A film with delicate emotions, if you are a casual person when making friends in your life, then you will not be able to get the emotional entanglement of the two girls in the film. They may even think that their series of actions are the performance of Zuo.
The title of the film was translated into Breath, and the Taiwan version was translated into Girlfriends. Both translations are very good, the former corresponds to the ending of the credits, and the latter runs through it. The tragedy that led to the ending was the result of the collision of different defective personalities caused by the two original family environments.
The film uses Xiali as the main point of view, amplifying Sarah's behavior. Everything about Sally is based on lies. Sarah does not have a mother who goes out to work all the year round, has never traveled abroad, and has not had those fascinating experiences. She only has a mother who is a daily alcoholic and a broken family of origin. She thinks that such a family is shameless, and people keep aloof from children who grow up in such a family environment. So she made up these lies, packaged herself as someone who would be accepted and welcomed, and integrated into the group. Maybe for many people who are good at integrating into the new environment, it is nothing at all. But for a person with a flawed character, it is very difficult to integrate into the group. He had to carefully put away his flawed side, and Sara pretended to be a flattering character, just to be able to quickly integrate into the new environment. But Sarah is a jealous maniac, jealous of all the people around her who are better than her. Although Xiali's family is broken, Xiali's mother has many good friends, they can get together to celebrate Christmas, and Sarah can only face a laughing and drunk mother when she comes home.
Sarah is also extremely sensitive and needs a response from others, especially those she cares about. If that person fails to give the response she wants, she will think she has made a fool of herself, and this shame and shame will be transferred to another person, turning into distrust or even disgust and hatred. There are a total of two people in the movie who fail to give Sally the response he wants. The first time was Xiali, who introduced himself to others on vacation, in the name of a classmate. Sarah is not happy. Because the relationship between Xiali and Sarah cannot be simply defined by classmates. They are obviously friends.
We always divide the people around us into many categories, classmates, colleagues, friends, girlfriends, good buddies, Tiezi, and so on. In fact, it's nothing to say that they are classmates, but Sarah is a sensitive character and will not easily share her emotions with others. She has let Xiali enter her life, but in Xiali's eyes, they are just classmates. Just ordinary friends. You're not your best friend's best friend, and whoever knows this will be a little unhappy. I shared all my secrets with you and dedicated all my passion to you, but you told me that I am not your best friend. Sarah was instantly disappointed with Xiali.
The second time was a Spanish man who pursued Xia Li's mother. Sara fell in love with him at first sight, plucked up the courage to confess, but was told by the other party that she hadn't noticed her at all. Others are sad when they fail to confess. Sara feels more frustrated with her self-esteem. She can't tolerate not being accepted, and she can't tolerate that she is no match for an old woman (Xia Li's mother). This humiliation is also related to Xiali. Sarah is undoubtedly jealous of Xiali's family.
And Xiali didn't know about all this, and didn't even react. Xiali is a girl with extremely poor emotional expression, weak and slow thinking. Sarah showed her love for Spanish men more than once, and even ran to Xiali to tell her thoughts, but Xiali could get it once. In addition, Xiali didn't know how to express her thoughts with words or actions when Sarah showed her goodwill. Sarah took the initiative to button up Xiali after her cold face for the first time, but Xiali didn't say anything. Sarah held Xiali's hand after the second cold face, but Xiali didn't even look at Sarah in a warm mood. Sara came back after the third cold face, and Xia Li cryptically said that she likes Spanish men, and Xia Li said that it's getting late, let's go to bed. Sarah then slammed the door and walked away, saying that you should sleep by yourself.
With someone who never realizes how he feels, who never knows what he is talking about, it is impossible to be a close friend. Although Xiali thought in her heart, she couldn't express it. In Sarah's sensitive heart, it seemed to me that I bowed my head over and over to make a gesture of affection to you, but you were still as indifferent as before. You didn't know what I was talking about, and you didn't give me any representation. Then why should I be good friends with you, why don't I just go back to my classmates as you said. Sarah's sensitive heart made her too extreme, but Xiali's slow emotional heart caused the two to have misunderstandings over time. Later, Xiali didn't understand why Sarah became like this. In fact, Sarah no longer regards Xiali as a good friend. However, Xiali still didn't understand, thinking that Sarah was playing with her temper, so she exposed her lies in public. Expose the lies and make Sarah decide in her heart that she will never be friends with Xiali again. But Charlie also tries in vain for the two to get back to the way they were before Christmas. To this lie, Sara retaliates by making Xiali embarrassed by her oolong party dress.
But Xia Li exposed Sarah's family in this queue. Don't worry, Xiali said, I will keep it a secret for you and won't tell anyone else. Thoroughly angered Sarah.
In fact, the unhappiness of the family environment is not a shameful thing. But we always think that this is a domestic scandal that cannot be made public. Those children who grew up in unfortunate families suffered from the double torment at home and abroad, not only having to endure the misfortune at home, but also being afraid of the cold words from the outside world. As Sarah's former good friend, Xiali was also deeply mired in family misfortune. She should know that what Sarah needs at this moment is a friend who can understand her, tolerate her and protect her. If Xiali said at that time, no matter what, I will always love you, I will protect you, and I will always be your reliable friend. Then things might turn around. But Xiali didn't, and Sarah thought Xiali was threatening herself. Sarah's family is her bottom line. If this matter is announced, the persona that Sarah has worked so hard to manage will collapse. Everyone Sarah knows in this city will think she is a hypocritical woman who made up stories. How can Sarah get on? So Sarah hit back at Charlie and said, I'll kill you if you dare. From that moment on, Sarah and Xiali were not even ordinary classmates. In Sarah's heart, Xia Li is her enemy, a pair of scissors for the Montnets she painstakingly weaves.
So Sarah's extreme character was exposed, making Xiali miserable.
Speaking of Xiali, after she exposed Sarah, she failed to get the result she wanted. Instead, Sara all sorts out. But Xiali didn't reflect on the reasons for all this, but pretended to be a victim, as if she was not at all wrong, and it was all Sarah's reason. At this time, in addition to poor expression and emotional slowness, Xiali was also indifferent. Indifferent to others who care about him. The old friend comforted her, but she treated her coldly. The friend Victoria, who was abandoned by her, came back to comfort her, but she also ran away. In the end, he also kissed the little brother who had been pursuing her. But Charlie didn't like him at all. Just hoping to use him as a tool to forget Sarah.
Friendship is mutual, and proper expression and comfort are necessary to maintain friendship. In every emotion, Xiali acts as an indifferent person who doesn't give everything. She is in this relationship, but she refuses to give, and she is indifferent. Emotional sluggishness and poor expression. Both emotional parties need to respond to each other. And Charlie will never understand that. She was cowardly and didn't even have the courage to accuse her asshole father. What to fight against the cruel Sarah?
Family misfortune creates character flaws, but acquired positive efforts are also important. In any case, people who are unwilling to respond emotionally are not good friends. And emotionally retarded people are not suitable for people who need emotional responses.
Xia Li may not really fall in love with Sarah, her love may just be an extreme camaraderie. Otherwise, why don't you even know who the person you like likes?
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