"Take Me Far Away"
Once upon a time, "poetry and far away" has always been the dream of everyone's heart, of course, to this day, it still has its charm and unattainable existence. Although there are not as many remarks about it on the Internet as before, but from time to time you can still see its figure, yes, no matter when, "poetry and far away" will exist in people's hearts, not to increase, not to destroy, not to lose.
Coincidentally, today I happened to be attracted by this movie called "Take Me to the Distance", and just by the name of the movie, it is enough to make people think. Take me far away. Somewhere I have never travelled。 Literary enough and poetic enough, coupled with its exclusive blue poster, for the blue control of me, I can't resist anymore.
Moreover, the story of the film is simple, the filming location is also limited to a small fishing village by the sea, in short, the director seems to have the intention to show "great wisdom" in a small place, through the daily life and growth trajectory of several major characters, showing us a different humanistic background and life. Among them, there are also many places that can make people think deeply, beautiful background music, coupled with beautiful seaside scenery, methodical story progress, all of which are revealing the real breath of life, fireworks, human touch, all revealed.
For example, shortly after the beginning of the film, the director filmed a long shot of the little protagonist Ah Gui shuttling through the vegetable market, showing the beauty and sound of life in the city to the fullest, all kinds of food, all kinds of clothes, and the harmony and self-consistency of communication between people, even the way Ah Gui buys tomatoes, is serious and cute.
Under the pavement of this series of cheerful, hilarious and pyrotechnic plots, the film can be regarded as truly opening its "door" and telling us the sentimental stories that belong to this land and these people.
Ah Gui and his brother
Children who are treated differently are the most worthy of hugging.
In the movie, Ah Gui (Li Yunyu as a child, You Xin as an adult) looks at the world differently from others since childhood - she is a color blind. However, at first, everyone did not know, they all thought that she was a strange child, walking bumpy, the understanding of color was different from ordinary people, the strange behavior even made the teacher suspect that she had a psychological disease, and the grandmother of the traditional superstitious style also thought that she was absolutely problematic, not a normal child, and felt that half of her soul was left in other places.
But in fact, she is innocent, cute, she herself has never doubted that she is different from others, she also does what other children like to do, such as she likes to raise crystal babies, she also likes to share her joy with her cousin Ah Xian (Lin Baihong), and the relationship with her cousin can be described as intimate, in her little heart, her cousin is the most trustworthy person.
When her color blindness was diagnosed, she was attacked by the children's words and looked at her differently, and at this time, only her cousin stood next to her and told her, "Everyone must have something different from others." If everyone were the same, wouldn't the world be boring? He also told her several interesting stories, such as the woman who ate dirt, the woman who ate stone, and the woman who was blown away by the wind with the sheets. He also told her that there is a color blind island in this world, that place has no discrimination, no discrimination, and that it is a paradise for color blindness.
In this way, the gentle brother planted a beautiful dream in her heart, and in that distant place, there was happiness that belonged to her.
After that, Ah Gui also continued to grow tenaciously and unyieldingly, although her grandmother still kept nagging her, but there was a dream in her heart, she wanted to move towards this dream, and her love and admiration for her cousin also increased day by day. Only she knew her cousin's secret, and only she knew that her cousin was like a fool, insisting on an unworthy love.
Her sensitivity, delicacy, her emotional ups and downs, her jealousy and love, also largely from her cousin's words and deeds, so when her cousin hurts herself for love, she can still pretend to be strong and say to him, "You can't get up again, I'm going to spit on you."
In fact, she is the person who understands things the most, she is the most open-minded, the most worthy of being cherished and embraced by people, even if no one knows the true thoughts of her heart, no one really explores the true thoughts of her heart, she also blindly insists on herself, and only she can give true love and understanding to her father.
Unfortunately, at home, she has been misunderstood and treated differently, even if she has learned how to be a hair stylist in school, in her grandmother's mouth (heart), she is still a person whose head is not particularly bright, and she can only learn a skill to maintain her "low energy" in later life.
Misunderstandings, discrimination, have always existed. The unsatisfactory nature of the original family also had to make people sigh for Ah Gui's growth, fortunately, all this did not bring her down, she thrived, strong, silently grew up at her most suitable pace, and finally found her own far away.
Ah Xian parted ways with the person he liked
People who know that they are different and still insist on themselves will live more really than others, love and hate.
"Take Me Far Away" was filmed in 2009, and to this day, it has been 10 years, but in fact, the topic of the same sex, to this day, is still not fully understood and respected. While there are more and more films about LGBT and more calls for same-sex freedom, May 17 is also the International Day for End of Homophobia. But in fact, gay love still faces layers of obstruction.
In the movie, although the director did not deliberately expose this topic and explicitly show the difficulty of love between homosexuals and the discrimination they suffered, in fact, through Ah Xian's two relationships, we can also clearly see that in fact, they are also afraid of the pointing and pointing of the people around them, and they also long for a distant island, an island independent of the middle of the sea, to undertake their love, to allow them to live freely without criticism.
Ah Xian, like Ah Gui, in order to find the independent island in his heart, silently worked hard, silently earned money, silently expected his lover to have the same goal as himself, and one day, when he had saved enough money, they could live comfortably on an island and live a romantic life.
Unexpectedly, the reality was cruel, his dream was not only not supported, but also betrayed by his lover, and he also chose to take his life when he could not think of it for a while. Trying to escape the difficulties and obstacles of reality with a light life, to avoid all dissatisfaction and pain.
But when I saw him lying in the hospital, although I didn't approve of his own approach, I still felt that he was the one who lived the most authentic life, and he was also the warmest person. Without him, Ah Gui would not have grown, would not have believed that his color blindness was also a unique ability and symbol, and without him, the story between islands would not be so beautiful and meaningful.
He has an island in his heart, to undertake his dreams, and it is precisely because he has dreams that his life shines all the time, his hardships, his love that is different from ordinary people, making him rich, colorful and colorful.
"Jane Eyre" once said: "The more lonely I am, the more I have no friends, the more I have no support, the more I have to respect myself." 」 "I believe that Ah Xian has always respected himself and insisted on himself, so his love will be so strong and thick."
And all this is nothing more than that, he, choose to be himself.
Ah Gui
People who are not good at expressing love are also very warm.
I don't know how others think of Ah Gui's father's role in the movie, or how to evaluate the role of Ah Gui's father, but for me, his presence is very warm and very interesting.
He does not appear for a long time, but every time he appears, he surprises people, he is actually not happy enough, not noble enough, he is a person who is looked down upon, because his wife ran away with others, his job is just an ordinary cleaner, plus his own alcoholism, he is even more to the point of not getting the respect of others.
But he is very interesting, his interest is only when he shows himself, only when he opens his heart to Ah Gui, he always supports Ah Gui, although there are not many words, but every time Ah Gui has a heart, when Ah Gui has a dilemma, it is he who is trying to solve the problem for Ah Gui, and he can observe his daughter's boredom very carefully every time.
I can't help but think of the uncle role played by Takeshi Kitano in "Kikujiro's Summer", as if they are not good at words, not good at expressing their emotions, but their emotions are very human, they are delicate, their feelings are sincere, and they can always surprise people unexpectedly.
For example, when he knew that Ah Gui was colorblind, he immediately bought Ah Gui plastic glasses in various colors, blue, pink, yellow, brownish red, coffee... He said that this way Ah Gui could see the color. His tenderness flowed like water in an instant.
At the end of the movie, when he and Ah Gui discussed the dress of the three models, when he mentioned his wife, he was still a look of affection, and for the wife who abandoned him, not only did he not hate, but also full of appreciation, in the river of memories, he knew that he had loved the woman who was particularly good-looking in clothes.
He, in fact, is really warm.
And I have no regrets about watching such a soft-hearted, profound movie.
Live in the world, see the world. The distance may always be unattainable, but the peace and happiness of the moment can also be the greatest wealth. The life of hard work and struggle does not need to be regretted.
Growing up, Ah Gui
Island of dreams
Play with your brother