Mu Qing is reading reviews of "Sister Tao" and "Thieves of Time".
"You, you are not a new director, you should know that these evaluations are not accurate, but you still watch it with pleasure." Li Yi said helplessly.
"That's different!" Mu Qing rolled her eyes at Li Yi and said.
"What's different?" Li Yi put his hands around her waist from behind and touched her shoulder with his chin.
"It's just different anyway." Mu Qing thought for a while and seemed unable to think of a reason, but she said it firmly.
"Eh? This is Lao Du's film review? Let's see how he praises it." Li Yi glanced at the page displayed on the computer screen. It was a film review by his old acquaintance, film critic Du Xianghai.
""Sister Tao" - the warmth that directly touches the heart before the tragic end of life!"
"I once read a saying, to the effect that God first makes us ugly, then makes us grow old and die slowly. Perhaps, this is the fate of each of us.
Watching "Sister Tao", my deepest feeling is sadness. Although the director has carefully prepared a lot of baggage and jokes, and they are actually very funny, the deep sadness in my heart still lingers. The deepest impression is
What stands out is the cramped nursing home in the film, where the old people wearing baby bibs sit in a row waiting for the nursing staff to feed them, and the uncle who was scolded and even had his ears twisted by others when he dropped a few grains of rice. He has not had any family visits for more than 20 years.
Grandma, who can only stay in a nursing home in her thirties, has ubiquitous age spots, wrinkles, gray hair, staggering steps, and empty eyes...
All this makes me feel sad countless times. People can't help but think that this is also the tomorrow of our parents and ourselves.
Li Yi has a saying in "The Thief of Time": In the changing life, time is the biggest thief.
In fact, the same is true in "Sister Tao". No matter how strong or reluctant, everyone will eventually fail in the face of aging.
We are not defeated by the joys, anger and sorrows of life, but by the years and time.
Like Sister Tao, she loves cleanliness and neatness all her life. When she first enters a nursing home and moves into a cubicle, the first thing she does is touch the table to see if there is any dust. When she goes to the bathroom, she has to tear off a small piece of facial tissue with her mouth and stuff it into her nostrils. Roger
When I took her home and took a look, she first couldn't help but touch a handful of dust on the furniture. The first time she had a stroke, she didn't want help from others and was unwilling to sit in a wheelchair. As soon as her health improved, she insisted on taking the minibus when going for a follow-up examination. But the second time she had a stroke,
The second time, she had to be helped to walk. The next time, she could only sit in a wheelchair, no, she was tied to the wheelchair with a safety belt. Her mouth was crooked, her mouth was crooked, her mouth was drooling, and her speech was unclear.
At first, she was not willing to grow old, and still firmly resisted her frail self. But slowly, she accepted her fate, and she could only accept her fate. The residents were weird and paranoid, and they accidentally fell down and the rescue was ineffective.
All of her deceased companions reflected her own living conditions like a mirror. Everything, including Roger's mother's bird's nest and the banknotes she took out, reminded her all the time: You are no longer good, and you can no longer serve others.
What did you do? Compared with the specific illness, these subtle signals may be more lethal. The bitterness in them may only be understood by the person involved.
Why do many old people become more like children when they get older? Because they are using this method to show their unwillingness to grow old and be told "you can't do it anymore"!
The scenes in the nursing home are filled with chilling loneliness!
Most of the time, Sister Tao's eyes are peaceful and kind. When facing gallbladder surgery, she seemed to say easily: "I'm not afraid, half of my body is already in the soil. Human destiny is destined by God. God will arrange it for us."
"." She could also joke along with the priest's words: "There is a time to eat the pacifier, and a time to enter the coffin." Knowing that Uncle Jian did not borrow the money to see a doctor, but "to see the hair-washing girl," she still smiled and gave him the money.
, said, "How many times can he look for her?" I think this kind of peace and generosity not only come from her kind nature, but also because she has Roger.
Although she will grow old and die, at least Roger will be with her so that she can feel the warmth from deep in her heart before the end comes.
Sister Tao never married and served the Liang family for sixty years. When she was getting older, it was Roger who took on the role of filial piety and provided for her until she died. Before Sister Tao suffered a stroke, their conversations and actions were typical.
The relationship between master and servant. After the stroke, the two gradually became more and more like a mother and son dependent on each other. In fact, the Liang family is very good. Roger's mother even flew back to Hong Kong from the United States to visit Sister Tao.
However, some of her actions, whether it was making bird's nests or giving away scarves, were more like kind-hearted charity, which made Sister Tao very uneasy.
And Roger's actions feel much more real. From carefully selecting a nursing home, to taking Sister Tao to the premiere of his movie, from sending Kaka to the nursing home to accompany Sister Tao during the New Year, to finally being attentive to Sister Tao.
She tidied her hair and socks, and her expression, tone and movements all seemed so natural and appropriate. Therefore, facing Roger's concern, Sister Tao started to resist from the beginning, not wanting to bother with this or that, and gradually let go, and later she could enjoy it with peace of mind.
The care of this "godson".
Every time I see them smiling and joking about each other, I always feel a sense of warmth in my heart. It can be said that because of Roger, Sister Tao's final journey was peaceful and peaceful.
Having someone to rely on in old age, even if it cannot withstand the sadness of the end, is probably a great comfort.
In this sense, Sister Tao should be considered one of the happier ones in the nursing home. At least she seems to be much happier than Aunt Jin, who is always scolded by her daughter and whose son always "forgets" to pay her hospitalization fees.
The daughter who always scolded her mother came to the nursing home to clear out her belongings after her mother passed away. She kept crying. Is it guilt, reluctance, or did she finally remember the good things about her mother? But no matter what, God will always be there.
No matter how much she cried, her mother would not be able to feel it anymore.
This is the only crying scene in "Sister Tao". The movie was shot very calmly, very restrained, calm and meaningful. Every small detail is so dull, but it is enough to touch people's hearts. I say
I can’t tell you how many times I cried while watching this movie. I thought of my elderly parents. They are also walking on Sister Tao’s path. I am also walking on Sister Tao’s path. I really hope that in the future,
At some point, I can be like Roger and face all this as a man.
The "Principal" in the movie is also deeply touching. He looks at the residents angrily scolding the residents who can't eat well, but in fact, isn't he afraid that he will have such a day?
He is not a person without stories, and there is obviously his story behind the crystal ball music box!
"It's hard to say goodbye when we meet. The east wind is powerless and all the flowers are gone." At the end of the movie, the director recited Li Shangyin's "Untitled" through the mouth of an old man. At the memorial service, Uncle Jian gave Sister Tao a bouquet of white flowers. Death, after all
It is unavoidable. I hope we can all have the power of stability and warmth to warm others and ourselves before the end comes."
After reading this film review, both Li Yi and Mu Qing were silent for a long time.
