Introduction: Everyone's understanding of love is different, and the pursuit of family life goals is different. Love can be a lifetime of waiting, it can also be a momentary touch, or it can be a one-sentence commitment. However, with the development of society, the relationship between lovers or relatives has become weaker. Those who were originally closest to us gradually became distant and strange in the absence of effective communication. A family that loves each other feels the bittersweet and bittersweet in experiencing the trivialities of life. Different age groups have different concepts of love and family, and in the process of getting along, they can understand the profound connotation of loving each other in order to be close. Released in the mainland on November 3, 2017, the family film "Love and Affection" starts from the plain and warm touching family theme and tells the love story of three women of different ages. Because of a grave relocation incident, the love choices of three generations are intertwined, leading to a Chinese-style family relationship. A simple story, in the contradictions and conflicts in the final reconciliation and concessions, the feelings are sincere but touching enough.
Under the simple film lens, a story line brings out the different understandings and attitudes of three generations of people on love, and shows the characteristics of Chinese literary and art films that pursue the texture of life and artistic appeal. The story itself is very grounded, coupled with the introverted and brilliant interpretation of several old dramas in the film, which naturally brings the audience into the movie at the same time, but also highlights the persistence of the three generations of old, middle and young people on love and affection.
The film is based on delicate and real real life, from the perspective of different characters to look at the loyalty and waiting of love, the story of love and affection is told very warmly. The flat and direct plot unfolds, allowing the audience to taste the five tastes of life, telling the emotional life of three generations at the same time, but also expressing the self-choice of the three generations of lifestyle.
Taiwanese female director Zhang Aijia maintains delicate restraint in emotional expression and dedicates a warm film just right for the audience. At the same time, she personally played the heroine in the film, creating a sensitive and stubborn middle-aged female image, which is very close to the role itself. Not only that, the friendly cameos of powerful actors such as Rene Liu, Wang Zhiwen, and Li Xuejian make this film more worth looking forward to.
The character scenes and lives presented in the whole movie are deep and thought-provoking. It's like a slowly unfolding picture of family emotions, which is intriguing. Overall, the film is a rare Chinese film. In the 54th Golden Horse Film Awards and the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards, the film was shortlisted for the main awards in the final stage. Even if it only won the film award for best screenwriter, its strength is obvious to all.
Such a film, focusing on the traditional And delicate emotional display of China, is full of positive energy despite heavy sadness. Full of warmth and tears, it cannot achieve the success of commercial films but is very humanistic.
By telling an ordinary and ordinary story, the love concept of three generations of women is expressed under the delicate and soft brushstrokes. Director Zhang Aijia carefully and meticulously depicts the emotional lives of groups of different age groups through her own personal experience and personal understanding of love, making people feel empathy and make a realistic interpretation of people's nearly middle-aged love lives.
An ordinary family, living a peaceful and normal life, but in love and affection has a collision and estrangement, which is the embodiment of family contradictions based on different views of love and marriage. The real life scenes and delicate emotional appeals of three generations express the attitude of women in different eras to face their own fate choices.
Whether starring or guest starring, the wonderful performances of the actors in this film are a major highlight, especially the control of emotions shows just the right amount of fire. In the shaping of the character, full and full of three-dimensional sense, each character has experienced growth and transformation in this seemingly ordinary grave relocation event.
Compared with the bland plot, the grandmother and Yue Huiying, who are not related by blood, finally move towards reconciliation in the contradictions and conflicts, and the moment when the ice releases the previous suspicions has also become a touching moment of the whole film. Perhaps, three women who have grown up in different eras face the same emotional confusion, at least in this story.
The grandmother played by the old drama bone Wu Yanshu seems to be a tragic character, who has insisted on love for a lifetime, and is also a true portrayal of the concept of love of the grandmother. She represents the loyal and unswerving view of love of the generation born in the 20s and 30s, and it is tearful to love each other. To live, to be loved, can wait for a lifetime; when you die, you can wait for your sweetheart for a lifetime.
Wu Yanshu's acting skills are remarkable, showing the standards of the older generation of artists, and naturally not pretentious. In particular, the Chinese persistence and persistence that contain the characteristics of oriental emotions inexplicably poke the audience's tears. She silently persevered all her life for the love bound to feudal etiquette, either compassion or admiration, which made people feel compassion in addition to being moved.
Director Zhang Aijia personally played the role of Yue Huiying, the mother in the film, who is nearly middle-aged and in the embarrassing age of female menopause. As a teacher, while teaching and educating people, I can best appreciate the bitterness of my career and family. Strong and strong, a typical independent female representative, has her own understanding and thinking in the concept of marriage and love.
The tit-for-tat confrontation with the daughter in the concept of love has led to tension in the mother-daughter relationship. And she faces retirement and various emotional entanglements, which causes her to be overly sensitive. The rejection of the daughter, the nagging of the lover, seems to be full of complaints and helplessness about life. Even if time flies, a kind of indifferent romance is still hidden in the heart, always remembering and cherishing each other, which is the love concept of parents.
Wei Wei, played by Lang Yueting, represents the concept of love of the post-80s generation of young women who break through the shackles of the world. As a daughter, she has a fairly good career of her own, and she has also found a love for her musical dreams. In her own right, she has reached an age when her parents ask her about marriage, she has her own love desires, and rationally plans for her happy life.
Work is not understood by her mother, and her relationship is not favored by her parents, so she seems to be caught in a dead cycle of entanglement. The boyfriend's rebelliousness and his own cynicism can have a common language in getting along; the boyfriend's delicate consideration can let him experience the taste of a happy life, and work together for the future under the guidance of the same dream, which is the love concept of the current young people.
For mother and daughter, in addition to the different concepts of marriage and love that have arisen due to the changes of the times, there is also a blood thicker than water family affection in it, and this emotional element will not be separated. Different attitudes and different emotional concepts are a very common phenomenon.
The estrangement and estrangement of relatives requires mutual understanding and communication. The love freedom and family concept of the younger generation affect their entire life, and as parents, they can only guide rather than force force, which is a rational attitude. In other words, the current concept of marriage and love is based on two-way choices, living together, and no one is waiting for anyone's absolute waiting.
In the movie, Tian Zhuangzhuang played Yue Huiying's husband Yin Xiaoping, and formed a husband and wife file with Zhang Aijia, and his appearance suddenly added a lot to the role of his mother Yue Huiying. His forbearance is in stark contrast to his wife's Yang, which also reveals the way middle-aged couples get along today: mutual understanding, care and understanding.
After experiencing the romance of youth and completing the mission of raising a family, life is more of a bland. There is no passion for life, and everywhere shows a family relationship of respect and respect. The love of husband and wife in this period is more manifested in the understanding and tolerance of love, which is the warmth of ordinary life.
As far as the role of her daughter Vivi is concerned, her role can well reflect the collision of new and old love concepts. Although some of the plots are a bit abrupt, you are expensive in the real emotional outpouring. Especially her relationship with her grandmother, the generational affection that is not related by blood makes people feel warm.
Grandma's adherence to love loyalty in the years of staggering years can show the unswerving spirit of love that is rare in today's society. Since it is impossible to get out of the cage of life, it can only be silently waiting in silence, showing the eternal theme of love.
For a long time, in a family, the collision of family relationship estrangement and love concepts has become the main cause of family conflicts. Whether it is the love of grandchildren or the love of mother and daughter, the understanding and reconciliation based on family affection can guide the growth and transformation of a generation. In the process of getting along with the elders, you may laugh with tears and show a warm and delicate side everywhere.
The times are progressing, and the collision of traditional ideas and modern concepts is inevitable. A family contains multiple emotional elements in it, and the home has become the best place to promote love and growth. Whether it is family affection or love, more understanding and tolerance, the mood of love is the same, and they all hope that the person in their hearts will be happy, and others can be slowly reconciled in the passage of time.
The movie "Love and Affection" reflects the different love concepts of the three eras through a warm and delicate story, and the affection and love in ordinary families are not only touching and vigorous, only the waves are not shocked and respectful, and the reconciliation reached in the end can warm and infect people's hearts. The tiny details are integrated into real life, making this mature and excellent masterpiece seem more warm and touching, and the understanding of love and affection gives people a full sense of happiness after the contradiction is resolved.