The story mode of "Concert" is a bit like Odysseus' homecoming, the difference is that Odysseus returns home as a victor, while Andre and his orchestra members are wandering people who have lost their music , need to go home. For them, that home is the orchestra, the music, and what Andre has always been after - the ultimate harmony. The violinist Anna is also a wanderer. She lost her parents since she was a child, and she always dreamed that her performance could be watched by her parents.
As with all such stories, the journey back is bound to be difficult, and the team members have their own thoughts. For example, the orchestra manager was actually there to attend the French Communist Party Congress. The trumpeter father and son have been selling their various goods, and many people want to use it. Go to Paris to work and earn money, etc. But these are only pediatrics. Andre, the protagonist, has actually been swaying throughout the journey, and there are times when he wants to back off.
After Andre confessed to Anna about the interrupted concert in the past, Anna immediately made up her mind to cancel the performance, because she saw that Andre at this time was full of contradictions, and with guilt towards Leia, he Thinking that he drove her crazy, and even attributed the reason for protecting Jewish members in the band to his own selfishness (actually, human nature is complicated, it is difficult to say that it is completely selfish or selfless, at least his behavior is indeed to protect the band Jewish members, even if there is no credit, this is not wrong. After all, the main reason for Leia’s murder was created by the historical background at that time, and it was also the choice of Leia and his wife. They criticized the power in an interview with Radio Free Europe. By). At the same time, he also wants to continue his musical ideal and achieve the ultimate harmony through Chai Xiaoxie. At this time, he was still living in the shadow of the past, neither letting go of himself nor Leia. Ana saw it, he was just looking for a replacement for Leia. So she made it clear that the person he was looking for was not her, nor was she Leia. Concerts are not psychotherapy, and what Andre needs now is not music, but psychotherapy.
This is a very important scene, and it is the key to our understanding of why the band is still able to perform successfully 30 years later. To put it in a sensational metaphor, this is the key to finally getting everyone home. Because it reveals what really gets in the way of music, politics can only get in the way for a while, but unhealed wounds can get in the way for a lifetime.
Andre has always known that Ana is Leia's daughter, and has been following her growth over the years. I think that from the very beginning, Andre chose Anna as the soloist because of the projection of Leia in his heart. What he needed was Leia's replacement. What could be better than Leia's daughter who can play the violin. Is it suitable? He must know that Anna has never played Chai Xiaoxie. When the time is so tight and the orchestra is temporarily formed, it is definitely more appropriate to choose a performer who has performed Chai Xiaoxie, and with the gimmick of "the master comes back, the legend reappears", it should not be difficult to find such a performer. But he still chose Anna, and even brought over the sheet music marked by Leia. To a large extent, what he repeated in his mind was still the version from 30 years ago, and it was still the best version of 30 years ago. of harmony. This is his subconscious, and the interrupted concert thirty years ago is a trauma that remains in his heart.
It is impossible for a master like him to have a new understanding of music after thirty years. If you bring that trauma and find a replacement for Leia, the scene of thirty years ago has been haunting, it is hard to imagine what would have happened, and the best result may be a mediocre concert without big mistakes. .
The performance of the band members at the final gathering was just like the conductor's subconscious idea that they were coming back for Lea. But even if Leia became the common driving force in their minds, it wouldn't save the band. The concerto's prelude is a mess, and the hearts of the orchestra members are up and down.
What saved all this? It was Ana, who was Leia's daughter and not Leia's replacement, who came to work with Andre as a full-fledged violinist. Of course, she referred to her mother's notes on the music score, and of course she had her own understanding. This is inheritance, and it is also a departure after finding the root. Andre also heard from this voice that she was not Leia. At this moment, he needed to face her as a living person rather than the projection of Leya in his heart. So what everyone heard from her piano was a voice that was both familiar and innovative. This voice stabilized the military at the last moment and healed everyone. The concert is complete. All went back to the music's home.
Music itself can be medicine, and it can even cure social diseases to a certain extent (such as what the conductor said before a performance, play together, make a miraculous sound and achieve harmony, this is communism). But the ultimate harmony achieved through music is not a cure for wounds. In pursuit of this highest ideal, we need to have a healthy personality and get out of the wound.
Finally I would like to mention a man who is both spiritually wise and able to solve practical problems. Maybe he's the purest and most wholesome in the whole film, maybe he's the only one with no selfishness, he's never been away from music, maybe he doesn't have a home, so he doesn't need to go home. He is the gypsy who is forever wandering - the principal violinist - Vasily.
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