The whole movie has a very Japanese feel to it. Some Japanese literary and film works are often based on daily life, fine and delicate, with a small family melancholy, rare grand opening and closing scenes, and the plot is gentle and dull. As an Iranian director, Abbas's grasp of Japanese culture can be called invisible, precise and profound.
Urban autism does not know when it started, perhaps when the city and the countryside were separated, perhaps when people were separated into flats, perhaps when interests gradually overwhelmed the warmth of human nature... This melancholy atmosphere not only shrouded the sky over Tokyo, but also Every city in the world has dark clouds.
Xiaoqiu hasn't seen her family for a long time, and she has little contact with her family. It is rare that she decides to see her grandmother once, but because of the assistance in dating, she can only glance at the old man when the taxi passes by. Professor Watanabe has quite a reputation in the minds of others, but his juniors seem to have broken up with him long ago. He found a girl for help, as if he just wanted someone to talk to and have a warm meal with him. Xiaoqiu's boyfriend wanted to know more and protect Xiaoqiu, which eventually caused Xiaoqiu's fear and alienation. At the end, he broke the glass, broke the concealment, and it was estimated that this relationship would also be broken. The professor's neighbor has been cherishing admiration for the professor all his life, staring at the figure in front of the window for decades, from the prime of a man to the end of his life, this woman has never walked out of her hut, but can only immerse herself in the happiness that is constructed one by one. inside.
Everyone is confined in their own little world, like an isolated island. They can only understand the world of others by looking and imagining them from afar, and it is difficult to set foot on the real land of the other party. People feel uneasy and lonely because of the sense of alienation, but once the worlds of each other overlap, the mind that is accustomed to loneliness will become embarrassed and cramped, and they are afraid that their secrets will be seen by others, so they can only weave one lie after another. , set up walls one after another to protect themselves in a safe and lonely space.
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