Panic holidays
Cantonese
plot
friendship
★★★★★
Now many people recall movies, most of them are once highly sought after, very popular films, indeed, these films, whether from the script, actors, emotions or from the perspective of ideas, environment, soundtrack, etc., are worthy of being called classics, such as "Rouge Buckle", "Sweet Honey", "Overlord Farewell", "Three Heroes of the East"... However, there are a small number of literary films that are often banished to the corner by everyone's memories, and today I would like to share with you a film, which is the Hong Kong movie "Midnight fly" released in 2001.
Starring
Mei Yanfang - as Michele
Pure name Risha - as Miki
Tan Junyan as Mike
Ren Dahua as Dr. Tong (Dr. Tang)
Many friends of this film may not be familiar with, or even strange, the director of this film is Zhang Zhiliang, who has a unique achievement in literary and artistic films, and the film story seems to be twisted and bizarre, but it digs deep into human nature. The film kicks off from Michele, played by Mei Yanfang, and from the beginning of the appearance, the tone of the whole movie has not been bright, as if it is telling from the beginning that this holiday is not easy.
Michele's marriage with her husband (Dr. Tang) is about to be broken, she in order to distract herself, she reported a tour to France, when she got on the bus, the people in the tour group were very happy to greet her, she also waved in response to them, after sitting down, she showed a little smile that she had not seen for a long time, and then looked out the window as if thinking of something. At this time, the music of the film also played, but the beginning of the trip was not pleasant, on the bus, a Japanese girl sitting in her back seat Miki did not hold back the discomfort, spit on her expensive coat, no way, Michele could only get out of the car to wash, Miki also followed her out of the car, wanted to help, she kept saying sorry, there is nothing to help, and Michele refused any help from her, the weather in France at this time was cold, after the end of the first day of the journey, Michelle, who had taken off his coat, had a cold fever.
The next day, the tour group continued to depart, and Miki saw that Michele had not yet arrived, so she asked the tour guide Paul: "Paul, Michele has not yet boarded the bus, are we not waiting for her?" ”
Paul replied: "She is unwell, stay in the hotel to rest, don't worry, just a cold and fever." ”
Miki felt very guilty about this, she did not follow the team activities, but stayed, taking care of Michele all night, until she had a fever, the friendship between the two people was established, the lively Miki was even more trusting of Michele, told her all his thoughts, as the journey progressed, the two became more and more intimate, and the friendship quickly warmed up.
Miki: I would love to get married.
Michele: I would love to get a divorce.
Miki: "But he's a husband with a wife, I don't know what to do with myself, I'm a mess right now, I think I'm a failure, I hate my character." ”
Michele gently patted Miki's shoulder and said, "Hey, fool, you shouldn't blame yourself either, it's hard to say about feelings, maybe, you should try to accept reality, maybe his marriage, like mine, lives up in name only." ”
Michele took a sip of red wine and continued, "My husband is gentle and humorous, but to others, he can say a word to me for a year. I know, he has another woman, I already knew, at first, I really wanted to divorce him, but now, I think, maybe we have a glimmer of hope, I want to try it. ”
The journey in France was over, everyone said goodbye to each other, Miki asked Michele where to go, whether to go back to Hong Kong or to somewhere else, Michele replied that she wanted to go back to Hong Kong, otherwise where else could she go? She looked at Miki with reluctance, so she handed her a note, "My phone number, call me." ”
Then, the story does not end here, the two people with different intentions have not left France after separation, and at night, after hesitating in the telephone booth for a long time, Michele is walking alone on the streets of France, passing a restaurant, she sees Miki sitting listlessly inside, she walks forward, Miki looks up, and the two people smile through the glass.
This time, they came to Morocco, the earth tones, the yellow desert, the noisy crowds... However, this did not affect their mood, and when they first arrived in Morocco, they met Mike, a Chinese man who was willing to be a temporary guide.
Morocco is where Michele came on his honeymoon, and here, perhaps, memories, but more of a memorial and remembrance, as well as a drop-off. The two live together, sleep in the same bed, and are close friends, sharing the secrets of their hearts.
Michele: "May I ask you a question, are you pregnant?" ”
Miki nodded and said, "I don't want to use the child as a chip to force him to make a decision, I will beat the child off when I go back, so I take him on a trip and let him see the world." ”
Michele: "So you don't want to end your journey, you don't want to go back, I've had two miscarriages and life has not come easily, you know, don't fool yourself." Miki threw herself into her arms and cried, and Michele soothed her, "Don't worry, I'll help you, and your baby." ”
The next day, Michele bought a red scarf for Miki, but the silver bracelet she had in her picture did not, miki asked why, she said: "I may regret it, but if I were asked to ask for someone, I would rather not." ”
Back at the hotel, Michele snatches Miki's cigarette "big belly, no smoking", Miki replies "yes" like a child, and then prepares to take a shower, Michele sprays miki's perfume, saying that the smell is very special, and her husband often has this smell when he comes home, and Miki's answer makes Michele suspicious.
"Yes, my boyfriend is a doctor, what about you?" This lighter was the only thing I got from him. After saying that, she went to take a shower.
Michele looked at the lighter engraved with her husband's name and called him.
"Do you know Miki?"
"What did you hear again?"
"Just know? We divorced. ”
Since then, Michele has been probing and asking some questions, and Miki has also told her unreservedly whoever she is, and she will be very angry when she encounters such a thing, so Michele's attitude towards her has also changed a little.
Miki wears a red scarf to buy Michele's silver bracelet because of her face, Michele sits alone, thinking about a lot of things, after a while, Miki bought Michele's favorite silver bracelet and happily returns to the hotel, but receives a long-distance phone bill from the front desk, sees the incomparably familiar number, and suddenly thunderstorms. She ran out crying, helpless in a place unfamiliar with life, and she was quickly targeted by bad people and arrested in the alley, intending to sell her to a local brothel.
At this time, Michele decided to leave Morocco, and she came to the front desk to leave a message to Miki, but the front desk said that she had left and left a thing. Michele opened the box, it was a silver bracelet she wanted to buy but did not buy, she seemed to wake up, and asked the hotel staff to send the luggage back to the room.
She calmed down, put aside all the reasons, and began to look around for Miki, but she couldn't find her. She passed by the alley where Miki had an accident and saw a little girl wearing the red scarf (which Miki had left behind while fleeing for her life), and she was sure that Miki was missing here, so she went to the police and spent a lot of time and money looking for her. She took a taxi around Morocco every day, looking around for Miki's figure, very tired. When she got out of the car, she did not pay attention to the wallet left on the car, she chased the car and shouted, obviously not far from the car, you can hear the sound, the driver refuses to stop the car, nothing she has, helplessly walking on the street, can only use the only money on her body to walk into the phone booth to call her husband again.
"Michele, where are you?"
"I need money."
"You're all right, are you?"
She didn't answer, just squatted on the ground and hugged her head and cried.
Soon her husband came to her hotel in Morocco and brought her enough money, and he saw Michele smoking and asked when he had started smoking, but Michele's thoughts were not on him.
"How can this be, how can a person suddenly evaporate in the world, I have tried my best."
"Did you call the police?"
"I did everything I could, I was so sad, I was so tired."
The next day, the two come together to look for Miki, and Michele is in a very bad state of mind at this time, and often hallucinates that Miki has an accident. After waking up, a car passed by, and the person sitting in the back was Miki, but they put on a veil and were about to be sent to the brothel, and when the car left, Michele chased the car all the way, shouting Miki's name, Dr. Tang pulled her aside, told her no, told her to give up, and said: "This is not Hong Kong, we can do everything we can do, what else do you want?" Been looking for her here, a year, ten years? You'll never find her! We go back to Hong Kong, we start over. ”
The normal plot can end here, but the movie does not end, and the following story gives Michele a richer character image, and also makes the friendship that meets this journey valuable.
On the train back to Hong Kong with her husband, Michele asked him: "A person you once loved, you are only willing to give so much, this is what you think of as love?" ”
Dr. Tang said, "We have done our best to be kind and righteous, and I promise you that when I return to Hong Kong, I will take care of your body and I will accompany you back again, okay?"
Michele didn't reply to him, saying, "If Miki really dies, she's losing two lives." ”
The train stopped halfway through, Dr. Don went to buy water, and came back to find Michele alone, returning to Morocco alone, because she felt that Miki was not dead, and the last time she glanced at the car to see the veiled girl in the car was her, and she wanted to go back to save Miki, even if she was alone.
Michele returned to the hotel, looked at the photos with Miki, kept asking passers-by if they had seen her, but there was still no result, then Mike who was a guide for them in Morocco passed by, asked about the incident, suggested that she not take the photo everywhere to ask, it is very likely that people did not find themselves and also encountered danger, he said that things please on himself, but need to pay for the cost of these days of work stoppage.
However, when he got the money, he did not go to Miki, but took the money to gamble, to drink, day after day, once Michele saw him entertained, but did not say anything, just paid another sum of money, let him help himself to inquire again, and finally, Michele's persistence impressed Mike, and he began to help wholeheartedly.
He speculated that in general, in this case, the missing girl, if she did not die, was most likely to be sold into the brothel, they tried everything they could, Mike finally found Miki in the brothel, she crouched in the corner crying, refusing to speak, Mike stepped forward and asked softly: "Are you Miki, do you know that Michele has been waiting for you, waiting for you at the hotel." ”
When Mike returned to the hotel, he told Michelle the news, but they didn't have enough evidence to call the police, so they wanted to take Miki away, and they paid a lot of money to get the brothel people to take Miki to the hotel for an hour.
Michele put on her veil and waited, she finally found Miki, who had been tortured to numbness, Michele looked at her painfully and asked her what had happened, Miki said nothing but threw herself into her arms and cried. The two plan to leave with Miki at once, when the brothel gets the news that the hotel is Miki's usual stay, so he immediately returns, everyone bumps into each other, mike immediately turns back to Michele and says, "Let's go!" "I started fighting with strong men.
Michele pulls Miki to a clearing, when a car comes behind, Michele waves for help, while Miki yells "It's him!" "A strong man came down with a pistol to take Miki away, Michele pounced on the strong man, telling Miki to run faster, just as Miki was leaving, she heard a gunshot, Michele was hit in the abdomen by the strong man's gun, Miki was stunned for a few seconds, immediately ran back, took advantage of the strong man's inattention to hit him, and hit him with a pistol.
Miki left the scene with Michele, but Michele had lost her strength because of excessive blood loss, she fell to the ground, weakly said so cold, Miki desperately shouted her name, crying: "You can't die, don't leave me alone, there is no one, there is no one who can help us, help, no one hears!" ”
Mike, the Chinese man who helped them, ran through the woods with his body scaled and bruised, as if looking for something, and the film came to an end as the sad music sounded.
During this journey, Michele has also had joy and anger, helplessness and grievances, as well as anxiety and fear. She had said that if she asked herself to beg for someone, she would rather not have that thing. But she did everything she could to find, to ask, and even to find Miki, and she was crazy and persistent, and at this moment, around her was a precious friendship. Her courage, kindness, righteousness, and dominance are far greater than the strength of men, and there seems to be a kind of light in her body, like hope, and like a glimmer of light. At the end of the film, without too many words, Miki's hoarse cry has contained countless emotions.
Typography | Thorns
Text | Lulu
Proofreading | The sound is slow
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