Indian superstar Irrfan Khan fell from a colon infection last month and is 53 years old. He once played the role of adult Pi in "The Fantasy Drift of Young Pi" directed by Ang Lee, and has attracted much attention. In addition, he has also performed in the "Starting Line" series, "Jurassic" He is an actor with rich experience and excellent acting skills. In 2013, he won the first and only "Best Actor" award in his life by playing the role of a withdrawn and selfish civil servant in "Delicious Love Letter". An extraordinary actor, Irrfan Khan.
"Delicious Love Letter" tells the story of the death of a civil servant's wife and her own retirement. She is alone, her heart is locked, and she lives a boring life. A wise housewife silently contributes to her family, but suffers from her husband's cold violence for a long time. One day, due to a food delivery error, a civil servant ate the lunch box that the housewife had originally given to her husband. This "delicious mistake" made two strangers who had never met each other begin to communicate through letters and became each other's soul mates. Will the two start the next step in life?
It is rare in India to see a film that is not sensational, does not see the song and dance, is subtle, romantic, delicate and at the same time reflects the society. The local customs and customs of the Indian folk are infiltrated everywhere, such as the interns cutting vegetables on the bus, the upstairs and downstairs exchanges between the neighbors and the delicious food. Revealing the meaning of privacy and two bananas, the unique spiritual outlook makes the film born out of the popular Indian film, handling the story in a plain way, and disappearing the abrupt singing and dancing.
The movie opens with a story about a tired and rushing housewife in the morning, finishing breakfast, watching her daughter take the school bus, and rushing to the deliveryman to make delicious lunch boxes without stopping. A typical family with a man outside and a woman inside, life is like a pool of stagnant water, without ripples, even if Using eighteen kinds of martial arts, her tired and rushing husband also takes care of her compassionate heart, delivering the wrong lunch box, and accidentally discovering that her husband is cheating, making her think about another side of life. The director restrained and dealt with the heroine's emotions and found that her husband betrayed her. She didn't scramble for the ground or search for fox spirits. On the contrary, she calmly revealed to the neighbors and soulmates that it was as if she was staying out of the matter, and feminism was on the rise. Like a mountain that cannot be removed, happiness is in one's own hands. In India, where men are superior to women, the director's indoctrination of values can be described as a clear spring.
A civil servant caught in a mid-life crisis is withdrawn and selfish. He ate the wrong lunch box but has no gratitude. Every night, he returns home and stands alone on the terrace overlooking the family across the board. Only by taking the initiative to write letters can the civil servants get out of their hearts, and the change in the attitude of the intern can be seen. They regain the motivation to pursue life, and look forward to the letter from the lunch box every day.
The movie depicts the loneliness and alienation of a big city. The silent civil servants office can only hear the sound of reading documents from time to time. The old man boarded the full bus but no one gave up his seat. The rapid development of the city is accompanied by the take-off of the economy. It is always empty, childhood memories and old things disappear collectively, the protagonist’s letters come from abroad, discuss video tapes and classic TV series, and tell the audience outside the camera that even though technology is advanced, the old things retain warmth, not cold liquid crystals. match.
The director delicately constructs two vivid and novel characters, male and female take the initiative. Through traditional letters, it reflects the values of traditional Indian women and the troubles of the middle class in the middle-aged crisis. Warm and romantic stories always have to come to an abrupt end. The ending continues audience fantasies.
Rating: 8/10
Extended movie:
"You From the Diary" (The Teacher's Diary, 2014, Thailand)
The male teacher became more and more fascinated by the female teacher through the diary left by the female teacher. The diary from Thailand is comparable to the warmth, plainness and romance of the Indian love letter, reflecting the incompleteness of the Thai education system. The structure is similar but equally wonderful.
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