So far, in my impression, there are only two films that deeply moved me at the first viewing, one is "The Killer is Not Too Cold" (Leon), which is always regarded as a "classic among classics" in my heart, The other one is The Cure, which I just finished watching today.
For such a small-budget feature film with no name and no commercial value, we certainly cannot expect it to have any brilliant scenes, dazzling stunts, beautiful stars and superb acting skills, it is just a story. All the film director needs to do is to tell the story in a natural, moving, and acceptable way for everyone, then there is nothing to criticize. Clearly, True Love is such a near-perfect film, or rather, a perfect story.
It is estimated that many students and friends have heard the story told in "The Cure", because I remember that when I was in elementary school, there was a very famous Chinese extracurricular reading book, and a related text was published, which made a deep impression on me at that time. . To this day, this same story is more intuitively presented in front of my eyes in the form of a film, and I can't help but open my heart again——
Erik and Dexter, two boys of the same age, the only son of a single mother, the same lonely heart, the same dream of freedom, separated by a white fence, became the best pair of friends instead. The difference is that Erik is tall and healthy, while Dexter has AIDS from a blood transfusion. The innocent and kind-hearted Erik decided to find a cure for his friend, so he collected leaves from various wild flowers and plants on the river bank in a whimsical way, and painstakingly matched them and boiled them into a "medicine soup" for Dexter to try. Despite his frail body, Dexter still likes to follow Erik on adventures in the wild, and even in the end, Erik takes Dexter away from home to visit the legendary famous doctor, but all dreams come true with the child's simple and ignorant efforts.
The end of the story is the ending that has touched countless people: Dexter did not escape the conquest of the disease in the end. After he and Erik planned to play dead and play the doctor in the hospital twice, he finally closed his eyes for the third time. After the memorial service, Erik, who was sad, wistful and mischievous, quietly tucked one of his broken sneakers between Dexter's hands, because of a promise before his death: Dexter, when you feel cold, hold my Broken sneakers, because as long as this stinky foot is there, Erik will always be by your side...
Suddenly a poetic lyric comes to mind: "some say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed... I say love ,it is a flower, and you its only seed." (From
I still remember Erik struggling to push the trolley carrying Dexler to escape the pursuit of the street gangsters and the blocking of the truck. The courage to protect his friends is admirable; I still remember the two of them sitting on a large lifebuoy and drifting in the wide MISSISSIPPI. , holding the only 162 US dollars to go on a boat to chase the dream together; remember when Erik put on his sweaty Dexter's loose clothes to keep out of the cold when he stayed in the tent at night; still remember the villain who was begging for money halfway down the road, Dexler didn't hesitate to open his hand, let the blood of HIV-infected continue to flow, and he was determined to get away for his friend... Maybe the outside world is full of contradictions and darkness, but Erik and Dexler used the most innocent The friendship has created a pure and perfect "true love world".
It has to be said that the ending of the film is a French tragedy: Dexler flies peacefully to heaven. But who's to say Dexler didn't get The Cure in the end? Erik's true love has brought them endless happiness, at least, with Erik's smelly sneakers, Dexler's heart will no longer have regrets.
What exactly is this Cure? Maybe it's great love.
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes a rose.
If this is love...
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