<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Synopsis of Manchester by the Sea</h1>
Lee (Casey Affleck) is a decadent and depressing repairman who returns to his hometown of Manchester by the sea to deal with Joey's affairs after learning of the death of his brother Joey (Kyle Chandler Kyle Chandler). According to Joey's will, Lee will become the guardian of Joey's son Patrick (Lucas Hedges), lee intends to bring Patrick back to Boston, but it is clear that Patrick is not willing to leave his hometown and friends, but Lee is not willing to stay in this sad place for long.
It turns out that Manchester is buried with a desperate memory of Lee, whose faults have left his two daughters in the fire, and his wife Randy (Michelle Williams) has left him. Returning to his hometown, Lee meets Randy, who is remarried and about to become a mother, while Patrick's long-missing mother, Alice (Gretchen Mol), contacts Patrick, hoping that he will become a member of her new family.
The most profound way to feel the weight of love is not to be happy and laugh, not to kiss and hug, but to be empty and lonely when you lose love.
Manchester by the sea is such a film. When I first read it, I was full of pain. Whether it is from the ethereal music, the icy scenes of Manchester, or from the walking dead of the male protagonist Lee, the frozen cheeks, you can feel the strong depression and depression. Manchester by the sea seems to be a black-and-white drama without color, and there is hardly a trace of warmth and love in it, except for the little bits of laughter and warmth that exist in the memory when Lee drives in a daze. But the next day after watching it, although I still had the cold picture of the seashore and Lee's expressionless face in my mind, I felt a strong love and warmth in my heart. This movie uses the method of feeling the loss of love to let people experience the weight of love in the real world.
After watching this film, it seems that the last scene has been frozen there. Two helpless men, facing the sea, waiting for the spring to bloom, perhaps not expecting, just waiting for each spring blossom season, recalling the days when the spring flowers bloomed, until they gradually grew old and died.
Love is the only thing that we do not bring with us in life and take away when we die.