Good movies are like sweet springs, which not only quench thirst but also moisten the throat.
Today I would like to share a movie released in China in 2006 - "The Two of Us", which tells the story of a female college student Pony who meets an empty nest grandmother in a rented house in old Beijing. Although this movie has won awards one after another, there are not many people who are familiar with it in China.
The main plot of this movie is very simple, revolving around the ordinary and touching story of a lonely landlady and a college student Pony who rents an apartment. But its extraordinary place is precisely the twists and turns of this life.
When the girl was admitted to Beijing University, the first problem to solve was renting a house. So she went from house to house, until in a snowy winter, she found a grandmother's courtyard, her arrival brought changes to this space, and the grandmother's life began to be enriched. At the same time, problems arise. The grandmother's life is full of order, and in front of the grandmother, the pony is a person who often breaks the rules, and the two people are constantly in conflict. Day by day, in the process of life, the relationship between the two people seems to be slowly getting better, from the initial mutual exclusion to mutual care, friendship has arisen, and there seems to be some feelings of dependence on each other.
But ponies have a life of their own, and they are always ...... to go
Life is firewood, rice, oil and salt. The old grandmother and the girl Pony because of the initial contradiction in the kitchen, gradually escalated to the contradiction of ** fee and electricity bill, at this time the relationship between the two has appeared irreparable cracks, when the pony wants to move away, on Chinese New Year's Eve, other families are the moment of reunion of relatives, but the old grandmother sits alone in the house waiting for the return of the pony. Finally, two strangers sat together for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. The structure of light and shadow is very wonderful, and the deep eyes and the eyes from anticipation to inner joy cannot be hidden.
Since then, the relationship between the two has slowly improved. The two began to care for each other. Again, when I thought Pony would continue to "live together" with his grandmother, Pony finds a new house and moves away. The old man is sick and wants to give up the house because his grandson is married. In the end, Pony takes some life records** for the grandmother as a "project assignment". The pony goes to see the grandmother, and the two hands clasp together. Although they didn't say anything to each other, the affectionate ...... between the two could be seen from the red and swollen eyesThere are no overly sensational pictures, nothing fancy, just narratives and dialogues one by one. This movie is more restrained and calm, and the inner feelings are delicately described. Compared to those works that shout to express their views on the world but can't actually say why, this film is very valuable.
A good movie can be watched several times. The first time, I only remembered some of the images and scenes from the movie, but the meaning was not so clear. For example, the shot of the mountain, which actually represents the change of seasons. Feelings occur, grow, mature, and disappear with the four seasons, and finally leave a sad feeling and some indelible marks. Although the investment cost of this movie is not high, and the picture is not as beautiful as other movies, it has really entered the hearts of fans.
At the end of the film, the grandmother's daughter said: "I am not so close to my own family, and I am so reluctant to live with an outsider for two days, what an evil door!" This sentence hints at a problem in today's society, parents work hard to raise their children, but when they grow up, they don't know how to treat their parents well, and they blindly ask their parents.
"The Two of Us" is not very artistic or profound, nor does it confront the so-called humanity and soul, let alone exaggerate anything, but the content it expresses is there, and people can't help but cry when they watch it.