The prudent charm of middle-class uncles

Kelli 2022-03-27 09:01:12

Chekhov not only taught the Turkish director Ceylon's "attitude to life", but also brought creative inspiration to the latter. "The Death of a Small Civil Servant" describes a homicide caused by a sneeze: a small civil servant who accidentally spilled saliva on the general, apologized repeatedly;

"Hibernation" unfolds with a story similar to "The Death of a Small Civil Servant". The sneeze turns into a stone flying to the car window. Against the background of the magnificent and magical landscape of Cappadocia, the separation between the rich and the poor and the family is broken. , the contradiction becomes more intense and complex. Ceylon explored human nature and the predicament of life with a simple and unpretentious lens. She retained the necessary measure and restraint in her sharpness and deepness towards white and her sympathy for the weak, and won the Palme d'Or at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in one fell swoop.

As cave innkeeper, columnist, tycoon, and celebrity, Aiden has no shortage of admirers and poor people who hate him. Because his nephew smashed Aiden's car window, his uncle, who was already in arrears in rent and was involved in lawsuits, was afraid of revenge. He came to the door several times to apologize, and forced the child to kiss him. In front of his family, the friendly and easygoing Aiden smiled and stretched out his hand. The poor child was furious and fainted.

I remembered the writer Wang Zifu's story of "the youngest man who committed suicide because of his life": an 11-year-old boy from Yumuzhai, Hubei (who married his father's deceased mother), who had no money and asked a villager to help with planting rice for a drink, so he hanged himself.

Aiden's troubles don't stop there. The emotional world of old couples and young wives, like a snow-covered plateau, has entered hibernation. Nihal is kind and open-minded, and feels that all her beautiful qualities have died out in the cold war with her husband, and charity has become her spiritual pillar. Aiden's sister is full of prejudice against her brother and daughter-in-law: "She is arrogant all day long, she feels that she is holy, and wants to support herself by redeeming others. Holy is not throwing bones to hungry dogs."

Nihal believes that Aiden is mature, fair, and Sincere, but at times using these qualities to belittle, humiliate, and crush others, "Faith to you is a sign of obsolete ignorance. You also hate unbelievers because they are neither ideal nor religious; conservatives are too conservative. Conservative, radical too radical, everyone is a badass. You're always bragging, when have you ever defended someone you don't like? Not once."

These heartfelt words seem to have hit Aiden's soft underbelly. But he also has grievances. Should we fight against evil? Aiden's resolute view of eradicating evil would have been beyond reproach: "Jews should consciously walk into concentration camps so they can catch Hitler? He would say: 'Are you all here? Let's put more gas'." Neha On the other hand, he thinks that "let the thief steal the table" is not a bad idea. He hopes that the thief will repent when he finds out his conscience.

The horse, struggling desperately in the river, was finally caught by its throat and knelt on the bank exhausted, gasping for breath. Horses are like this, how can people be worthy? Aiden ran alone to the cave at night, stroking the horse's mane silently, like soothing Nihal's aching soul. When he went to the capital to write "Turkish Drama History", he untied the reins and let the horse go back to the mountain, full of the meaning of letting his wife gallop freely.

The fainting boy narrowly escaped, and Nihal handed over the huge sum of money donated anonymously by Aiden to the boy's family, without any conditions attached, thinking that it was perfect. This simple and rude charity method is welcomed by some people and not by others. The boy's father was an alcoholic all day long, without a job, and was so poor that he was only proud, and no amount of money could take away what he had. Seeing that the huge sum of money that was enough to change the fate of countless people was burned, Nihal fell to the ground crying.

Finding himself unable to stay away from his lover, Aiden is willing to bow his arrogant head, hoping for a turning point in his life: "Let's live together, as you wish. Forgive me."

Strengths can translate into arrogance and prejudice, including age, and condescending Moral Passion. Good intentions need to be realized in the right way. Nihal suddenly discovered that Aiden's cliché that "good intentions don't always pay off" is by no means selfish or pedantic, but rather exudes the prudent charm of a middle-class uncle. She is pampered and lacks low-level experience, and she still has a lot to learn.

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Winter Sleep quotes

  • Aydin: Justice doesn't even exist in nature, why should it exist here?

  • Aydin: [Epilogue] Nihal, I didn't go away. I couldn't. Whether it's because I've grown old, or I've gone mad, or because I've become a different man, think what you like. I just don't know. But this new man inside me for a few days won't let me go away. Please, don't ask me to go either. I now understand nothing is calling me to Istanbul. Everything is alien to me there as it is everywhere else. I want you to know that I have no one but you. And I miss you every minute, every second that goes by. But my pride will never let me tell you this. I know very well how to terrible or impossible it would be to part from you. Just as I know that you do not love me anymore. I know we can't go back to the old days. And there is no need to. Take me with you like a servant, like a slave. And let us continue our life even if we do it your way. Forgive me.