Sister Tao, whose parents died and suffered in childhood, has been a maid in the Liang family since she was 13 years old. She has served the Liang family for more than 60 years and has served four generations of the Liang family. This movie tells the story of such an ordinary middle-class family in Hong Kong, who is insignificant, there are not many more than her, and there are not many people without her.
When the camera was in focus, Sister Tao was already old, and she would be teased when she was shopping alone in a Hong Kong vegetable market, and it seemed a little difficult to go up the stairs; Sister Tao likes to be Roger, and the child she brought up since she was a child is now It is the meal of a famous filmmaker: steamed hairy crab, crucian carp soup, abalone, sea cucumber, bird's nest, they live together, and Sister Tao spends most of her time in the kitchen; Sister Tao also likes the kitten at home, Kaka, with her. It gets along very well, but rarely sees her after the stroke; Sister Tao had a stroke, and she said to Roger: "Do you remember your grandma? Okay, okay, let's continue." He looked at her and said he didn't know, "Ah, you went to the United States to study, of course you didn't know."; her body was no longer able to serve him.
She said, "I want to go to a nursing home."
"Hey, are you really going?"
"I'm going."
"Are you sure you like a nursing home?"
"Well, I do."
No one likes the elderly hospital. Every night there will be ghost-like screams; nurses feed the old people like running water, and the old people babble like babies in the noisy environment; it is full of all the embarrassment and embarrassment that life is about to end. On the first night when Sister Tao came here, she stared at the grandma who was watching the window, and she saw her own destiny.
In this film, the dialogues and scenes that are about to be talked about are connected in series. What it tells is that there is no fierce accusation against the Liang family, no venting of tears, no boundless love, heroic pride, and son-in-law. long. The Liang family did not spend a lot of money, and Roger had to work hard for his career; Sister Tao was not a victim of grievance, she would curl her lip and shake her head lightly when she was drinking bird's nest from Mrs. Liang (Roger's mother). Put ginger, fishy!" Because of that, it's so real.
In fact, the Liang family cares deeply for Sister Tao, and they are not evil people. On the contrary, everyone from the Liang family, young and old, who has been cared for by Sister Tao, has made suggestions and tried their best to help her. The so-called gratitude is by no means absent. Mrs. Liang, in the same year as Sister Tao, told Roger at night to let him vacate the house in Hong Kong for Sister Tao to live in; Roger's sister, Sharon, also offered to wait in the car, and she came up with the funeral expenses of Sister Tao by herself. To express my heart; Roger, the person who has the closest relationship with Sister Tao, will often visit her in her spare time, take her home, make soup for her, recall the past together, and talk to each other with fun and tacit understanding, Talking about a lot, just like mother and son, every time I see the laughing dialogue between the two, people can't help laughing.
However, Sister Tao travels around and almost moves her kitchen to the hospital to take care of Mrs. Liang, who is seriously ill. A cup of bird's nest may not be enough; she does not give up day and night to soothe the crying of the baby; Every temperament, eating habits, dressing style, inner loneliness, likes and dislikes towards girls, eyesight on people, deep dissatisfaction with his father... These, how should Roger repay, how should he pay appropriately The compensation for care and money, how to make up for the nights waiting for him to come back with the lamps in the room turned on? How to repay the dishes that have been simmered with time and patience? How should I respond to her about all the time she spent with this family, all the details of their lives that they shared: the first time you bought a refrigerator, picked a watermelon, and a little boy who smashed the dishes at home. Small details, childhood favorites, quietly bring soda to the room. . . . . .
In a frame-by-frame shot, it is such an unequal emotional contribution that makes Sister Tao's fate unfortunate. The sacrifice of love and life is only a deeper connection between the employer and the employee, and the gap between identities is an insurmountable gap. Sadly, Sister Tao understands everything.
Impressive scene: going to the hospital for a physical examination,
"Mother-in-law, your teeth are broken, it's time to replace your dentures."
She was so flustered lying on the bed that she jumped up and shouted, "I don't want it!"
"Don't worry about it, doctor. She, she can do what she wants to do," said Roger on the side, " Spend
tens of thousands of dollars for a denture, what do you do! I won't do it! I won't do it!
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hands, and shouted in disregard, "I don't do it! I don't do it!"
He looked at Roger fiercely,
"What are you doing with your temper?" Roger demanded,
"I don't do it, I don't do it, do it for what?" Just like a stubborn child,
"If you don't do it, you won't do it, why are you in a hurry? Why do you lose your temper?"
Who can understand, who can understand, knowing that he is useless to others after all Annoyed, angry; I already know my destiny in my heart, why should I deceive myself with an illusion? Even caring and caring can't fill the coldness in my heart. On New Year's Eve, you are reunited with families in the United States, and the Spring Festival in the nursing home is boring;
Some people say that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Love and care can only be repaid with equal love.
The Liang family can't do it.
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