When Flances Mayes stood at the crossroads of her life, she chose a road full of sunflowers that would bring her a bright sun. Throughout the movie, it is sunflowers, whether it is a vase with sunflowers, a postcard with sunflowers, or a sea of sunflowers full of sunflowers. Probably because the sunflower is the kind of flower that can best represent the bright sunshine. I think, just like lavender is to Provence and tulips are to Amsterdam, the symbol of Tuscany may be the sunflower.
In the deep streets and ancient alleys of Tuscany, the green trees and leaves on the walls are vying to breathe the pleasant and cozy air in this romantic town. The market is very lively, and it will be very helpful for her to meet Flances here in the future. Good friend-Katherine. That day, Katherine was wearing a surprisingly big black top hat and golden curly hair. She was holding a newly born duckling, closing her eyes, letting the sun pour on her, and letting the duckling peck her face. Flances looked at her in surprise, she could enjoy the beauty of any life so calmly, even for a moment. Finally the long-lost smile appeared on Flances's face. I think that sometimes people will be maintained by something called fate. Meeting someone is as if they are destined. He will walk in front of you step by step and slowly surface.
The encounter between Flances and Katherine destined her to have an opportunity with the villa named Bramasole. The first feeling that Tuscany brought to Flances was not bad, because she described it like this on the sunflower postcard: "...I was eating the grapes I bought, and the purple sweetness melted in my mouth, and I could even smell it. The smell of purple..." Flances must be a little fascinated by the poetic language, I believe it. The 300-year-old villa Bramasole is destined to belong to Flances. It seems to have a kind of magic that makes Flances willing to put all his bets for the second half of his life on it. The iron gate overgrown with vines, the courtyard planted with vines, the pale red three-story old cottage.
The kind real estate dealer Mr. Martini, a traditional Italian neighbor, a team of Polish construction and renovation teams... They have all become very good friends of Flances. In a small town in Tuscany, people are so simple and friendly, living in such a place, the heart seems to be clear and transparent.
However, the first days were not so beautiful, and loneliness made her even doubt her choice. When Flances burst into tears in front of Mr. Martini, and sadly mentioned her failed marriage and questioned everything here, Mr. Martini said: “Between Austria and Italy, there is a section called Semimering in the Alps. It is steep and very high. People built railways on it to connect Vienna and Venice. These railways were built before there were no trains. They built it because they knew that someday the train would come." So, when When we do not meet the destined person, all we have to do is to make all preparations and greet him with the best of ourselves.
"Regret is just a waste of time. Don't let the troubles of the past torture you now. When I was a little girl, I used to spend a lot of time looking for ladybugs, but in the end I gave up and fell asleep on the grass. When I woke up, I was covered with ladybugs." This is what Katherine said to Flances. So finally one day, by chance, when a man took off a ladybug crawling on her for Flances, this action reminded us that this man was the one who Flances was destined to do. A lot of love comes from chance and coincidence. This reminds me of the famous six chances in "The Unbearable Lightness of Life". Everything in life is made up of chances. There are too many possibilities, even small. If he missed, he would not meet her, and everything would be totally different.
I want to end with a passage from Annie: "Be brave enough to give up something for the life you want to live. There is no justice in this world, and you will never get a balance between the two. If you want freedom, you have to sacrifice security. If you want to be idle, you won’t be able to get the achievements evaluated by others. If you want to be happy, you don’t need to care about the attitudes of people around you.
If you want to move forward, you have to leave where you are now. " If you stand at a crossroads, You have to decide boldly, to the left or to the right.
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