It's summer, but it's windy and rainy, holding a warm baby and watching a movie, as if it can be easier. When choosing the film, I thought that Summertime would be a lazy and relaxed film, and of course I had confidence in Juliet Binoche, but the plot is heavy and lengthy like a French literary film. For movies, even if the pace is slow and there is a lot of blank space, if the narrative is complete and the characters are clear, I can still watch it quietly.
Heliana, who runs through the movie, doesn't make many appearances, and the movie is more developed from the perspective of her children. The beginning of the plot is set on Helena's seventy-fifth birthday party. She is not very happy, and her birthday reminds her that time is passing and she will be dead soon. So, she was busy explaining the funeral to the eldest son. When she talked about her collection and her brother Paul, she always seemed to be eloquent, making the eldest son extremely impatient, and even rudely reminding her that she had talked countless times before. times. Helian was a lonely, forgetful old man. An aging artist.
For Helena, the most important thing in life is her brother Paul, followed by her art and her collection. She has a bad relationship with her husband. In the words of the eldest son, his father had an eccentric temperament and was inferior to his talented siblings. So when her husband died, she changed back to her maiden name, which was the same as her brother's.
Uncle Paul is a god-like existence. Although he has been dead for a long time, he still looms over the family. A mother suppresses herself and her children, which is a complete mental burden. In her last speech in old age, she did not shy away from her affair with her brother, which shows that she is very calm, although she cannot tell her children in person. Her lawyer was very clear, and finally was able to tell the eldest son that he had seen his mother and Paul together. They were both inspirations and passions for each other. Before arguing with his younger brother and sister, the eldest son, whose mother and uncle were innocent, was completely relieved. , maybe the eldest son is the one who loves his mother the most, so he settled down in Paris not far from home to take care of him.
The relationship between Heliana and her children is more tense. As a mother, she seems indifferent to the lives of her children. I am not interested in the economics of my eldest son, nor do I care much about my daughter's gadgets, and my younger son, who has gone to China to make a living, is not worth mentioning. All like their father, insignificant.
The eldest son was forced by his father to engage in economics, which he did not like. Although he has made achievements in the field of economics and has published books, he does not recognize this field from the bottom of his heart. Judging from his love for paintings, his previous ideal should be painting. He complained that his mother did not understand his heart. Maybe she thinks that the eldest son should take more care, and it is too risky to engage in art.
The only one who inherits her mother's artistic creation career is her daughter, but because she can't surpass it (this may be the biggest risk of inheriting her mother's career), she is unwilling to calmly appreciate the works of art introduced to her by her mother. Angrily speaking of her high-scoring graduation works, she only borrowed the creativity of silver products at home. She did not regard art as a pursuit, but commercialized art. Yes, her mother and uncle were her insurmountable peaks, she was only one way. After her mother's death, she happily picked out the silver tea set and tray that her mother promised to give her before her death.
The younger brother has no memory of his uncle. He may instinctively shy away from art, become a professional manager, and come to China to expand his career. From the first time he mentioned selling the inheritance left by his mother and the quickness of his actions, when he was about to surprise his eldest brother, he knew that he had the most indifference to this family.
So it was inevitable that the family would fall apart after the death of my mother! The eldest son is the only one who wants to keep the house as it is, keep the collection, and use the house as a place for summer gatherings. However, my younger siblings who developed as far away as the United States and Asia felt it was unnecessary. As a result, artworks were donated, auctioned, houses sold, and memories of mother, uncle, and father disappeared, and no one wanted to know the story behind it.
It's a shame that the artist made his family life so unbearable. The most embarrassing thing is the mother's relics donated to the museum. The museum was placed in an inconspicuous place, and tourists stopped only for the treasure-level exhibits, and the donations left by Heliana did not arouse any interest from tourists. These used to accompany her mother's creative career, and now it's deserted. Suddenly, I understood that Heliana was unwilling to deal with donation matters before her death, but said that these should be left to her children. What she thought in her mind was to keep it as it was, and the museum was also a cold place for her. It was also hinted at arranging the funeral with the eldest son, leaving some in the family.
Yes, the little objects in the museum, the stories behind them, as their owners pass away, so do their meanings. Perhaps, for Heliana, the only gratifying thing is that at the request of the eldest son, the inconspicuous but priceless glass bottle that the old servant took away should always be inserted into the mother's most precious glass bottle in its lifetime. Love purple flowers. Only the old servant's feelings for the mistress are simple and vivid. She is the only one who will linger in the old empty house, the cemetery of the hostess.
It is a little gratifying that in the family, the rebellious granddaughter asked to have a summer party in the house that was about to be sold. In the backyard, she talked to her boyfriend about the agreement with her grandmother, and hoped that her memory would last longer.
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