"Dad doesn't know how to express love, and it's my mother who makes our family harmonious..."
I still vividly remember the beginning of this article, which I came across in a book by chance.
In this world, there is such a man, although he is not good at words, his love still carries some harshness,
But he is the man who loves us the most in this world, his love has never changed, his name is Father.
He wasn't the richest and most learned man in the world, but I knew:
He will do everything he can to give it to me whenever I want.
It's like the "magician" in this French animation.
The Magician
The film was released in 2010 and has a Douban rating of 8.7.
Better than 91% of the animated films, 94% of the feature films, it has received two Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, and the 2010 European Film Festival Best Animated Film Award.
The screenwriter we are also familiar with is the French comedy master Jacques. Tati, because of his work, he and his daughter drifted apart.
No matter how far away he is, he can't stop his love for women.
So he wrote a letter to his daughter, which was nothing but a lonely magician.
The director is Shirvan. Shomer, the director's animation mime style, coupled with the screenwriter's script, is a match made in heaven!
Watching this unique "Magician", we can not Chinese or subtitles in any language, but still make countless viewers moved.
Late 1950s, Paris, France.
As young people's rock 'n' roll swept the runway, Paspas, an elderly French magician, gradually lost his audience and made his living unsustainable.
The world has taken on a new look, and the only constant is the old magician Paspas.
As before, he was able to stand calmly and decently on the stage,
Pulling a rabbit out of a top hat, a card out of a sleeve, a wine out of a handkerchief...
But his magic is so old-fashioned that it's no wonder the audience can't lift their spirits every time.
Unlike in the past, the deafening applause and cheers in the audience have long disappeared, replaced by a handful of spectators and sparse applause.
These magic tricks made him laugh at all, and the coldness of the audience also made him deeply disappointed.
The magician decided to wander into the distance to try his luck.
He arrives in London with props and a bunny, but still has no audience until chance to arrive in a remote town on the Scottish Highlands.
There is a lack of entertainment on weekdays, and they warmly welcome the arrival of the magician.
It was also here that the magician met a man who changed the trajectory of his life, the orphan girl Alice.
Alice believes in fairy tales, and she believes in magic is real magic,
She believed that Cinderella could become a princess, and that a magician could conjure up anything he wanted.
With adoration and yearning, she secretly followed the magician out of her hometown and came to a variety of places - Edinburgh.
In Edinburgh, they lived in the most rudimentary and dilapidated hostels, with impoverished entertainers struggling to make ends meet by performing.
Edinburgh is different from home, where the girls are dressed in nice clothes and delicate makeup...
She woke up like a dream, and she realized that this was the magic that could really turn herself into a princess.
Alice falls in love with the beautiful dresses and shoes in the glass vitrines and asks the magician to change them for her.
She was full of expectations, she knew that magicians were omnipotent, and she would get them.
In the world of magicians, magic doesn't really exist.
In order to buy her what she likes and make her eat better, the magician who does not speak English tries all kinds of humble jobs in the gap between performances,
He went to work as a car washer in the middle of the night, "changed" merchandise promotions in the window of Janice Mall, "changed" liquor to advertise in whiskey hotels, went to paint billboards...
He was often scolded by the boss for his dog's bloody head, and was cheated of money by the agent...
What does it matter?
For the sake of a girl's dream, none of this is worth mentioning.
He continues to "change" in the form of magic to give the girl what she wants.
His "magic" is a pair of small red shoes at Alice's feet, then a noble white coat, a beautiful blue skirt, a pair of white high heels...
The little girl who got the gift was full of joy, she would smile happily, give him a sweet kiss, and make him a delicious dinner.
The magician was content, though sometimes, he would look at a picture in frustration.
In fact, like the loveless clowns and unloved puppets in the hotel, the magician who can't conjure up "bread" can only barely make a living.
But he would rather swallow the bitterness of life alone, continue to let the little girl do that fairy tale dream, and continue one "magic moment" after another.
The girl who simply dreams of magic is gradually filled with materials, her requirements are more and more, and the items she loves are becoming more and more expensive.
Magic is not the same as magic, and it is not omnipotent.
Alien to the new era, the old magician, who is old and frail, can only sell cheap labor and work harder.
When Alice is holding all kinds of luxury goods sweet as a dream, behind her is a pair of green and bulging hands working day and night.
Until that day, the old magician found alice missing, and he went crazy looking for the girl.
Finally, he bumped into a young man and girl arm in arm, and he hurriedly blocked himself with something next to him, like a child who had done something wrong, lest he be discovered.
"The person who guards her has finally come, she finally has someone to really rely on, and being able to make you happy is the biggest and most successful magic trick in my life..."
So he left money for the girl, and a note:
The magician does not exist, and just "disappears" like magic.
At the end of the movie, the photo that always makes the magician sad is finally clearly placed in front of the audience:
A little baby girl, the magician's unsure daughter.
All the stories are derived from the magician's unfinished love for his daughter, and if there is any great magic in the movie, it is this love.
Seeing this, I couldn't control the tears that came out of my eyes, even though I knew from the beginning that his departure was inevitable.
The magician of the outdated old magician desperately does rough work and does odd jobs, not only wants to conjure up all kinds of expensive clothes and luxury goods that little girls love, but he also successfully turns a lowly inferior, dirty country girl into a confident and beautiful woman.
He succeeded in transforming "girl" into "woman", and he was the greatest magician.
The magician does not exist, because the magician projects on the girl is only the father's love that has been owed for too long;
Magicians don't exist, because even the best magic can't change back to the time with their families;
Magicians don't exist, there are just lonely old people running for their lives.
I don't know if that reminds you of your taciturn father.
I don't know why, we are now used to watching ball games with him on Father's Day, calling him, buying gifts, playing badminton, sending out circles of friends...
Even the whole tweet is "Daddy, I love you, or publishing articles like that.
There are 365 days a year, we can have 365 days to express our love, why should we divide the time into specific expressions?
Our parents grew up with us, and we have to accompany them until they are old.
Don't wait for them to disappear like "magicians" before we understand, "Oh, Dad, I love you." ”
When there is nothing to do, we can also pick up the phone, chat with our parents more, go home to see them when we have time, and even suddenly confess our parents.
This article is written | Water Sister