A real, ordinary, happy life

Rebecca 2022-08-20 06:39:01

Ignore external disputes, be it a war or a struggle between Labour and the Conservatives, because Ethel and Ernest love each other, so they have a place to live. No matter how noisy the outside world is, there is a world inside. They are each other's home and hometown.

Especially like the flat in the British drama. The narrow porch, stuffed full of daily necessities, warm and tidy, full or even slightly bloated, is the trace left by life. As a country boy, I wandered around, and each place was not my long-term place, so I tried my best to live a life of separation. I really envy these people who were born in Rome.

Also I noticed that Ethel was 35 when they got married. I can't help but sigh that even in that era, foreign countries were more advanced than us.

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Extended Reading
  • Cathy 2022-03-20 09:03:01

    The ending is so sad. Thinking that this is a very common and normal ending, I feel even more sad.

  • Verda 2022-03-20 09:03:01

    The ending saw that it was an adaptation of real life, and instantly burst into tears. As an animated film, I once felt that the plot did not fluctuate slightly during the viewing process; but as a real life, everything is so warm and touching, and I can't get it.

Ethel & Ernest quotes

  • [first lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [voice over] There was nothing extraordinary about my Mum and Dad, nothing dramatic, no divorce or anything, but they were my parents and I wanted to remember them by doing a picture book. It's a bit odd really, having a book about my parents up there in the best seller list among all the football heroes and cookbooks. They'd be proud of that, I suppose, or rather probably embarrassed too. I'd imagine they'd say, "It wasn't like that," or, "How can you talk about that?" Well, I have, and this is their story.

  • [last lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [with Jean, looking at the full grown pear tree in Ethel and Ernest's back yard] I grew it from a pip.