It turns out that such a thing as sin, once it is created, will be irreversible and cannot be redeemed.
Robbie is like that. Since he wrote that letter on the typewriter, that letter with an inexplicable sentence that popped into his head after a restless afternoon, or even earlier, since he dropped the vase by the fountain, his guilt The 13-year-old Bu has judged that he can only redeem it with his life, and he can't even redeem it with his life. Although the result he wanted was as simple as that, he just wanted to "live without sin" with his beloved Cecilia, but it was no longer possible to be granted by fate. In the cold, deep night that disappeared less than a few days before the Dunkirk retreat, he left this world forever with his love for the West, and even his bones could not return to England.
There is a scene in the movie. Luo, who has been dripping water for several days and nights before catching up with the main force, contracted sepsis. He searched the entire temporary camp and could not find a sip of water to drink. In desperation, he passed through the simple and empty movie studio at this time. On the screen, the male and female protagonists of a black and white movie were hugging each other tightly. He only glanced at the screen, then immediately lowered his head, slowly raised his hands, and tried to support his head that was about to hang for a long time. The camera then zooms out, and against the backdrop of the sweet curtain, only his sad silhouette can be seen, his deep black silhouette, which is hidden in the darkness and looks fragile and vulnerable.
"Dear Cecilia, my dearest Cecilia, please wait for me, and I will go back to England, to you. I will love you with all my life, I will marry you, and I will be with you Let’s spend the second half of our life together, and spend the second half of our life without any sins.” At this time, he must have thought of his promise, which once made him full of confidence in the future and supported him through the long march. But now, this promise made him extremely desperate. When we have worked hard for a long time and the things we have been pursuing for a long time are suddenly realized that one day is out of reach, that feeling may be what Luo's pale and thin silhouette can express, to compromise with fate and repent of the sins we have committed. , knowing that there is no redemption.
Cecilia is like that. Like all people in love, she is stubborn and can't let go of meaningless self-esteem, and she can't tell her true thoughts to the person she loves the most. Cold wars, tantrums, and courtship to other men, they couldn't take off their thick defenses until the last second, which made both of them tortured. Five years of separation, in exchange for a small gathering three days after the reunion, and then a farewell.
In the first five years, Xi must have regretted the ridiculous restraint she insisted on at the beginning, regretted that she did not tell her love for him that she could not give up at the beginning, and that every day she could still be with Luo was like Like the last supper, although it was panic, it was full of sweetness and happiness that could hold hands. Only loss can bring remorse, "Come back to me!" She said how she wished everything could be done all over again. She envisioned their future as a seaside cottage with white window frames, which they would move in as soon as the war was over, and live happily ever after. But the big retreat failed to bring back her lover, and she had no hope of life, and she slept in the icy sewer forever.
It turns out that being deliberately indifferent to someone you clearly love is such an unforgivable sin. The happiness of a lifetime is also unclear.
Brianne is like that. This poor little girl just happened to have seen all the experiences she shouldn't have heard in one day, so it's no wonder she did something so out of control. For the rest of her long life, she had been unable to let go of her conscience condemnation, so much so that in her imagination Luo had become such a hater of her. She imagined Luo yelling at her, "Do you know what it's like in prison? I really want to break your neck and throw you out of the window!" Thinking of the person she loves hates herself to the bone, this couple What a cruel punishment she was. Luo is the person she has had a crush on since she was 11 years old. She jumped into the lake without hesitation, just for Luo, who was on the shore at the time, to save her, because then she could thank him for saving her life. , "I will be grateful for your whole life", I just wanted to find a reason to be grateful for your whole life, she must have murmured in her heart.
But Luo loves not her, she is too young. So she kept silent and said nothing. But how did she spend such a bad day, and found that the most beautiful and best person in her heart was actually a pornography fanatic, and the building of faith collapsed in an instant. At the age of 13, she seemed to grow up rapidly in one day, and she was so big that she was already Being able to make some difficult decisions, she stood opposite the judge and said word by word: "I saw it, I saw it with my own eyes that it was him." At that time, she must have a sense of accomplishment that rationality overcame sensibility, justice The ultimate victory of feeling over emotion.
We've all had times when we thought we knew everything, made a decision too hypocritical, thought we knew what was right, and ended up messing things up. Just like Bu, she ruined the happiness of her sister's life, and also lost Luo's promising life, her own life.
"He slept too deeply," she imagined saying such a warm sentence from her sister, the wife was talking about her husband who woke up late, she imagined herself seeing the big bed where they slept happily, and her choked apology , promised to return his innocence, and then left sadly. After closing the door, she imagined herself covering her aching heart, and inside the door, Luo and Xi kissed so passionately. She is out of the game forever. In this cruel way, she will never be forgiven by her relatives and loved ones in her life.
At the end of the film, the already aged Bu confesses that the only thing she can do is to write the truth without rhetoric and without asking for rhyme, and make it public to the world. But so what? The talented doctors who could have shown their talents in the war years when medical staff were desperately needed had to be dragged to death by the cruel war, and a pair of bi people who could have been happy died in hopeless waiting. "They haven't lived the happiness they deserved and have been looking forward to for so long." Is this a problem that can only be solved by publishing the truth?
It turns out that each of us is guilty, and no one can redeem it.
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