What would you do if one day I became disabled?
If I can't do anything, will you still want me?
Like these questions, many girls in love may ask.
Sophie Marceau and her real-life boyfriend Christopher Lambert brought the scene to the screen under the title "The Man on the Pillow."
The male protagonist Leo was once a boxer who won a national championship, and after retiring, his life suddenly lost its center of gravity, and he did not know what to live, and he was drunk and poor.
Moyle, played by Sophie Marceau, was in a car accident on the way to love three years ago, with spinal cord injury, paralysis, only above the neck can move, even defecation and urination need artificial massage, relying on compression. In such a situation, it is easy to understand why the heroine is irritable and irritable, and her emotions are impermanent.
When watching the film, especially in the first half, you will feel very depressed and suffocating, the heroine is too pitiful - the fiancé at that time left after her car accident, her father never came to see her, she was like being abandoned by everyone, she was not only physically injured, but also seriously injured in the depths of her soul, and she no longer trusted anyone.
The result of no one's trust was that she was not at ease with the nurse taking her out, so she was indoors every day, in that bed, she was often alone in tears, full of despair, she often looked out the window, but the curtains were often pulled down, she could not see outside, the body was not free, the soul was dead.
The male protagonist Leo was forced to apply for a job as a nurse for his livelihood, and Moyle was a little hesitant, because according to the past, usually only girls applied for this job, and most people can hold out for three days, either they are tired, or they can't bear Moyle's stinky temper and leave.
Moreover, Leo had no experience as a caregiver, but for his sincerity and his words "I need a job", Moyle still hired him.
01 Rebuild trust
Because everything he looks at is full of despair, Moyle is very mean even to speak, always with "damn" and the like in his mouth, and he asks for a lot, hoping that there will be someone next to him when he wakes up, and so on.
She has great prejudices about many things, such as eating fish, and a fish thorn will kill her, so she does not dare to eat fish and does not believe in fish made by anyone.
When Leo brought a plate of fish up, she was mad and stubbornly said she wouldn't eat it like a child.
A person who needs to rely on others for everything must be extremely helpless in her heart, she hates this situation, but she is powerless to change, so she can only rely on arbitrary language and strong behavior to show her "independence".
But Leo let her lose her temper, and then coaxed her to eat the first bite of the fish, which he picked carefully.
Something that other caregivers wouldn't dare to do, Leo dared.
While the other nurses obeyed Moyle's commands, Leo saw through her heart to care, soothe and guide her.
The fish is so fragrant, a person who has not eaten fish for many years, when eating fish, simply not too happy, Sophie Marceau ate delicious food at that moment, the happy expression of the taste buds fully opened is portrayed very well.
And this first bite of fish began to make Moyle gradually trust Leo.
02 Soul Redemption
There is also the time of defecation and urination, that is, the need for artificial "percussion", through massage and compression to help complete, this is too difficult, Moyle although not conscious, but also embarrassing, but also after this attempt Leo retreated,
But somehow, after knowing that Moyle's fiancé had abandoned her, he had a sense of responsibility in his heart, and he didn't want to abandon Moyle, so he stayed, not just as a caregiver of the body, he wanted her to be reborn and live from the depths of her soul.
This sense of responsibility, which came from the depths of his heart, began to change both Moyle and himself.
He seemed to have discovered the reason why he had been idle for so long—although he was free to move, his soul was also dead. Moyle needed him, and he found the value of his existence.
He wanted to continue to deepen Moyle's trust in him, and he knew why she was cold, because she was afraid of being abandoned in her most difficult and helpless times, as before, and afraid that expectations would turn into disappointment.
He was going to take her out, outside.
Moyle was about to fry the pan again when he heard this suggestion, but Leo intrigued her with "games". He was finally able to carry Moyle to the balcony, facing the sea, the spring blossoming, the sun shining on them like hope, and Leo giving her floral perfume for her to smell and distinguish.
The tone of the film begins to be less depressing, as Moyle's soul reboots with the pouring of the sun and the smell of perfume.
He also took her to the countryside, lying on the grass, in close contact with the blades of grass, intimate touch with dewdrops, nature itself has the power to heal, and Moyle also felt a new vitality from nature.
03 Overcome fear
Leo also realized that since he could help Moyle, he could also help others, he helped a poor boxer, trained her, won a prize for a match, he gave food to the tramps on the street, he did things to warm others, and at the same time he made his heart more gentle and tolerant.
At the same time, in order not to be late because of alcoholism, he also began to change his living habits and began to get up early.
Moyle likes to listen to books, but he does not like to read, because Moyle gradually fell in love with reading.
The relationship between the two people is getting better, and their souls are moving closer to each other.
But life is always full of variables, and once Leo clashed with the little, his eyes were sieve, and he couldn't take care of Moyle for several days.
Moyle was able to re-examine herself during this time, and yes, she found herself missing him, but she still had some doubts about him, doubting that he did not want to stay. And I can't afford to lose again, so I might as well let go completely before all of them fall.
So when he came back, she drove him away.
She lost her temper, and she directly exposed her inner pain and struggle in crying and venting: "You don't understand my pain at all, a normal woman may give you a chance to turn back, she will allow you to leave, but I can't, a small fish thorn will also want my life." 」 ”
For a paralyzed person, it is not easy to reconstruct the hope of life, if it collapses again, it is not a person to die, she can not afford any risk.
And she can't give him anything, even the needs of normal men and women, she can't meet him, just rely on spirit, how long can such a spiritual love last?
Leo silently exited the room without going straight to her, but the next morning, Moyle found Leo lying next to him, and he said, "This is the first time I've slept next to a sleeping woman." He was determined to accompany her.
Moyle was moved, and she also felt that she was truly alive in that moment, she said: "In that moment, I felt the breath of life, the life that originally belonged to me was reborn in that moment." ”
But she was not selfish, and she told him, "If one day you want to leave me, please leave me behind." ”
People with disabilities will always feel that they are a burden and do not want to drag him down.
Leo agreed, the film is an open-ended ending, Leo borrowed a car and drove Moyle to the beach, Leo held her, and the two of them felt the exuberant love and vitality in the sun, in the sea.
04 The Redeemer is also redeemed
The male protagonist Leo's efforts to Moyle are not unfounded.
When he was holding Moyle on the grass, he recited a text to her, from that text we can understand that this man also had a woman who loved him, and the woman also gave birth to a child for him, but he did not know how to cherish it at that time, and for many years of, the woman gave him countless hopes, but also gained countless disappointments, and finally ended his life by suicide.
So, he also redeemed himself in another way—the Moyle he protected became the basis for his life.
05 Concern for people with disabilities
Some scholars have conducted a survey on the mental health status of the disabled and found that 36.33% of the disabled people have insufficient confidence in themselves, 15.99% have the idea of taking their own lives, in addition to other psychological problems such as fear and anxiety, and 30% of them have compulsion and paranoia.
Most people with disabilities feel lonely, have feelings of inferiority, are sensitive and suspicious, and are emotionally unstable. Therefore, the care of the disabled must not be limited to the care of the body.
Sophie Marceau spent some time with the disabled before taking over the role, understanding each other's psychological feelings, so that the suffering of the disabled can be interpreted very vividly, and the nurse played by Christopher Lambert can be said to have taught us normal people a soul lesson.
He spares no effort to help Moyle, played by Sophie Marceau, but does not let her feel that she is receiving alms, he grows up with her, so that the soul is nourished by love.
I believe that people who have watched this film, not only the disabled, will find that life can be so beautiful, just depending on whether you have the heart to invest, with love and courage to face everything, and can make love free from the desire of the body and exist for a long time.