On the evening of August 29th, the Tianxi Reading Club organized a movie viewing activity in the large conference room of the law firm, which was attended by Ms. Fang Liying, deputy director of the firm, and Ms. Guo Zhen, the director of the reading club.
Voted for by various moviegoers, the film "Afternoon with Margaret" is one of the most acclaimed films that has attracted a lot of attention with its unique shooting art and wonderful narrative.
"Afternoon with Margaret"
La tête en friche (2010)
"In the world of love, there is not only love."
Director: Jean Baker
Screenwriter: Jean Baker / Jean-Lou Dabbadi
Starring: Gérard Depardieux / Giselle Cazadesu / Patrick Burrich / Molana / Sophie Gillémann etc
Genre: Comedy
Country/region of production: France
Languages: French / Flemish
Release date: 2010-06-02 (France)
Run time: 82 minutes
Synopsis
Your kindness will eventually be appreciated
The fat, vulgar but kind 50-something man Kieman (Gérard Depardieu) lives in an RV next to his mother's garden, usually tending the vegetable garden, soaking in small bars with friends, and sometimes living a quiet life in a small den with his young girlfriend Annette (Gisèle Casadesus). However, there is an unknown vulnerability and bitterness in his heart, and his mother conceives him without wanting him, never knowing who his father is; The teacher mocked because of his stupidity; Buddies like him but often laugh at him. His girlfriend wants to have a child, but he has been refusing to agree because of his low self-esteem, which leads to a tense relationship between the two.
One day, Kieman meets Margaret (Gisèle Casadesus) in the park while raising pigeons and reading aloud the chapters of the novel, and his barren head begins to sprout. The knowledgeable Margaret is a retired agronomist who has spent almost her entire life traveling the world and reading literature. From then on, Kieman gave the afternoon to Margaret's reading...
Movie viewing session
▲Movie-watching activity-host Guo Zhen spoke
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After watching the film "Afternoon with Margaret", the editor also had some feelings, influenced by his original family, the male protagonist Germanic has been living in ridicule and inferiority in the first half of his life, and the turning point is that after he met Margaret, Margaret's appearance was like a light hitting his original gray life track. People in two parallel worlds, because of the convergence of reading, reading and listening, let both people feel the joy of literature and communication. Margaret brought color to Germanic life through books and reading, like a key to knowing that there was another way to open his life. He is not a perfect character, but he is kind at heart, so he can have a girlfriend who adores him, a group of friends who are not so serious but equally kind, and meets Margaret, a friend who will affect the rest of his life...
For a thousand readers, there are a thousand Hamlets. In the movie exchange session, everyone also shared their different views on the film, what new discoveries will everyone have under the collision of ideas? Let's take a look together~
Interactive networking sessions
Lawyer Deng Siyin shared
During the interactive exchange session, Mr. Deng said that maybe we are all like German, more or less carrying out our past misfortunes, and we also hope to meet people like Margaret to guide us out of the haze. In fact, this person does not have to be "Margaret", but also ourselves. She linked to "The Courage to Be Hated," which she had read, which tells about three major constraints in life: the past, the future, and relationships. We need to let go of what has happened, calm down what has not happened, learn to examine ourselves in the present and strive to improve, and live in the moment. When facing interpersonal relationships, learn to "separate topics" and do your own problems without fear of the evaluation of others. She believes that life is for experience, not for interpreting perfection, but hopes that everyone will reconcile with their imperfect self and love that complete self. Finally, she shared a favorite quote in the book: it is not past experiences that determine us, but the meaning we give to experience.
Ms. Cai Yingzhu shared
After watching the movie, Lawyer Cai shared her personal experience, she believes that the narrative technique of this film is very gentle, the storyline is very life-like, and the background of the film should be love, kindness, and warmth. It does not try to tell us in a didactic tone what love is, how love should be expressed, and what responsibilities the lover bears. Without a standard answer, love is hard to define, but it's there.
In the film, family affection, friendship, and love present love in a very different way. First of all, in the entire social relationship, everyone's definition of the male protagonist Germanic is a person who may be a little stupid, so the teacher actually does not like him very much, and his friends around him may also mock him in a joking way. His whole life color distilled should be depressed and sad, but he is always very kind, even if his friends around him are vulgar and will mock him, but in fact, they are all a kind group of people, so, because of kindness, he also met Margaret who influenced his life. In addition, from German's point of view, he does not feel his mother's love for him, it is clear that Caritas is very simple, but his mother presents her love in verbal violence and other ways. Finally, she believes that German's girlfriend, Annette, is also a very special existence, her words and actions can give the frustrated Germanic great help and encouragement in many times, perhaps everyone needs such a person who can give them spiritual support, and he has met very precious people.
It is precisely because of kindness and friendship that he slowly discovers that his side is actually full of love, so it can be understood that love is difficult to define, but it is there.
Lawyer Fang Liying shared
Lawyer Fang said that the whole film conveys different manifestations and expressions of various forms of love, as well as love under different definitions, such as love between mother and son, friends, neighbors, boyfriend and girlfriend, and the relationship between the male protagonist Germanic and Margaret is more similar to the relationship of confidants.
Why Germanic early can attract these people around him who love him, why can he meet people like Margaret in the park, behind it expresses a certain law of attraction: what kind of person you are, you may attract a group of people. You take the initiative to pass on your kindness, and others are naturally willing to return the same kindness and love.
In the movie, German's image is a bit stupid at first, but in fact, he is very kind. Margaret, as a retired scientist of the World Health Organization in her nineties, has a high level of education, her experience and life experience are relatively rich, and the age difference between the two is large, so for Margaret, treating Germania may be more like an elder treats her junior and a mother treats her own children. In the clip of the first meeting and conversation between the two, the story of Germania and the pigeon is particularly depicted, and he knows that each pigeon looks different and will give each pigeon a name. It is his eyes that discover and feel the words and deeds of love, so that Margaret feels the love he is full of, so Margaret will be willing to communicate with him more.
She believes that the purpose of this film is to transmit love, and books are to advance plot clues, and this film also tells how we should read and understand a book, and how to share your reading feelings with others.
Lawyer Guo Zhen shared
After listening to everyone's impressions and sharing, Lawyer Guo expressed his agreement with the view of "separation of topics" mentioned by lawyer Deng Siyinsi, and through combining personal growth experience, he talked about some personal ideas, everyone is an independent individual, individuals should focus more on their own execution actions, complete the points they need to pay attention to, do their own projects, the voice of the outside world is actually not so important. In addition, he shared with you the changes and feelings of joining the Xiaoxi Reading Club and serving as the manager in the past six months, and he is very grateful for the changes brought to him by this platform, which has allowed him to keep reading and gain a sense of self-achievement in reading. Finally, he recommended the book "The Outsider", which has a certain relevance to lawyers, about a criminal case, the story is very simple, but the process will be very puzzling, and can be understood with the help of book reviews and so on.
Reading Club, watching movies, interactive communication
Associate Manager of the Elementary Study Reading Club
Qin Xiaochun spoke
In the special introduction session, lawyer Guo Zhen officially announced that the assistant director of the 2023 Xiaoxi Reading Club is Qin Xiaochun, Qin Xiaochun expressed her gratitude for your recognition of her work performance, she will use this platform to continue to serve everyone, and in the future, she will actively assist in the holding of various activities of the Xiaoxi Reading Club.
▲ 2023 Xiaoxi Reading Club Associate - Qin Xiaochun
Good books can enrich spiritual food, while good movies can understand life. The Mini Study Reading Club movie viewing activity aims to provide a platform for everyone to communicate, strengthen internal communication and shorten the distance between each other.
Through this movie-watching exchange activity, moviegoers have said that after completing reading or watching the movie, everyone will have different interpretations, and everyone can get new understandings and discoveries through exchanges and sharing, discussion of reading experience, etc., and under the collision of ideas, the effect of reading and watching movies will be different.
May we all remain kind and loving like German, meet your "Margaret" on the road of life, and harvest precious feelings.
Editor丨Wang Stirrup
Audit丨Yao Shenxiang