Honestly it's much better than I thought, and It's really my cup of tea.
***Spoiler alert***
The major premise is : a sudden light took some people away, they just disappeared. The rest started to study the commonality, people who were taken were all in love.
I wouldn't say it's a sci-fiction movie, cuz the light itself is the least important thing, but what it represents.
The movie is rather a discussion of love, a revealing of the true face of life, the love after the fairy tale. It's ugly, it hurts, it's ridiculous, it's precious.
What I found impressive are the camera language, direction, acting, three parallel plots and the philosophy.
I'm a Chinese, I don't know how close this movie is to your country, at least, the main story is so damn real. The characters, the dialogues, the details of a 18 year marriage in a second tier city.
The pressure and unfairness, the " face", the dull side from time, the enduring and restrained love are all melted in the brilliant acting. (I like Wu so much)
They didn't feel anything wrong for 18 years, just try to get a living, until the light hammered them hard.
How Wu and his wife face the question of the light: do we still love each other?
They both went through the self questioning, doubting each other, lost, pain, even hate. But they found an answer for themselves in the end, that is , for them, what love really means.
Actually the marriage problem is universal, however, no matter the process or the solution, are typical Chinese, especially for the generation from 60s 70s.
They are not good at expressing and communicating, they have a big part of social self, care about face, they also keep a part true to themselves. To love you is to live a peaceful life with you, cook with you, take a walk with you.
In the end, it's you to define what the light really means, nobody else can.
I was moved.
***Spoiler alert***
The major premise is : a sudden light took some people away, they just disappeared. The rest started to study the commonality, people who were taken were all in love.
I wouldn't say it's a sci-fiction movie, cuz the light itself is the least important thing, but what it represents.
The movie is rather a discussion of love, a revealing of the true face of life, the love after the fairy tale. It's ugly, it hurts, it's ridiculous, it's precious.
What I found impressive are the camera language, direction, acting, three parallel plots and the philosophy.
I'm a Chinese, I don't know how close this movie is to your country, at least, the main story is so damn real. The characters, the dialogues, the details of a 18 year marriage in a second tier city.
The pressure and unfairness, the " face", the dull side from time, the enduring and restrained love are all melted in the brilliant acting. (I like Wu so much)
They didn't feel anything wrong for 18 years, just try to get a living, until the light hammered them hard.
How Wu and his wife face the question of the light: do we still love each other?
They both went through the self questioning, doubting each other, lost, pain, even hate. But they found an answer for themselves in the end, that is , for them, what love really means.
Actually the marriage problem is universal, however, no matter the process or the solution, are typical Chinese, especially for the generation from 60s 70s.
They are not good at expressing and communicating, they have a big part of social self, care about face, they also keep a part true to themselves. To love you is to live a peaceful life with you, cook with you, take a walk with you.
In the end, it's you to define what the light really means, nobody else can.
I was moved.