A movie that I wanted to watch a second time immediately after watching it once, but I watched it three times and watched many details repeatedly. I went for a high-scoring food movie, but I didn't expect any surprises.
Let's start with Lorens, a young man who became a general.
The beauty of the priest's daughter made him want to leave all company with her;
But he left, because he could not get it, and because he did not want to live an ascetic life;
The desire for love has no difference in values, but the attachment of desire, there is.
The Puritans, in his eyes, were people with depression.
Without love, he chose the other extreme, not looking back, but looking forward, only thinking about the future.
Years later he was a general and had everything he ever wanted, but before he went to reunite with the priest's daughter, he felt utterly empty.
He looked at the chair where he once sat full of dreams and ambitions, and asked, "Why is all this? You are going to prove it all worth it tonight."
Did he prove it?
He gave an impromptu speech at the Babette feast:
"Grace and truth have met
Righteousness and bliss will also kiss each other
People are weak and short-sighted
Believe in life you have to choose
and shudder at the risk taken
We all know what fear feels like
but not
Our choices don't matter
at some point
when you open your eyes
will eventually realize
infinite kindness
We just have to wait with confidence
accept with gratitude
Kindness has no strings attached
everything we choose
have been given to us
with everything we reject
has also given us
Yes we even got back what we rejected
For mercy and truth meet
Righteousness and bliss kiss each other"
Did the other guests understand?
It doesn't matter, he didn't say this to them either,
It's for my former self and my present self.
But the important thing is, do you understand what you are in front of the screen?
He proved it, just not necessarily in the way he envisioned.
The changes in his pre-dinner and post-meal meals are related to the transition described in Papin's letter:
"For thirty-five years
I'm sad that the Grand Opera has missed your wonderful voice
When I think of your noble image
As if surrounded by a group of happy children
and myself
just a forgotten audience
Just a lonely old man
I think the life you choose is better
How to get famous
Everyone goes to the grave
but when I write these
I feel that the grave is not the end of life
I will hear you sing again in heaven
where you will become a great artist
God's favor
How will you captivate those angels"
Before the general went to dinner, he probably thought he would see a group of "depressed" patients eating dinner without salt, and the beauty was no longer there. Unexpectedly, he tasted the best food and saw the beauty still. He was transparent in an instant! That's why he said goodbye:
"I'm with you every day of my life
Every day from now on is a gift from God to me
I'll have dinner with you every night
Not my insignificant body
but my heart
Because from tonight I know
Everything is possible"
We have faced many difficult choices in our lives.
Maybe it's not that difficult.
Because what has been rejected will, at some point, be given to us.
Or maybe you believe in the afterlife, in the kingdom of heaven.
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