Honey, are you ready to love

Sammy 2022-04-19 09:02:49

The girl Baroma is 11 years old and comes from a wealthy family. Although she lives affluently, the girl doesn't care about money, fame and fortune. She is tired of this goldfish bowl-like life as a young lady, and she is determined to end herself on her 12th birthday. Before that, she will use her camera to shoot a movie about other people's relationship with others. own life, the absurdity of life.

The girl and the concierge Mrs. Michel were originally the relationship between the young lady and the servant, and it seemed that there was no intersection. But the girl has been observing Mrs. Michele all the time. She believes that the concierge is a person who does not match her appearance. She has a strong spiritual support in her heart. She secretly helped the concierge find the lost cat, and accidentally found a copy of Tanizaki Junichiro's "Praise of Shadows" on the desk of the concierge.

The relocation of the neighbor, Aki Ozu from Japan, turns the story around. He went to visit the porter, and the two knew they had a common interest because of Tolstoy's line "Happy people are all alike, but unfortunate people's misery is different."

The encounter between Ozu and Baroma was in a broken elevator. Ozu helped Baroma correct her Japanese pronunciation, and a smile finally appeared on Baroma's face. Ozu mentioned the concierge Mrs. Michele, saying that it was a wonderful encounter. Does the girl say you also think she is not what most people think she is?
Mrs. Michel has a whole house of books, and one of her hobbies is Leo Tolstoy.
Paloma visited Mr. Ozu's house and described Mrs. Michele, the concierge, as follows:
Mrs. Michele reminds me of a hedgehog covered
in thorns, a fortress like a fake,
but I feel that she is just pretending to be lazy on purpose. The
same delicate
sex likes loneliness, the incomparable elegance
Ozu presents Mrs. Michele with a copy of "Anna Karenina" and invites her to dinner. Mrs. Michel said she was just a concierge, while the husband replied, "A person can have two identities at the same time."

Mrs. Michel, who had never had her hair done and had never been to the store, fidgeted with the invitation. A friend brought her a dress and invited a hairdresser to dress her up. Mrs. Michel was at a loss for her new self. Finally, she came to the floor where Mr. Ozu was. The husband cooked the cooking himself, and the wife was very surprised by the Japanese-style decoration of the husband's house, and also felt comfortable because of the affinity of the husband. Mrs. Michele said frankly that she was very happy and frightened, and wanted to keep a low profile and not want to cause trouble. The one-night meal was very enjoyable, and the two made an appointment to watch a movie together again on Saturday.

On the other side, the girl Baroma has been researching methods of suicide, taking medicine, jumping off buildings, committing suicide, and continuing to photograph the things around her. The girl put the pill into the goldfish tank, filmed the reaction of the goldfish after taking the medicine, and recorded the process of the death of the goldfish. Annoyed my sister, but just found the opportunity to see the concierge. Although he was the scapegoat for his sister, he also gave the concierge a chance to share tea with Baroma. Mrs. Michele invited Baroma to eat dark chocolate, which was a snack she had when she was studying. Baroma put a piece in her mouth and asked, "Where is the chocolate delicious? Is the chocolate itself delicious, or when you chew the chocolate with your teeth?" I like to let it melt slowly on my tongue." So Mrs. Michel also put a piece in her mouth and tasted "You are right, changing the way you chew chocolate is like tasting a new dish." The same smile on the corners of the human mouth. Before leaving, the girl said to the concierge, "You are not an ordinary concierge." But the little girl is indeed not an ordinary 11-year-old girl.

The girl finally found two friends in her life, a concierge as elegant as a hedgehog, and a learned Japanese neighbor.

The girl came to the house of the concierge as a guest, shot the scene about the concierge, and asked Mrs. Michel to talk about herself.
"My name is Honey, I'm 54, and I've been a concierge in Paris for 27 years. This is a luxury building with only 5 houses. Every house is occupied. Every house is big. I'm a widow. It's calluses. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, my mouth smells like a mammoth. I've never been to school. I'm poor. My paws stink I'm not amiable I'm polite and I'm not likable but people can bear with me because I'm exactly what everyone thinks of as a porter old and ugly and grumpy and always glued to the tv There is a fat cat snoring on the pillow in front against the knitted pillowcase, and the smell of assorted casserole is overflowing." The girl discovered the little secret of the porter, it was a room full of books, and it was the porter's secret hiding place. land.

Saturday is the time for Mr. Ozu and Mrs. Michel to watch a movie, black and white video, the works of Yasujiro Ozu. The two smiled at each other. Every encounter is so short, every parting is so reluctant. The concierge has a crush on Ozu, but suffers from his own low status. She refused Mr. Ozu's invitation, and the pain in her heart broke out in an instant, and Baroma hugged the crying Mrs. Michel.

Mrs. Miche finally conquered herself and agreed to continue dating with Mr. Ozu. Mr. Yu gave Mrs. Yu new shoes and a shawl to have dinner for Mr. Ozu's birthday. Mr. Ozu told Michele at dinner that we can do whatever we want. A soft parting kiss represents everything.
Paloma crushed the pills she had saved, carefully packed them into vials, and waited for her birthday. She made a black-and-white drawing of Mrs. Michel, which she gently tucked into the crack of Mrs. Michel's door. The elegant lady is nestled in a leather chair, with a lazy cat on her lap, dim light, and gently flipped pages. Michelle's life has had infinite brilliance.

It was a new night, and Mrs. Michele opened the door to go out. Just when she was admonishing others not to stand in the middle of the road, she was hit by a speeding car. "Ozu, my heart is like a curled up kitten. I want to have one last cup of sake with you. How do you define the value of life? Baroma, I hope your future is equal to your expectations." Hedgehog eventually died Accident.

The news informed Paloma that the girl who was usually so indifferent is now crying. Outside the iron gate is the vehicle that took away Mrs. Michel, and inside the iron gate is the girl's crying and determined face. The death of Mrs. Michele taught the girl a lot.

It turned out to be like this, and
it all came to an end
. Is this death? You
will never see the person you love.
You will never see the person who loves you.
If this is death, it
's really just as
tragic as everyone said.

Mr. Ozu The wife's room was tidy up, and the book of Anna Karenina was given to Baloma. Mrs. Michel smiled before she knew she was going to die. Yes, what matters is not death, but what you were doing at the moment of death. The graceful hedgehog is well-dressed and packed, ready to fall in love.

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The Hedgehog quotes

  • Paloma Josse: Planning to die doesn't mean I let myself go like a rotten vegetable. What matters isn't the fact of dying or when you die. It's what you're doing at that precise moment.

  • Renée Michel: Happy families are all alike.

    Kakuro Ozu: Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

    [Quoting from Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina']