You have tasted the taste of youth

Garfield 2022-03-20 09:02:44

The reason why taboos become taboos is probably because the consequences of breaking them are often beyond the scope of people's acceptance. But only such a leap can make people rush and yearn for it even more.

Among the old and young couples of the same theme, "Sherry" is much gentler than "The Countess", which brutally murdered a virgin in order to save her appearance, and is much more unforgettable than "True Love Effect" with the same heroine. Shelly, the son of a prostitute, was so addicted to alcohol and lust that at 19 he felt like his mother was about to retire.

To save him from alcohol, Shelly's mother called in Lea, a "rival" from many years ago. If Shelly's mother is the Cupid who hits all the shots, then her arrow is more accurate than she imagined. Lea's identity, Lea's occupation, and Shirley's age are all boundaries that they should not cross, but this cannot stop the care of God of Love. When he kissed his mother's old friend for the first time, when the two of them left each other's lips seemingly calmly, they had already made their hearts silently.

This kiss started a 6-year countdown clock recording their good times.

When he was a child, Shelly called Lea Nounoune. Now 19-year-old Shelly, when he was at a loss, he called Nounoune when he was on the sun-covered bed in the suburban villa and stroking her skin in the bathroom. .

But Shelly will eventually marry a wife and have children, and embark on the path arranged by his mother. In the social circle, Lea's secret is to stay away from love, but from the first sight of 19-year-old Shelly, this secret can no longer be used. It wasn't until Shelly agreed to get married without changing his face that Lea felt that Nounoune was Shelley's spell that penetrated into the bone marrow, the shortest spell in the world.

At the wedding, he pinned the pearl she gave him to his chest, and outside the wedding, she wore the ring she bought. But Lea, who pretended to be open-minded, couldn't hold it any longer, and she ran away.

Her departure, with his heart, hollowed out the entire city. Days and nights when she left, the young man lost his interest in all the food and clothing. In the quiet and quiet night, he lit a cigarette and lingered under her unlit mansion. To his mother and to his new wife, he made no secret of his emotions. Without Nounoune, he could not breathe, let alone run the process of anything in his life.

This trip is not like the last time. The two of them sat side by side on the carriage, surrounded by green trees, enjoying time. If time could stop at that moment, there would not be such a situation of missing; of course, if there was no time at the beginning, the reality would not be compared. So unbearable.

Shelly's wedding night, honeymoon, and Lea's long-distance encounter couldn't add any color to the gray life before them.

Only the moment she came back, the city came alive, and so did he.

In the early morning after the reunion, the two also sobered up, sobered from the potion between Cupid. In front of Lea, Shelly is a child who will never grow up, a 19-year-old who will always call her Nounoune. She had to let him go, let him go, and make him a man who took responsibility and made his own decisions.

When they looked at each other affectionately for the last time, she said: "You have tasted the taste of youth."

Before the last kiss, she said, "I love you, but it's too late."

If the love affair of youth is something he needs to forget and cherish all his life, then behind his youth is her old face and depleted heart.

If you want to know the ending, in the narration at the end of the credits, it is said: Shelly feels like the world has been turned upside down, like some irreversible disaster. He returned to a place where there was no harm, and at the same time, he still couldn't hold back the feeling that he was escaping from something, that is, returning to freedom. Eventually he realized that feeling was just misguided, and it took him many years to realize that they were both being treated unfairly. Lea was alone for years, and Shelley failed to catch the only woman he ever loved, Lea, and once he remembered it, he found his revolver and shot him in the head.

(year 2013)

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    Narrator: He was unable to suppress a sense that he had been able to escape from something. That he was a free man again. A feeling he eventually came to realize was entirely misguided. It was many years before he understood that both of them had been quite unjustly punished. Léa for being born so many years before him, and Chéri for having failed to grasp that Léa was the only woman he would ever be able to love. And once he was settled in his mind that this was the case, he took out his old service revolver, and put a bullet in his brain.

  • Lea de Lonval: You came back here and you found an old woman. Yes, you found an old woman. Don't cry. Why are you crying? I'm so grateful to you. Were you really in love with me? Did you really think I was such a good person? If I had been a truly good person, I'd have made a man of you instead of thinking of nothing but your pleasure and my happiness. I wouldn't have kept you all to myself. Look at me. You're right. The qualities you lack, I expect it is my fault. But 30 years of easy living does make you very vulnerable. So no, I never did talk to you about the future. Forgive me. I loved you as if we were going to die the same day. I carried you in my heart for such a long time. I forgot you were going to have to carry your own burdens. A young wife. Perhaps even a child. And so you're going to suffer. You're going to miss me. And you're going to have to try to find enough wisdom and tolerance not to cause suffering to others. The thing is, now you've had a taste of youth. It's never satisfying, but you'll always want to go back for more. You must go. I love you. But it's too late. So get dressed. And go away now.