The protagonist and husband of the story are the first generation of Korean immigrants in the Reagan era (1980s). The woman grew up as a single parent, her father died in the war, and grew up in Seoul; , came to the United States to work hard together, gave birth to a daughter and a son, the son has a slight heart disease... The couple started in California, engaged in the work of identifying the sex of chicks. Simply put, they watched the PG of chicks to tell the sexes every day.... Husband Unwilling to rely on this for a lifetime, I decided to bring my family to Arkansas to open up wasteland to grow Korean food and sell it to Korean supermarkets... The story begins...
In fact, except for the final ending, the whole movie has no particularly ups and downs. It is a common conflict and friction in the family. The husband wants to start a business to make the family better, and the wife thinks that the family is burdened enough or it is better to be more stable; The husband wants to take care of the small family and everyone else, and the wife, as the only child, came out of the capital (probably similar to our Phoenix man looking for a girl in the city), it is difficult to accept and understand the responsibility and pressure that the husband must bear; and With the arrival of the woman's mother, further intergenerational conflicts and cultural conflicts have emerged. The grandson feels that his grandmother is not like his grandmother, but also thinks that she has a Korean flavor... Probably similar to today's Chinese rural parents who go to big cities to help look after their children There may be some situations. In today's Chinese society, there are similar contradictions, so there is a resonance.
But unlike in China, they are the first generation of new immigrants and have no social network. Just like water celery, the seeds grow wherever they are sown. They are the seeds and the roots. They rely on photosynthesis to grow themselves. , Husband and wife are two things that depend on each other.... Except for the co-workers who work together, they don't even have any friends. They can only go to church, but they are both local white people. Although they look very nice, they understand each other in their hearts. There is a gap. Therefore, husband and wife are the only support, support, bond and redemption for each other. There are quarrels between two people, but they also care about each other.... They are the only support for each other to survive in this land. In my opinion, this is precious, And pitiful; precious in the preciousness of this emotion, and pitiful in that isolation. This is what the director changed according to his own experience, so these details are particularly delicate and real.
The ending of the story is both reasonable and unexpected, but I like it very much. The truth lies in its authenticity, and the unexpected lies in the fact that I didn't expect it to be so difficult.... There is no such a happy ending, It's the truth of life - you don't know when something is waiting for you, just gave you a sweet date, maybe two more slaps, the only thing you need to do is like that water celery, keep on living, keep on grow.
Although this story FOCUS new immigrants from South Korea, on the one hand, it has a strong universality - how to face the difficulties and challenges of life (suddenly reminded me of "Shan Hai Qing", which is also an immigrant who left his hometown Diaozhuang), just like that Like water celery, it is born from water and continues to grow; on the other hand, as a new immigrant, what you need to face is not only the specific difficulties in life, but also loneliness and depression. Husbands and wives are the only link to each other. Contradictions in life are often caused by each other, but in the end, each other is the only outlet, so there will be all kinds of quarrels and injuries, but in the end, they can only digest each other again. The two seem to play with each other. It's a zero-sum game, very depressing. And cultural fragmentation is something beyond words. I still eat Korean food and watch Korean dramas at home, and my children start to speak English. When the older generation comes, there are more conflicts between the children and the older generation, so they go to church. A group can be felt in a church, and cultural divisions can find a meeting point in religion, the thing that human beings may resonate most with. The hard work and integration of any new immigrant is the most difficult, no matter from country to city, or from one country to another, starting from 0 is worthy of admiration, Ruisbai.
Although life is such a fluff, the whole film is full of poetry and restraint. The rhythm is smooth and undercurrent, and the rhythm is not fast or slow, so that the audience can not only feel the experience of being in it, but also can observe and wait quietly outside it. Sometimes I do the same with my life, I play a role in it, and sometimes I stop and look at myself from a third-party perspective, and I just laugh.
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