A while ago, "Taxi Driver", which sharply criticized society, was very popular, and its shock was introduced in the previous push.
But small and fresh Korean films will not disappoint us either, and some of them are actually more likely to resonate with the general population.
Let's enjoy a movie called "Table".
The film consists of four emotional stories.
The first story.
Wearing a mask and sunglasses, the heroine Liu Zhen slowly walks into a secluded restaurant, her star identity is clear at a glance, and the ex-boyfriend she was waiting for soon appears, and then sits down to talk with him.
At first, I wanted to call him the Korean version of Tong Dawei, but the more the conversation between the two people went to the back, the more wrong it became, and there was an awkward atmosphere everywhere, which can indeed be regarded as a typical case of awkward conversation.
Compared to him, I think I can still talk to girls.
After a few simple greetings, the male protagonist gradually revealed his jealousy of his ex-girlfriend Liu, and even the praise for Liu zhen was superficial.
From the gossip news, there are many false rumors, and the male protagonist can't wait to verify them one by one.
For example, he personally confirmed whether Liu Zhen's nose was full, and some extremely private issues directly touched the bottom line.
In the middle of the way, he pretended to be Liu Zhen's agent and refused to take a photo with Liu Zhen, but he wanted to take a photo with him, saying that it was for memory.
When confronted with Liu Zhen's questioning, he hurriedly attributed the reason to the curiosity of his colleagues and prevaricated, as if he did not gossip.
The male protagonist's heart is actually very contradictory, so it is difficult to grasp the measure in action.
No wonder Liu Zhen said: So it doesn't look at the eyes, it's quite fresh.
Near the end, he also greeted his colleagues around the restaurant, and the whole meeting seemed to be planned.
Liu Zhen was already impatient, and it was difficult to hide the loss and anxiety on his face.
In contrast, the second story is much more simple and the chat skills are much more clever.
After Jing Zhen jumped ship, he wrote a review article in a food magazine, and the Korean version of Dou Xiao was planning to open an Indian curry restaurant after being fired.
Later, I found out that the two of them had gone to bed first and then learned about each other.
Because they met no more than three times in total, and once of them naturally made physical contact.
And how to define the relationship between the two people, piercing this thin layer of window paper, is the male protagonist's good intentions.
From watches bought in the Czech Republic, to cameras in Germany and mirrors in India, gifts come from all over the world.
Among them, the Czech watch is the most meaningful, and the male protagonist also personally wears it for the female protagonist.
Forgot to say that the watch that the heroine gave back to "Dou Xiao" before was dropped on the day the two had a relationship.
In addition, "Dou Xiao" affirmed Jing Zhen's dream of writing novels, and also seamlessly linked his idea of opening a restaurant with Jing Zhen's food criticism work, establishing a common interest.
The male protagonist said by the way that he was very good at making pasta, invited the female protagonist to his home as a guest, and made comments on the food.
One of the most important things I've learned is:
When the girl laughed and said, "I have promised", it actually means yes.
The third story.
Let's take a look at the performance of the Korean version of Xie Yilin next.
The heroine's brother opened an obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Canada, and she herself was a design major at Pei Xian University and went to Italy to study.
And now the object of marriage is a poor person in the countryside, no brothers and sisters, only parents attending the wedding, the aunt is a little lame, the uncle's throat is uncomfortable, it is difficult to speak like a normal person.
The brother was unable to attend his wedding because of his sister-in-law's serious illness, and most of the guests attending the wedding needed to find someone to fill the number.
"Xie Yilin" promised 500,000 gifts for middle-aged women and 1 million for weddings. And said that there are few good people in this line, and it is better to take care of the actors to play.
The regret of the middle-aged woman about the mother-daughter relationship also guides the heroine to the all-round maturity of emotion and mind, wait patiently, and then accept it peacefully.
The fourth story.
On the night after the rain, the reflection of the street reflects the same table very beautifully.
The heroine walked into the restaurant and saw her crush, and the first action was to put the dead petals into the water again.
That's because she still has illusions about her beloved, and before entering into an unhappy marriage, she wants to have a pre-marital affair with her true love.
The male protagonist is indifferent, and the first place in his heart is still how to mix in the workplace, although he has been shaken.
The heroine sighed that what she thought and did were sometimes not the same thing at all.
Doing as you please is a luxury freedom, and the unity of knowledge and action is a difficult state to achieve. The choice is painful because there are too many things to be scrupulous about.
At the end of the separation, the male protagonist still expressed his dream of the female protagonist, and the difficulty of giving up this emotion was cut off by the female protagonist's sentence "I will not contact you again".
It takes a lot of courage to make such a decision. Of course, we also understand that the male protagonist's dragging mud and water is not intentional.
Just like "Men and Women", the first to be emotional is the man, the most hesitant is also the man, combing the emotional relationship is not as decisive as the woman.
The helplessness of the heroine is the anger of the lack of courage of the sweetheart.
There are not a few wonderful stories that happen in a single scene, such as the movie "Buried Alive", "Twelve Angry Men", the drama "Yan Mahjong", "Doubt" and so on.
I think "Table" is like "Andrea's Dinner", a table, tea or coffee, and the taste of life is tasted in language communication.
Another detail that runs through the film is the handling of the shots.
In four conversations, the camera cuts from the backs of the five women, and we not only appreciate the different hairstyles, but also know that the women must have had a different emotional experience behind them.
Of course, I personally think there is another consideration, that is, the director may want to completely observe a person's mood changes in a conversation from a female perspective.
The most noteworthy highlight of the whole movie is the layered inner drama performance of the five women, from facial expressions to body movements, every place is delicate and exquisite. That's why I particularly appreciate this movie.
Liu Zhen's (Zheng Yumei)'s tone and speed.
At the beginning, the tone is soft, the speed of speech is slow, the tone of speech is raised in the middle of the way, and the speed of speech gradually accelerates, especially after taking a photo with the ex-boyfriend, he casually strokes his hair from the middle of his forehead, and we can feel that Liu Zhen's patience has turned into irritability, and he wants to end the conversation as soon as possible.
Jing Zhen (Zheng Encai) lips.
The involuntari twitching of the lips adds a lot to the complex emotional communication of the character, especially when the object of the one-night stand says "a slap does not make a sound", the heart is half remorse and half expectation, the continuous wandering between the two, the words that want to say but dare not say are piled up on the mouth, contributing to the uncontrollable tension at the corners of the mouth.
"Xie Yilin" (Han Yili) has a slight movement of his hand.
In the first half of this paragraph, Han Yili behaves unusually coldly, turning her life's events into a transaction, a fraud, and there is nothing exciting about marriage for her, but in the conversation with the middle-aged woman who plays the mother of the mother, the psychological defense line gradually collapses, until the close-up of the left hand that does not know how to place it, the ice wall built has been warmly melted.
The look in Han Xue's (Lin Xiujing's) eyes.
Lin Xiujing's eyes and lines worked together seamlessly. In the first paragraph, "I want to dedicate everything to you", there is a longing in her eyes, but more of a joke with a flirtatious meaning, and the back "Are you a garbage when I am a garbage", the eyes have contained tears, and the sadness has completely turned into despair.
Only the second couple in the four sets of stories has a beautiful result, and only the identities of this group are close to matching each other, and the sad imagination left by the other three stories is derived from the huge gap in the social status of the two people. The ancient saying that there is indeed a certain truth to the door
Forgot to say that it was actually six women, and don't forget that there are almost no lines and few shots of the restaurant lady.
The female boss's indifferent estimation is indistinguishable from Japan's "Late Night Canteen".
Four simple stories outline the falsehood of urban life and describe the emotional problems of modern people into three points. Exs, one-night stands, wedding fraud, infidelity, are common emotional elements in life, although we are also shooting, but it is dog blood, the same is these, look at the Koreans filmed, how it is so different, both the reflection of reality, but also with life to maintain a clear withdrawal and calm scrutiny, the gap between Chinese and Korean movies lies in this.
Understood as a whole, the four stories are stitched together like a person's love development process, and the human love development process is also like the growth, blooming and decline of the bouquet of flowers.
Every ordinary person who looks at these four stories will feel that it is closely related to themselves, and all sentient beings are in this film!
All in all, this is a movie suitable for enjoying the night alone.
Rated 7.5, good, worth a look.