Jesse, 36, works an ordinary job.
Despite being middle-aged, Jesse lived as a student. He wanted to live in college, graduated for many years, and didn't fit into the adult world.
One day, Jesse was invited by a university professor to return to his alma mater for his retirement dinner.
Jesse gladly went to the appointment.
At the professor's banquet, Jesse met Zambi, a 19-year-old college student. Zamby is smart and beautiful, and has similar interests to Jesse. Soon, the two fell in love.
However, this is a yearless relationship after all, and the huge difference in age makes Jesse feel pressured.
Through the two bright lines of Jesse and Zambi, as well as the interweaving with professors and female teachers of literature, "Liberal Arts Love Song" throws out such a theme to the audience: people must know at any stage. Exploring ourselves is our life's work.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 Do you really know yourself? </h1>
Jung once said, "When your subconscious doesn't enter your consciousness, that's your destiny."
Many times, the choices we make are subconscious choices.
Jesse chose to fall in love with 19-year-old Zambie because the teenager in his subconscious was at work.
Jesse has always refused to enter the adult world, maintaining the childishness of his student days. The ex-girlfriend had said that Jesse was naïve, and after breaking up with his girlfriend, Jesse has been living alone.
He was in a state of solitude, feeling that no one around him understood him.
Until they met Zambi, the two talked happily. Shared hobbies, common topic discussions, made Jesse rekindle his passion.
Jesse thought that was liking.
It wasn't until Zamby wanted to give himself to Jesse for the first time that Jesse felt tremendous pressure and responsibility.
Jesse fled.
He went to a bar to drink and met one of his favorite female literature teachers in college.
With a few words, the female teacher took Jesse to her apartment. After the relationship, the female teacher told Jesse to go.
Jesse tried to reminisce with the female teacher about the good memories brought by literature in college, but the female teacher could not remember anything. He even hated the profession of a literature teacher.
The goddess who once had her own heart is now a different face. Jesse was confused, the world in his mind and the real world were already two things.
At this time, Jesse finally began to face his true self.
Jesse tries to let go of the baggage of the past and feel the real world around him. Falling in love with a woman of the same age around her, she no longer stubbornly began to feel the fun brought by ordinary work.
The pull of the external force and the reflection of his own heart finally made Jesse a real "adult".
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 there is no shortcut to growth</h1>
Jesse and Zambie end up breaking up.
But why would 19-year-old Zamby fall in love with 36-year-old Jesse?
I think it's because Zamby is smarter and more mature than her peers. Men of the same age can't bring her spiritual resonance. Moreover, Zamby, who is in a period of growing up, also expects a mature soul to pull her.
As Zambi says to Jesse in the Zambi movie, "I sometimes despise myself, like a more old, intelligent me, looking at my current 19-year-old manuscript." This manuscript is full of all kinds of potential, but it has to live a full life to catch up with the other self. And, I knew I was going to have that day. It's just that sometimes, I'd love to make the process quicker, and maybe, for me, you're the shortcut. ”
After falling in love with Jesse, Zambi finally realized that there is no shortcut to growth, and every road must be followed by yourself.
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The retired old professor in the movie, when he was still teaching in school, felt that it was time to change his way of life after teaching for decades, but when he really retired, he felt bored and began to miss the days when he used to teach.
The retired old professor doesn't really want to retire, it's actually his anxiety about his age. Erudition, like a professor, also needs to precipitate and reflect on oneself.
So, you see, no matter what class of people, whether they are young, middle-aged or old, all their lives, they are on the road of knowing themselves.
On this road, we have been confused, loved, and missed; but in the end, we will continue to fight monsters and upgrade to become better selves.