45 years of companionship may also be fragile

Jason 2022-03-27 09:01:21

People often ask for recommendations for movies suitable for couples to watch together, and there is a very evil answer to "True Love Trilogy": American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, and Gone Lover. If you've seen any of them, you know. "45th Anniversary" also belongs to this series of excellent works.

After 45 years of marriage, whether or not there have been bumps and stumblings, in the eyes of many people, "evenness is also happiness", and it must be old and stronger. However, an accidental little thing made his wife discover that for 45 years, there was another shadow in her life. On an ordinary morning a week before the 45th wedding anniversary, the husband received a letter that the remains of an old love who had disappeared in Switzerland 50 years ago had been found. This delicate accident was the beginning of the disintegration of a 45-year relationship. . The slow unfolding of this secret is as trivial and meticulous as life, which is also the style of this film. There are no twists and turns and fiery emotional catharsis, only the normality of life and imperceptible tender emotions.

Imperceptible emotions are naturally not expressed through dialogue, let alone the inner monologue of a native turtle. The director uses many externalized symbols: life is as oppressive and gloomy as the dense fog in England in the morning, the loneliness of the wife walking the dog alone; the husband's 45-year secret is hidden in the attic, and the feeling is also hidden in the inner attic Until it was turned out; the wife played the depressive piano music unskilledly, just as the inner depression and loss were difficult to express; and the relationship between the husband and wife was as ugly and embarrassing as the elderly sex in the film. In many scenes of couples talking, even when the husband is talking, there is only the wife, implying that the husband's heart has long since left their lives.



Looking back, the husband used to love photography, but the couple never left any photos. The truth is that there are a lot of images of old love hidden in the attic; And the truth is that the old love was once pregnant. It turns out that 45 years of companionship can also be so fragile. It turns out that I have always been a substitute and a stranger.



The poster very vividly depicts the relationship between the husband and wife. The husband misses his old lover and looks absent-minded into the distance, the wife seems to be staring at her husband, and seems to be feeling lost. After 45 years of companionship, they gradually became strangers. When faced with a relationship, it is said that if you start over, men will always be able to quickly enter. For example, when a husband stammers at an anniversary party, even if it may not last long; and once a woman is injured or does not love, it is indeed gone forever. .



The performances of the two protagonists were excellent. The husband's lifelong relationship was suddenly pulled out, and his life was disturbed and absent-minded. The wife went from understanding and supporting to discovering that she did not have the "qualification" to understand and support. From this, there are emotions that no one can tell, even if there is no expression, we can still feel the pain and bitterness. Charlotte Rampling's performance is personally considered to be the most powerful of the five Oscar nominations.

Humans are born with an incredible abundance of emotions, and have invented countless rituals to commemorate and express them, such as wedding anniversary parties. But unfortunately, compared with the delicate human emotions, these rituals and gatherings are so hypocritical and clumsy, they can only reflect the most superficial social functions, and in the end they become a burden. Fortunately, human beings still have music. The same dance they danced 45 years ago was sung by the husband 45 years ago, and sung by the wife 45 years later. Under the blue light of melancholy, it tells the truth of everything.

They asked me how I knew
My true love was true
I of course replied
Something here inside
Can not be denied

They, said some day you'll find
All who love are blind
When you heart's on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed them, and I gaily laughed
To think they would doubt our love
And yet today, my love has gone away
I am without my love

Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide
So I smile and say
When a lovely flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes

Smoke gets in your eyes



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45 Years quotes

  • Kate Mercer: You used to love your birdwatching.

    Geoff Mercer: I did, yes.

    Kate Mercer: It's funny how you forget the things in life that make you happy.

  • Geoff Mercer: Lena, this is wonderful. Thank you.

    Lena: Not bad for an old fascist, huh?