Italian water city, in the hotel.
Mu Qing is reading the reviews of "Sister Tao" and "The Thief of Time".
"You, you are not a new director. You should know that these evaluations are not accurate, but you are still watching 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 asked with his chin on her shoulder.
"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 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 was sadness. Although the director carefully prepared a lot of baggage and jokes, and it was actually very funny, the heavy sadness in my heart still lingered. What impressed me most was the cramped nursing home in the film. The elderly people wearing baby bibs were sitting in a row waiting for the nursing staff to feed them. Uncle, who was scolded and even had his ears twisted by others when he dropped a few grains of rice, had no family for more than 20 years. Visiting, my grandma who can only stay in the nursing home on her 30th year, the ubiquitous age spots, wrinkles, gray hair, staggering steps, empty eyes...
All of this made 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 I first entered a nursing home and checked into a cubicle, the first thing I did was to touch the table to see if there was any dust. When I went to the bathroom, I had to tear off a small piece of tissue with my mouth and plug it into my nostrils. When Roger took her home to check on her, she first involuntarily touched a handful of dust on the furniture. After her first stroke, she didn't want help from others and was unwilling to sit in a wheelchair. Once her health improved, she insisted on taking a minibus when going for follow-up examinations. But the second time, she had to be helped to walk. Later, I could only sit in a wheelchair, no, tied to the wheelchair with a safety belt, my mouth and neck were crooked, my mouth was drooling, and my speech was slurred.
At first, she was not willing to grow old and firmly resisted her sickly self. But slowly, she accepted her fate and had no choice but to accept her fate. The weirdness and paranoia of the residents, as well as the accidental companion who passed away after a fall and failed to save her, all 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 dying, you can no longer do anything for others. Relative to the specific illness, these subtle signals may be more lethal. The bitterness in it may only be understood by those 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 generous. When facing gallbladder surgery, she seemed to be very relaxed and said, "I'm not afraid. Half of my body is already in the soil. Life is destined by God. God will arrange it for us." She could also joke along with the priest's words: "Eat a pacifier." Sometimes, there is a time to enter the coffin." Knowing that Uncle Jian did not borrow money to see a doctor, but "to see the hair-washing girl," she still smiled and gave him the money, saying, "He just wants to look for it, how many times can he look for it. Woolen cloth". I think this kind of peace and generosity not only comes 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 filial piety and provided for her until she died. Before Sister Tao suffered a stroke, their conversations and actions were typical of a master-servant relationship. After the stroke, the two slowly became more and more like a mother and son dependent on each other. In fact, the Liang family is very nice. 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 her own movie, from sending Kaka to the nursing home to accompany Sister Tao during the New Year, to finally carefully arranging Sister Tao's hair and socks, her expression, tone and movements all looked so... Natural and appropriate. Therefore, in the face of Roger's concern, Sister Tao initially resisted and did not want to trouble this or that, but gradually let go. Later, she could enjoy the care of her "godson" with peace of mind.
Every time I see them smiling and making fun of each other, I always feel a little warm 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 seemed much happier than Aunt Jin, who was always scolded by her daughter and whose son always "forgot" to pay her hospital bills.
The daughter who always criticized her mother came to the nursing home to go through the formalities and clean up the belongings after her mother passed away. She cried bitterly the whole time. Is it guilt, reluctance, or finally remembering the benefits of motherhood? However, no matter what, heaven and earth are forever separated, and no matter how much she cries, her mother will not be able to feel it anymore.
This is the only scene in "Sister Tao" where she cries bitterly. The movie was shot very calmly, very restrained, calm and meaningful. Every little detail is so mediocre, yet enough to touch people's hearts. I can't tell you how many times I cried while watching this movie. I thought of my elderly parents, who were also walking on Sister Tao's path, and I myself was walking on Sister Tao's path. I really hope that at some point in the future, 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 man 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 the flowers are gone." At the end of the film, 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 is inevitable after all. I hope we can all have that kind of stable and warm power 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.
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