., the quiet and cold Edda Be the most discordant person in the village. Because the luggage is too heavy and the piano is left on the beach, a person who loves music can also become weak in the face of a powerful world, although Ada is so determined, she can't convince her new husband. But Edda didn't give up, and she started to find her illiterate neighbor, Bans, hoping he could take her to the beach.
So, I saw the most beautiful scene in the whole film, on a beautiful beach, a dancing child, a gentle woman playing the piano, and a man who was illiterate but indulged in music. The soft handling of light, the smooth and free music, and the close-knit character editing in the film touched me deeply.
Ada's world is a pure music world. Music gives her warmth and touch, and music makes her feel connected with this world. At this moment, I suddenly understood that no matter what kind of person she is, there will always be something that can reach the deepest part of her soul. In the silent world, Edda uses music to express everything in his heart.
Bans was moved..., this rugged man was conquered by pure music on the pale golden beach.
Bans traded dozens of acres of land for the piano and persuaded Ada's husband to let Ada teach him the piano. A strange pursuit begins. Bance's courtship is very strange. At first, I almost felt a little twisted and perverted, but in order to get back the piano, Ada still made sacrifices to cross the limit again and again. Even so, love was born. Originally silent and flowing like a stream Edda, it gradually became active and enthusiastic in front of love.
Of course, there's a price to be paid for this kind of infidelity, and the tearing pain isn't just in the film when the savage husband swings his axe at Edda's fingers.
I saw the torrential rain hitting the dead branches, I saw blood gushing out of Ada's hands, I saw her mad husband roaring with a broken finger in his hand, and I saw Ada fall into the mud and struggle to get up... There was no expression on Ada's face. Tears, with a cold and determined light on the pale face, is it a resistance to her husband, or an insistence on love? The gloomy picture, the urgent sound of rain, and the gripping piano have become the most poignant pictures in the film.
At the end of the film, Ada wins. She took back her love with silent will. In fact, I don't hate that damn husband when he pointed a gun at Bance's head and said: I can't hear Ada, but I keep hearing Ada in my head saying, Bance, take me leave here.
I know that this savage husband really loves his wife, and giving up is a kind of love...
So Ada starts a new sailing trip, which will be her new life. Can she really forget all about the past? On the boat, Ada insisted that the piano be thrown away and crashed into the sea with it. The piano is everything to her, and that unforgettable love has almost become her memory. Forget the past and be with the one you love, just like what Edda said in her heart in the deep sea: My will, choose my life." She broke free from the cable and returned to the sea. This time, she finally walked out of the past. Shadow...
I think, whether it is a husband in heaven or a savage husband on an island, it should be gratifying at this moment, true love is not indulging in the past, nor forcing it, but giving true happiness to the one who loves.
Edda, This quiet woman has an amazing power, and happiness should be determined by herself.
No matter when, love should be firm and persistent.

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The Piano quotes

  • Ada: I have told you the story of your father many many times.

    Flora: Oh, tell me again! Was he a teacher?

    Ada: Yes.

    Flora: How did you speak to him?

    Ada: I didn't need to speak. I could lay thoughts out in his mind like they were a sheet.

    Flora: Why didn't you get married?

    Ada: He became frightened and stopped listening.

  • [first lines]

    Ada: The voice you hear is not my speaking voice - -but my mind's voice. I have not spoken since I was six years old. No one knows why - -not even me. My father says it is a dark talent, and the day I take it into my head to stop breathing will be my last. Today he married me to a man I have not yet met. Soon my daughter and I shall join him in his own country. My husband writes that my muteness does not bother him - and hark this! He says, "God loves dumb creatures, so why not I?" 'Twere good he had God's patience, for silence affects everyone in the end. The strange thing is, I don't think myself silent. That is because of my piano. I shall miss it on the journey.