Released on Christmas Eve 1999, this film is nurtured in a healing magic in a gentle rhythm, which can be called the last warmth left by 20th-century cinema.
"There is always a sun" aka "The Law of the Cider House", with a Douban score of 8.2, is based on the novel of the same name by the famous writer John Owen, directed by director Les Holstrom. The film went through several twists and turns, almost stillborn, and due to John Owen's efforts and persistence, it took 13 years to make. As the so-called good things are more than grinding, this film far surpassed Irving's other adapted novels, and eventually won many awards such as the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and Best Score.
The story begins in an orphanage in Maine, USA, where the male protagonist Homer was orphaned at birth, was twice claimed by others, and was ruthlessly sent back to the orphanage. After that, the dean Li Zhi raised Homer as his own son and taught homer his superb medical skills, hoping to train him to become the future successor of the orphanage, but things always backfired.
Homer grew up to be a strong opponent of abortion in his heart, and homer grew up in an orphanage, witnessing too many orphans like him who were abandoned by their parents at birth, prompting Homer to develop an indifferent and self-enclosed personality, so Homer was always at odds with others in the orphanage. It happens that warley, a soldier, and her fiancée, Eddie, come to the orphanage for an abortion, during which time Homer and Wally become good friends, so he asks Wally to take him to see the outside world and walk out of the orphanage, and finally Homer gets his wish and leaves the orphanage for the apple farm.
There, he learns how to get along with others, sees the unrequited love between black people and daughters; takes the initiative to abort a pregnant black girl, and falls in love with Eddie, but Wally returns from being injured in the war, homer chooses to give up this love and take the initiative to leave, at which time Dr. Richey of the orphanage unfortunately dies, and Homer eventually returns to the orphanage.
Today I will explain from the three aspects of family, society, and love how Homer has gone from indifference and self-isolation to breaking through himself and having the ability to love others. In the fourth part of the article, I will talk about my three points of thinking in conjunction with the whole movie, especially the protagonist Homer's journey out of his self-closure.
01: Family factors: Homer grew up in an orphanage, the director only taught him medical skills, but did not teach him how to love others, and in the case of unable to contact the outside world, Homer was simple, indifferent and autistic.
The story begins with a monologue by Dr. Lai Chi, the director of an orphanage who tells the story of the male protagonist Homer from birth to adulthood.
The male protagonist Homer was born into an orphan, the director Li Zhi took him back to the orphanage to raise, the orphanage is his home, once saw the little Homer holding a hearing aid on the stomach of a pregnant woman, Li Zhi made up his mind to teach him medical skills. In fact, Homer was adopted twice by outsiders when he was a baby, and was sent back to the orphanage twice, first because Homer was too quiet; the second time was that Homer was abused and beaten, which made Homer form an autistic and indifferent personality from an early age.
When he grew up, Homer, a medical skill, but also witnessed the birth of countless orphans like him, witnessed pregnant women give birth to children and disappeared, so homer's personality is more indifferent, when other orphans fight snowball fights, he puts his hands in his pockets and quietly watches by the bystanders; when he faces girls of the same age to show love to him, he does not know his intentions.
Indeed, Homer grew up in an orphanage, in the loss of external contact situation, seemingly simple behind, Homer lost the opportunity to be loved, did not learn the ability to love others, and learned a medical skill, just as the successor of the orphanage, but every day in the face of the birth of orphans with the same fate as him, making his character more indifferent.
When he grew up, Homer used his own medical skills to deliver pregnant women, but he was always reluctant to give birth to pregnant girls, first, because abortion was not legal in Maine, and second, Homer did not agree with Dr. Li Zhi's concept of abortion to save people and love people. Until one time, a girl found Homer for abortion, he did not agree, thus directly leading to the death of the young girl, Dr. Richey in order to teach Homer, let him personally bury the girl, and was reprimanded.
In my opinion, when he grew up, Homer was simple and autistic, although he was medically present, he was unwilling to relieve the pain of abortion for others because of his simple cognition; and because he did not recognize Dr. Li Zhi's concept of saving people, he was unwilling to accept the love of his peers, and he never took the initiative to love others. He always lived in his own world, causing someone to die because of him, so he began to doubt and reflect on himself, and eventually had the idea of escaping from the orphanage.
02: Social factors: leaving the orphanage to go to society, getting to know black immigrants, by abortioning black girls, Homer helps others out of pain, knows how to love others, his autistic heart gradually opens.
By chance, Lieutenant Warley and his girlfriend, Candy, come to the orphanage for an abortion, during which Time Homer and Lieutenant become friends, so he asks Wally to take him to see the outside world when he leaves the orphanage.
Homer first went into society, and everything was new and unknown to him, the blue sea, the huge lobster, and a job on an apple farm. On the farm, Homer met black immigrant co-workers, and Lucius, the black man, taught him how to pick apples, and he did a great job. Friend Warley drove him to drag racing, giving him a different experience of life in an orphanage. At the same time, he also watched the fight between the two black immigrants coldly, and watched it with relish.
At this time, Homer slowly perceived this strange life that he had never experienced, as simple as he was, with his heart to do every new thing, although he was still indifferent to the fight between the two black people, but at this time, he was trying to get out of his inner shackles and try to enter the inner world of others.
When the apple farm ushered in the new harvest season, the original black artificial friends came from all directions, and Homer greeted them warmly. All was again busy, and Homer continued to enjoy the joy that his new life had brought him.
Homer finds the black girl Ruth lying on the ladder crying alone, he slowly realizes that ruth must have happened, and then he follows Ruth into the room, Homer concludes with his own medical skills that Ruth is pregnant, at this time, he does not behave as cold as he used to, and offers to help Ruth solve the difficulties, but Homer's kindness is rejected by the girl, and he begins to be afraid and worried, because he does not want to see the tragedy of the abortion girl's death repeat itself again.
However, he feels that what he says will not make Ruth open his heart, so he asks Candy for help, and finally asks Ruth to tell the truth, only to find out that this amazing father-daughter love affair. So Homer, regardless of his own safety, angrily rebuked the black Luce for his evil deeds and exposed his ignorance. After some persuasion to Ruth, she finally agrees to an abortion, and Homer takes out the surgical instruments mailed by Dr. Riche, that is, to help the girl Ruth, and at the same time to help the black Luce relieve the pain in his heart.
In my opinion, at this time Homer saw his own shadow from Ruth, simple and self-enclosed, he tried to impress others with love, but also began to change himself, Homer from the beginning of the unwilling to give abortions to others, to now take the initiative to do what he did not want to do, with his own medical skills to reduce the pain of others, he began to know how to love others.
At this stage, Homer began to know how to touch others with love and help others reduce indifference and pain, but he was willing to enter the inner world of others, but never let others step into his heart, he still lived in self-isolation, however, at this time, he has slowly wavered, began to find ways and ways to open his heart, feel the feelings of the people around him.
03: Love factor: Because of love, it satisfies Homer's cognition of love, and love makes him finally get out of his self-enclosed heart, have the ability to love others, and become mature.
Lieutenant Wally volunteered to join the war and left the apple farm, leaving Homer and Candy, the two of whom went to catch lobsters together; played on the apple orchard farm together; chased and fought in the forest together, and Candy taught Homer to drive a car by hand.
During the day in the open-air cinema, Homer reveals his inner world to Candy, confides in some interesting things that happened to him in the orphanage, and the privacy of the heart can not be too excited, the two learn to smoke together, Homer tells Candy that he has only seen one movie when he is so old, which surprises Candy, and then the two watch different movies together like lovers.
At this time, Homer is willing to open his heart to Kandy to tell his past, talk about his childhood misfortunes, and imperfect self, he has realized that he is quietly in love with Candy, and Candy is also in love with Homer, which makes him feel the magic and charm of love, the original love is so beautiful, it is the experience and feeling that has never been experienced in the orphanage before, so the advent of love makes the indifferent Homer gradually come out of the self-enclosed heart.
But the good times did not last long, the plane piloted by Lieutenant Wally was shot down by the enemy on the battlefield, And Wally was injured, and worse, he was seriously injured and disabled and became a waster, when the bad news reached the United States, Candy learned the news, the pain was extreme, and what was even more painful at this time was that she had to choose one of the two beloved men.
Homer was equally depressed and faced with a choice, and the two began to quarrel, Homer did not want his beloved to suffer so much, and finally he offered to leave the place. Candy has to take care of the injured Wally because Wally needs her more than himself, and as a result, Homer gets in the car and leaves the apple farm silently, leaving the Candy he loves, and returning to the orphanage that needs him.
In the end, love allowed Homer to get out of the self-enclosed inner world, let him feel loved, but also has the ability to love others with his heart, no longer indifferent to the people around him, but more importantly, let him understand that love is needed by people, like Wally needs Candy, the orphanage needs Homer more, so he returns to the orphanage and takes over the will of Dean Li Zhi, he really grows up and becomes mature.
04: Based on the male protagonist of the movie "There is always a sun" from the beginning of self-closure to out of his inner world, from personality indifference to active help others, and then to have the ability to actively love others, talk about my three points of thinking.
At a time when words such as self-isolation and indifference are enshrined as our code of conduct, we become indifferent to what is happening in front of us and people, and even look at it coldly, I suggest that we should take the initiative to watch the movie "There is always a sun", perhaps it will project a ray of sunshine into our hearts and inject a little warmth into our hearts.
Combined with the storyline of the movie "There is always a sun", talk about the thinking and inspiration it brings me.
(1) Even if you are indifferent and closed, you must have a warm heart and actively help others.
In the movie, the male protagonist Homer always treats the people and things around him coldly at the beginning, even if he is a medical skill and ability, when others encounter trouble and difficulties, he always chooses to look at it coldly and has no intention of helping.
Therefore, when watching the movie, I always feel very speechless and incomprehensible to the male protagonist.
But if you think about it, in real life, sometimes we also deal with things with a very indifferent attitude. Only because we have seen a lot of good intentions to support the elderly, but the old people blackmailed money; and we have seen too many kind help others, but we can't get a word of thanks to the news report.
In my opinion, we can't always do things as we please, there will certainly be grievances and misunderstandings, but this is only a very small number, most people will put gratitude and gratitude on their lips, remember in their hearts, so each of us should have a warm heart, and actively help others, because only in this way is it more meaningful to live.
(2) There is a kind of love called letting go at the right time.
I've seen so many women and I've never been indifferent. I mean I've seen everything and felt nothing. With you but... It hurts to stare at you.
Homer affectionately confesses his admiration to Candy, which is the first time the male protagonist has tasted love, and the taste of love has penetrated deep into his marrow, making him want to stop.
However, homer's first experience of love has just begun, and when he faces the return of Candy's boyfriend from injury and sees the painful choice of the woman he loves, Homer chooses to let go at the right time, because he can't bear the pain of his beloved Candy. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes, perhaps this is the true meaning of love.
People often say: Don't care about the longevity of the day, only care about what you once had. Two men and women in love are driven by irreversible factors, and the heart and the heart cannot walk together as desired, so it should be the most correct choice to let go at the right time.
(3) Actively go out of your own circle, establish contact with the outside world, and open your eyes.
Homer grew up in an orphanage and never got out of it, which made him, although he was in the lobster-rich state of Maine, usa, he never saw the sea and ate lobsters, and never established contact with people outside the orphanage, which is the main reason why Homer formed a self-closure.
When Homer has experienced the thickness of the sea, experienced the thrill of drag racing, watched different wonderful movies, and personally experienced all kinds of incredible things about black immigrants.
Homer actively stepped out of his circle, truly established contact with the outside world, opened his eyes, and stepped out of the curse of self-isolation. Ancients: Reading thousands of books, it is better to walk thousands of miles, to travel thousands of miles, it is better to read countless people, deeply believed.
epilogue:
After watching the film "There is always a sun", although at first glance, the tone appears a little gray, but the whole film always exudes the fragrance of humanity and beautiful emotions. Each of us in life cannot always be imprisoned by indifference and self-isolation, and by establishing contact with the outside world, we can get out of self-isolation, and then warm others with enthusiasm and warm our own lives with the sun. That's what this movie gives me to think