Why does happiness need to be touched?

Osbaldo 2022-04-19 09:01:09

This Sunday, I watched a French movie "Intouchables" that was recommended by my colleague and released last year. Before watching it, I specifically checked the French-Chinese dictionary. Intouchables is an adjective, which means untouchable. This is also the source of the Chinese translation of the film. , the English translation is untouchable, which is very intuitive. But it also has another meaning as a noun, that is, untouchables.

Like many movies, this one has a romantic beginning: Driss, a young black man, is driving down the street in a luxury black car I don't know, apparently breaking the law, while a man sits beside him. The unsightly unsmiling older man. Driss made a bet with the elder that he could get rid of the traffic police following him, but was finally stopped by two police cars in tandem. However, Driss cooperated with the elder to deceive the traffic police and successfully got out of the predicament.

Then the camera turned, and a mansion appeared on the screen, and the story entered the normal narrative sequence here. The storyline is honestly pretty cliché. Driss, a young black man, wanders the streets all day without any skills. He was just released from jail after robbing a jewelry store for half a year. In the process of getting along, a deep friendship was gradually established.

Driss, a little gangster who can be seen everywhere on the streets of Paris, has thick lines and nervousness and is very lustful, but when he nurses Phillipe, he reflects the brilliance of the depths of human nature that is undetected: he refuses to drive a pickup when he takes Phillipe out, because "I can't Put you in the trunk like a horse"; take Phillipe to see Paris at four in the morning when he is sick in the middle of the night; take this old man who can only feel the orgasm in his ears when he goes for a massage; Under the repeated objections of Phillipe, he dialed the phone number that he couldn't dial; he also gave him a "little date" at the end of the movie... and Phillipe's greatest significance to Driss was probably when he was living on the streets. Time gave him a secure job, a warm bedroom, a cool car, and even helped him discover his talent for painting. We often say that giving charcoal in the snow is much more unforgettable than icing on the cake. Driss probably thinks so, but for Phillipe, isn't the appearance of Driss a kind of charcoal in the snow?

The narrative of the whole film is flat but full of wisdom, and occasionally reveals the little wretchedness of French men. There are many impressive plots, such as the mother's sad tears after driving Driss out of the house, Driss experimenting with boiling water on Phillipe's legs, seeing the "tree man" in the theater and can't help but laughing, and on Phillipe's birthday, Driss let Breathtaking dance steps, two people playing paragliders in the sky and so on. Who would have thought that Phillipe is actually a disabled person with a paralyzed body after the death of his beloved wife, and that Driss is an orphan who wanders the streets with bad deeds? I think the biggest thing they both have in common is that they have both lost their favorites but gained a happiness that seems untouchable. For Phillipe, this happiness is Eléonore, a close pen pal, and for Driss, it is the one who adopted himself and raised him. big mom. The hands of the untouchable disabled and the untouchable stumbled youth are held together: with the help of Driss, Phillipe and Eléonore finally meet, and in the days with Phillipe, Driss seems to understand the hard work of her mother and the warmth of family affection and eventually return to the family.

Looking at the plot alone, there is nothing impressive about this film, but it is better than the fact that the details are handled very realistically, plus the actors' penetrating performances in the play, the film immediately adds a lot of points: Driss wandered for a few days, and finally He and his younger brother went to pick up his mother from get off work. When his mother saw him, he was stunned without saying a word. His eyes were full of complaints. way home. Seeing this, I think no one will not be moved by this rough but precious family relationship.

The film "Intouchables" is adapted from a true story. When the credits are at the end of the film, the prototype of the story also appears in the camera, which makes people feel moved again. The film shined at the Tokyo Film Festival that year, and surpassed "Titanic" to become the French box office champion.

A good movie is like a table of good dishes. It is nutritious and unforgettable after eating it. Today, when all kinds of eye-stimulating blockbusters bombard our eyes and all kinds of junk fast food torment our stomachs, I can be touched once. , really grateful.

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The Intouchables quotes

  • [while Driss is shaving Philippe, the razor near his jugular]

    Philippe: A quick cut would settle it.

    Driss: You're in great shape. I love it.

  • Driss: [in hysterics at the opera] It's a tree! It's a singing tree! Ha ha ha ha! It's German! He's singing in German!