gentle and cruel

Consuelo 2022-04-22 07:01:48

Obviously it didn't feel as good as I imagined, but the backlash was so amazing. For two consecutive meals, I saw my grandma holding a bowl in silence and began to wander. The good-natured grandma greeted everyone to eat and drink, and my father also mentioned the deceased grandma's excellent craftsmanship in front of the guests. When I put the bowl in the restaurant, I saw my aunt and my grandmother gathered together. A second later, my aunt, who was still smiling at the table, said sadly, "Don't mention him, you'll get angry when you talk about it." Silence. Going home alone in the back seat, and the uncle who is driving in front, can only communicate in a real sense when talking about my cousin who is far away in Harbin. The difference between the taste of home is that we do not have the surname Hengshan.

Many knots exist, although they are well aware of it, but they are still left to it day after day.

I would still choose to leave quickly after dinner to avoid being bored, or I would turn away when I saw their loneliness, because even though the distance between them is clear, I never know how to get close.

I used to bow to everyone who came to express condolences in the most traditional way at my grandfather's funeral. I knelt all the way up the hill during the funeral, and cried uncontrollably at the road festival. In fact, my grandfather and I in the countryside have maintained the frequency of seeing each other once a year for 20 years. We have lived together for less than a month, and we may not talk for more than two hours. It's not that I know how to cherish it after losing a few percent of the truth. I have thought about it countless times if I start over, and the answer is always clear and cruel. The gaps in age, background, concept, and even language are not easily bridged by kinship. Saluting and crying are not due to the remorse that the child wants to support and the parent is not there, but the emptiness and self-healing after facing the gap and inaction or self-confessed inability to do anything. The mother's four-generation family will no doubt repeat this scene.

Therefore, many people will say that once a year is enough after watching their parents' disappearing figures for a long time, and they will calmly say that they have not fulfilled their wishes until their parents pass away three years later. What they hear is not remorse but sigh .

Just like the father who became a doctor according to his grandfather's wish, chuckled at his father's funeral, "What's the use of doing this?", and then continued to dance in front of the coffin according to the instructions of the magic stick.

The legend that grandma cooks first-class side dishes often appears at home banquets, and yellow butterflies can also be glutinous rice cakes or sweet potato cakes.

Walking without stopping originally meant just walking, walking, gaining, losing, and going back and forth. Those who are slow a beat may be regretted for life or occasionally sentimental, and they will not stop or stop.

The undercurrents and surging minutiae are strung together to form a life. Without tears, it is the real place, gentle and cruel.

Maybe it's just as good as childhood memories.

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Extended Reading
  • Drake 2022-03-23 09:03:06

    Rewatch. Probably still my favorite is Hirokazu-eda. It is almost another way of shooting "Tokyo Story". Tokyo Story is the visit of the parents, the non-stop walking is the return of the children, but the family love is the eternal bond. The solemn and taciturn father, the thoughtful and lively mother, when the deceased eldest son becomes the only bond in the family, and the lonely back of the spare parents after the children leave... This kind of film will make people feel a pain in their hearts after watching them, but they will never forget them.

  • Kailyn 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    The taste of summer for three generations of grandparents in an ordinary family. It was Hirokazu Koreeda who inherited Ozu's mantle and made family dramas as gentle as water. Years of trouble, separation, and dissatisfaction among family members permeate through the peace. She loves the role of a grandmother, a housewife, who has never worked in her life, and has a very delicate relationship with her son, daughter, and husband.

Still Walking quotes

  • Yukari Yokoyama: Even when they die, people don't really go away. Your father's here, right inside you.

  • Kyohei Yokoyama: That useless piece of trash. Why'd my son have to save him? There were plenty of others.

    Ryota Yokoyama: Please don't call him useless and trash in front of the kids.