So I hope to express this feeling in words.
I don't understand the technical issues such as the filming techniques of the movie. As an ordinary movie fan, I would like to say that "Sister Peach" brought me an understanding of human nature and life.
Sister Tao, whose real name is Zhong Chuntao, was born in the war years. At the age of thirteen, she was destined to be sold into the Liang family as a servant. This practice has been in operation for more than 60 years. She has never been married and has no children and no heirs. At the beginning of the film, Sister Tao takes care of the third-generation owner of the Liang family, Roger, who is in his 40s. Wait in the room. It makes people feel that Sister Tao is really a servant from the bottom of her heart, and even feel that she is pitiful. Until one day, Sister Tao suddenly had a stroke. She said, "Tell my wife, I don't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore. Although Roger treated her as a mother and wanted to take care of her, she insisted on moving into a nursing home. And when an old man in the nursing home said her name, "It sounds like a servant's name", the gentle Sister Tao glared back: "I offended you!" I just realized that the servant is only Sister Tao's job, no matter whether it is a job. One year or more than sixty years, her personality is not a servant. She obeyed the servant's rules not because she was servile, but because it was part of her beautiful, complete character.
Dedication is the first beautiful character of Sister Tao shown in the film. He joined the Liang family at the age of thirteen and worked as a servant for more than 60 years, taking care of three generations of the Liang family for decades. Most of the Liang family have moved to the United States, and only Roger is left in Hong Kong, but she takes care of Roger as she used to. At first, I thought that this Roger was too disrespectful to the old man. Later I realized that this is the foundation of Sister Tao's personality: dedication, until the end, wholeheartedly.
Self-love is a quality I see in Sister Tao. Sister Tao never married. There is a scene where Roger's elementary school classmates gathered together to recall: when Sister Tao was young, she insisted on wearing old-fashioned maid clothes, white clothes and black trousers, but she was still very beautiful. Several little boys liked to follow behind Sister Tao. Roger once also asked why so many people chased you before, why didn't you agree, like the owner of a fish seller and a hardware store, all of them were the wife of the boss when they married. Sister Tao replied "fishy", "The hardware store is also fishy?" Roger asked with a smile. Buying and selling transactions, the smell of copper is full, it is indeed fishy. Even the master of the Liang family was "bah", and Sister Tao looked down on her. I think Sister Tao pursues and insists on love. Just like every girl will have a pure expectation for love when she is in love. When I grow up, I will consider a lot, and before I know it, I even feel that if I don't consider these factors, I am a fool, and occasionally I will make fun of my "naive". But Sister Tao insists on her pursuit of love. Without such love, she guards herself. Although she never waited for this person in her life, she also passed on this love. First of all, she takes care of herself. The toilet in the nursing home is dirty and smelly. It should not be a day or two. Other old men and old ladies don't care about being dirty or smelly, and they don't care about the etiquette of men and women, but Sister Tao doesn't. She tries to make herself better. Even if she has a stroke, she has to find a relatively clean toilet and put it in her nose. Stuff with paper towels. She cherishes herself as a human being. And Sister Tao turned this love into love for the Liang family, especially for Roger. Roger's mother once said to Sister Tao: If it wasn't for Sister Tao's care, Roger wouldn't have grown so big. Presumably Roger was not in good health when he was a child. It was Sister Tao who took care of him with all her love and made Roger grow up. So their relationship is not mother and son, but more than mother and son. This can also be seen from Roger's mother's attitude towards Roger: Roger's mother wanted to control Roger, and kept nodding when she spoke, but said that Roger would not answer; watching TV and saying that his voice was too loud, and reading newspapers that his voice was too loud Big. There is isolation in maternal love. And Sister Tao and Roger feel as natural as mother and child together.
Self-improvement Peach. After the stroke, Sister Tao first thought of resigning and moving into a nursing home. And he kept muttering: I will pay for the expenses myself, I have money, I have money. Entering the nursing home, many elderly people are like babies, fixed in chairs or in wheelchairs. It stands to reason that Sister Tao had a stroke and hemiplegia, so she should be in a wheelchair. The nurse asked: Do I need a wheelchair? Sister Tao said: I can go by myself. Sister Tao, who has a stroke, does not need crutches as long as she can walk by herself, and she can walk with crutches without a wheelchair. It can be seen in the whole play that she began to sit in a wheelchair before Sister Tao died at the end. Sister Tao also insists on doing physiotherapy every day, pushing down the rehabilitation equipment, and walking the fitness equipment step by step, completing it meticulously. This is Sister Tao's strong performance. She hopes in her heart that she can be better after a stroke like the old lady of the Liang family. Indeed, Sister Tao did it too. When Roger took her to the film festival, Sister Tao could walk home with Roger like a normal old lady, and she couldn't tell that she was an old man with a stroke. Even if you are sick, even if you are half paralyzed, you have to live with dignity.
Temperance, Sister Tao is temperate. Although she has worked in the Liang family for more than 60 years, she does not mean to be proud of her achievements, unlike Jiao Daxun in A Dream of Red Mansions who scolded Ning Guofu, although in that scene, Jiao Daxuan was justified, but it can still be seen that Jiao Da expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that he had made such a great contribution, but now there is no return, which means that Jiao Da felt that his efforts must be rewarded. But Sister Tao was not proud of this, and she didn't even think that the Liang family should be responsible for her own pension and moved into the nursing home independently. This is her temperance. And Roger treated her like his own mother, and his feelings for Roger were as deep as for his son, but she did not use this "love" to contain Roger. She was so looking forward to Roger coming to see her in the nursing home, but she always said something like "Don't come when you are not free, you are so busy. I am fine in the nursing home" to comfort Roger. She would only sit at the entrance of the nursing home by herself for one morning, waiting eagerly for Roger to appear. There is also moderation in the relationship with the hostess. Although Roger's mother was very grateful to her and treated her very well. But Sister Tao is very clear about where the boundaries are, and the extra money given by the hostess is absolutely not allowed, but the two extra pairs of socks she asked for on the plane and a random scarf around her body, Sister Tao not only likes it very much, but also has a thousand kindness in her mouth. Thank you. Let me see that Sister Tao is very aware of her relationship with the hostess. They have deep feelings and the status of master and servant. Sister Tao's self-control will only make people respect her more and more.
Peach is still enthusiastic. In the nursing home, the mother-in-law who stayed the longest would ask Sister Tao to help her sew her buttons, and insisted on asking Sister Tao to sew for her all morning. We all know that Sister Tao had a stroke and one of her hands was stiff, and there were so many staff and other elderly people in the nursing home. Why didn't her mother-in-law ask others to sew buttons for her. It can be imagined that others will treat her indifferently, but Sister Tao will not. She will help her enthusiastically and warm her. When she saw her mother-in-law who refused to go back to the New Year with her daughter, it was useless to persuade others. It was Sister Tao who persuaded her to go home with her daughter. In a rigid, stubborn, and indifferent nursing home, Sister Tao is a warm-hearted person, and she will bring warmth to the people around her.
What surprised me was Sister Tao's helpless and dirty tolerance for human nature. Uncle Jian in the nursing home once gave Sister Tao four egg tarts to eat, so he "borrowed" 300 yuan by the way. At that time, I felt a "squeak" in my heart. Sister Tao was deceived. She was really an ignorant old lady. Later, Roger found out that Uncle Jian had borrowed money to go to prostitutes. I was "happy" and proud. There was a feeling that the bad guys were finally discovered. Unexpectedly, Sister Tao said: "Give it to him, how many times can you play?" Sister Tao has long known the usefulness of Uncle Jian's borrowing money. She tolerated and sympathized with Uncle Jian, but at the same time, she herself did not agree with the behavior of whoring prostitutes, nor did she agree with the point of view that, anyway, if you were about to die, you could be happy if you were happy, and it didn't matter what face and dignity were. So Uncle Jian asked him to dance, and she was like hiding from the plague; Roger joked that Uncle Jian was chasing her, and Sister Tao blurted out: disgusting. Sister Tao is a transparent and understanding person. She understands the cowardly and helpless aspects of human nature. She is tolerant because she understands, and deeply sympathizes and understands this part of human nature. Even if she keeps herself clean, he won't ask others to be as noble as her because of this. She believes that others are doing their best to be a good person, but everyone has their own helplessness and cowardice. I was shocked by Sister Tao's tolerance, and I also saw that Sister Tao's tolerance was meaningful. In the end, Uncle Jian was so anxious to borrow money, but it was to buy a bunch of white roses for Sister Tao's last ride. At that moment, I felt that Uncle Jian was also such a beautiful person. Isn't it because of Sister Tao's tolerance that he has the possibility to show his beautiful part?
There is also an important theme throughout the play: the understanding of death. There are very few plots that directly talk about death in the film, but the breath of death is everywhere. The passing of more than 60 years is a kind of death of time; during this period, the old lady and grandfather of the Liang family died; several elderly people in the nursing home also died. Sister Tao herself suffered strokes again and again, and her life was in danger at any time. This is the death of life; and Aunt Mei's farewell without a word, this is not only the death of life, but also the death of relationship.
At the beginning, I thought that the attitude of the people in the play towards death was indifferent, especially the scene where the daughter came to get her mother's relics, a pair of old people played chess by themselves, an employee sat on the table watching chess and knocking melon seeds, sister Tao. His eyes were also straight, and Roger wondered why the enthusiastic Sister Tao didn't come forward to comfort him. Only Aunt Mei was comforting. It was not until finally Roger decided to give Sister Tao a natural death, and at the same time decided to fly inland to do business that night, I did not understand: they are not indifferent to death, but they have regarded death as a natural process of life, it is not life end. When the body dies, people can live in other ways. For example, the old lady of the Liang family, when she saw the old refrigerator, she remembered the interesting story of the old lady who ate iced watermelon for the first time, and worried about the stomachache, secretly asking her daughter-in-law for panacea. At that moment, it seemed that the old lady of the Liang family was sitting in the sunshine in front of the windowsill, talking to her daughter-in-law and maid. In the heart of the living, the dead are still alive.
Aunt Mei was not so lucky, at least she thought so. She is young and has only one old mother. So she is afraid of death. For her, the death of the body means that everything is over, so she will do her best to comfort her daughter who lost her mother. In the nursing home, she also seems to be a more enthusiastic and positive person. When she heard the doctor's verdict, she cried bitterly, because she knew that the final result was coming, and she was unwilling to face this result, after all, she was still young. So she sneaked away and told the nursing home a good hope: she was taken to a better nursing home. If she really had such a good financial condition, she would not have chosen this nursing home in the first place, nor would she have cried when she heard the doctor's advice. The biggest possibility is that there is no hope for treatment, and constant exchange dialysis is a bottomless pit. She chose to go home and wait. died. And these sisters all understood that she was so sad and sad at that moment, and walked into her room silently. This is the look that Sister Tao rarely appears, especially when Roger is with him.
Roger finally understood the meaning of death, so he worked as usual when Sister Tao was dying, and held a funeral for Sister Tao as usual after work. But back at home, "Sister Tao" is still waiting for her at home as usual. At this time, Sister Tao is living in Roger's heart and will never change and die.
After writing this, I feel that I can finally say one or two of the feelings in my heart. But why the film "Sister Peach" is so moving, I think in addition to my own reasons, there is also the power of the film itself. In terms of storyline, this is really an ordinary story, just like the English title says: simple life. But it's just a story about a 70-year-old woman who suffered a sudden stroke and then died about two years ago. I believe that stories like this are played out in our lives every day, but different people live the same things differently. Just like in the nursing home in the film: if there are stubborn ones, the old principal still has to abide by those rules until death; if there are those who are dissolute and live happily, Uncle Jian may continue to have fun; That row of old people in aprons, like piglets in a pigsty, waiting to be fed... But Sister Tao can see such beautiful quality no matter what the circumstances. The possession of this quality is not for the sake of It's her natural behavior to show that she is different, she doesn't even know she has these qualities, she just does it. I think this is also the possible reason why such an ordinary life can be so exciting.
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