Today, Xiaobian wants to break the curse of not changing the text for a long time, and also has to call this movie crazy - "Orange Shirt Boy". This drama is officially produced by the BBC and has only 2 episodes, divided into gay love stories of grandparents and grandchildren. The play uses an oil painting called "The Man in the Orange Shirt" as a lead to show the hardships of gay love in the last century and the ups and downs of today's love. In this article, Xiaobian mainly introduces the love story of the grandfathers.
At the beginning of the film, during World War II, Thomas lies wounded and lying down with a burst of strafing and thunderous cannons. His commander, Berryman, rushed forward to rescue him from the battlefield, but fortunately, Thomas was not seriously injured.
In fact, Thomas and Berryman had known each other since they were in boarding school, and it was probably the war that made the two meet again. Berryman was a soldier and Thomas was a war correspondent and excelled at drawing.
Since Thomas was injured and was on crutches, after a convenient time, he blamed himself for not being able to pull the trouser chain well because of the injury (in fact, to seduce Beliman, hahaha), Berryman heard that he immediately went over to help him zip the zipper, in this ambiguous atmosphere, the two kissed together, Thomas told Berryman that he must go to him after the war. In fact, Berryman also has a girlfriend, Flora, who is a teacher.
When World War II was over, Berryman didn't go home right away, nor did he write to his girlfriend to tell him he had returned, and he found Thomas with the address thomas had left for him. The two who have not seen each other for a long time finally face their true selves calmly and have been lingering in the apartment. Berryman took Thomas to a country cottage left by his parents, where the two men renovated and had a great time there. The two cooked together, washed dishes, and went out to buy things. Thomas also painted a portrait of Berryman.
Thomas had thought that Bereeman would be with him forever, but Berryman was not as open-minded as Thomas, and he had to go back and marry Flora and live a normal life. Thomas couldn't accept this, but Berryman wanted Thomas to attend his wedding as a best man.
Thomas arrived on the wedding day and gave Berryman an oil painting of the house where they spent their time together in the country. Thomas leaves after attending the wedding, and Berryman lives a normal life.
Berryman works at a bank, while Flora is recuperating at home because she is pregnant and no longer works. On this day, Flora was going to find ink sacs, but she happened to find letters from Thomas and Berryman in the drawer, and Flora, who knew the truth, angrily burned the letters. Returning home, Berryman discovers the incident, and the two argue, and Berryman knows that he is sorry for Flora. A few months later Flora completed childbirth and gave birth to a boy.
Meanwhile, Thomas is found to be gay and arrested. Berryman went to visit Thomas in prison, and he loved Thomas so much that he wanted Thomas to be the godfather of the child. But the bearded Thomas did not want Berryman to see himself as he was, and when he was about to part ways, Thomas asked Berryman to visit his mother.
After Berryman left, he went to see Thomas's mother, Mrs. March. Seeing Berry's arrival, Mrs. March hit the nail on the head, he knew what his son had been arrested for, and he knew that the man in front of him was his son's lover. Mrs. March took Berryman directly to a window, and the moment the curtain opened, all the paintings that came into view were about only one person, Berryman. Mrs. March told Berryman that she had a house in the French countryside and, if she could, could live there together when Thomas was released from prison. But Berryman told Mrs. March that she was married.
It's too late, it's too late. Berryman wrote a letter to Thomas at his place of work, but he failed to send it, perhaps because the responsibility on his shoulders was heavy again, and he still failed to take that step. But the only certainty was that Thomas was the only person he had ever loved.
A few years later, Berryman and Flora met Thomas again at the mall, and after a few words of greeting, Thomas gave Bereeman's son a small gift, and they separated. Just as Berryman and Flora boarded the tram with their son, Flora turned her head and looked out of the tram, and Thomas gave a flying kiss in the direction of the tram.
The first episode of this film is the most touching, perhaps because we are grateful for the forbearance of love in that era, which has always touched the soft part of our hearts. After watching the film, I kept thinking, what if Berryman sent the letter out? Can he and Thomas live together forever?