The most unfortunate thing for the leftover girl, Mary, is to know you, an ugly woman in a happy marriage, right?

Enid 2022-03-23 09:03:24

It was a bit of a surprise at first, Mike Leigh's Loser Theater is full of positive energy this time, and the humble Gerri lives a flat and happy married life with a positive attitude and a smile. At that time, as the audience did not know, this Gerri was the big clue of the film's execution of the leftover women, because the story not only wanted her to live a happy life, but also wanted her to be more fulfilled after each unlucky ghost appeared, making a dull happiness. The small family becomes the strongest contrast to the bleak divorced woman Mary.

From appearance, tone to dynamic, how do you see Gerri more like that unremarkable big loser? Working as a psychotherapist in a gloomy hospital, on the weekends, I grow vegetables in the fields and my husband complains a little bit about this and that. But the story says that this Gerri successfully married a geologist early on. The man traveled around Europe and Asia with her after two years of work. Later, he raised a striking and good boy, and the good boy found a funny and playful psychotherapist girlfriend!

Mary on the other side is a divorced woman who is looking for someone all the time, but those who like her won't like her, and she doesn't despise those men who have always been infatuated with her. I don't know her actual age, but if she can marry herself, this Mary must be considered a "beautiful lady". However, the story wants this woman who worked hard to maintain her body and appearance, and was able to live on her own and live within her means, to end up like this, a mature woman with cats who grew up and raised cats, and failed miserably in the happy life of others.

Mary's most unfortunate thing is to have Gerri's contrast, and what she desires most is Gerri's life. One is always emotionally frustrated, and the other has a happy family. If Mary is in a group of sisters who love to play, like Mary Qian of "The Woman Wearing Kenzo", and Carrie of "Sex and the City", everyone will praise her for her charm, and the efforts of self-cultivation over the years have not Bai waste, in your spare time, we go to buy beautiful shirts together, and go to nightclubs to hunt for beauty, so you will not worry about loneliness, right? But how does the story develop? Gerri is a psychotherapist, married to a geologist, and his son's girlfriend is also a psychotherapist and a secretary himself. People are not good-looking but have a happy life, and they still have their own charm. It is so difficult to find a good person to take care of themselves.

Her world may not have always been only men's, but it was later. Mary, who was only interested in investing in love, gave up her curiosity about the big world. As a result, she was completely silenced when everyone shared her world travels, and she lost her uninvited family dinner.

No one would want to be this Mary. Mike Leigh is so ruthless, and the story is set in Britain, where the class concept is extremely heavy, and a leftover woman is executed like this. bitch.

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Another Year quotes

  • Gerri: Life's not always kind, is it?

    Mary: No, it isn't Gerri.

  • Ken: Young people, young people. Everything's for young people. Those bars, you know, they're full of young people shouting about nothing.

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