Lost his mother when he was young, and lived with his father; he achieved good grades, and his father was killed by a train when he shared the good news with his colleagues; a neighbor's house was on fire, and someone deliberately burned his own house when he went to save people; his beloved wife was in a car accident Lost child and legs; wife cancer left him...
Any of these things that Ove went through was a fatal blow to me, but he went through it all, and the only thing he couldn't accept was the death of his wife, so he decided to kill himself.
The first time he committed suicide was by hanging himself. Before committing suicide, he would clean himself up, spray on perfume, wear a blue suit, and dress appropriately to meet his beloved wife, Sonia. During the execution, he was interrupted by a new neighbor. Later, the rope broke when he executed it again. Ove angrily went to the store to ask the clerk to discuss the quality of the rope. When the clerk asked him what the rope was used for, He turned around and left, there were still bruised tears on his neck.
The second suicide was in the garage, sitting in his and dad's beloved Thad, deflating it, or in that blue suit, piped into the car from the tailpipe, and the windows sealed with tape. , start the car. The pipe was lent to Rooney's wife before, and when she went to get it back, she also helped her fix the heating, what a lovely Ove. It was interrupted by a new neighbor who kept knocking on the garage door and knocked her out of a nosebleed when Ove opened the door. The new neighbor's husband fell off a ladder and has to take his two children to the hospital to see him, but she can't drive and needs Ove to take them there.
The third suicide was at the train station. Ove wanted to jump off the terrace while waiting for the train to enter the station. Just as the train was about to enter the station, a person fainted and fell off the terrace. Filming, Ove jumped off the stage to save the man. Originally, Ove, who was going to stand on the track and wait for the train to enter the station, saw the child standing on the terrace. It was like seeing himself when he was a child. He couldn't bear to let the child see himself being hit by the train. This time his beloved blue suit also had its sleeves torn in the pull.
The fourth suicide was the most brutal and direct. Ove was about to blast his head with a shotgun. He covered the wall of his house with clear plastic paper, for fear of blood splashing on the wall. First to the chin, then to the mouth, and finally to the forehead, ready to snatch. The doorbell rang, and the robber missed. It was an out-of-the-closet teenager who was kicked out of the house by his father and wanted to come to Ove's house for the night.
Here, Ove's suicide plan comes to an end.
Every time Ove commits suicide, he always has memories, his mother's funeral, his father's memory; his father's death; the house that was burned down; his encounter and love with Sonia; the accident returning from the trip, and the departure of Sonia...
Every time Ove recalls and misses Sonia, there is always a pink bubble in his heart. In the Nordic environment of that era, with the words of Sonia, the sunshine character corresponds to the shy and old-fashioned Ove. It's too romantic. They are so beautiful in love.
But the tears can't help flowing, because knowing that Sonia has left Ove, now Ove can only buy a bunch of flowers every day to go to Sonia's tombstone, or lay a newspaper on the side, or bring a small chair Sitting next to him, he said to Sonya's tombstone, I miss you, I want to see you.
What a lonely Ove, fortunately, the arrival of a new neighbor has added breath to Ove's life. There are always messy things in the neighbor's house. After something happens, you always ask Ove for help. Just like the neighbor's house, it's been a long time since they moved, the kitchen is always messy, and the living room has always been piled with cardboard boxes, and then Ove helped them clean up the kitchen.
And the stray cat. Since Ove adopted the stray cat, the lonely stray cat sleeps with the lonely Ove, accompanies Ove to patrol the community, and accompanies Ove to Sonya's cemetery. Finally, when Ove leaves, the cat lies on Ove On his chest, this cat is also one of the only two concerns in Ove's suicide note, the other being that cars are not allowed into the community. The stubborn little old man.
After reading several reviews, they said that almost all the movies are routines, but these routines moved them, yes, many of them are routines, but there are many details, because the details are so real, so moving.
Tell me a few episodes and settings that impressed me.
1. Before committing suicide, Ove always cleans up and dresses up to meet Sonia, which is very ceremonial.
2. Father and Son
Nordic movies seem to be light and calm, but the rendering of this emotion is like boiling a frog in warm water, slowly permeating and touching people's hearts.
There are 3 things about the relationship between Ove and Dad that I am particularly touched by.
The first one, Ove's father works at the train station. Once Ove went to the station to find his father and was walking on the track. The train that progressed in the next year almost hit Ove, and his father was so frightened that he ran and hugged Ove. Ove hugged Dad too, and they both held tight, tight.
There is also Ove's obsession with Sade cars from his father. Men seem to have an obsession with cars.
The second is that Ove found a wallet while cleaning the train. Dad's colleague is an adult, and he wants to take the wallet from Ove because there is an unspoken rule in the train station. Whoever finds the money while cleaning the train belongs to him. Ove was reluctant to give his wallet to his father's colleague, holding the wallet tightly to his chest and closing his eyes, ready to accept the brutality of his father's colleague. At this time, Dad appeared, pushed his colleague down on the dining table, and said to Ove, you found the wallet, and you decide what to do with it.
Dad's boyfriend here is full of strength, and his image is particularly tall. Ove later handed the wallet to Lost and Found, accompanied by his dad. Go home with Dad on the back of Dad's bike. Ove told Dad that he had actually thought about keeping the wallet for himself. Dad says honesty is the best virtue. But there is also a corresponding price. Dad stopped the car and taught Ove to punch while telling Ove that. So happy, I want time to stay in this moment.
The third was Ove's good grades and Dad was hit by an incoming train while sharing the good news with his colleagues. There was no foreshadowing at all, it came very suddenly, and it was very sudden for Ove. The film didn't show Ove's pain, or even describe the impact of his father's death on his life. There was only one watch, and he put his father's watch on his hand. Later, his father's colleague who wanted to grab the wallet that Ove found wanted to grab Ove's watch. Ove, who had never done it, finally shot him. Because it's my dad's watch. After the house in the back was burnt down, Ove, who had nothing left, also picked up his father's watch in the pile of rubble.
3. The house where dad stayed
Ove's first memory when he committed suicide for the first time was his mother's funeral. He said that his father didn't seem very sad. He seemed to value the house and the car more, so Ove also valued the house and the car.
Later, his father passed away, and Ove lived alone in the house left by his father. Suddenly, two people in white shirts came and said that the house here would be demolished because it would hinder the future construction planning. The stubborn Ove renovated the house before the White Shirts' next visit. It looked like a new house, and the White Shirts had nothing to say.
One night, the neighbor's house was on fire, Ove woke up and rushed into the neighbor's house to save people, but when he came out, his own house was also burned. Outside the house, the white shirt stopped firefighters from putting out the fire, laughing at Ove's burning house. After the fire, Ove stood in the rubble of his own house, picking up Dad's watch. From then on Ove hates people who wear white shirts. Including the "white shirt" who was taking Rooney to a nursing home, always driving in his neighborhood, and throwing cigarette butts.
Not only in the movie, but in Ove's world, there are "white shirts". At present, in our world, there are also many "white shirts". Other people's family, just for their own benefit.
Of course, this isn't exactly a bad thing for Ove. Ove, whose house was burnt down, has nowhere to go, but sleeps on the train. When he wakes up, he meets the most important person in his life, Sonia.
4. Sonia
-------- I haven't finished writing it, I should still write about Sonia and her neighbors, and her friendship with Lunet. Write next time.
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