The male host Wei Tong and the American Simon are a pair of gays who live happily. In order to cope with their parents who came from Taipei and have never been worried about their life-long affairs, they decided to marry Wei Wei, who needs to obtain a US green card, to satisfy their parents. , go home early. But people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. The constant twists and turns have delayed the parents' return to Taiwan again and again, making his relationship with Simon "red light", and Weiwei accidentally became pregnant with his child.
At this point, the three people are in emotional and moral dilemma, but director Ang Lee, who is kind-hearted, still gives everyone a happy ending, and the three become the parents of the child together.
This happened in the West, which is more receptive. If it were in China, I am afraid things would not be so simple, so Director Ang Lee chose the United States, which is thousands of miles away.
I have to admire Director Ang Lee's screenwriting ability. After a small visit to relatives, the trouble that followed was like a snowball, and it was getting bigger and bigger. I wanted to make my parents feel at ease as soon as possible, but it made the whole family devastated.
There are also a lot of differences between Chinese and Western culture in the film. For example, at the wedding banquet, the excessive enthusiasm of the Chinese was described by Westerners as China's sexual repression for thousands of years.
But the most intriguing thing is the understanding of family in China and the West. The mother was very sad when she found out that her son was gay. She was afraid that her father would develop high blood pressure after learning about it, and told her son to keep it a secret. One day, my father talked to Simon. It turned out that my father could understand English. He knew early on that Simon was very strange.
Westerners cannot understand the Chinese people's attachment to family. The so-called five generations living together and family happiness are all life pursuits with family as the ultimate goal. One family character creates the Spring Festival travel of 140 million people every year, which is quite a lot. Considering the combined population of several European countries, this kind of persistence, rain or shine, cannot even be explained by ourselves.
The male protagonist's two elders are also typical representatives of the family. In order to build a family, they bear everything silently in their hearts. They looked at the three-person photo of their son, Simon and Weiwei, and smiled awkwardly. Knowing that behind this smile, the loss and sadness of the two old men are hidden.
Looking at the backs of the two old people leaving, left the three of them to think more about home and how to build a healthy and complete home for the soon-to-be-born baby.
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