The heroine Annie is an elderly piano teacher who enjoys a comfortable old age with her husband, Mr. Lauren. But one day, stroke, one of the high incidences of the elderly, came to Annie. The original surgery risk was only 5%, but Annie was one of those 5%. Since then, the right half of his body has been paralyzed and he is in a wheelchair.
With most of her elegant body, she has to rely on others for eating, excretion, bathing, etc., even if this other person is her closest husband. She was going to show her husband all the embarrassment and ugliness. Some people may say that they have been together for most of their lives, so why should they care about them. But for this old woman, elegance is the subject of her life, and no one can see that elegance is shattered in herself. So on the day Mr. Lauren went to the funeral, she wanted to commit suicide by jumping off the building, but because of her mobility problem, she attempted suicide.
This Mr. Lauren, was always patient in tending to Anne. He respected her and cared for her, and the message he always conveyed to Annie was - I love you, don't give up on yourself. So when Anne had her first urinary incontinence, he tried his best to show a "it's nothing you don't mind" demeanor. However, Anne still collapsed. Annie wanted to die and to be released, but Mr. Lauren was reluctant to give up.
After the stroke, Annie still dresses neatly, reads, listens to music, and tries her best to maintain her pre-sick life, or rather, her pre-sick grace. However, she suffered a second stroke, and her condition deteriorated again, and she was unable to speak. Mr. Lauren, who was inconvenient to move by himself, could not take care of him by himself, so he invited a nurse. Under the rude treatment of the nurse, Annie lost her last dignity. She went on a hunger strike, and in her impatience, Mr. Lauren slapped her. With this slap, Annie's first reaction was stunned, then heartbroken. So did Mr. Lauren, from astonishment to heartbreak.
One day, Annie, whose condition was getting worse and worse, groaned in pain again. Mr. Lauren went to Anne's bedside and told her a story. He recounted that he didn't want to stay in summer camp when he was a child, passed a secret message to his mother, and painted the cards with stars representing unhappiness. He suddenly realized that Annie in front of him was the same way, trapped in another unhappy "summer camp". Looking at Annie, who was described as increasingly haggard, he covered her with a pillow and freed her.
After Anne's death, Mr. Lauren changed her into beautiful clothes and sprinkled petals all around her. This posthumous grace is heartbreaking. But what was more heartbreaking was the fact that Mr. Lauren knew Anne so well, and the grace she so desperately wanted to maintain in her illness.
While Mr. Lauren was writing his suicide note, the pigeon that represented the fresh life flew in again. He grabbed it with all his might, stroked it, and let it go.
Then, one afternoon, Mr. Lauren, lying in bed, heard the sound of cleaning coming from the kitchen. Busy in front of him was a healthy, graceful, smiling Anne. Following this hallucinating Anne, Mr. Lauren went out and never came back. It seems that at the beginning of the film, the two just went out to a concert together.
It's just this concert that never ends.
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