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1966, a city that enjoys history, is calm and lifeless.
Madio and Nicolas are brothers, both studying in Rome, with Madio studying literature and Nicola studying medicine. They also have a pair of sisters. Madio is tall and handsome, his heroic spirit is compelling, and his grades are excellent, but he is short-tempered, not good at communicating with people, and there is often a hint of melancholy in his eyes; Pure heart, kind and stoic. Nicola adored his brother Madio very much.
During a final exam, Madio was scolded by his teacher for advocating a fringe poet who abused his father. This is the first game between Madio and reality. It is a bit rude and decisive, like a tragic hero. Even if he foresees the ending of failure, he has to use up his last weapon. Nicholas is much better. Although his aptitude is not as good as Madio, his generosity won the examiner's appreciation. He generously gave Nicholas a high score and told him that if he wanted to achieve greatness, he must be responsible. Journey west, because Italy is a hopeless place.
Madio worked diligently in a mental hospital, accompanying an autistic patient named Zuozhen to do a pathological analysis. Zuozhen has blond hair, apricot eyes and red lips, a rare beauty, but she is only silent, and her scattered and blurred eyes reveal alertness to a strange world. When she was a teenager, Zuozhen was no different from ordinary people, but after her mother died early, she locked her heart and lived an isolated life, becoming a person who was judged to be "defective" by the system. In fact, she sleeps like a baby, puts flowers in her mouth like a child, and uses her sense of taste to distinguish the world.
The communication between Madio and Zoe was not smooth. By chance, he found some strange scars on Zoe's forehead. Nikolai told him that they were traces left by electric shocks. Madio finally understood that those sanctimonious doctors tortured innocent Zoe with inhuman methods. He sneaked into the hospital overnight and brought Zuozhen back to the residence.
Originally, the brothers had an appointment, and this holiday, I was going to travel abroad with two other friends, Batu and Calu. Now, they decided to send Zuozhen home first, hoping to use the protection of family affection to warm Zuozhen Bingsuo's heart. The three find Zuozhen's family after some setbacks. Unexpectedly, Zuozhen's biological father has followed suit. The cramped family background and narrow stepmother regard Zuozhen as an extra. The irascible Madeo and her father quarreled violently, to no avail. The brothers had to agree to send Zuozhen to the best mental hospital in Italy first.
On the way, Madio and Zuozhen came to a grocery store. In order to compensate Zuozhen, Madio took the initiative to order songs for her on the jukebox. Zuozhen gestured with her favorite song title. It was a song called "Who Can", with a melodious tune, as if from a different world, like a clear spring flowing through a cracked heart. Zuozhen's heart was loosened, and she looked at Madio uncertainly and unconsciously. At that moment, the two hearts came to the closest place in their lives.
Nikolai asked Zoe to buy ice cream, hoping that she would take the initiative to communicate with others, but the helpless Zoe aroused the suspicion of the police, and they took her away. Since it is illegal to smuggle patients out, the two brothers have to sit and watch Zuozhen be taken away.
That night, they slept at the station, and Madio stayed up all night. After a long time, he picked up his luggage and set foot on the train back to Rome. Nicola, who heard the news, asked Madio why he left him for the return trip. Madio was silent for a while, and said to Nicola that he failed that important exam.
Since then, the two parted ways, and what happened to Zuozhen left a long shadow in their hearts. Madio threw himself into the lifeless army, hoping to use his power to change the system's indifference to people. Nikolai traveled all the way north to the continental edge near the North Pole. The free political air and fresh local knowledge along the way planted the seeds of liberalism in his heart. He wrote to Madio that he was determined to become a psychiatrist.
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A rare flood hit Florence. Nicholas rushed back home and joined the mighty rescue army. Nicola and Madio experience a brief reunion while transferring old books from a library. At this time, Madio had short hair and looked like a convert of the old government, while Nicola had a bushy beard. Later, Nikolai met the beautiful Julia, who, in addition to being able to play the piano superbly, also had beautiful blonde hair. The two fell in love at first sight.
For love, Nicola followed Julia to Turin to study anatomy. Although Julia was in the study, her heart was shaken by the storm of social revolution. She participated in the student assembly, and her mind was full of fanatical thoughts of challenging the order. Although Nikolai and Julia moved in together soon, and gave birth to a lovely daughter, Sarah, but Julia was still unwilling to be an ordinary housewife, husband and child. Like a trapped beast captured by marriage, she gradually became at odds with the gentle Nikolai, and finally reverted to her old ways and joined an extreme left-wing organization. While Nikolai was dying for her father, Julia accepted an assassination mission. This time, Julia is determined to leave the family. Nicola watched in despair as Julia was packing, and as she was about to step out of the house, Nicola blocked her way and asked her what she was asking. Julia was speechless, just repeated a sentence: let me go, let me go... Seeing her decision to go, Nikolai finally accepted the marriage in name only and let me out of the room. Julia froze for a moment, then disappeared into the night.
As he wished, Nikolai had a down-to-earth dream of a doctor. Although he had also participated in rallies, his mild temperament determined that he was not a destroyer with a strong will. He was in a psychiatric hospital, caring for patients like Zuozhen, and taking them to testify in court to bring the doctor who abused the patients to justice.
The rigid army did not take away Madio's spirit. He was still so hot. In the suppression of the riots in Turin, in order to save his comrades, Madio beat a thug into a serious disability. He was disciplined and transferred to Palermo, Sicily. It was an island city with no official career, only the mafia. But Madio's confidence is not dead, and he is silent about the exile of fate.
In the huge island city, only Madio is like a ranger, rescuing the bullied weak, and is also angry at the indifference of the viewers. Gradually, the rising belief begins to ebb, and frustration immediately replaces it. During that down time, Madio met Meralli, a woman who uses her camera to explore the mystery. She said that she would not live on this cramped island for the rest of her life, and that she had already taken the exam in the library. Madio told her that the best library was in Rome. Soon, Madio disappeared from Merally's sight, as if a glimpse, but in her heart, Madio left a light but indelible trace.
During that encounter, Madio
told Meralie that his name was Nicola.
In 1982, Madio returned to Rome and joined the newly formed garrison. When he went to the library to borrow books, he met Meralie again, and she followed Madio's advice and became the administrator of the library. Melally told him that since that time, she has been obsessed with him, so that her boyfriend broke up with her because of jealousy. Madio carefully concealed his identity, but he couldn't restrain the flood of emotions. Once, on the way home from the bowling alley, their love finally erupted like the lava of Vesuvius. They rubbed their ears in the car, and outside the window was the winter rain that was unique to the Mediterranean coast.
Madio and Merally agreed to meet again in 15 days.
When the appointed day came, Merally stood happily at the door of the library, waiting for her lover to appear, but until the night fell and the lights came on, Madio was nowhere to be seen. Melally felt lost, and walked alone on her way home. She didn't know, Madio's car was slowly following behind him. At this time, Madios thought about it and was in a dilemma. For 20 years, he has been suffering in silence, not sure that he can give enough happiness to match Melally. In the end, Madio gave up, turned the car around, and turned away from Merally.
On New Year's Eve that year, Madio interrogated two drug dealers. In order to clear their own crimes, the big drug dealers bought others to commit crimes. The stubborn Madio had to find out the real culprit, but the silence of the scapegoat made him chill. At this moment, Melally went to the police station and questioned why Madio left him and why he lied that he was Nikolai. Madio said he would explain it to her, but not now. Melalie looked at his back and said: You like books because you can give them up at any time, but life is different, and you are often not in charge. This sentence pierced Madio's heart like an awl. For 20 years, he has been avoiding all the people who love him, enduring all the injustices he can't understand, and hiding the wounds that have long been bleeding. Today, this gossamer-like faith has finally been destroyed. This person actually loves himself deeply. of Meralli. Madio told her: You are wrong, my life, I often call the shots!
That night, Madio went to visit his family. Nicola, my sister, my sister, and Calu (who has tied the knot with my sister, Française) are all enjoying themselves. Madio sat for a while, then quietly returned to the apartment. He called Melally over and over again, but Melally, who was still angry, refused to answer. Madio walked to the balcony and watered the landlord's potted plants. The festive atmosphere outside the house even more showed Madio's depression. At 12 o'clock, the New Year's bell rang, and everyone opened the champagne to celebrate the gradual improvement of Italy's national fortune. Madio watched the carnival on TV absentmindedly, muttered: Happy New Year, and then rolled down from
the balcony... Outside the empty balcony, the whole sky was full of beautiful fireworks...
Madio died.
Allow me to insert a voiceover, because at the time, I also pressed the pause button. At that time, I forgot that I was watching a movie, but I already regarded myself as a friend of Madio. In front of the screen, I watched my friend die, and watched the heroic Madio end. Tears flowed uncontrollably in my own life. I haven't seen a person, an excellent and honest person live so miserably, death at that time was really a relief...
Si
Qian Mu said something similar: the living are more painful than the dead, because dying He left quietly, but left the pain of remembrance to those who continue to live.
In this four-disc long movie, the last disc contains too many memories of the living for the deceased.
On the night of Madio's suicide, Nicola clearly asked his brother if there was something wrong. Madio said, as always, it's okay! To comfort his younger brother, Madio also shared a piece of fudge in his hand.
The brotherhood between Nicola and Madio is not comparable at random. In Nicola's heart, Madio is insurmountable like a god (this kind of brotherhood is also evident in "Betta"). After his brother's death, Nicholas fell into painful self-blame, because he had always believed in freedom and was unwilling to interfere in the lives of others. But the price of freedom is heavy. Julia left her 10 years ago, and now Madio committed suicide. If he could have cared more about them, maybe things wouldn't have gotten to this point.
Many years later, Nikolai visited a photography exhibition inadvertently. He stopped in front of a photo. He slowly looked at it and smiled knowingly, like an old friend reunited. It was a picture of Madio. Although his open palm covered his face, Nicolas would never forget that kind of determined look in his eyes. The photo was captioned "Madio who calls himself Nicola".
According to the picture, Nicola found the author of the photo, Melalie, which was taken when she and Madio first met in Palermo. Two people who love Madio the most can finally share common memories. Nicola told her that her name was "Nicolas", and Melalie took him to the place where she and Madio first met, and the two hugged and cried.
Melalie told Nicola that she had a son, Anzu, who was a gift from Madio to all those who loved him.
Later, Anzu asked Uncle Nikolai what his father looked like. Nicholas said: He is like Achilles, as brave and sad as Achilles, he has long known that God will take it away. God brought the best and the most beloved into the world, let them leave their mark here, and then return to God. He also told Anzu that when they were young they wanted to make a trip to the North Pole, but they didn't succeed.
Nikolai and Melalie secretly fell in love, but no one confessed, because they always thought of Madio who was far away in heaven, and love would blaspheme the respect for the deceased. In 2000, at Sarah's wedding, Nicola and Melalie met again, and this time, Carlo told Nicola not to use Madio as a hindrance, so that both of you would hate him.
The next day, Nikolai and Melally went for a walk in the country, with the same thoughts, but they didn't know how to speak, so they walked aimlessly. At this time, Madio happened to pass by, looking at the awkward atmosphere, he followed. He put his hand on the shoulders of the two of them, stroking Merally, and then stroking Nikolai... The two finally bravely looked at each other and pulled their hands together. Nikolai stopped Melally's shoulder, and the two Individuals finally embraced. Nikolai said: On the boat, I want to kiss you. Melally replied: Me too.
At the end of the story, Anzu took his girlfriend and retraced the footsteps of Nikolai's northbound journey. It was like a relay. Where their parents stopped, they took a plane and crossed the North Pole...
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