遙遠的街區 A Distant Neighborhood 201

 

"A Distant Neighborhood" is a movie that looks quiet but has a lot of recoil. You may not cry or break down while watching the movie, and you may even wonder for a while, "Huh? That's all?" But when the credits are over, you will find yourself sitting on the sofa in a daze, and what comes to mind is not the plot, but a picture that you haven't remembered for a long time, such as your home when you were a child, what your parents looked like when they were young, or a question you really wanted to ask but didn't ask in the end.

        The most ruthless thing about this movie is that it pretends to be a time-travel story, but in fact it tells you a very cruel thing from beginning to end: many things in life cannot be changed by going back to the past.

One day, due to fate, he will return to his hometown, but as a result, his soul is thrown directly back forty years ago, back to his fourteen-year-old body. This setting looks very cool at first glance, after all, who has never fantasized that if they can return to adolescence with their current memories, they will definitely be able to turn their lives into a simple mode. But "A Distant Neighborhood" doesn't want to fulfill your desire at all. Thomas really knew everything, he knew when his father would run away from home, he knew how much his mother would be hurt by it, and even knew that he would become a somewhat failed adult in the future. So he desperately tried to stop that critical moment, to pull the family back from the edge of the crack. The result? My father still left.

This moment is actually very stinging, because the movie does not use any bloody tricks, nor does it say "as long as you work hard, you can change your fate". It just calmly tells you that some choices are not that you didn't work hard enough back then, but that you didn't have a choice at all. Many viewers are very unforgiving of the father role in the film, feeling that he is selfish, evasive, and irresponsible. This feeling is very real and very similar to how we look at our parents when we grow up. When I was a child, I only thought they were adults, they understood everything, and they should hold on to everything. When I grew up, I realized that they were just humans who bit the bullet and played the game.

The most tender part of the movie is not preventing his father from leaving, but the process of Thomas reacquainting himself with his mother. In the past, he only remembered his mother's later fatigue, silence and hard work, but he forgot that when she was young, she loved to laugh, look forward to, and dress up seriously for life. When you use the eyes of an adult to see your parents not yet worn out by life, that sadness is actually heavier than any plot.

This film does not have a strong soundtrack, nor does it have emotional explosions, the shots are very restrained and the emotions are very restrained. Some people will say that it is too bland, too cold, and even a little cheap and warm, but I feel that this restraint itself is its most honest place. Because real regret is often not hysteria, but you understand it, but it's too late.

If the general time-travel movie is to help the audience realize their dreams, then "Distant Neighborhood" is more like helping you with psychological counseling. It doesn't ask you to change the past, but forces you to understand the past. Understand why those you have complained, hated, and couldn't figure out made such choices. After watching this movie, you may not necessarily be happier, but you may be a little more forgiving. To my parents, to myself, and to those moments that can no longer be repeated.

"A Distant Neighborhood" is not a movie that you will immediately recommend to your friends and say "super good", but it is likely to suddenly be remembered by you at some point when your life is stuck. Then you will find that it actually says the same thing all the time: we look back, not to rewrite our destiny, but to learn to let go. If you happen to be at a stage in your life recently, this film may not give you the answer, but at least it will accompany you to sit quietly for a while. This is actually enough.

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