"Quartet": When you are old and retired, why should you be tired of your past honors?

Pedro 2022-03-31 09:01:09

The British film "Quartet" is a very visually elegant film, the protagonists are a group of musicians living in a nursing home - unlike the general elderly, this nursing home only accepts retired musicians, among them trumpet players, Violinists, opera actors, opera actresses, etc., although they are getting old, the old people here have the spiritual outlook and image and dress up with the elegance that has been educated by music and cultivated throughout their lives. Green grass and well-manicured gardening complement each other. After tea and dinner, the old people gather together every day to rehearse, sing, take a walk, and play ball.

The arrival of the famous female singer, Ms. Jane, who used to be more famous on stage, was a bit different, so she came here to stay in a better suite and let the staff bring her breakfast into the house alone. As the heroine of the story, Jane clearly has a domineering air and is more self-conscious, even though Jane is an elegant old lady. In the end, of course Jane merged with her friends who cared for her, joined the small quartet, and it was his friends who kept her from going lonely. The movie actually wants to tell us that no matter who you were, no matter how prominent you were, in the winter of life, after leaving the society and entering retirement life, don’t be burdened by the honor of the past, and don’t let go of the society.” Professional evaluation" and vain arrogance and excessive ego. Be more easy-going, get along with everyone in harmony, there is nothing more important than having a good temper in your later years and the ability to make yourself happy. Be an old man who makes you and those around you happy.

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Extended Reading
  • Justyn 2022-04-04 09:01:08

    Beautiful English sketch, every time I see Maggie Smith I wonder why she hasn't died. . .

  • Maudie 2022-04-04 09:01:08

    20_66. It's great to have a place full of music in my life. I hope I can live in a nursing home like this when I get old. Although the skin is wrinkled and has various inconveniences, it is still glittering and moving.

Quartet quotes

  • Dr. Lucy Cogan: [Showing a picture] This is Sir Thomas Beecham. He was one of Britain's greatest composers.

    Jean: Yes, I know who he was. He inherited a fortune. His grandfather made laxatives. Naming a nursing home after him is frighteningly apt.

  • Jean: Why do we have to get old?

    Reginald Paget: That's what people do.