Peace of mind is your destination (Brooklyn, 20 17 Part III)

On the fourth night of Lunar New Year's Eve, I sat in the living room with Bauer, bored, connected the USB flash drive to the TV, switched to the USB flash drive resources, and found a movie from the vast source to kill time. Brooklyn came into view, and watching movies also needed fate. Watch a doomed movie at the right time and place.

At the beginning of the film, it was dawn, and the heroine Alice left home with a dull expression and went to church to sit with her boss, Miss Kelly, and another colleague. Alice was sleepy and yawned. Miss Kelly stared at Alice. When I left the church and went to Miss Kelly's grocery store, when I opened the door, Ellis wanted to say something to Miss Kelly, but the mean Miss Kelly turned her head and said, "If it bothers me, don't say anything!" " Then, when I started to work, the grocery store was crowded with people, and Eilis and his colleagues were very busy. Miss Kelly stood by with a cold expression, her snobbish eyes scanning the customer's status. Facing the well-dressed rich woman, I ignored the opinions of the customers in front of the queue and asked Eilis to get it directly. Ellis had no choice but to do so. Miss Kelly seems to be jokingly laughing at those customers who are poorly dressed. When the grocery store closed, Alice summoned up the courage to tell Miss Kelly that she was leaving Ireland for America. Miss Kelly began to mock Alice's sister again, saying that poor Rose can only take care of your mother for life. The night before leaving Ireland for America, Eilis and his best friend Nancy attended a dance. Nancy, who is beautiful, sexy and loves to dress up, became the protagonist of the dance, while Alice stood there awkwardly like an ugly duckling. Ireland's Alice will never have a bright future, which further strengthened her idea of going to the United States.

After leaving by boat, Eilis's mother and sister Rose went to bid farewell, bumping and vomiting all the way. Under the leadership of an "old driver", Eilis was taught how to be a "rookie" like an American and passed the inspection of the US Customs smoothly. Under the arrangement of the organizer, Eilis came to a host family. Eilis, who came to the United States for the first time, got along well with her boarding sisters. On weekdays, she works as a salesgirl in a department store in Brooklyn. I left my hometown and went to work in a strange city, which was very helpless. I have no choice but to write to my family. My homesickness spread and I felt a little sad. I can't control my emotions at work. Father (sponsor) came to enlighten Alice, helped her enroll in night school at Brooklyn University, studied bookkeeping three times a week, and then took her to a Christmas party for homeless Irish elderly people. Alice asked the priest curiously. The priest replied, "If young and talented girls like you have no room for development, people like them will have no possibility of survival." Some people have been here for 50 years and can't get in touch with their hometown. They used to build tunnels, bridges and highways, and no one knows what they live on now. "At this time, an Irish old man sang Irish folk songs as clear and ethereal as Irish bagpipes, and a group of Irish people who were far away from home and wandering outside heard homesickness and tears welled up in their eyes. In the music, Eilis braved the heavy snow and walked back to his residence, with firm eyes and a silent vow in his heart that he must be a person in America.

When I got home, I chatted with the landlord's old lady for a while, and I also got the qualification to live in the basement (independent room, no need to share with her sister). At an Irish dance, Alice met an Italian boy Tony, and they became friends. They talk about everything. Eilis's dream is to learn bookkeeping first, and his ultimate goal is to become an accountant. Tony is currently a plumber, and his dream is to set up a construction company. Two wandering young people can comfort each other's lonely hearts in a foreign land. Being in a foreign land, Eilis quickly adapted to the new life in America, and everything went smoothly as expected. After getting the accounting certificate, I went to Tony's house to meet the other family, established a love relationship, and worked in a department store. Tony and I went swimming at the seaside (although the beach was crowded, it also showed the prosperity of the United States and paved the way for the decline of Ireland below) and worked hard to make money every day. In order to buy a boat ticket, I went back to Ireland to visit my mother and sister. It seems that life, work and love are going well. At this time, the bad news came that my sister Rose died. Alice was deeply saddened. After talking to my mother on the phone, it is difficult to restrain my emotions. He discussed with his boyfriend Tony that he would go back to Ireland to spend a month with his mother. Before leaving America, these two inseparable people came to Eilis's room-the basement, slept together and had a wonderful night. The next day, they got a marriage certificate. At the time of registration, they met an Irish family, talked a few words and learned that their relatives were fellow villagers.

Alice returned to Ireland by boat, accompanied her heartbroken mother, attended her friend Nancy's wedding, and attended the dance as usual. Eilis, who returned from America, is no longer the ugly duckling of that year, but a fashionable and eye-catching white swan. Under the introduction of her mother, she met Jim. Jim's parents gave their son the local pub that they had run for many years, and they went to the country villa to support their old age. The local economic conditions are very good. Alice's mother also wants Alice to stay. Gradually, Alice seems to have forgotten Tony from America. The letter from America was put in the drawer and not opened. Jim also took Alice to swim at the seaside. The beaches in Ireland are empty. Compared with the crowded beaches in Brooklyn, it's a paradise. Jim said to Alice, "Maybe in your opinion, I live an easy life, taking over my father's bar and living in my parents' house. I ... but that's not true. I've never been anywhere. I have never been to England. I want to visit London, Paris, Rome and new york. I feel terrible at the thought that I may never leave Ireland in my life. " Having said that, in Eilis's mind, Jim is also a rich second generation with dreams, not a dude. Libra of love gradually leans towards Jim and away from Tony. After meeting Jim's parents, it may be natural to propose marriage, and Alice is not going back to America to spend the rest of her life with Tony.

Unfortunately, the ill-fated Miss Kelly called Alice to talk and told her that Mrs Brady's niece (Mrs Guo mentioned above) lived in Brooklyn. On that day, she saw Alice and Tony register for marriage at the city hall. The world is so small. In the face of the sinister and mean Miss Kelly, Alice knows how to choose and firmly tells Miss Kelly that I am. After leaving Miss Kelly's home, Alice, who was out of control, called to book a boat ticket for the next day. After returning home, she told her mother that she had concealed her marriage. Her mother was disappointed beyond words, but she told her daughter calmly that I was a little tired. Goodbye! I'm only gonna say this once! Then he hugged his daughter and turned away sadly. Alice stood in the room, touching everything with her hands, and said goodbye to her hometown completely. Before he left, he left a letter for Jim and then left Ireland. On the boat, a "rookie" asked Eilis for help. Like the "old driver" of that year, Eilis told the routine how to go and helped her enter the United States smoothly. On a sunny afternoon, Alice in a floral skirt saw Tony again. They hugged each other and cried, and the picture was frozen. It was beautiful.

The costume design of the film is excellent, which fits the characteristics of the times, the identity, mentality and personality of the actors from beginning to end, and the picture is fresh and refined, which makes people shine.

From beginning to end, the music is light and elegant, tactfully moving, especially the story of joys and sorrows, which makes people cry. It is especially recommended that Irish old people hum Irish folk songs and listen with their eyes closed, just like Irish bagpipes playing, so clear and ethereal.

Needless to say, the heroine's acting skills are very, very good. With this film, Saoirse Ronan was nominated for Best Actress in the Oscar, Best Actress in the Drama of the Golden Globe Award and Best Actress in the BAFTA Award. The two leading actors performed beautifully, showing two different types of good men. The actress who plays Miss Kelly vividly depicts the image of an Irish old woman who is mean, snobbish and fond of lying.

The background of this film should be a hundred years ago, when the United States rose and Europe began to decline. Thousands of European immigrants crossed the Atlantic Ocean and poured into American metropolis new york. Just like contemporary China, hundreds of millions of college students and migrant workers have flooded into first-and second-tier cities from third-and fourth-tier cities and rural areas to seek survival, or dream or make a living, eager to gain a foothold in big cities. The heroine in the film faces a very realistic dilemma. Which side is the right choice? In fact, the heroine is very entangled, hesitant and difficult to decide. In the end, Miss Kelly forced her to make a decision and had to leave Ireland and return to the United States. Although being far away from home and wandering in a foreign land disappointed my mother and failed Jim's love, America also has lofty dreams and spoony husbands. Perhaps some people will accuse the heroine of having two feet on the same boat, vacillating, not supporting her mother, and being unfaithful and unfilial. In fact, if we were in Eilis's position, we would be so entangled. There is no right or wrong choice, people don't care about good or evil, and peace of mind is where we belong!

Today's Lunar New Year's Day, people who have been wandering outside have left their hometowns and returned to places where they work, live and study. On New Year's Eve, they were unable to go home for the New Year because they had left their hometown. People who were wandering abroad wrote "Wandering souls have nowhere to rest". On the fifth day of New Year's Eve today, I would like to give this document to people who are about to leave their hometown after the Chinese New Year.