The new French film "Out of Season" was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion Award and was finally available to watch recently. Some people define it as a story of extramarital affairs, which is obviously shallow. Two old lovers who broke up more than ten years ago met by chance in a seaside town. One has become a big star, and the other has a stable family. As the sea breeze blew, they looked at each other's wrinkled skin and pale temples. What they saw was definitely not a frivolous affair.
Jiang Kui, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote in his later years, "The love affairs of young people become sad in old age."
It’s not the past emotions themselves that are sad, but the old life. I have accumulated too much loneliness and regrets that no one can talk to, no one understands and no one cares about. Then I suddenly meet my past lover again, the regrets I lost and the longing to be comforted. Desires surge at the same time, making people particularly sad.
But the good thing about "Out of Season" is that it has a delicate description of loneliness, frustration, and longing, but it does not let this emotion overflow. It makes a reunion a confession about the past and a self-examination. , is also a belated farewell ceremony.
Matthew is a movie star. He originally planned to participate in a stage play recently. The publicity has been overwhelming, but he couldn't bear the pressure of live performances and ran away. Escape to a seaside town and try to soothe your fears, frustrations and vulnerabilities by avoiding crowds and "spa therapy." There were people everywhere who wanted to take photos with him, and when he opened the magazines, there were interviews about how he bravely walked to the stage, but he didn't know who to tell his true feelings.
He called his wife and tried to talk. The sensible and intelligent wife told him: "The matter has been resolved. You will compensate them for their losses. Just don't do stage plays in the future and continue to make movies. As for your inner feelings, it doesn't matter." He I can only cry secretly, and my disappointment in myself accumulates until I collapse alone. A man held the door handle and opened and closed it, closing and opening it again, his face expressionless.
One of the helpless realities for middle-aged people is that on the road full of passion and yearning, only the echoes of reason, calculation, and input-output ratio are left, and the person in the mirror seems to be only a shell.
Alice is a piano teacher who was hit hard by Matthew's sudden breakup 15 years ago and suffered from depression, from which she met her current husband. In her mind, she was despised, pitiful, and insignificant in the past relationship. Her gentle heart has always longed for a real farewell to Matthew, so after learning that Matthew had visited the town where she lived, she took the initiative to contact him.
The attraction between old lovers still exists, even though when they first met they both seemed to want to be dutiful old friends and stay within the bounds of respectability. But once love was awakened, the need for tenderness and love began to flow. The two met again and again, made appointments again and again, chatting about their current situation, their 15 years of life, the changes in the past, and constantly trying to bring up their past lives. details in order to bring each other closer. On the silver-white cold seaside, they eliminated misunderstandings and deepened their understanding.
Alice invites Matthew to attend the wedding of her elderly friend. After dedicating his life to his family, this elderly friend finally decided to follow his heart and form a new family with his same-sex lover. Encouraged by the courage of others, the two finally rekindled their love.
What is the best feeling that love can bring?
Perhaps, it is to feel that in the eyes of a person, you are so good. The lover's focused gaze and listening make vulnerability, cowardice and fear no longer necessary to hide. There are also people who listen attentively to the works secretly hidden in their mobile phones and sincerely praise them. This love will make you want to become a better person unconsciously, and also give you more courage to face the pale reality. Even if it is a wrong love.
Matthew was finally able to bravely face the fear of not being good enough and being a disappointment and running away from the stage play. And Alice finally had a chance to mend the pain of 15 years ago - she got an apology and a good goodbye. Maybe, in the future, she will have the courage to leave this town and return to Paris with the music on her phone.
In Matthew's halo, she couldn't see clearly that she was the truly brave one. Back then, I endured the sudden separation, but now I took the initiative to put an end to this relationship and put an end to my own regrets.It is precisely because of her perseverance that this story does not slide into weak self-pity and rampant narcissism.
However, no matter how sincere love is, it will inevitably have a cruel side.
Just like Alice complained - "You will leave in the end. You take everything, then abandon it and go back to your life. Your life is easy anyway." They can understand each other, appreciate each other, and even deeply Deeply attracted, but not an evenly matched opponent. Alice's gentleness cannot support Matthew's ambition. Whenever we meet or meet again, even if we meet again, we can only warm up for a short time, and then we each go on different paths.
Compared with Hollywood, French love movies have always had a merit worth mentioning: they do not shy away from showing the reality and complexity of emotional relationships. It does not describe fairy tales, but details the real gray areas in love: distraction, mistakes, regret, regret, chaos, confusion, and even cruelty. This is true for Rohmer's "The Story of Spring", this is true for "Said and Deeded", and it is also true for "Zu Yu Zhan". Human nature is so complex and multi-faceted. Instead of fantasizing about the existence of fairy tales, it is better to unfold the reality and take a good look.
Therefore, in this kind of movies, there will often be women with truly mature minds. They don’t make a fuss, or use suits, high heels and designer bags to perform successfully, but they are very understanding of their choices, their own desires, and their own situation. The acceptance was quite straightforward and neat. Just like Alice played by Alba Rohrwacher in this film, she is unarmed, sincere, mature in thought, and decisive in action. Even if she can only have it for a short time, she will never waste her energy complaining about reality. Therefore, a few days after watching the movie, her image and temperament became more and more distinct, while the big star played by Guillaume Canet gradually became blurred.
Echoing this, the film also has a mature narrative style. Minimalist images, low-saturation tones, and delicate and restrained details. A bystander's perspective lens, calmly watching the rise and fall of the story.
This is a very good emotional movie in recent years. Don't reject it just because it is set in the moral quagmire of "infidelity". Otherwise, you will regret not previewing this story when the time comes when "youth's love becomes sad as time goes by".
Chen Mo
However, no matter how sincere love is, it will inevitably have a cruel side.
Just like Alice complained - "You will leave in the end. You take everything, then abandon it and go back to your life. Your life is easy anyway." They can understand each other, appreciate each other, and even deeply Deeply attracted, but not an evenly matched opponent. Alice's gentleness cannot support Matthew's ambition. Whenever we meet or meet again, even if we meet again, we can only warm up for a short time, and then we each go on different paths.
Compared with Hollywood, French love movies have always had a merit worth mentioning: they do not shy away from showing the reality and complexity of emotional relationships. It does not describe fairy tales, but details the real gray areas in love: distraction, mistakes, regret, regret, chaos, confusion, and even cruelty. This is true for Rohmer's "The Story of Spring", this is true for "Said and Deeded", and it is also true for "Zu Yu Zhan". Human nature is so complex and multi-faceted. Instead of fantasizing about the existence of fairy tales, it is better to unfold the reality and take a good look.
Therefore, in this kind of movies, there will often be women with truly mature minds. They don’t make a fuss, or use suits, high heels and designer bags to perform successfully, but they are very understanding of their choices, their own desires, and their own situation. The acceptance was quite straightforward and neat. Just like Alice played by Alba Rohrwacher in this film, she is unarmed, sincere, mature in thought, and decisive in action. Even if she can only have it for a short time, she will never waste her energy complaining about reality. Therefore, a few days after watching the movie, her image and temperament became more and more distinct, while the big star played by Guillaume Canet gradually became blurred.
Echoing this, the film also has a mature narrative style. Minimalist images, low-saturation tones, and delicate and restrained details. A bystander's perspective lens, calmly watching the rise and fall of the story.
This is a very good emotional movie in recent years. Don't reject it just because it is set in the moral quagmire of "infidelity". Otherwise, you will regret not previewing this story when the time comes when "youth's love becomes sad as time goes by".
The new French film "Out of Season" was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion Award and was finally available to watch recently. Some people define it as a story of extramarital affairs, which is obviously shallow. Two old lovers who broke up more than ten years ago met by chance in a seaside town. One has become a big star, and the other has a stable family. As the sea breeze blew, they looked at each other's wrinkled skin and pale temples. What they saw was definitely not a frivolous affair.
Jiang Kui, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote in his later years, "The love affairs of young people become sad in old age."
It’s not the past emotions themselves that are sad, but the old life. I have accumulated too much loneliness and regrets that no one can talk to, no one understands and no one cares about. Then I suddenly meet my past lover again, the regrets I lost and the longing to be comforted. Desires surge at the same time, making people particularly sad.
But the good thing about "Out of Season" is that it has a delicate description of loneliness, frustration, and longing, but it does not let this emotion overflow. It makes a reunion a confession about the past and a self-examination. , is also a belated farewell ceremony.
Matthew is a movie star. He originally planned to participate in a stage play recently. The publicity has been overwhelming, but he couldn't bear the pressure of live performances and ran away. Escape to a seaside town and try to soothe your fears, frustrations and vulnerabilities by avoiding crowds and "spa therapy." There were people everywhere who wanted to take photos with him, and when he opened the magazines, there were interviews about how he bravely walked to the stage, but he didn't know who to tell his true feelings.
He called his wife and tried to talk. The sensible and intelligent wife told him: "The matter has been resolved. You will compensate them for their losses. Just don't do stage plays in the future and continue to make movies. As for your inner feelings, it doesn't matter." He I can only cry secretly, and my disappointment in myself accumulates until I collapse alone. A man held the door handle and opened and closed it, closing and opening it again, his face expressionless.
One of the helpless realities for middle-aged people is that on the road full of passion and yearning, only the echoes of reason, calculation, and input-output ratio are left, and the person in the mirror seems to be only a shell.
Alice is a piano teacher who was hit hard by Matthew's sudden breakup 15 years ago and suffered from depression, from which she met her current husband. In her mind, she was despised, pitiful, and insignificant in the past relationship. Her gentle heart has always longed for a real farewell to Matthew, so after learning that Matthew had visited the town where she lived, she took the initiative to contact him.
The attraction between old lovers still exists, even though when they first met they both seemed to want to be dutiful old friends and stay within the bounds of respectability. But once love was awakened, the need for tenderness and love began to flow. The two met again and again, made appointments again and again, chatting about their current situation, their 15 years of life, the changes in the past, and constantly trying to bring up their past lives. details in order to bring each other closer. On the silver-white cold seaside, they eliminated misunderstandings and deepened their understanding.
Alice invites Matthew to attend the wedding of her elderly friend. After dedicating his life to his family, this elderly friend finally decided to follow his heart and form a new family with his same-sex lover. Encouraged by the courage of others, the two finally rekindled their love.
What is the best feeling that love can bring?
Perhaps, it is to feel that in the eyes of a person, you are so good. The lover's focused gaze and listening make vulnerability, cowardice and fear no longer necessary to hide. There are also people who listen attentively to the works secretly hidden in their mobile phones and sincerely praise them. This love will make you want to become a better person unconsciously, and also give you more courage to face the pale reality. Even if it is a wrong love.
Matthew was finally able to bravely face the fear of not being good enough and being a disappointment and running away from the stage play. And Alice finally had a chance to mend the pain of 15 years ago - she got an apology and a good goodbye. Maybe, in the future, she will have the courage to leave this town and return to Paris with the music on her phone.
In Matthew's halo, she couldn't see clearly that she was the truly brave one. Back then, I endured the sudden separation, but now I took the initiative to put an end to this relationship and put an end to my own regrets.It is precisely because of her perseverance that this story does not slide into weak self-pity and rampant narcissism.
However, no matter how sincere love is, it will inevitably have a cruel side.
Just like Alice complained - "You will leave in the end. You take everything, then abandon it and go back to your life. Your life is easy anyway." They can understand each other, appreciate each other, and even deeply Deeply attracted, but not an evenly matched opponent. Alice's gentleness cannot support Matthew's ambition. Whenever we meet or meet again, even if we meet again, we can only warm up for a short time, and then we each go on different paths.
Compared with Hollywood, French love movies have always had a merit worth mentioning: they do not shy away from showing the reality and complexity of emotional relationships. It does not describe fairy tales, but details the real gray areas in love: distraction, mistakes, regret, regret, chaos, confusion, and even cruelty. This is true for Rohmer's "The Story of Spring", this is true for "Said and Deeded", and it is also true for "Zu Yu Zhan". Human nature is so complex and multi-faceted. Instead of fantasizing about the existence of fairy tales, it is better to unfold the reality and take a good look.
Therefore, in this kind of movies, there will often be women with truly mature minds. They don’t make a fuss, or use suits, high heels and designer bags to perform successfully, but they are very understanding of their choices, their own desires, and their own situation. The acceptance was quite straightforward and neat. Just like Alice played by Alba Rohrwacher in this film, she is unarmed, sincere, mature in thought, and decisive in action. Even if she can only have it for a short time, she will never waste her energy complaining about reality. Therefore, a few days after watching the movie, her image and temperament became more and more distinct, while the big star played by Guillaume Canet gradually became blurred.
Echoing this, the film also has a mature narrative style. Minimalist images, low-saturation tones, and delicate and restrained details. A bystander's perspective lens, calmly watching the rise and fall of the story.
This is a very good emotional movie in recent years. Don't reject it just because it is set in the moral quagmire of "infidelity". Otherwise, you will regret not previewing this story when the time comes when "youth's love becomes sad as time goes by".
Chen Mo
