As a painter of the older generation, You Benchang is 92 years old this year. Isn't it true that an old artist of his age has already retired?
But You Benchang still insisted on making a movie and continued to shine. Last year, Yau Benchang was invited by Wong Kar-wai to play the roles of grandfather and uncle in "Flowers". When You Benchang received the invitation, he said to the director: "Can you show me the script?" ”
Unexpectedly, director Wong Kar-wai actually said that there was no script, not only was there no script, but even You Benchang himself could not find a record of the character from the original book. This role was creatively added by the director. At this time, the pressure fell on You Benchang, and You Benchang saw the difficulty and immediately became interested.
According to the characteristics of the roles You Benchang has played before, the director played the role of You Benchang as a hermit, and Hu Ge played the father of Mr. Bao in the play, and the two have cooperated many times in the play. Hu Ge admired You Benchang from the bottom of his heart in the process of cooperation.
So at the beginning of this year, Hu Ge and his friend Chen Long drove thousands of miles to Beijing to visit You Benchang and his wife, and greeted them for the New Year. Surprisingly, You and his wife, who have spent their entire lives as artists, now live in a nursing home on the outskirts of Beijing.
As an actor, You Benchang has played more than 80 roles and accumulated a lot of money, plus although You Benchang is old, as long as he is willing to act, many scripts will be given to him. By the time he was ninety-two years old, he was already full of children and grandchildren. But it's a strange thing that they don't live at home, they live in a nursing home.
In everyone's impression, the people who live in nursing homes are poor and helpless. The room of Mr. and Mrs. You Benchang looks very small and simple, and it is completely impossible to tell that this is a big star. The arrival of Hu Ge and Chen Long made the old couple very happy, Chen Long, You Benchang, Hu Ge, the four of them, took a precious ** together.
Hu Ge and Chen Long were very caring, and they had already come before You Benchang's children arrived. Many people will complain that they don't have time to spend with their parents, but in fact, it's not that they don't have time, but they don't want to, as long as they want to do something, no matter how difficult it is, they will try to do it.
But what is more concerning is why You Benchang doesn't enjoy family fun at home, but accompanies his wife in a nursing home.
You Benchang is a relatively late actor in the entertainment industry, and he has always pursued pure art. He also does his best to the people around him. Once, his wife was sick and needed a large sum of money, and You Benchang sold his house in order to treat his wife. By the time his wife recovered, he had little money left. However, You Benchang and his wife can think about it, both of them have pensions, and they are elderly people in nursing homes, so it is not difficult to subsidize the family with a pension.
You Benchang has a daughter and a daughter, who works as a screenwriter in the circle and has cooperated with You Benchang many times. After You Benchang sold the house, he should have moved into his daughter's house to care for the elderly, but You Benchang was unwilling to drag his daughter back, so he resolutely moved into a nursing home, and lived there for decades.
Although You Benchang's living in a sanatorium can easily be regarded as You Benchang's children being unfilial, this does not mean that You Benchang's children are irresponsible. Love is a two-way street, and the love of parents for their children is often much stronger than the love of parents for their children. The reason why You Benchang lives in a nursing home is because he doesn't want to affect his children, and children only need to take care of their parents and not leave their parents in the nursing home, and others will not say that he is unfilial.
Moreover, the facilities of the nursing home are better, there are more people living here, and the parents can make more friends in it, so they will not die alone.
However, I think that if conditions allow, no one should want to send their parents to a nursing home, after all, only parents are real relatives.
What do you think?