I can hear that melody no matter where it is. It is in the wind, in the air, in the light, and it is everywhere. You just need to open your heart. You just need to listen.
The world keeps trampling on your dreams. But I believe those melodies are true. Just like some people believe that fairy tales are true.
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beginning of Yiyun's film is really like a fairy tale. Amidst the sound of the wind, a little boy with clear eyes spread his arms around in circles, and slowly said the above words. The voice is soft, but firm. then. I believe it too.
I believe that there are always some people in this world who have the same heart. They may be far apart, or they may not have known each other, but music can bring magical feelings, transcending time and space and hitting each other's deepest soul, as natural and pure as a spring surging in their hearts. No need to say anything at that moment, just close your eyes to feel it-then when the cello and the guitar meet, and can make a perfect melody, is this a romantic miracle?
This is definitely a miracle. Eleven years ago. This is how cellist Laila and guitarist Louis fell in love at first sight. That summer night. Did the moon guide her up to that roof and sit beside him? Is it possible for the star to fall in his eyes to emit such a charming soft light. I looked at each other and held hands, then kissed, fell asleep and fell in love, and maybe it was over when it started.
Maybe it's over. No one is waiting for Louis's appointment, and Laila's father can't condone a good girl to make mistakes. later. Louis quit the beloved band. And Laila was hit by a car accident on her own way, and she lost the flesh and blood in her belly. Because of a small derailment, the lives of the two people changed their established direction, lost, and turned upside down ever since.
But the fairy tale is not the end. Such an ending is not called a miracle. The child of that year did not die. Instead, he was sent to an orphanage by Laila's father. Eleven years later, the abandoned baby Yi Yun had grown into a little adult. Slightly curly hair. The pupil like a crystal. Pale and plain face. A small dimple on the cheek. He is the same as other children. All are orphans. He is the biggest difference from other children. He never gave up two things. One is to find one's own biological parents. The second is music.
He is most obsessed with listening to all the sounds between heaven and earth, all sounds are beautiful melody in his ears. He knew some were calling. Some are expecting. Some are attachments. Some are unfinished. wish.
At first I thought it was a pure love story. But the film did not focus on this aspect, the dew love eleven years ago was just a prologue. Family affection is the main theme of this film. And music is a continuous flow of water. When Yiyun came to New York, he heard a song composed of all the sounds of the hustle and bustle of the city, when he picked up the guitar for the first time and struck the strings, when he wrote all over the sky in the little girl’s piano room. The notes, all feelings are not only consternation. It was shocking. This little boy is so genius and so beautiful. So so soft.
The end of the film. Standing on the stage, Yi Yun played the movement of his own soul. He believed that the one he loved could hear it. And Laila and Louis really felt the traction of this music at the same time. When they held hands, and the handsome little boy on the stage slowly turned his head, this moment was forever frozen, infinitely beautiful.
so. Please believe in the power of music. Please believe in the expectations deep in your heart. Please believe that love can make people who should be together can hold hands again even if they are separated, for a long time.
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