The story has real character prototypes to follow, and the content of the story is probably imagined. Because it is said that in reality, the two people did not spend a good night together, and usually only communicated by letters. But in the story he is her guest of honor. She is his confidante.
The front part is all foreshadowing. He came to see her after business, then left, came again, and left again.
The last time he came, he happened to meet her sister Redeemer. Enke's offer was lower than his mother's request, so the sale failed. When he slept together at night, he asked what the result was, but she couldn't answer, only one hundred taels short. He said, I'll come out. She turned her back to him, paused and asked, you have always disapproved of taking concubines, why did you come forward this time. He said that since she is pregnant, it is the beauty of adulthood. She was silent.
There is no end to this conversation.
I'm still waiting for her to ask her about her future.
When most people encounter such a situation, they will ask their own future by the way. It's not necessary to say the whole thing, just say half a sentence. Since you have made an exception to help others to take a concubine, then...
he will definitely understand your mind.
But she didn't ask.
The film went on slowly again. She dressed him in the morning, took him out, and watched him go downstairs. so on and so forth.
Count the end of the story. He came to deliver a hundred taels. She put away the bank note and said that my mother had asked the girl who married to take charge of the house for me, and then I could redeem my life. Now that she is married, my mother asked me to stay longer.
He doesn't speak. Eyes dodged.
She went on to say that I just want to ask you one thing, have you ever thought about my life?
Seeing this sentence on the screen, I was suddenly in a trance, and I had the illusion that I had been waiting for this question after watching it for so long.
She finally asked. Saying such a sentence softly, it is impossible to guess whether it is a complaint or an inquiry.
Have you ever thought about my life? He didn't answer.
She turned to get the water bottle, her throat tightened when she looked sideways, but she turned and her face was sinking. No more turbulence.
The last scene is when she receives a letter from him. The letter wrote only about his ambitions and his responsibilities to the motherland. After reading it, she quietly wiped her tears.
It can only be so.
Why is the title called The Best Time?
Ps Hou Hsiao-hsien's every frame can tell a story. It's beautiful.
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