Everyone will encounter troubles in life, some are big troubles and some are small troubles. Will you talk about your troubles with a stranger?
When everyone poured out their troubles, he actually had the answer in his heart, just wanting to get encouragement and support.
brief introduction
This film is Keigo Higashino's 20 12 mystery novel, which is adapted by director Han Jie and screenwriter Song Xiao according to China's national conditions. This film has also become a hot topic in early 20 18.
The prototype of the film is taken from a grocery store owner in Japan. He began to answer various interesting questions for the children around him. After being interviewed by the media, his photo appeared in the newspaper. So he became famous all over the country, and people from all walks of life consulted the elderly with a series of questions such as doubts about life and difficulties in dreams.
There are many imaginative images in this film. Through the staggered narrative structure of time and space, three children who grew up in orphanages played by Jackson Yi, Dilraba and Dong Zijian are the main lines, and three stories with different letters are told.
The time point of the story is mainly the past of 1993 and the change of the writer of 20 17. Through two scenes of orphanage and grocery store, three completely different lives are connected in series.
(1) Kidnapping female entrepreneurs
Because Zhang, a female entrepreneur, suddenly wanted to tear down the welfare home, Xiaobo was very angry at that time, and there was no solution, so he only thought of a desperate idea, that is, kidnapping her.
So Xiaobo, Ajie sneaked into Zhang's villa together and wanted to kidnap her, so as to threaten her not to tear down the welfare home.
The car ran out of gas and went into the grocery store.
After the kidnapping, they were afraid of the police, so the three of them chose to run away. They drove a beautiful car, took her bag and began to gallop on the highway.
But unfortunately, the car suddenly ran out of gas on the road, and they had to enter a grocery store in a quiet corner.
When they first entered the grocery store, they were all scared. At this time, their limbs and gestures can show everything. They were shocked. They felt that everything in the cabin was full of horror, because they saw the only calendar hanging on the wall and the old newspaper on the table, which was actually 1993. When I think of the present date, I can't help but feel creepy.
Three people carefully read the background of this grocery store in the newspaper and mentioned, "Just write down your troubles and put them in the mailbox in front of the store, and you will get the answer in the milk box behind the store the next day."
In shock, they felt that they had suddenly stumbled into each other by mistake, opened this time tunnel, received the first letter in the past with surprise, and answered the letter with a grain of salt.
Ajie chose to sleep to escape, and Tong Tong and Xiao Bo decided to write back. Ajie hid his doubts, chose to go shopping and checked the background of the grocery store with his mobile phone again.
This paved the way for the following story of musicians chasing dreams.
(1) Dropped out of school early and drifted north.
Qin Lang comes from a remote town. He dropped out of school in his early years and drifted north, threatening to realize his musical dream. His father was critically ill and didn't come home for many years.
Ready to give up?
Outside the ward, Qin Lang heard his family outside his father persuade him to give up his unrealistic musical dream and go back to his hometown to be his father's successor. At this time, Qin Lang began to write to the grief-stricken grocery store.
Through the contents of the letter, Qin Lang has chosen a guitar. However, just when he almost gave up chasing dreams, he had a profound conversation with his father.
"Is it so wrong to think about your family?" Crown glared at his father.
"This kind of nice words or wait for you to have a little achievement. You always insist on music. What's the matter? You are kidding!
Since you don't listen to your parents and focus on one thing, that's all that's left.
If you can't even do this, but think your dried fish shop is ok, then you underestimate the fish shop.
The guest asked Crown, "Is it possible for him to become a professional singer?"
The critic said thoughtfully, "It's better not to hold this hope. There are many people who sing as well as you. If your voice is very distinctive, it is naturally another matter, but you don't. "
(3) Father-son dialogue
During the conversation, my father didn't understand Qin Lang like others, but before he died, he finally let go of his obsession and let him stick to his decision.
(2) Save lives.
Later, Qin Lang really made some achievements and went to various places to perform. The last performance in his life was in Rainbow House. After listening to his performance, the girls sang his work Rebirth. In the last fire, Qin Lang lost his life to save Zhang Weiwei, but his works have been continued. Zhang Weiwei sang his music to 20 17.
Friendship between people does not need any specific reason to break up. Even if there is one on the surface, it is probably just the result that the heart has left, and it is just an excuse made up afterwards.
I believe someone will be saved because of your song. Please always believe this, believe this, until the last moment of your life.
(1) drawing letter
There is a little boy. His name is Hao Bo. He sent a letter to his grandfather in Michael's name. The content of the letter is presented by drawing, which means that he doesn't like his parents because their business is declining and they have to avoid debts every day. He is tired of this kind of life. The little boy wanted to leave them, but his grandfather told him not to leave his family. As long as he stayed with his family, he could overcome all difficulties.
Grandpa Langya was right. As long as the whole family is in the same boat, it is entirely possible to return to the right path together.
The ship lost its way only because it escaped alone.
The little boy ran away and something happened to his parents.
Later, the little boy's father owed a loan shark and the family fled overnight. At a gas station, the little boy decided to sneak over the wall to escape. His parents can't find him anywhere. On the highway, the creditor caught up with him. In the process of being chased, the car hit the mountain wall and his mother died on the spot. The creditor's car also fell off the cliff. His father is a survivor. In order to protect the little boy, he finally wrote a will and drove to the seaside.
During this period, grandpa saw the news of this family of three in the newspaper, and he blamed himself for it, thinking that it was his suggestion that caused harm to the little boy. Choose to close the grocery store.
However, he didn't know that the little boy was still alive. He was saved by "Rainbow House" by mistake, and he was also a great painter Zhang Mo later.
(3) Father's will
Many years later, the boy became a famous painter. Later, he returned to the town, saw his father's will in the reformed nostalgic bar, and learned the truth about his parents' death. He was in great pain and regretted not being with his parents. He wrote a thank-you letter to the grocery store. And grandpa's reply made him feel very comforted.
(1) Ajie's reply
Ajie is very sensitive to dancers because of her mother, but she saw a letter from the dancer in the grocery store and decided to write back to help the dancer avoid being cheated.
(2) The dancers themselves make changes and transform the orphanage.
After being cheated by the fake rich, she was very confused and wrote for help. Ajie encouraged her to invest herself in her letter. Dancers also took his advice and later achieved something. She accepted a real estate project on 20 17, because the project was to transform the orphanage.
Three young people received a thank-you letter from harumi to the You Jie grocery store on 20 17, and realized that they had misunderstood the real estate tycoon.
Harumi returned to the orphanage and found the story of the founder of Rainbow House. It turns out that the founder and "nobody" have a beautiful love story, and "nobody" is actually the grandfather of the grocery store.
It was their love that created the miracle of the magic mailbox, and it was also through the mailbox and letters that all the lives in the play were strung together.
"In fact, everyone will come to me with troubles and have answers in their hearts. The answer to the consultation letter only encourages a firm heart. "
This movie reminds me of 1997' s hit movie "Spicy Love Soup" directed by Zhang Yang, in which a couple of leading men and women who are about to get married strung together several stories, which made us feel people's views on marriage and love in the 1990s under different ages and concepts.
At the end of the film, three young people received a reply from grandpa.
As an old man, I have wondered why you sent a blank sheet of paper on purpose. I finally understand that this means no map.
Your map is a blank sheet of paper, so even if you want to decide your destination, you don't know where the road is.
In other words, just because it is a blank sheet of paper, you can draw a map at will. Everything depends on you.
For you, everything is free, and there are infinite possibilities in front of you. This is a great thing.
I sincerely pray that you can believe in yourself and burn your life without regrets.
Ye Zi has something to say.
In my opinion, Xiaobo, Tong Tong, Ajie and Harumi are all orphans in an orphanage, but they lived in different times. When Harumi's life goes astray, Xiaobo, Tong Tong and Ajie let her return to the right path through the magical mailbox and have a successful career and life. However, when Xiaobo, Tong Tong and Ajie chose to retaliate against Harumi because they didn't understand Harumi's orphanage, Harumi's letter sent them back.
I think this film conveys the cause and effect of life through letters. There are causes and consequences in life, and each of us ordinary people may bring changes to other people's lives because of a little kindness and a little effort. Lead others to the right path and stay away from the wrong path.
When faced with a choice, I actually have a clear answer in my heart. I just don't want to make my own decisions. I hope others can help me confirm my inner answer.