The windows facing the sea have white curtains fluttering. This shot is very long, a full two minutes!
Before the audience knew where the balcony facing the sea belonged to on the screen, soft and soothing music was already playing. It must be said that Andre Frankie's musical attainments are indeed worthy of his reputation. This background music
It is very simple. It sounds a bit like the soundtrack of a prose poem on the radio, or like the tinkling sound of gurgling water in the countryside. Even if you are tone-deaf, you can still know what is hidden in the music, and that is nostalgia. It captures it from the beginning.
Think about what happened yesterday.
Sure enough, the camera immediately pulled back.
The movie proceeds in flashback. First, a mother urgently calls to find her son.
But she couldn't find her son. She made many calls and finally got a phone number where she could contact her son.
Her daughter handed the number she had written down to her mother and said to her, "Mom, it's useless to call. You know your brother. He is too busy and running around. He hasn't been home for thirty years."
He won’t remember it, so let’s forget about it!”
But the old mother insisted on picking up the phone again, dialing the number, and said to her daughter: "He will remember it, I believe he will! I know him better than you! If he finds out later that we didn't tell him, he will definitely
You’ll be angry!”
Many viewers who are familiar with Li Yi couldn't help but smile knowingly. Sure enough, it's Director Dog's style again, flashback!
Looking at Li Yi's movies, there really aren't too many flashbacks.
For the audience, it's just a taste, even if this is indeed an Italian movie!
However, everyone soon became curious again, what happened that made an old mother so anxious to find her son back?
What is the reason why this son has not returned home for thirty years?
Domestic audiences have some understanding of why this movie was filmed in Italy, because they haven’t been back home in thirty years. Such a person, in China, for whatever reason, would probably be trolled to death by the audience. He has a mother at home.
Now, I haven’t gone home for thirty years. What is this?
This is such an unfilial son!
But if you change it to a foreigner, it's different. These are two completely different concepts.
The scene changes and after a busy day at work, the hero drives back to his residence. It is a mansion with extremely luxurious decoration. And the hero's dress makes it obvious at a glance that he is a successful man.
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When he came to the bedroom, his lover told him that his mother had called and told him that she and his mother had chatted for a long time. His mother told her: "You haven't gone back to see her in thirty years. She wants to see you."
I will come to Rome when the time comes!”
The actor asked: "She called just to say this?"
"No, she said that a man named Alfredo died and there will be a funeral tomorrow. Who is he? Is he a relative of yours?"
The actor was startled for a moment, and then said calmly: "No, go to sleep!"
However, he was far from as calm as he appeared.
Alfredo is dead?
Hearing the news, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep!
There was the sound of wind, rain and wind chimes outside.
He fell into memories, and the past flashed before his eyes like an old movie scene by scene...
The scene returns to the past.
In the church, the priest is doing "sacred rituals"!
When I was young, I fell asleep while the pastor was praying and forgot to ring the bell, causing the pastor to forget the words of prayer.
Many viewers couldn't help but laugh, and many people couldn't help but be a little surprised by the pastor's performance, which was really on point.
Especially the scene where he was so engrossed in reciting the prayer, but ended up forgetting the words. The scene was full of joy, and the audience in the cinema couldn't help but smile at the scene full of joy.
The pastor turned around and saw that Duoduo was actually asleep. He first made a "puff" sound in an attempt to wake up Duoduo. Unfortunately, Duoduo did not respond and continued to doze off little by little.
The pastor finally couldn't help it and shouted loudly: "Duoduo!"
Duoduo woke up with a start and subconsciously picked up the rattle and shook it, making a tinkling sound.
However, after ringing the bell for support, Duoduo actually continued to sleep with her chin supported by one hand in the air.
After the prayer ceremony was completed, the pastor took off his pastoral clothes and complained a lot, "How many times have I told you, I can't remember the words if you don't ring the bell, and you just know how to sleep! What are you doing at night? Are you eating?"
While taking off her ceremonial clothes, Duoduo innocently danced and told the priest: "Father, our family doesn't eat in the middle of the night! The veterinarian told me so, so I'm very tired!"
"I know why you are tired, don't think I don't know, go back!" the pastor said!
"Can I stay?" Duoduo asked while stuffing the clothes into the cabinet.
"you can not!"
Duoduo shouted coquettishly: "I can, I can..."
As a result, he was forcibly kicked out by the pastor: "No, you can't, Duoduo, get out, you can't stay!"
Suddenly, the door of the cabinet was blown open by the wind. There was a statue of the Virgin in the cabinet, and Duoduo's clothes were hanging on the hands of the Virgin!
This section is not sad, on the contrary, it is very funny.
In fact, it also sets the cheerful tone of this movie’s childhood memories!
However, it also arouses people's curiosity, what does the priest know?
What did Duoduo do last night? Are you so sleepy?
Also, why does Duoduo stay?
The answer was soon revealed.
It turns out that the second floor of the church is a cinema!
The priest shouted "Alfredo! Let's begin!"
Soon, the only audience in the huge "cinema" was the priest.
Everyone is curious, what is this doing?
Soon the movie started playing, it was a classic old movie!
But Duoduo was hiding behind the curtain, secretly watching the movie!
On the big screen, the movie showed the kiss scene between the male and female protagonists. The priest suddenly widened his eyes, shook his head and said, "No!"
Then he reached out and rang the bell in his hand!
However, the movie does not immediately explain what happened after the priest rang the bell.
Instead, switch from a small bell to a large bell.
The sound resounded loudly.
Then there are scenes of the daily life of the villagers in the small town. Through the lens, the beauty of the town is shown, including the children running in the square; the vendors selling stockings; the residents fetching water...
A warm and peaceful picture.
The last scene shows a close-up of "Cinema Paradiso", with two movie posters hanging at the door!
Then the scene switched to the studio where projectionist Alfredo was editing film reels.
While editing the film, Alfredo, the projectionist, said to Duoduo impatiently: "How many times have I told you, you can't appear here! But you turned a deaf ear!"
