roses that never fade

Chance 2022-04-08 08:01:02

Is it too late for people to start their first love in their old age? It wasn't until she met that person-at that moment that Ursula realized that she was actually just an innocent girl waiting for love to come.

The talented violinist who was rescued by Ursula and Sister Janet was so young, so handsome, and so talented... All of this tugged at the string in Ursula's heart that had never been played.
Her love for him was so budding.
She is an old woman, and he is a young man in his prime.

He would take her as his grandmother, and put his young head on her old but warm knees... She hesitated to put his hands up to touch... He felt like her child, and the way she stared at him, the more more and more like a young lover.

Finally, one day, Ursula dreamed of her younger self, chasing and playing with the same young violinist on the grass.
The flower of love blooms, although it is very late, it is still fragrant.
She didn't break into his dream, but he moved into her heart.

At the end of the movie, I cried.
Seeing that old woman with a girl-like innocent figure, wandering around in the empty room where the violinist had already gone, and lying on the bed where he had slept until dawn...
I suddenly felt that something was really unfair.

Although her sister Janet is also single, she has experienced a period of love.
Sister Ursula's first love happened in her later years.
Only in a dream can she run with the youth and fall in love with the youthful him.

She set him free and let him use his violin to go to the wider world to create happiness and touch for more people.
Ursula said to Janet firmly after the violinist's premiere,
"Let's go, Janet."
Then a pair of lonely figures disappeared into the empty corridor behind the bustling scene.

And at the seaside where they spent their whole lives, at the seaside where they saved the youth and lives of others...
The two sisters, as always alone and inseparable, appeared again.

Ursula is still a girl waiting for love. Her love is like a silent rose blooming in a silent heart.

"The rose will wither in midsummer, but our road is still long; but there is a rose that does not wither in Bicardi, that rose that blooms in my heart."

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  • Mae 2022-04-14 09:01:07

    Who said no. . . BTW Danniel is really pleasing to the eye

  • Holden 2022-04-10 09:01:09

    Small but fine film, Judi Dench's acting is so delicate! The first love-like relationship is pure and beautiful, not obscene at all, in stark contrast to the old man in the film who likes young girls: the latter is full of very intrusive desires. I was in sync with the feelings of the two old ladies throughout the whole process, and even the Russian girl who showed her teeth and claws was very unanimous and hated it as soon as I saw it (my friends and I both felt that this Russian girl was very American, with a "big" personality, noisy, limbs seems to be unstoppable). The two sisters are in place from the performance to the costume design; the two young people have nothing to watch except for their shiny sense of symbols; and other characters are full, including the old doctor and the maid, and their behaviors are justified ; Other supporting roles are also brilliant, such as tailors. I especially like the ending, it stops when I click, and the reverberation of arrogant footsteps lingers around the beam. (In addition, this Chinese translation is really unpleasant, and it does not conform to the mood of the film at all)

Ladies in Lavender quotes

  • [Ursula looks out the window, waiting for Andrea to return]

    Janet Widdington: He won't be here any sooner.

    Ursula Widdington: No, I know, I just... I told him we were having chicken.

    Janet Widdington: I think we should eat.

    Ursula Widdington: No, let's wait. He's sure to be here soon.

  • [they have finished dinner, still waiting for Andrea to return]

    Janet Widdington: I'm going to phone Pendered.

    Ursula Widdington: All right.

    Janet Widdington: [Janet goes to the phone] Trevannic 412, please, Mrs. Pengelley... Hello? Mr. Pendered?... Yeah, it's - it's Janet Widdington... Yeah, well - hello... Yes, we're rather worried about Andrea. We were expecting him for supper. And we...

    [her face falls as she listens]

    Janet Widdington: Oh, I - oh, I see... No, no - we didn't know... Yes... Well, thank you.

    [she hangs up]

    Ursula Widdington: Janet, what's happened?

    Janet Widdington: They've gone.

    Ursula Widdington: What do you mean?

    Janet Widdington: I mean, Andrea's gone. With that woman.

    Ursula Widdington: I don't understand.

    Janet Widdington: Andrea and the Danilof woman were seen getting on the train to London.

    Ursula Widdington: [Ursula begins to cry] Oh, Jan- Oh, Janet! No. Oh, Janet. No, oh no!

    Janet Widdington: Don't, Ursula.

    Ursula Widdington: Oh no...

    Janet Widdington: Ursula.

    Ursula Widdington: [Ursula sobs harder, her face in her hands] Janet!

    Janet Widdington: Oh don't!

    [she hugs Ursula, who clings to her and cries harder]

    Ursula Widdington: Janet, Janet!

    Janet Widdington: Don't. You mustn't, Ursula. No, you mustn't. Please!