Yesterday at noon on the Movie Channel, I watched a British movie called Ladies in Lavender, and the plot is very interesting: in a remote british seaside town lives two sisters, Janet (Maggie Smith) and Ursula (Judi Dench), both of whom are white-haired but never married. One day, the waves washed a handsome young man onto the beach, where he was found and rescued by the two sisters. The young man, Daniel Brühl, is a foreigner who doesn't speak English. Andrea's arrival gives Ursula a different kind of affection, and she begins to show great eagerness for his every move like a little girl with a spring heart. Janet sees everything in her eyes, and does not understand her sister's "flower obsession", but she does not overly hinder it.
In the process of recovering her health, Andrea coincidentally demonstrated her violin playing skills, which fascinated the two sisters and people nearby, and also attracted the attention of Olga, a female painter who was on leave here. At the harvest party held in the village, Andrea skillfully played the violin, which brought the atmosphere of the party to a climax. Olga wrote to the two sisters, telling them that she had an older brother who was a well-known violinist who could help Andrea develop her musical talents. Of course, the two sisters were reluctant to let Andrea leave, and Janet eventually burned the letter, but Andrea learned about it after meeting Olga, so she had a grudge in her heart. One day he went out for a walk and left to go with Olga to London. He wrote to the two sisters, sent a portrait of himself, and told them that there would be their own concert on Friday.
When Friday came, the villagers dressed up and went to the two sisters' homes to listen to the radio recital, and even the maids, who were not usually trimmed, changed into new clothes. The concert began, and the violin sound played by Andrea was sobbing and moving that the villagers in front of the radio and the audience at the concert site were mesmerized, many people burst into tears, and Janet and Ursula appeared in the crowd, and they also came. Andrea was very surprised to see the two sisters, but just after saying hello, she was pulled to socialize. The two sisters did not continue to wait, and they quietly returned to the town.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > love is the source of life, love has no age</h1>
"The Woman Waiting for Love" is directed by Tywin Lannister in "Game of Thrones", Charis Dans, and when the script for the film was received, Maggie Smith and Judy Dench were co-starring in a play in London's West End, and the two decided to take over the project together. At the time, Charis Dans was 58, Maggie Smith was 70, and Judy Dench was 70. It can be seen that the main creative team of this drama is a group of "old people", although they are no longer young, but they all believe in pure love.
The English name of the film is Ladies in Lavender, which means lavender, and the flower language is waiting for love. Ursula, who fell in love with the violinist in the film, was already gray-haired, and according to the age of the actor, she was about 70 years old at the time. Why would a 70-year-old grandma-level lady fall in love with a young man in her twenties? It seems a bit incredible, but through the details of the movie we learn that the two sisters have never been married, and the sister Janet has a relationship, but her lover later went to the front line, and her sister Ursula never tasted love in her life, and Andrea's appearance ignited her love fireworks.
Ursula fell in love with Andrea at first sight, and although the two did not speak the same language, they were both hand-to-hand in the initial communication. Maybe Andrea looks a lot like the crush she had when she was younger, or Maybe Andrea, who appeared out of thin air, is the "one" That Ursula has been waiting for all her life. Ursula almost tossed and turned, like a maiden who had experienced the sensations for the first time: she couldn't sleep late at night and ran to Andrea's room to see him, she put words on the furniture to teach Andrea to speak English, she took her pajamas and changed Andrea's shyness and turned her head, she stared at him asleep and fell into thought, the first time she listened to him play the violin, her eyes were full of stars, she went with Janet to buy him clothes, she saw Olga approaching Andrea with jealousy, She even sneaked up on Andrea's freshly cut hair...
Loving eyes, irrepressible concern, can't help but want to see him, regardless of the eyes of others, deep thoughts, want to stop expressing, seeing his loss of being close to others, Ursula portrays a woman who is in unrequited love vividly, because of her age, although the heart is full of waves, but the surface is still gentle and restrained. She knows that this kind of love is one-sided and cannot be rewarded, so she will also blame herself and feel ashamed, but love cannot be suppressed.
There is another love affair in the film that varies greatly in age, the old doctor of the town, Mead, falls in love with the painter Olga and has always wanted to approach her and pursue her, but Olga is lukewarm to him. Seeing Andrea and Olga in contact, Dr. Mead was furious, and he tried several times to scare the people in the town to drive Andrea away, and finally went to report that Andrea was a foreign spy. Compared with Ursula's gentle love, Dr. Mead's love affair has a strong desire for control and possessiveness, and is very narrow.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > music has healing powers</h1>
Andrea in the film is a talented Polish violinist who aspires to go to the United States to realize his ideals and does not want to be trapped in a remote town in England. The music gave him confidence and courage, and when he first took the violin from Adam's hand, his life was colored again. In a foreign country, he couldn't speak, but through music, a tool of communication that crossed races and languages, he became the bright star of the town. He vents his inner bitterness and ambition in music, and in the film, in the night, he stands on the reef hit by the waves and plays music against the sea, and the situation at that time is particularly shocking, making people think of Beethoven involuntarily.
The residents of the town also love music, although most of them are farmers, fishermen, in the harvest season to harvest wheat, wheat, often fish, sell fish, but in the agricultural leisure time, they are also inseparable from music, music is the spice of their hard life. For example, adam the peasant, who has his own violin, is that he listened to Andrea's performance and gave him his violin for safekeeping, and although his skills were limited, he knew how to appreciate beautiful music. The two sisters have pianos at home, and it is Andrea who finds Janet's piano difficult to hear, which leads to the fact that he is a violinist.
Andrea's performance at the end of the film shook everyone's hearts. The mood of a villager sitting on the radio changed with the music, they held their breath and reveled in it, tears welled up and their heartstrings plucked. What kind of storm broke out in the hearts of Janet and Ursula at the concert scene is unknown, but the yearning and desire for a better life aroused by this young man must be even greater than before.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks</h1>
Ursula's love for Andrea is a pure and beautiful love, without any utilitarian purpose, and a celebration of a good life. For a twilight person, such love is both a gift of lateness and a celebration of life.