Six months ago, Zheng Xiuwen's husband Xu Zhian cheated on Huang Xinying. This really hurt Zheng Xiuwen's heart, but she still chose to forgive and accept him. The two people are reconciled as before.
In this regard, everyone is indignant for Zheng Xiuwen. In fact, as long as you watch the film "The Taste of Peppercorns" starring in her, you may be able to understand her broad mood.
It can be said that the mood of the heroine of "The Flavor of Pepper" is her inner projection.
"The Flavor of Peppercorns" tells the story of children growing up in a reorganized family after their parents divorced, and after the death of their father, they resolutely inherited the "spicy hot pot restaurant" of his father's life. The
film explores the influence of women’s perception of themselves, family and the relationship between the sexes.
"The Flavor of Peppercorns" is a two-hour heart-warming drama, directed and written by director Mai Xiyin, starring singer Sammi Cheng, popular actor Lai Yayan, potential newcomer Li Xiaofeng, special performances by Zhong Zhentao and Ren Xianqi, and a friendly guest appearance by Andy Lau. The
film is adapted from the novel "My Love Is So Spicy" by the well-known writer Zhang Xiaoxian. It describes a continuous blood relationship. Three half-sisters only met and recognized each other after their father died. Because of the broken family Knowing and cherishing each other. The story of
is more real because of the imperfect life. It takes family affection as the main line and love as the secondary line, and points out the contradictory relationship between the three sisters, the entanglement of love and hatred between people, and the ambiguous zone between men and women.
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do not care or pretend to be calm?
At the beginning of the movie, Xia Rushu (played by Zheng Xiuwen) received calls from all walks of life while working, and he responded with a "sloppy and perfunctory" attitude.
only seemed to wake up when he received the bad news of his father's death. When
handles the funeral affairs, Rushu does not even know the birth year of her biological father. Does she really care nothing?
Or because of past pains, decided to block his own inner voice, look down on everything in the world, and don't want to face reality? We can learn about
from her panic and dazed behavior when she received news of her father's death.
Rushu: "I look like something?"
anesthesiologist Cai Haoshan (played by Ren Xianqi): "It just seems to be okay, and then there is nothing." There are more than one ways
face bereavement, we don’t have to. Sadness can only be expressed by "crying", but when the tears are rolling in your eyes, don't hold back, just cry out loud.
said in the book "Adolescents Who Have Lost Relatives and Friends": "It is not a long-term solution to deny or suppress negative emotions. These emotions will explode when you least expect them, leading to illness or emotional breakdown."
But Rushu chooses She swallowed all the pain and buried many feelings in the softest part of her heart. She knew that this was not good, but she still did it, because she believed that she had an obligation to be strong and could not be crushed so easily. .
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"Spicy" is not a taste but pain.
A "spicy hot pot restaurant" left by father
strung the feelings of the three sisters.
Actually, "The Flavor of Peppercorns" at the beginning of the movie left a foreshadowing for "Spicy" and "Spicy Pepper": Dad Xia Liang (played by Zhong Zhentao) and Rushu must add several spoons of hot sauce every time he eats. For what?
mentioned in the movie: "Sometimes we use other stimuli to divert attention and numb ourselves. Spicy is to use one kind of pain to cover up another kind of pain."
pepper is the most irritating in addition to its unique smell. The most impressive thing is the taste of hemp. Anyone who has eaten Sichuan pepper knows that it smells a little bit nasty, but it is indispensable when tasting spicy hot pot, because only it can help us dilute the uncomfortable feeling of "spicy".
We often use "sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy" to describe the circumstances of life, but we didn't expect that there is a "peppy" taste of "pepper" that can make us temporarily forget all our feelings and just cherish the moment. In addition to the profound meaning of the title,
also uses many thought-provoking classic lines.
is like "In this world, no one can't live without anyone."
"You want to hear "I want to be with you" instead of "I can be with you", right?",
"If weWorking hard, but the world is not better because of it, what should I do? "
"It may not be that place needs me, but I need a "place that needs me" a little more."
These layers are filled with emotions.
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has a novel writing technique that escapes the traditional framework.
is also describing the social phenomenon of the soaring divorce rate, the family background of divorced parents, and the communication problems between parents and children.
"The Taste of Peppercorns" is different from the island movie "Born in a Child" with a complex and painful story structure, the Taiwanese drama "Your Child is Not Your Child", the sharp irony, and the Taiwanese film "Such Little People" focuses on "childhood" Trauma" issue.
Its role setting is quite simple and powerful. The tone of the whole movie is relaxed and more in line with real life situations. The background of the story is set for decades after the "affair". The children have their own new families and everything. After the dust settles.
"The Flavor of Peppercorns" focuses on the encounters of the three sisters. They seem to be independent and independent, but they revolve around the core "dad" of the movie from beginning to end. The three parallel lines that
originally had no intersection, but because of the same misunderstanding of the family, they met at one point. The overall plot of the
movie does not have too many ups and downs. When watching the movie, you can feel the unhurried style of the screenwriter Mai Xiyin.
The thoughts she wants to express may not be understood by the audience in a moment. It takes patience to watch the entire movie, and the low-key warm current will slowly flow into their hearts.
"Why did my dad have an affair?"
"How will my mother react when she knows?"... Questions like
can be answered from many similar movies, but few people value the passage of time like "The Taste of Pepper" In the future, how to rebuild a good parent-child relationship?
When things happen, people are always blindly entangled in the beginning of things.
is like "Why?", but I never thought about "what to do?", and put all the faults on one person.
Of course, the position here is not to agree with the behavior of "affair," just to remind everyone that you might as well try to pick up a screwdriver to repair that broken heart and give yourself a chance to start again.
"Everyone will do something wrong. Everyone is waiting for someone who can forgive themselves." Xia Liang said during his lifetime.
Just think about it. Does he have no regrets or make up for the mistakes he made?
Rushu was still unable to let go of his resentment towards his father until his father died.
may be like Zhu Ziqing's "Back View", the frontal confrontation is too naked, and there is no way to truly express the inner emotions. You have to look at it from the back to see the love of your father. The role under the lens of
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is the epitome of us. The main axis of
is the three sisters of the Xia family, Rushu, Ruzhi (Lai Yayan), and Ruo (Li Xiaofeng). Among them, Rushu, played by Sammi Cheng, interprets the most complex and delicate emotions.
"The Taste of Peppercorns" is not as good as previous movies where Sammi Cheng played the leading role. Other actors only appeared functionally with the role of "green leaves" to set off the "red flower" of Sammi Cheng;
In this movie, every actor has Having one's own standpoint and the challenges that must be faced alone are no longer just for the "backup" of the protagonist.
It can be seen that the approachable part of "The Flavor of Pepper" is not a storyline.
Such as: father having an affair with two other affair objects giving birth to children, three half-sisters must be in the same room... etc.
Instead, it uses individual characters to connect emotions with the audience.
In addition, the plot of this movie is smoothly arranged, and there are not too many scenes like local dramas and eight o’clock stalls (such as separation and reunion). Although they are flat and straightforward, they are just one point. Di write the voice of the audience.
"Everyone is eager to be understood."
After watching this movie, whether we who have been traumatized have found ourselves that year, we are all looking for a possibility to connect with the world.
Watching this movie is like a process of self-knowledge and self-healing.
"The authorities are confused, the bystanders are clear."
Sometimes we have to pull awayOnly the event itself can see all the truth.
Lai Yayan: "After watching this movie, you will be hugged tightly."
May we all have the courage to face the pain of the past and say goodbye to everyone we love, even if we never see again.
If you can see the lover again, just love it well, so why bother about the others?
