About youth and responsibility

Kacey 2021-12-24 08:02:07

Unique and warm. The two protagonists are still children who are unwilling to grow up, but they have a strong sense of responsibility for the child who is about to be born. Towards the end of the film, the heroine sits under an orange tree and slowly tells the story of her childhood. The story of hanging pineapples, bananas, and strawberries on the orange tree to make her father laugh deeply moved me. The end of the film opens the back door of the heroine's hometown, facing a sea, green grass and small trees, and she can't help but sigh, if I can find such a place... It will
be more insightful to watch this film more than a month after the baby was born. Thinking of the few days when An An was born, tears broke down at every turn. Looking at this immature little guy, I brought her into this world, but I couldn't walk her whole life with her, and even doubted that I couldn't give her a beautiful growth environment.
The appearance of the child completely shattered the illusion of youth, and a heavy sense of responsibility began to be firmly placed in front of us.

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Extended Reading
  • Kenton 2022-04-22 07:01:39

    Sam Mendes' new film, which is similar to a road movie in a certain sense, is also the history of a pair of parents growing up.

  • Gussie 2022-03-25 09:01:12

    Mendes' sketches are still tantalizing

Away We Go quotes

  • Verona De Tessant: Burt, are we fuck-ups?

    Burt Farlander: No! What do you mean?

    Verona De Tessant: I mean, we're 34...

    Burt Farlander: I'm 33.

    Verona De Tessant: ...and we don't even have this basic stuff figured out.

    Burt Farlander: Basic, like how?

    Verona De Tessant: Basic, like how to live.

    Burt Farlander: We're not fuck-ups.

    Verona De Tessant: We have a cardboard window.

    Burt Farlander: [Looks at window] We're not fuck-ups.

    Verona De Tessant: [Whispers] I think we might be fuck-ups.

    Burt Farlander: [Whispers back] We're not fuck-ups.

  • Burt Farlander: Do you promise to let our daughter be fat or skinny or any weight at all? Because we want her to be happy, no matter what. Being obsessed with weight is just too cliché for our daughter.

    Verona De Tessant: Yes, I do. Do you promise, when she talks, you'll listen? Like, really listen, especially when she's scared? And that her fights will be your fights?

    Burt Farlander: I do. And do you promise that if I die some embarrassing and boring death that you're gonna tell our daughter that her father was killed by Russian soldiers in this intense hand-to-hand combat in an attempt to save the lives of 850 Chechnyan orphans?

    Verona De Tessant: I do. Chechnyan orphans. I do. I do.