I want to have a home, a place that does not need to be gorgeous, and when I am tired, I will think of it , I want to have a home, a place that doesn’t need much size. When I am frightened, I will not be afraid. ——Excerpted from Pan Meichen's "I Want to Have a Home"
"Falling Leaves Return to Root" is a domestic road movie and a story about going home. This movie was released in the Lunar New Year file in 2007. The director Zhang Yang, starring Zhao Benshan and Hong Qiwen, in addition, also brought together comedy celebrities such as Song Dandan and Guo Degang, as well as celebrities such as Hu Jun, Liao Fan, Guo Tao and Xia Yu. Douban scored 7.6 points. Looking at the cast alone, I guess I thought it was a Lunar New Year comedy full of laughter.
After watching the movie, I discovered that although the movie has black humor and comedy elements, it is full of sadness and bitterness in its bones. The name "Liuyeguigen" is really in place. It has a profound artistic conception and a lot of contemplation, just like Mr. Yu Hua's "Living", with simple two words, but with sound. The film is based on real events and tells the story of a migrant worker carrying his corpse thousands of miles away and transporting the corpse of his companion back to his hometown for burial. It may sound absurd, but what is projected is the true homesickness of Chinese people.
"Falling Leaves Return to Roots" simply means that Lao Liu, a co-worker of Lao Zhao, died accidentally on the construction site. In order to honor his promise, Lao Zhao had to carry the other party's body on his back and embark on the road home for burial. Along the way, Lao Zhao met all kinds of people, and finally with the help of the police, he cremated the body and found Lao Liu's home. Unfortunately, the place was in ruins, so he could only continue on his way back home. Life is like this. There is no place that you can't go, but there are often places you can't go. Sometimes the hardship of life makes us envy to death.
This film can also be said to be a movie about little people, full of the joys and sorrows of the grassroots. There is no doubt that Zhao Benshan vividly interprets a simple migrant worker. So below, I will interpret the back of the movie "Falling Leaves Returning to Roots" from the perspective of "Falling Leaves Returning to Roots": the absurd "journey" and the strange "home"!
1. [Absurd "Road"]: The world can be seen in various forms, and the miscellaneous tastes of life are almost like this
Shenzhen construction site, The 50-year-old Lao Liu died unexpectedly. In order to send him home, Lao Zhao first disguised him as a drunk and got on the bus from Shenzhen to Chongqing, but unfortunately encountered road bandits halfway, and Lao Zhao had to confess that Liu was already. The truth of death was unexpectedly moved by the robbers. What's ridiculous is that all the people in the car finally got back their robbed property due to Zhao's behavior, but no one thanked him. Instead, they said they didn't want to ride in the same car with the dead, and forced him to take him out of the car.
The driver who stayed at the hotel at night and clinked glasses with Zhao at the wine table at the beginning, saw that Zhao took out the money maliciously and stole his only 500 yuan at night; the pickup driver that Zhao met , The car broke down, and Zhao used the cart as a condition to take a ride, but the driver drove away after the car started smoothly; when Zhao encountered a black shop while eating, he realized that the 5000 yuan the boss gave was all fake. money. It is evident in the world, the miscellaneous tastes of life are almost like this.
The most memorable scene of the film is: Lao Zhao is walking on the mountain roads in Chongqing with Lao Liu on his back. He waved to all passing vehicles and encountered indifference. Ironically, there was a collapse in front of the road and all vehicles were blocked, but it was Lao Zhao who drove up Lao Liu step by step. He walked on the side of the road with Lao Liu on his back, and under the gaze of everyone, he moved forward with difficulty, and finally fainted in the collapse due to lack of physical strength.
"An absurd journey" made Lao Zhao taste the warmth of life. Seeing the depths, we will eventually find that dead people are not the greatest threat, but living people are.
However, fortunately, Lao Zhao also met many sincere people along his way. For example, the broken-hearted male driver in the hotel, for loveTrapped, but when Zhao had nowhere to ask for help, he took the initiative to stop the car and send them a ride. The old man in the country, because he has no relatives and friends, can only pay for hire before his death, organize a funeral for himself in advance, and let himself feel the excitement of home. After learning about Lao Zhao, he kindly provided him with medicine to remove the stinky body, and a cart to drag the body.
and the bike boy who helped him go uphill, a family of beekeeping in the mountains, a female fellow in the development corridor of the town, middle-aged women encountered in underground blood donation sites, and kind policemen. Although the road is bumpy, there is still unexpected warmth. The kindness from strangers that was not expected can always surprise us.
At this point, I think of a British drama "London Life" I have seen. The film tells a girl whose life is in a mess, using self-ridicule and contempt, constantly fighting against the world. I especially like the end of it. Just when life will continue to be bad and the heroine will continue to fall, a strange man suddenly broke in. He opened the door and heard all the complaints thrown by the heroine. He was at a loss. He left, but came back again, and said to the hostess: " people make mistakes. This is why they put an eraser on a pencil.
Lao Zhao’s way home is also affected by this. This kind of kindness warms. Sometimes, as long as one of your hands climbs on your shoulders, you can instantly drive away all the cold. This is the power for good.
2. [Strange "Going Home"]: Falling leaves return to the roots is the home of all living things, and "going home" is the definition to go to
The original name of the film is "Falling Leaves". The director followed Zhao Benshan’s advice. It was changed to "Liuyeguigen". Compared with "Liuyeguigen", I prefer the English name of this movie Getting Home. Although the meaning is the same, Luoyeguigen seems to have more literary connotation. Go home, but it is a whole The simplest and most tangible theme of the film.
Falling leaves return to the root metaphors that things have a certain destination. Many people who live in a foreign country will eventually return to their hometown. That is to say, falling leaves return to the root refers to returning to where they came from. All living things have the instinct to go home. Plants have their own roots, and insects and animals have their own nests. No matter how far they go, they have a place to return. The idiom "tired bird returns to the nest" refers to this instinct .
For the time being, we will personalize "home" as "home". "Home" gives life nutrients to living organisms, provides basic shelter to living organisms, and provides a certain degree of security. So. We have the saying "Golden house and silver house are not as good as your own doghouse". As sung in the lyrics, we always have a place where "Never need to remember, and never forget". "Going home" belongs to all living things. Instinct.
The three eternal questions of philosophy: "Where do I come from"; "Who am I"; "Where will I go". "Going home" is to some extent right These three questions provide a straightforward and almost instinctive answer. "Where do I come from"-I come from my home. "Who am I"-"Home" defines who I am. "Where will I go? "——Going back is my last place. In other words, my roots determine who I am, my roots indicate where I come from, and my roots are the final destination of my growth journey.
The big man drove 300,000 trips, but was looking for a home for him to stop; the old man had funerals in advance, which seemed absurd, but just to feel Long-lost home; the hair salon girl took the risk to lend a helping hand, but because the familiar local accent made her think of a distant home; the beekeeper took his wife and children around, but because Tianya is their more comfortable home; The scavenger went to the workshop to sell blood, but it was for her son to have a better home in the future. There is a line in "The Mountain, That Man, and the Dog" that I like very much: "When a person is alive, there should be hope and thought."
Similarly, "Spirited Away" seems to tell on the surface It’s a story similar to Alice in Wonderland, but in fact it’s also about going home.At the end of the story, Xiao Bailong found his place and remembered his name; Xiao Qian also found her way back home, and Xiao Qian's parents also found the way home. Many films of Hayao Miyazaki basically have this core concept of "going home".
Going home is not only going home in action, but also a deep nostalgia for hometown and homeland. Perhaps we have already settled in a foreign land, but no matter how good the outside is, it is like a rootless grass. Only our hometown is our true root. As the saying goes, "If the heart has no place to live, it will be wandering wherever it goes." But I don't know when, hometown has gradually become a place we can't go back to. So people often sigh that the hometown cannot accommodate the body, and the homeland cannot accommodate the soul.
In "Outstanding Citizens " , what cannot be returned is the "hometown of culture", because there are many people in the remote areas, and I am already in poetry and far away; in "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers", What cannot go back is the "hometown of time", which is a sigh of "the mountains and rivers cannot go back, and the old people will no longer come"; and in "Home in a Place with Rich Water and Grass", the "hometown of memory" cannot be returned. The beauty of the heart and mind finally fell in sorrow. When it comes to "Falling Leaves Returning to Roots", those who can't go back become "the hometown of the dead." Having said so much, what should we do in the face of "fallen leaves return to roots"?
3. [Cry of Falling Leaves Returning to Roots]: "Where shall we go?"
The reason why I interpret the movie "The Fallen Leaves Return to the Roots" is that I feel that the Fallen Leaves Return to Roots is instinct. Although most young people nowadays are working outside, perhaps the concept of "going back to the roots" is not so strong, but after all, they still have the belief in "it is better to go back". After all, everyone has a "go home" cry in their hearts. So in the face of the cry of Falling Leaves, "Where should we go?"
①When people are traveling, peace of mind is home:
Why does Lao Zhao insist on sending Lao Liu home, because this is not only Lao Liu’s wish, but also his own wish to return to the roots of fallen leaves. He Both Lao Liu and Lao Liu are foreigners, and both have a deep understanding of the suffering of wandering outside. For them, only when they return home can they feel at ease, and only when they are buried in their homeland can their souls live in peace. Going home is the most primitive driving force of mankind, and it is also animal instinct. If we deny where we came from, or pretend to deny where we come from, we won't go far because we have no direction and don't know where to go.
No matter where we are now? But in the end, we have to go back after all. We always say that we can't forget our roots. In fact, we can't forget our roots at all. Everyone has a "go home" cry in their hearts. The so-called return to the root, but the soul and the body have their origin and return. The heart is home, no matter how much dreamers are, only when they go home can they be the closest to heaven.
Peace of mind, always abandon unreasonable thoughts. Some people dream of being a blockbuster and reaching the sky in one step. They always hate low positions and low income, but they don't know how much they are. Non-separate thinking, on the surface, it is a question of mentality, but in fact it is a question of world outlook, outlook on life, and values, which is related to the fundamentals of life. Everyone should take a correct view of personal gains and losses, not forgetting one's form when he is proud, and not sinking when he is down. Don't be frightened, watch the flowers bloom and fall quietly; gain and lose unintentionally, follow the clouds and the clouds, this is the realm and mind that should be. Just as Bai Juyi said: "I live without a hometown, and my body is home."
Human beings will pursue the spiritual meaning of things again after their survival needs are met, and "home" is given to people. What is certain is a sense of certainty, and further speaking, a sense of certainty is a sense of security. People can feel at ease after they have a sense of security. "Home" is the same destination for all different routes, and "home" is the end of all journeys. Human spiritual level What is the ultimate "home"? The "Bible" gives us the answer-it is heaven. People are driven out of the Garden of Eden because of being tempted by Satan. The "Bible" teaches that the world must continue to do good and accumulate virtue to return to where they came from.
②Learn to relax and work hard:
Life is like a long journey, and everyone’s path is different, But destiny is fair to everyone, there are gains and losses, it depends on whether you can relax your mind and think more for the good. Lu Xun said: "A great mind should show such a spirit-to meet the tragic fate with a smile, and a hundred times more courage to deal with one's own misfortune." In our lives, if we encounter misfortune and pain, Don't forget to greet them with a smiley face and grab your own joy.
Tolstoy told a story in his famous prose "My Confession": There was a woman named Marcel who had accompanied her husband in the army to a desert in Latin America. . When her husband went out for training, she often lived alone in a tin house surrounded by the desert. Sometimes, even for a long time, she did not receive a letter from her husband. She feels deeply lonely. Although there are natives, Indians and Mexicans, they do not understand English and cannot speak with her. She is deeply distressed.
At this moment, a letter from a distant parent gave her great encouragement. The letter was very short, but full of philosophy: "Two people looked out from the bars of the cell, one saw the tomb, and the other the stars." So she suddenly realized that she decided to look for magnificent stars in the vast desert. She began to work hard to learn the local language, to make friends with the locals, to collect all kinds of native products, and to study everything in the local area, including marmots and cacti. After only a few days, she deeply realized that her life had become extremely fulfilling. In the second year, she compiled her findings one by one and published a book called "Happy Castle". She was so excited, she found the "stars" in the boundless loneliness, she no longer had to sigh!
In the course of life, when pain, despair, misfortune and danger approach you, can you calm down and enjoy the taste of wild strawberries? "The sea of bitterness is boundless" is a kind of negative philosophy, "the world is always a sea of bitterness, and heaven has eternal happiness" is a confusing lie compiled by asceticism, and seeking pleasure from suffering is the true meaning of happiness.
③Accepting imperfection is the best choice:
Lao Zhao said that Lao Liu "lived his whole life He’s a useless person," In fact, how can he be, in fact, how can we be, countless times, when we are beaten up by life, we always think that we are comfortable lying in the grave, but after all, just think about it and turn around. Have to work hard. Weakness is not perfect, but it is the meaning of our lives.
In this world, nothing is perfect, they are more or less flawed, human beings are the same. The four beauties of ancient China also have their own shortcomings: Xi Shi's feet are big, Wang Zhaojun's shoulders are cut, Diao Chan's earlobes are too small, and Yang Guifei also suffers from body odor. However, it is because Xi Shi’s feet need to be covered with a long skirt that gives the long skirt the beauty of fluttering; in order to conceal his lack of shaved shoulders, Wang Zhaojun likes to wear a fluffy fur cape, which is even more charming; Diao Chan’s earlobes are too small , Had to wear round earrings with large independent gemstones, thin ears and green rings, more and more beautiful; Yang Yuhuan had body odor and had to wear a sachet to cover up, and the fragrant wind was blowing in the action, and he was drunk. From this we can see that the world is not perfect and there should be deficiencies in life.
The Western Chase once said: "You have to be happy forever, and you can only find it in pain." If you want to be perfect, you can only find it in your imperfections. The most glorious life also has shadows. In order to see the faint lights of life, we must walk into the deepest darkness. Our life script cannot be perfect, but it can be complete. When you feel the shortcomings, you will experience the five flavors of life, and you will have a complete life-to appreciate the perfect life from the shortcomings.
Although people often say that "man will conquer the sky", in our lives, we will find that many things are beyond our control, such as our birth, our family situation, our appearance, our body, our The skills...for this, it is God's arrangement and is innate. Regarding these things that cannot be changed, we are powerless at any time. No matter how painful we struggle, it will not help.We can only accept, and only accept is the best choice.
End:
Many people say that "Falling Leaves Return to Root" is a road film that truly reflects China's civil workers. The film uses the corpse of the old Zhao Qianli as a route, and writes about the various images of the low-level people encountered along the way, which seems to be a microcosm of contemporary Chinese society. The film not only maximizes the "Chinese-style" black humor, but also incorporates many emotional elements in the real society, and perfectly integrates the processing effect of art into the film's plot. The whole movie has no forced laughter or deliberately sensational tears, but with the grounded story and plot, it hits the softest part of the audience's heart.
Chinese people pay attention to the roots of fallen leaves, and hometown and relatives are the roots we care about most. No matter whether you have walked through thousands of mountains or thousands of rivers, you can never forget it in your heart. The trees are thousands of feet tall, and the fallen leaves return to their roots; people travel thousands of miles to return to their hometown. Wandering around when he is born, but his soul returns to his homeland when he is dead. Born in Si, grow in Si, and finally sleep in Si, this is the best reincarnation and destination.
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