The Summer Book

When I watched it, I also felt similar (the mother talked about Heidi and grandfather), but there are also differences. The movie chose a summer cabin by the sea that has no clear social background and is a bit isolated from the world; the viewpoint may not be shifted to a little girl like Heidi. I can feel that behind the seemingly bland and blank rhythm is more of a grandmother facing death. Her fear of time has very interesting parts, but what I felt most deeply was that the camera was focused on many seemingly meaningless details, such as how the grandmother lifted the sheets and hugged herself with her arms, lying stiffly on the bed; talking to the little girl in the tent about how she could enable girls to join the Boy Scouts, but she couldn't recall this epoch-making event. What was it like lying in the tent when she was a child? This kind of loss - later the little girl went to the tent to feel it herself and came back to tell her grandmother that she could hear a lot of voices, as if the world was pouring in. This dialogue had a great emotional impact on me. When the grandmother recalled the Boy Scouts, she said, "The little things we did at that time, such as finally allowing girls to sleep in tents, were so meaningful at that time, why Now it feels dull too." The girl asked, "Do you mean that what you do with me now is meaningless?" Grandma said, "I mean day after day, time after time, why can't I remember the things that were so important to me then now, what it feels like to sleep in a tent." Then the little girl put her head on her grandmother's chest, and they lay in the tent together. How to wave her arms on the moss when not being seen; how to misjudge the neighbor's boat that she still looks forward to and has a heartbeat when she is old, and after realizing that it is not a neighbor's boat at all, she curls up behind the rocks on the seashore like a swan sleeping posture, which looks safe and peaceful, but in fact she also feels that the world owes her too much and needs to embrace herself in this posture. There are also many parts that really seem to have no plot or even some anti-narratives, such as when there is a storm at sea, Dad is trying to get the bed to the shore, but when he successfully lands, like a plot climax of resolving a crisis, he is disappointed and stiff on the shore. Meanwhile, in the cabin on the shore, the girl thought her father would never come back, and said guiltily to her grandmother that she had prayed for a storm because life was too boring - at this moment the father came in and said to the girl, no, he had also wished for a storm before the girl made the wish, because the girl's mother (who had passed away) also liked storms. I can't explain how this made me feel, I felt it was very complicated, like the trauma of the past and the fear of the future had poured into the boredom and dullness of the moment, but at the same time it was a very touching movie about mutual support, acceptance, comfort and endurance; it was not as heartbreaking as I had imagined, because originally I thought the camera would be focused on death itself; but instead, it lightly uses some fragments and shadows to incorporate the long-term journey of several people into a summer vacation; the deceased mother appears at the beginning in the form of a straw hat that no one knows where it is placed and makes people sad when seeing it. When the father sees it, it will freeze in the air, and then the grandmother says, "I'll put it away." Everyone has their own thoughts, traumas, depression, and anxiety, and sometimes goes to corners that are not seen by others. For the girl, it is the attic where she can see what her father and grandmother are doing downstairs through the hole in the floor; for the father, it is a tree planted on the shore; for the grandmother, it is a forest with many wood carvings and a place where you can see the boat coming.

This movie is really detailed. The topic of diving at the beginning talks about three people: the granddaughter dares not to jump, the father jumps well, and the grandmother jumps the most gracefully but cannot jump. Although diving and diving topics were mentioned many times at the beginning, no one jumped in the end. There is also a diving clip at the end. The father and daughter finally jumped, which may mean that the knot is untied, but the grandmother still cannot jump. Perhaps it also hints at the grandmother's departure. Although the camera has been focusing on Sofia - the father and daughter's depression about their mother's departure, I think the protagonist is the grandmother. From the climb to the secret forest - it was very strenuous and coughing, so Sofia asked "Do you want to tell your father about your illness?" In fact, it hinted at the grandmother's physical condition. After Sofia left, a large part of the story was the grandmother breathing and breathing in the light and shadow of the forest. This is the first time that the breathing sound appears in this story. After that, the grandmother's breathing sound continued to be heavy and frequent when she slept. At the beginning, on the first night when the grandmother and granddaughter slept, the grandmother went outside to listen in the morning. In fact, there is also an echo - the part in the tent. It turns out that the grandmother likes to listen because it feels like this in the tent, she can be in tune with nature and hear sounds that cannot be heard, but she has forgotten the origin of this habit. When the granddaughter was lying in the tent listening to the grandmother's heartbeat, I also felt something was wrong. Sure enough, the ending ended like this: in the morning, the grandmother got up, went to the toilet, listened, and the heartbeat started and gradually disappeared. Another thing is that the granddaughter was alone in the tent that night, and the grandmother slept alone. She kicked the quilt away, and stood alone with her legs straight and together, with her hands around her shoulders. When I saw this posture, I secretly thought it was not good - is this the posture of foreigners for burial? She knew she was leaving, right? The storm came, and the family of three burned a fire in the hut to keep warm. The granddaughter slept on her father's lap in front of the fireplace. This was the first direct physical contact between the father and daughter in this article, suggesting that the two let go of their knots. Then the grandmother walked over and hugged her son's head. It was a warm scene for the family of three, but no one hugged the grandmother. In the section where the father and daughter went to the town, the grandmother swam on the island and walked in the forest alone. This may be why she used to be able to do things like diving, but now it is becoming increasingly difficult and impossible for her to do, and to merge with nature again, just like sleeping in a tent when she was young. She hates the passing of time day by day, the kind of future where she can only accept her own aging and look forward to the future. This paragraph really touched me. The grandparents and grandchildren went to play on someone else's island. After being discovered, they hid behind the reef together. Isn't the grandmother also a child with the same heart as her granddaughter?

Sometimes we should keep a distance from Nordic movies/documentaries. Their healing may not be real healing, but they are closer to the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas than we are. Just like the ice thawing at the beginning of the film, water flowing out, all relationships become loose as the temperature rises.

Three generations have come here to get the warmth of the sun and to solve their own problems:

The old woman has lived here for half her life. She is more like an elf on the island. She resists the gradually fading memory and the gradually lost time.

The girl hates family, hates boredom, and hates water. She is not yet ready to lose her mother, nor is she ready to coexist with the natural spirits on an isolated island in the ocean.

The father is always a recluse, a solitary person, and an escapee. He focuses on work and flowers and plants but neglects to communicate with his daughter.

The film is best about the loosening of the relationship: the girl goes into her tent alone at night, and the next day she describes how her senses hear the island and slowly become one with it. The grandmother recalls the girl who is almost forgotten in her old body.

The storm came as expected in response to the girl's prayer. When she could not see out the window clearly and her father was nowhere to be seen, she thought everything was over. At the moment of "near death", her father came back and comforted her with "I prayed for the storm before you did. Your mother loves storms the most." The survivors finally became a "family" again because of love.

The father walked out of the dim room and the girl bravely jumped into the water. The old man went out one morning and listened. There were no birds singing, no sound of boats, and the sound of heartbeats drowned out the waves. Until the old man said "autumn", the heartbeats disappeared and the book of summer that year closed.

Summer Book - About the loneliness of youth, the healing of loss and the perception of death. The midsummer seaside vacation connects the different life issues of three generations of grandparents and grandchildren. This is a story about the loneliness of youth, the healing of loss and the perception of death. The loneliness of children in their youth. After the mother left, the father also fell into depression. Sophia was sentimental before and after coming. When talking about her family, she would also feel pain, pain in her father's mood changes, pain in her mother's departure, and pain in the absence of friends. Fortunately, there is a warm grandmother to accompany her. The warmth rooted in the background of life and the remaining innocence healed Sophia and inspired Sophia. Sophia received this warmth and turned back to care about her father and grandmother. At some times, they may be more sad than Sophia, but the delicate Sophia noticed and gave a hug. At this moment, I think Sophia is the warmest child in the world. The pain of losing a partner. The departure of her mother is sad for Sovia, but it is a heavy blow to her father. At the beginning, like many people, Dad chose to immerse himself in work to avoid the grief. But grandma encouraged Dad to face these pains and confusions, to set off fireworks, to work happily, to cultivate towering trees, to dive, to face storms. The storms of life will eventually pass, and afterwards you will ask the sky: Is this all you can do! Perception of death. The body ages, health is gone, and memory fades. Death is slowly approaching, so powerless, so desperate. Suddenly I realized how great a civilization hospice care is, and Sophia's company is a gift from fate. She helps you regain your memory, warmth, and the courage to continue living. 250425 Beijing Film Festival

The second movie I watched was The Book of Summer. First of all, I didn't have much expectation. I thought it was similar to Heidi and Grandpa, so I watched it with a normal mind. I did see very beautiful scenery. Let me say that I don't like it very much. I don't like the title. The Book of Summer is actually about memories. It's the painting drawn by the father at the end, and Sofia's painting, which makes up a book of summer. But I thought about it and if I were to name it, I still don't have any ideas. For example, the naming of Bai A Wan Ya is also a bit problematic, because it only focuses on the main line, and the heroine is equivalent to having no name. The mother is Eve, the father is Adam, and there is no focus on the setting, etc. I feel that if it were me, I would name it the Silent Sea, but I don't think it's very good either, because it's just an image. After all, when talking about ghosts, it should be more graceful. If I were to write The Book of Summer, I might just say the summer or the 47th summer, but the 47th summer actually didn't take the whole film into consideration. Although it is set on a small island, it is well filmed. It is different from Heidi and Grandpa because the light, waves and moss are not as romantic but more beautiful. Especially the light, the light is much better than Bai Awanya. The whole story is really not much of a plot. For example, going to another island in the middle is just going to another island. It is really a very supporting role. Looking forward to some changes, the feeling of a little ripple in daily life is actually very good and natural. I think it would be very comfortable to watch it on a free afternoon. If you require a strong plot, it is indeed a bit boring to watch this drama. Each character is well-shaped, the child is innocent, the grandmother's soul is interesting and wants to recall, and the father's melancholy needs to move forward. They are all well-shaped. His wife's line is just mentioned, and it is a bit unclear. Even if it is the style of this film, it is not so hazy, but the audience is in a very vague state on this line, so I think it is not handled very well. But the part where the father plants trees is really very touching. When I was watching it, I was thinking whether I would become someone like this in the future, or someone like this in someone else's life, and I would love him very much, and then I would never want to let him go after he died. I also had this feeling when I watched Bai A Wan Ya, that is, would I have a reason to linger in this place after I die. But the Summer Book was handled calmly and romantically. I really like to use grandma's breathing and heartbeat as the background sound. First of all, the breathing, which is to connect nature and human breathing, I think it is a great idea. Because it has always been said that humans and nature coexist harmoniously, I think it is true that humans cannot be above nature. Although nature can indeed be considered above humans, we can not think that it is above humans, so I think I like using human breathing to simulate the waves and leaves. Then there is the heartbeat of the grandmother. I like this part very much. Sofia rests on the grandmother's body and the grandmother recalls and is in pain and can't remember the past. But the plot of this part is actually what the audience should expect. The part where Sofia goes to the tent and tells the grandmother is still very touching. Speaking of touching, I did cry in both movies, but I was a little sleepy. But I really felt wow when I saw some shots in the latter movie. It was so beautiful that tears flowed from both sides. It was amazing that the lens was used to simulate Sofia's ears. The summer was good, and it ended with the grandmother. Actually, the grandmother was fine, and the father coughed and nothing happened. So I think the whole movie is not as gentle as water in the previous movie, but as gentle as the wind. I think it is a very comfortable movie. It starts with winter, then spring, they come and plant trees until the mid-summer, and finally arrive in autumn. It is a change of time. It is a very simple and gentle movie. Although at the end, the grandmother felt the passage of time and her own aging, and autumn came, it felt like an ending that was both open and very sad. It was actually quite good. If I had to rate this film, I would definitely rate it higher than Bai A Wan Ya. It took an hour and a half to shoot, which was actually quite the right amount of time. Let's talk about watching the movie. This one really made the audience laugh happily. I could vaguely hear someone crying in the front. The last one was obviously sentimental, and I cried. Also, the soundtrack was too sentimental and lyrical. It started right at the beginning, and before I even started, I felt like I should be crying at the beginning. In this movie, there was a person on the right whose cell phone kept ringing during the movie. I asked him if he could turn it off to vibrate, it was very noisy. While watching the movie, I wanted to go back to Chongqing to spend a week or two with my grandparents. I was really super good, and that was magical.