I have seen too many Irish films related to Northern Ireland, but I have actually stereotyped Irish films in my heart, which must be related to violence. It seems that every film is saturated with politics. And this film changed my opinion. It turns out that the Irish people's desire for spiritual freedom exceeds the pursuit of national and religious freedom.
Without the Republican Army, without the blood and violence, I found that the scenery of Ireland is so beautiful. The vast wilderness, the gloomy sea, the lonely desert island, and the low-hanging clouds have their own captivating charm. The cool wind whistled past, the vegetation stood still, and there were few people. In such an environment, it was an inevitable choice to snuggle and comfort each other to keep warm. However, some people just live here alone and enjoy loneliness.
In this loneliness, he was enjoying himself. Going deep into the isolated island in the sea, the house far away from the village is like a castle, tightly wrapping oneself and loneliness, away from the hustle and bustle of the crowd. Of course, he didn't cut ties with the outside world, and when he needed it, he would go shopping in town, or go to a bar to enjoy a glass of wine. But this kind of communication is always within the scope of their own control, without responsibility, and without losing their freedom.
But the arrival of a woman shattered the balance of all this. This is also a woman who abandoned everything in the city, including property and love, and wanted to be with loneliness. We don't know who this woman is, let alone her previous life. Maybe she's just tired of her current life, maybe just to piss her off. She came to this deserted island, attracted by the scenery and atmosphere here. She stayed here begging for nothing, intervening in that man's life.
Although they contracted three chapters, although they loved loneliness, love still grew in their hearts, and quickly occupied their hearts. The woman seems to be enjoying this kind of love, and the old man who has lived alone for a long time, on the one hand, is full of tenderness towards this woman, and his love is beyond words, but he is afraid of the arrival of this love. This is an emotion that he cannot control and needs two people to do their best to maintain, and love will undoubtedly eliminate his enjoyment of loneliness and violate his freedom.
Love will make him surrender some of his privacy, and love will limit his free life. Here, love is very heavy, a commitment and a responsibility that is difficult to get rid of easily. He can tolerate two lonely people warming each other, and a lonely space can be reserved between the two. But he couldn't bear to have another love in this lonely space, it would be too cramped, it would make him, who was used to being alone, feel unable to breathe freely. He could no longer escape, so he had to use death to avoid love and gain space for freedom. Maybe death can make him truly alone and truly free.
It is only now that a woman understands everything and understands what true loneliness means. The loneliness she pursues is actually just to calm her hurt feelings, and she just wants to sort out her dazed mind in the loneliness. At the beginning of the movie, she takes off the ring on her hand, throws away her belongings, and roams around with only a suitcase on her back. On the surface, she seems to have given up everything, but in fact she has given up nothing in her heart. This kind of determination just shows her nostalgia for the warm world and her hatred for the inhumane person she loves. Therefore, facing the old man, she can quickly rekindle the fire of love and indulge in it.
She has a hard shell, but a soft heart inside. As long as her soft heart burns, without the collision of others, her icy shell will soon be melted. At that time, loneliness was tasteless, and loneliness was less attractive. All she needed was the warmth of intimacy. This was something that the old man couldn't give her. He was also covered in a hard shell, but it wasn't wrapped around his body, but tightly bound to his body, and he couldn't survive without the shell. He took pity on this lonely woman, but he was not blessed with her love. He left her everything, including his already cold body, "the story should end here", and what he left to the woman was still loneliness.
Will a woman live in remembrance of love, or will she taste loneliness alone? We don't know, maybe there is a new love waiting for her, loneliness is only the right of some people, most of them still enjoy the prosperity and hustle and bustle.
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