Time is there, distorted and deformed by our shortening or lengthening.
How long is a relationship?
March 1, 1986 to May 8, 1995.
A light and shadow that belonged to ten years ago, an addicting story, a pair of men and women who have experienced ups and downs, and a famous Teresa Teng overseas. Time travels quietly, and memories are mixed in those big and small gaps and there is nowhere to escape. It should be forgotten, but it is still not forgotten.
It is said that this is a slow-paced movie;
it is said that some people have watched it more than a dozen times;
it is said that the song "Sweet Honey" became popular again after the film was released;
it is said that Maggie Cheung's classic smile has become the dream of many people The object I have seen;
it is said that director Chen Kexin has to use the time span of "ten years" to arrange a "sigh" effect;
it is said...
I have seen it completely today, but I don't want to delete it. It seems that the director has achieved his goal, and I am still "sighing" after watching this film ten years later. The little Han teacher in the history of ancient literature highly recommended this film, saying that it mastered the rhythm just right. It's true, one point faster, "Sweet Honey" will become a third-rate love story, one point slower, "Sweet Honey" will become an ordinary musical. Because of the rhythm, it is just itself. The propaganda on Xunlei is extremely exaggerated, and it has to be hung with the word "make you cry". But I stubbornly believe that there will be many people who have seen it cry, but there should be very few people who cry. Because it is not a vulgar sensational script, just a simple story. It belongs to Dawn's 1980s dress, Maggie Cheung's fearless attitude, the Mickey Mouse tattoo that Zeng Zhiwei used to pursue girls, the tableware that my aunt was reluctant to throw away in her life, the Hong Kong dream that belongs to everyone, and the love that doesn't belong to everyone. The minutiae of the film. Everything flows quietly, like cooking a bowl of good soup with your heart, and you can't lift the lid to see what the base is used for. And the fragrance that emerges from time to time can make people stay beside it and refuse to leave.
In my memory, I was very attached to a few plots, and I didn’t want to erase or smear it, so I just let it freeze. Fortunately, my mind was well-stocked, and these pictures still had a place to live.
1. When I arrived in Hong Kong at the dawn of dawn, I wore a green military uniform and said a long monologue to my fiancée, which looked very simple and honest. He always had a silly face about his aunt's ravings that seemed to be real. He struggled to say to Maggie Cheung in McDonald's in very lame Cantonese: "Han... hamburger... ke... ke... ke ke..." Maggie Cheung, who had been glancing at the customers behind him, took over his words: "Happy. Ah!" This was their first exchange. If there is no McDonald's, if Dawn can speak Cantonese, will they know each other?
2. After the English get out of class, Li Liming said to Maggie Cheung, "I have a car, I'll take you away..." Then the sophomore bicycle, which has rarely been seen on the streets, proudly turned its bell through the bustling Hong Kong Maggie Cheung swayed her feet and sang "Sweet Honey" lightly, and Dawn suddenly became very happy, letting herself drive her bicycle to turn many curves on the road, and the wind was blowing.
3. When the two lonely people finally came together in a confused way for no apparent reason, Maggie Cheung was still wiping the glass carelessly, and the departing dawn said auspicious words to her, and the two were like Playing the Solitaire game, after finishing all the New Year's greetings, Maggie Cheung suddenly said, "Long live friendship..." She never admitted that Dawn was her lover, they were just friends. And whether the word friend is a definition or an excuse to perfunctory herself, she doesn't know.
4. Finally, they broke up. Because of different ideals, Liming worked hard to return to his hometown to marry the Yiren in his dream, while Maggie Cheung was to complete his Hong Kong dream. They were not the same. So Maggie Cheung became a massage girl, and she met Zeng Zhiwei, a gangster who did a Mickey Mouse tattoo for her. She was his wife naturally, but she always had a reserved seat for Dawn in her heart. In fact, he thinks that the big brother Zeng Zhiwei is in is great. He has always known that Zhang has another person in his heart, but he has always spoiled her like an elder. His love is no less than that of Liming.
5. Zeng Zhiwei died violently on the street. Maggie Cheung went to the morgue to see him for the last time. After seeing his face, he asked the doctor to turn him over. When he saw the Mickey Mouse for the last time, his originally calm expression suddenly smiled. Then the tears flowed out without hesitation. Everything was like a dream.
6. The classic scene at the end of the film. The news of Teresa Teng's death was broadcast on the TV in Chinatown on a loop. Two people walking from different directions stood to watch. Maggie Cheung turned sideways by chance and saw the person she had always wanted to see in her heart. "Sweet Honey" sounded again, and the time went back to March 1986, when Maggie Cheung and Dawn were leaning against each other in the crowded carriage. She and him slept so deeply.
"Sweet honey, you smile sweetly, as if flowers bloom in the spring breeze..."
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