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Pete 2022-03-24 09:03:50

Two movies about family reunion and separation had me stuck in a chair and didn't take a single step away until the end of the movie. One is Ang Lee's "Diet Men and Women", and the other is "The Son's Room" which won the Palme d'Or. The rich colors unique to European films, the calm and elegant tone with low saturation, and the soothing narrative style tell such a story of the fickle world. The originally happy family of four lost their laughter when their son died unexpectedly in a diving accident. What is life, why does life exist, and why does it die? The father of a psychiatrist himself could not get out of the greatest grief and deep self-blame of losing his son. The son's room, the space that used to be full of laughter, is now empty and silent, just like a love-filled, full heart was instantly emptied of a piece of the square, unable to look directly at it, and unable to bypass it.


When the family is about to fall apart, the son's once secret love emerges, which makes the family's grief and miss find a breakthrough. On the way to take the girl and her boyfriend to the French border, the family rode in the same car. Although there was no laughter and laughter in the past, the depression in their hearts was finally relieved. The new life was as peaceful and silent as the death of a son.


The director's delicate technique continues throughout. At the end, a family of three walks on the beach, the haze in their hearts dissipates, this is life, there is no eternal laughter, and there is no wound that cannot be healed. The night will pass, the dawn will come, and the dense fog will disperse Go, the rain will stop, this is life, the most important thing is love, it will never disappear from the heart.


Classic scene: 19 minutes after the whole family took the car home, my father sang along to the radio without tone. After a while, the four of us laughed and sang together, never keeping up with the rhythm, and became beautiful. The harmony of the family is beautiful, without a line.

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