It's a blessing, not a disaster, it's a disaster that can't be avoided

Wendy Savage's life is a mess. She is a playwright, but her script has never been adopted. In middle age, people can only live by doing odd jobs and even receiving government relief. She has no husband, no children, and her only lover is a man in his fifties. A married man can only fill her physical needs while walking the dog. Wendy has an older brother, John, who teaches at the university. Like her, because of the influence of domestic violence as a child, Wendy has deliberately closed himself for many years, and even refused to marry her Polish girlfriend when her visa expired and she had to return to China. Suddenly one day, Wendy received a call. Her father, whom she hadn't contacted for many years, had Alzheimer's disease and couldn't take care of herself. She had to turn to her brother, whom she hadn't contacted for many years. The troubled brother and sister had to face new problems unprepared--to take care of the dying father who left a shadow on their childhood

. ", and "Juno" only wins in fresh subject matter. The film's director and screenwriter Tamara Jenkins (Tamara Jenkins) since 1998 made her debut "Beverly Hills Spice Girls" after a lapse of nine years to make this film, the heroine Laura Linney (Laura Linney) With the role of Wendy won the Oscar for best actress nomination, the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Philip Seymour Hoffman) although not nominated, but his acting is by no means inferior to Laura. "The Savages" was named one of the top ten films of 2007 by many media, and the "Los Angeles Times" ranked it at the top of the list along with "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", both of which are honest and candid about death. The theme

"The Savages" (The Savages) is a film that is told in a straightforward manner. There are no exquisite visual effects, no strong contradictions, and the rhythm is slow, delicate, and even a little trivial, but it is these trivialities that are not exposed. The sensuality constitutes the small ups and downs, the small humor, the small sadness, the small warmth that pop up from time to time in the film, and they hold you firmly on the sofa for two hours, making you almost forget that you are watching a movie, but

Excerpted from listening to the neighbor's eldest sister talk about what just happened in their home . It happened when Wendy wanted to send the old man to a better hospital, but was kicked out of the hospital. After arguing, the siblings finally accepted the truth
. John: You and what did they say?
Wendy: I'll just say he's fine, just a little weird at times
John: "Not normal"? He is now Dementia
Wendy: I ​​know, but they only accept people who are more able to take care of themselves. I do it all for my dad's sake
John: Dad is fine in that deep valley nursing home
Wendy: I'm just looking for a better one, is that also wrong
John: Dad is doing fine now, if we have to If he pulls it out, he won't get used to it. In fact, you're doing it all to accommodate yourself, which can backfire. Honestly, it was selfish to do that
Wendy: Selfish?
John: Because it's not Dad's problem at all, it's your problem, you feel guilty and that's what these places want
Wendy: I ​​just think this place is better
John: Of course, because they're fighting Lantern is looking for consumers like you. It's landscaped and looked after like a neighborhood. . .
This is not a place for residents, but a place for relatives, like you and me who are reluctant to admit the truth.
Wendy: What do you mean? !
John: People are waiting to die! Right now, in this beautiful building, it's a fucking horror movie!
All these beautiful advertisements, beautiful landscapes, are trying to obscure the sad fact that people are going to die!
Death is invisible, terrible, full of filth and rot, and stinking. . .

Whether we like it or not, this moment will come, whether it's the moment of getting a phone call or writing on the wall with shit, when it comes, what should we do, the Savages have given the answer

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