How much are we willing to give up for the warmth of our hearts?

Marta 2022-03-24 09:02:35

In the end, I classified such a movie as a romantic love film because of its ending. I don’t know if it was a surprise arranged by the director to make up for the dullness of the whole story, or a little freshness arranged by the director who finally couldn’t bear the cruelty of reality.
Ina, like all housewives who have entered a tired family, is faced with the dazedness of the cycle of boring life and the powerlessness of her husband's heartless heart. The incessant desire for the quality of life makes the smart and beautiful she decide to go all out and implement the housewife strategy: to grab the heart of a man, and the stomach of the man first.
Fernandez shows the powerlessness of another state of life. No matter how rigorous and rational you are, act cautiously, and have a noble character in your life, but you are in your twilight years, and you are still alone, even if you have a comprehensive plan and have rich experience in restraining your emotions, you will eventually be faced with reality in the moment, and everything will be broken. The defense line of the heart.
The cruelty of reality makes our hearts hard and numb. In the face of the powerlessness of life, let our hearts become temperatureless, and we can live.
The wrongly delivered lunch box has become a line, connecting two hearts that are equally powerless and cold in reality. I don't know if the taste buds wake up first or the heart wakes up first. What is certain is that it not only warms the stomach, but more importantly, warms the heart. Even unrelated strangers. Hearts that have been neglected and lonely for too long begin to wake up.
A small note, just a few words, what to talk about, or not to talk about, such a small ambiguity is enough to light up all the enthusiasm of life. Strangers whom we have never met also fuel our unceasing desire. Such heartbeat, such unease, such warmth, I think if you try it, you will surely be intoxicated.
Finally, the unbearable reality made the rational and rigorous Fernandis hesitate and give up.
Thanks to the director, he finally refused to let the dear viewers sober in the film so cruelly, and gave an almost possible beauty to the imagination.
However, people who are powerless in reality, how much reason and calm are you willing to give up for the warmth of your heart?

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  • Saajan Fernandes: When my wife died, she got a horizontal burial cot... I tried to buy a burial cot for myself the other day, and what they offered me was a vertical one... I've spent my whole life standing in trains and buses... now I'll even have to stand when I'm dead!

  • Ila: Somwhere I read that the wrong train can lead you to the right station...