A lovelorn girl, with a sullen air, wanders aimlessly in the countryside, small towns, mountains, beaches and Paris streets, killing her two-month long vacation. She turned the calendar one by one, and she couldn't stop anywhere. Being alone or getting along with relatives, friends, and strangers could not dispel the emotionless boredom in her heart.
The first time I saw Eric Rohmer's film, I was a little unaccustomed to the minimalism of white clothes and plain clothes. The music in the whole film is almost non-existent, and the scattered scenes of life cover up the plot itself. The characters in the film keep walking and talking, seeming to be stubbornly looking for and explaining something, but they are entangled in the story. Among the various unknown emotions, anxiously waiting for the moment when the clouds open and the sun rises.
Marie Rivere's heroine, Stephen, is the type of girl I like. She's not very beautiful, as pale as a morning glory, slender, sensitive, but stubborn and somewhat autistic. His mind was as dark as a leaf under the backlight, and his black hair was tangled in disorder. Watching her quarrel with her girlfriend who wants to help her get out of the shadow of broken love in the film, and explain her vegetarianism to her friends and family tirelessly, is really pitiful and loving. In the midst of this group of people who are happy to enjoy sunshine, food, and contentment with love and pleasure, she seems so lonely and out of place.
It's hard to see a girl like this in a movie. When she was sad over and over again under the flowers and in the mountains and couldn't help crying, I understood that the sense of loneliness had penetrated so deeply into her life. Maybe it's not "that person" who is really worrying. She is just crying because of the emotions that are difficult to dispose of in her heart. Her sadness is like the waves of the sea in the wind and rain, and it can't be calmed down for a long time. But she runs and conflicts in her inner monologue. Although she is confused, she will not be easily shaken. Although she is lonely, she always maintains a calm and composed air, just like under the chaotic, messy, and dry surface of the ocean, close to The place on the bottom of the sea has its own peaceful and open atmosphere, where the water flows gently and calmly. In the bitter cry, she vaguely felt this clear state, and knew that she would be able to reach there one day, but not now.
But this is not a sad movie. Rohmer did not hesitate to sprinkle a lot of sunshine on the streets, courtyards, beaches and groves. Bright colors jumped among them. In the general and slightly melancholy life flow, there seemed to be a warm touch and gentleness. Watch and bless this stubborn girl. When Stephan was walking aimlessly on the seaside again, she inadvertently ran into a group of old people who recalled Verne's work and said, "Whoever sees the green light will be happy." This revelation makes If Stephen has anything. At the end of the film, Fen sits side by side on the reef with the boy he met, and sees the wonderful green light where the sea and the sky meet in the distance. The long-awaited expectation finally turned into a cry of joy.
The sea as calm as a mirror and the intoxication of the setting sun are the clearness that sweeps away the haze of the past few days. Finn's persistence and search finally found the answer. It turned out that in her life, the green color representing happiness had appeared more than once. The mysterious green light had always been in her heart, guiding her and sending her to the other side of happiness.
Do you believe in happiness? Do you believe in miracles? The green light in our heart is the direction of our happiness.
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