It's all memories —
Driving in a motorhome, from the southern tip of Miami all the way south along Route One, John and Ella could smell the old days in the warm sea breeze.
Spending holiday parks with children, gas stations that must be passed every trip, and the sea of noisy sunshine... Every time you pass through these places, the same scene as before appears. In the park, a young woman led a seven- or eight-year-old child and greeted the old couple with a smile. John was in a trance and remembered, "Hello, Jenny. I've ever been the proudest student. ”
Life goes around in a circle, as if it is back to the original starting point;
More than half a century of time seems to be just a moment.
Keep the love until the memory fades
The story begins with a walk-and-go trip, the protagonists are two ordinary old people, but they are not ordinary travelers.
John, a former literature professor with Alzheimer's disease, often forgets the names of his wife and children, but can casually say wonderful passages from Hemingway's work. Ella is John's wife, a terminal cancer patient, but she has been hiding her illness from her family, hoping to keep her love time before the memory fades.
So, the two made a crazy decision. Like children running away from home, they turn off their phones, set off early in the morning, and drive a motorhome called the "seeker" all the way south to the hemingway house. During the journey, the old couple suffered from sudden accidents such as the torture of illness, the chase of the police, and the robbery of the evil people. However, the two still talk and love all the way; as the sun sets, they will turn on the projection and look at the old photos to relive the good memories of the past.
All the way to the amnesia, all the way to retrieve the memories.
Although the journey is accompanied by forgetting, the two have been dependent on each other for more than fifty years, allowing people to see the best of love. Just like the close-ups that appear many times in the film, the two wrinkled hands are always tightly held together.
The thief's name, called "Time"
Obviously, "Love Before Memory Fades" is a typical road movie, and the uncertainty of the journey and the progressive life experience make the style of the film casual and romantic.
But what moved me even more was not the journey itself, but the close-up and capture of the delicate expressions of the characters. For example, in the middle of the night, when John was asleep, Ella quietly got up, turned on the bedside lamp, took out her diary, rubbed the leather cover, and she began to sob, and then she could not cry. At that time, she knew that she was suffering from cancer, but she had to pretend to be optimistic in front of her wife, but the aggravation and worsening of her condition was always a heartbreak, and only when night fell, could she lick it alone.
The courage and love that I endured alone was deeply moving and painful.
When John fell ill, he forgot the past and forgot his own dying old age.
He asked his wife, "Where is Ella?" She is my girlfriend, blonde, 22 years old. ”
Ella was angry and funny, and asked, "Where is John?" He was my boyfriend, young and handsome, full of poetry. ”
John looked at Ella doubtfully, his wandering eyes gradually turning back, he lowered his head, and murmured, "The man who stole John from you also stole him from me." ”
It turned out that the thief's name was "Time."
Companionship is the longest confession of affection
Memory is the wine of time and the spiritual refuge of our journey to the future. However, when the memory fades, companionship is the most simple way, but it is also the longest confession of affection.
At the end of the film, John and Ella complete the last combination of spirit and flesh, and in the company of snuggling, the two intertwine their fingers and arrive at the last paradise of their lives. The slightly sad ending in the relief makes people sigh.
Ji Ella said to John, "You're the only one who makes me feel like I don't have to deliberately look for a topic to talk to whenever and wherever I want." ”
Perhaps, true love, the right person, do not have to talk endlessly, sometimes just a look at each other, it is very beautiful.
The movie ended, and many viewers had tears in their eyes. Perhaps it is the movie that awakens long-lost memories and triggers the thoughts of loved ones and loved ones. This reminds me of the current "empty nest" phenomenon, in the increasingly surging information wave and the process of urbanization, there are many lonely people working hard, and there are few people who are hugging for warmth. In fact, the so-called "empty nest" is not necessarily the emptiness around them, but more of the cold loneliness of the soul. May each of us have more warmth for each other in the days to come, and let the warmth of emotion flow in our hearts for a longer time.
It's still too late.
Wen | Yanru