Each of us has a unique face that is unique to us in the world, and even twins have subtle differences. Perhaps to ourselves, it is just a skin, beautiful or ugly, normal or deformed, it has been decided from the moment of birth that we have no chance to grasp the remote control that shapes our appearance.
So what would happen to the world around me if I woke up tomorrow and I was no longer me?
The answer is, no way. At least, that's the case for Kim Woo-jin, the hero of "Inner Beauty." For eleven years, the world around him has been busy and peacefully walking, no one will care about his existence, and certainly no one will notice, every morning when he wakes up, he will change into another pair. The face, to be precise, becomes another person.
From one morning at the age of eighteen, Jin Yuzhen's life has undergone earth-shaking changes, like sparks flying everywhere, bursting uncontrollably, almost absurd. Sometimes he is an elderly wrinkled old man, sometimes a plump and sexy girl, sometimes a frowning woman, sometimes a middle-aged man with a bushy beard, sometimes a young and innocent child, sometimes a foreigner with blue eyes and blond hair. For him, sleep does not mean a peaceful rest, it is more like an involuntary but unconscious rebirth operation. The only thing that is fortunate is that his heart has always been peacefully beating as "Jin Yuzhen". However, about the incredibleness of all this, he always had a memory that was almost numb but always tingling.
He had nothing to say and no one to say except his mother and hello and friendly white. When I wake up every day, I will become another person. I believe that no matter who hears it, they will sneer at the first time. Nowadays, people who want to change their appearance use makeup at least, and plastic surgery at the most. It is called fine-tuning. If you know that there is a thing in this world where you can easily change your appearance after waking up from sleep, it is estimated that there are few people who hate it and many people who envy it. However, Jin Yuzhen, who was in it, felt deep pain and despair all the time.
The beautiful woman who slept in the same bed and rubbed her ears and temples the night before became strangers the next day. After all, when we met last night, he was a handsome and handsome young man, but when he woke up the next day, there was a wrinkled, potbellied old man lying beside him. It is estimated that the woman will live in a nightmare for the rest of her life. For Kim Woo-jin, life is about changing shoe sizes and waistlines, even gender and nationality. For him, every day is a "new" day, and it is also a false and meaningless day, because the people he met yesterday, the things he experienced, the small shops he went to, and if he goes to today, he has already replaced them. Another face, with a different voice. Even if he clearly remembers the other party, in the eyes of the other party, he is just a stranger. Even the friendly and friendly Bai who has known him for fifteen years, after seeing him transformed into a pure and beautiful woman, could not resist the charm of "her" and once forgot his true colors. As Jin Yuzhen himself said: "Even if he is moved, he can only last for one day, and he lives with a different appearance every day." In this world, he does not have a face of his own, and no one will remember him. No one would care whether he really existed yesterday.
In fact, so did he. I am used to saying goodbye to myself in front of the camera every night, living alone in a big, empty house filled with the scent of wood, measuring my waist, shoe size, and changing lenses day after day, and I am also used to it. forgotten by others. "Now that the Internet can solve everything, it is better to live with an uncertain appearance."
A lover? Jin Yuzhen pursed his dry lips. It seemed like a long, long time ago. With an ever-changing face, he couldn't stand calmly in front of someone who made his heart move. After waking up that morning eleven years ago, he had already disqualified him.
Therefore, when Jin Yuzhen stood in the house with the aroma of the familiar trees, the bright sunlight poured through the tall glass windows on the various exquisite wooden furniture in the house, the natural texture of the wood. There was a gentle luster flowing on it, and several huge crystal chandeliers exuded a soft orange color. The woman with a pure voice and a gentle smile suddenly fell into his sight at that moment. Across the thick lenses and the blurry air, he quietly looked at the woman in front of him, his eyes interspersed with anticipation and pain.
Every day after that, Jin Yuzhen came to the woman named Li Xiu with a non-stop appearance, and all he could see was her gentle and bright smile. "No matter what I look like, she's always the same." To him, recognition and kindness that are not distinguished by appearance may be the greatest luxury in the world.
When the identical business cards piled up on the table, he gradually became dissatisfied with meeting Li Xiu as a stranger every day. He looked forward to waking up one day, and the self in the mirror was no longer a disheveled uncle, nor a woman with a sallow complexion, but a good-looking man who could match Li Xiu. He has low self-esteem, but he can't help but look forward to it, although it is often followed by disappointment. "It's better to be good-looking than to be ugly, younger than older...Although it is more important to be inside than appearance, the social law that a good first impression can have a chance is still very important." The
abrupt invitation, the furniture factory The dinner together, the wonderful music hidden in the table, the quiet listening to Jose Ramirez's guitar tunes, the cloth ring worn by chance in the antique store, and the reluctant kiss before parting. For Li Xiu, all that was an unexpected encounter of a beautiful love, a warm and romantic melody in an ordinary life. For Jin Yuzhen, those precious memories are just fleeting moments in life, they are the unchanging appearance in exchange for not sleeping for several days, and they are the sweet dreams that cannot be grasped. Turned into a messy middle-aged man.
As usual, everything will return to nothingness again. Only this time, he wasn't going to give up. After a period of dodging, struggling and hesitating, Kim Woo-jin, who finally summoned up the courage to confess everything to Lee Soo, was thinking of Kim Woo-jin who would convey his inner feelings even if he was denied, rejected, or hated. After Li Xiu left in amazement and anger, she was still in a daze and shed tears. Even if he was mentally prepared to give up everything, he couldn't face Li Xiu's disappointment after all. "Her face when I heard what I said was so familiar, so was my face in the mirror. I didn't recognize me because I changed my face. So did my mother, and so did Shanbai."
"I became a new one . People." He returned to despair, but more despair than before. If Li Xiu didn't ring the doorbell of his house that night, and everything that happened after that, Jin Yuzhen, maybe he would continue to spend the strange days with different faces, and his life would still be as cold as ever. temperature.
Does appearance matter in love? This question seems to bother many people, including me. Until now, I don't know the answer, but what is certain is that the inner fit is the indispensable maintenance for two people to finally come together. Now you, try to put down the phone and blur out the face of the lover who is in front of you at this moment. If he or she is another face or even another body at this moment, will you still love as deeply as you are now?
At least Li Xiu did it. Every day after she was with Jin Woojin, she had to face a lover who looked very different. The day before yesterday, he was a sturdy bald man, yesterday he became an uncle with puffy cheeks, and today he is still a childish and cute little boy, but no matter how Jin Yuzhen changes, she will always love him. Even if she could never capture her lover's appearance, she could still feel the warmth from his palm. She has always felt the existence of Jin Yuzhen with her heart, and felt the warm and fulfilling heart of Jin Yuzhen wrapped in countless skins.
However, no matter how full and peaceful they are when they are together, in the face of the turbulent reality, this relationship will inevitably appear powerless and embarrassing. The fear and unease when he lost the other person's figure in the hustle and bustle of the crowd also oppressed Li Xiu's heart all the time. The side glances of the people around, the worries of family members, Li Xiu's psychological pressure and physical discomfort gradually became sharp thorns hanging between them. Whether they move forward or backward, they will be stabbed all over by their love for each other.
"Love can solve any problem, but it also destroys everything because of love." One of the two people in love seems to be changing forever, and it seems that they can never give their lover a sense of security and familiarity, and the other is deeply in love The other party, however, was exhausted because he had to empty his mind every time to feel and be familiar with a lover with a different face. Their separation came very suddenly, but it was not unexpected at all. The scene that made me stunned in the whole film was that on that snowy night, Jin Woojin smiled tenderly and said "Let's break up" with his lover beside him. Li Xiu was surprised at first, then stood silently, speechless for a long time. The warm man in front of her rubbed her stiff arms and leaned down slightly. "Don't take that medicine, eh? Hurry up and go back, or you will catch a cold."
Under the street lamp that was bright as day, Li Xiu just stood there in a daze, not having the strength to keep the one who was drifting away. 's back. When she wakes up tomorrow, the person who said goodbye to her just now will become another person. She feels pain, but she can't remember the other person's appearance. Reluctance, hesitation, and sadness followed her for a long time after that. In the early morning of winter, on the crowded streets, close your eyes, and there will never be a pair of familiar hands clasping her hands. Life is like a lie that ends, and everything goes back to the way it was before.
"Occasionally I ask, is the me today the same as the me yesterday? I have the same face every day, and I am shaken with a different mood every day. Maybe the person who becomes different every day is not you, but me." Listening to the familiar melody, Li Xiu couldn't help trembling and weeping. No matter how difficult life is, how eroded the years, and how indifferent death is, what has never changed and will not change is the heart that loves each other deeply. When she began to be afraid of the eyes of the world, the chaos and pain she experienced with her lover, and the momentary pain of losing the other person in the crowd, she gave up the person with a unique warmth and heart. Compared with the fear and anxiety she experienced in the past, the real loss at this moment made her more painful.
It suddenly occurred to me that Li Xiu is to Jin Yuzhen what the little prince is to his rose. Although the little prince's rose looks the same as all roses, because of the little prince's love and dedication, his rose has become the most unique rose on all planets. In Li Xiu's eyes, no matter how the appearance of the person in front of him changes, his heart is always the Jin Yuzhen she loves. Whether it is a bland appearance or a constantly changing face, as long as the person is willing to admit and wait for it is enough.
Love is never determined by appearance.
It is because of this that people grow old. From a drooping boy to an old man, from a young girl to a rickety old woman, the sturdy body gradually bends, the long black hair slowly turns pale, the eyes change from clear water droplets to turbid dusk, and the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes deepen unconsciously. The folds in the desert, the white skin has indelible spots, the back of the hand has shrunk to the point where the protruding blood vessels can be vaguely seen, the steps are a little staggered, and the voice is hoarse. The only thing that doesn't age with appearance is the heart. Our existence cannot be replicated because of the throbbing temperature in our chest, which ceases with our death, but does not change with our appearance.
At the end of the video, the two reunite in a strange country. Picked up and put down, searched and found again, even if you behind the door is a face I have never seen before, I can still be sure that you are the one I love deeply. Today's people are busy and tired, care too much about the sight of others, and are shocked by the changes in the world. Under the layers of whitewashing, it is often not just the appearance that is lost, and it is not just the eyes that are tired. Tired to the extreme, who can bother to love?
Maybe, there is no such perfect love as in the movie, just as there is no constant face in the world.
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