The story begins with Charles (Charles), who was injured in World War II and lost his memory, escaped from the mental hospital. He met Paula (Paula), a dancing girl, when he was buying cigarettes. Paula believed that Charles was not sick and took him to the countryside to take good care of him. Get more comfortable and try writing. Three years later, it is natural that they fell in love with each other, got married and had children. But you never know what will happen next in your life. Charles is involved in a car accident on the way to his job as an editor, and recovers his pre-World War II memory but forgets those three years. He returned to the family to inherit the family business, and was moved by Kitty's persistence in staying with her for several years. But when they were about to get married, Kitty saw that she was not his true love and left him, and he went to find lost memories, not knowing that his secretary was his former wife Paula. Previously, the psychiatrist told Paula that it was only possible for Charles to recall if he wanted to. If she told Charles directly, it would only add to the burden on Charles. So she was always by his side, giving him reminders again and again, but he couldn't recall it at all. Later, they remarried for political reasons, and he was gentle but always respectful to her. He gave her the necklace of Queen Mary Louis, he didn't understand, what she missed was the one who gave her the necklace "as beautiful as your eyes". A person's amnesia is cruel to how many people. Finally, a strike brought him back to Meiqiao, and he finally remembered that the person around him was Paula he loved.
The black-and-white film of 1942, today, 74 years later, has a deep impression on me. The young Paula is lively and cheerful, but is willing to give up work for someone who has known each other for a few days. I think this is the love of youth, impulsive. And pure. In the country pond, Charles said, I want to raise you. I think this sentence can fully explain his love and responsibility. When Paula was Charles' secretary, she looked at Charles with love, resentment, anger, and distress. What she felt was not only her own sadness that "you don't know that the person who loves you the most is right in front of you" , and the "you can't be truly happy if you don't remember" kind of sadness for Charles.
I think what moves us about classic movies is that even though they don't have too many special effects and sound effects, they express emotions with the simplest and most sincere details and actions.
Compared with the long love story of Charles and Paula, I appreciate Kitty, an educated, young and lovely little girl. She knows how to pursue, know how to wait, know how to let go. She relied on her youth and full of blood to love recklessly, and when she saw rationally that he didn't love her, she let go. She got me into the drama so completely that when she cried, I was in a bad mood. In life, how many people make themselves cheap because they are reluctant to let go.
I think the reason why some movies are called classics is because their emotional expression is very delicate, allowing the audience to grow up unconsciously.
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