In the middle of the lake full of white lotus flowers, beautiful and sacred, there is a large temple-like house. In the house lived a poet with a severed finger who was suffering from leprosy. The terrible disease made him give up on himself and imprisoned himself in a dark room, losing his creative motivation and hope for life. Cailian Nuxin encouraged the poet to get out of the haze with her beautiful singing, and became his pen, writing the last poem of his life for him. The white lotus flower that emerges from the mud and is unstained with a faint fragrance is just like the beautiful mind of a lotus-picking girl.
The prostitute Lian forced a smile, put on heavy makeup, and went in and out of the splendid hotel every day. The destitute tricycle driver is deeply in love with her. Park the car at the door of the hotel where she goes in and out every night, take her home after she comes out, and chat with her on the road. Occasionally, she also recalled the simple childhood, but it was only for a moment, and she returned to reality in an instant, talking to him disdainfully, and talking about her "dream". But he didn't care. In order to save up 50 dongs for the "spring dinner" with her, he participated in the tricycle competition, and tried his best to win the first place, and received a bonus of 50 dongs. On the night that her wish was granted, he just gave her a white dress and waited for her to sleep by the bed. Her dreams piled up like soap bubbles were finally shattered by the iron wall of reality, but she turned around and reaps happiness. She finally accepted the poor true love of the tricycle driver. In a season when kapok bloomed, under the bright red flowers, she wore the white skirt and trousers of her school days, when he slowly took off the cloth on her face. , reach out and touch the petals and red leaves that fall like red rain, and feel the beautiful scenery like a fairy tale. At this time, she is the pure princess in fairy tales, the woman in a man's dream, washed away and pure as ever.
The homeless boy, Woody, lost the small cargo box he depended on for his survival because of a cup greed. For this reason, he kept searching, anxious and sad. An American veteran who experienced the Vietnam War, unable to forgive and release himself because of his past love and betrayal, watched the passing crowd in front of the Veterans Club all day long, trying to find himself and the daughter left by the Vietnamese woman. Finally, Woody found the lost cargo box next to a drunken beggar on a pouring rainy night. In the process of searching, he met a little girl who cares about him and accompanies him wandering with him, watching cartoons that are very extravagant to them outside the shop window, and kicking happily with a group of wandering companions on rainy nights The can "football". The Vietnam War veteran met his long-sought daughter on the eve of parting, but she became a wine escort with a professional smile on her face to deal with lewd kisses by male guests. With tears in his eyes, he repented in his heart. One morning, he sat down with his daughter, talked about the irresponsible things he once had, and gave her a fresh white lotus. In her heart, her daughter was the white lotus that drowned out the mud and was not stained, and everything was finally released.
In the war-torn city of Vietnam, people's hearts are as shadowy and full of desire as the bleak, humid, hot weather here. Western way of life and culture have brought a great impact on the traditional life of Vietnamese. In the film, fewer and fewer people buy fresh white lotuses, and people are more and more inclined to plastic flowers that never die; there are many women in Vietnam who are as poor as lotuses, just like the lamentable song of the old lotus-picking woman. The fate is like raindrops / Some fall in the ditch / Some fall in the rich man's pond..."; a homeless child like Woody can only live in poverty forever, or even become a beggar; there are many like The war orphan, like the daughter of an American veteran, lived a life like a puppy. But in this beautiful film, this kind of sad and sympathetic view of life is not exaggerated. It is not because the director is an idealist, but it indicates that people with different fates can find happiness. As long as you adhere to a positive and optimistic attitude towards life, treat others with sincerity and tolerance, and always maintain a pure and simple mind like a white lotus, you will be able to turn around and obtain your own happiness.
The reason why "Love Three Seasons" is translated as "Love Season", I think the translator has a deep understanding of the connotation of the film. The three seasons are not the seasons of nature, but the seasons of three types of people living in the shadow of the Vietnam War. Vietnam, a tropical country, has only one hot and humid summer. Only by forgetting the scars and sorrows brought by the war can we reap the happiness in the season full of desire and throbbing.
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