At the beginning of the film, a girl (I didn't know what her name was) was typing on the keyboard, writing: My secret wish: First, you can not have a birthday party. Second, I want Eline to come. Third, Eline will fall in love with me. The little girl's delicate but lined face showed a mischievous smile like a kitten. It was this peculiar smile, this novel beginning, that made me finish watching a movie with rough pictures and awkward language (the pronunciation of this Swedish is really harder than Russian.), and the actors have almost no acting skills.
At that time, the first feeling was just so-so, not regrettable, but I did admire myself for enduring it for so long. After that, for some unknown reason, there are always some video clips flashing in my mind, not strong. Just flashed. But before I knew it, I went to watch it again. This time, I really liked it.
"A fourteen-year-old girl, do you know what love is?" For the first time, she watched it with such a slightly mocking attitude. (Does that also imply that I am old? ^_^). I can't blame me for being too subjective. Fourteen, what were we doing when we were fourteen? ? Even if European children are mature, it shouldn’t be so different, right? I once suspected that this was a grandstanding film.
A grumpy blond stunner, thinking about being a'Miss Sweden' all day long, was confused when she was learning, and screamed and yelled when she got confused. To be honest, such an Eline is a headache. The over-developed body took away the purity of the girl, and saw the ugliest section between adult and child. How awkward to look. The piles of boy pursuits, coupled with the inner confusion, made Eline's private life a mess. She looked like a little sister.
But as the story unfolds, she will discover the purity of her heart little by little. Perhaps it is precisely because of her inner purity that she appears more chaotic, overly impatient, and self-willed. Stripping off all the messy and troublesome disguise to see Eline's contradictory heart will tolerate all her stupidity. It can also be understood that Anges's unique vision of love.
Compared to Eline's chaos, Anges is sane and quiet. Even having a sober recognition of one's love that many adults can't have. She was silent from beginning to end. Silent resistance, silent pursuit, but not passive and weak. Whether facing the ridicule of her classmates or the questioning of her mother, she always confronted with silence. More than just endure silently. It's a silent counterattack with his own power.
Reject father’s powerless comfort, reject mother’s atrocities of peeking at her diary, resist all the isolation and suppression of classmates, hold her head proudly, silently accept all unbearable swear words, don’t be ashamed of your love, fearless and fearless In love. It really moved me.
Anges has a face that I like very much: beautiful, but the lines are very tough. With short light brown hair and dark brown eyes, it is really beautiful!
Girls who have always liked harder facial lines, like Graf, Judy Foster, and Ising. They are often arrogant and calm. They are on the cusp of the storm but keep a certain distance from the media and refuse to lose themselves. Always hold your head high and cannot be conquered.
At the end of the film, Eline pulled Anges generously through the surrounding crowd, whether they were surprised, attacked, or ridiculed, announcing loudly: "This is my girlfriend. We will have to have love next!" The crowd left.
Eline is ostentatious, like her beating blond hair. Anges is as quiet as ever. Hold Eline's hand quietly, and quietly follow behind her. It's just that between the scenes, the kitten smile like the one at the beginning of the film.
If the film ends here, it is an American movie, a Hollywood-like love ending. Does not belong to Sweden. The director shook the camera, and the two girls were sitting on Eline's bed drinking chocolate. Eline explained: "I always put a lot of chocolate, it's very sweet. Then I put a lot of milk, and as a result, I always make a lot..." Anges still smiled and drank the chocolate in her hand quietly. The sun is swaying, and two youthful, beautiful, smiling faces are full of the joy and pain of youth growth. This delicate history of growth ended in the publicity and quietness unique to the Nordic people.
The film was released in Sweden at the same time as "Titanic" that year. It is incredible that the box office miracle sweeping the world was defeated by this small production. It cannot be said that the Swedes’ understanding of culture is amazing. Looking back today, I can understand the reason for this miracle and respect it deeply. When a nation can truly cherish its own culture and truly understand its preciousness, this kind of culture is truly eternal and immortal and possesses life.
This film is not so much a romance or a les film, it is more appropriate to say that it is a youth growth film. In our age of innocence, when we first had love, or a similar feeling of love, we had to experience pain and joy. We will do a lot of stupid things, make a lot of farce-like jokes to people, we feel embarrassed, we feel angry. However, we will grow up eventually. As we age, we will find that the jokes of the past are so warm and heartwarming.
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