The Girl from Paris夢想起飛的季節
Movie Reviewed by Jason Best : The Girl From Paris (Une Hirondele a Fait le Printemps) (2002)
Thirty-year-old Sandrine (Seigner), the heroine of "The Girl From Paris", is just such a dreamer and at the start of Christian Carion's film, she quits her computer job in the city to become a farmer in south-east France.
Sandrine buys a remote mountain farm in the Rhone-Alpes from elderly widower Adrien (Serrault), who has lost his livelihood to mad cow disease. But the grumpy, childless Adrien plans to remain in the farmhouse as a tenant for a year, which places the newcomer in an awkward situation.
At first, Adrien scoffs at Sandrine's innovations on the farm, which include promoting ecological holidays on the Internet and welcoming coach-loads of schoolchildren. But Adrien's scepticism turns to grudging admiration for Sandrine's pragmatism and resilience, and, as winter comes, the pair's frosty relationship gradually thaws.
Sandrine doesn't find a country idyll, however. First-time director Carion isn't serving up simple escapism. As the son of farmers, he has a clear-eyed and unsentimental view of rural life. True, he does give us soaring shots of beautiful mountain pastures, but he also shows us the harsh realities of farming in unflinching close up.
Veteran actor Serrault and rising newcomer Seigner (last seen in a very different role as the working-class mother in "Betty Fisher and Other Stories") pitch their performances perfectly, skilfully underplaying to match Carion's understated direction. As a result, their characters' evolving, surrogate father-daughter relationship is believable and touching.
After seeing "The Girl from Paris", viewers may well feel the desire to jump on a plane and move to the Rhone-Alpes. But unless you're are made of stern stuff, you'll soon be scurrying back to Blighty. In French with English subtitles.
What is life? Mercy 慈悲/ Wisdom智慧 /Courage 勇氣 What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Is there a God or isn’t there, and if there is a God, what is its nature? Of all the world’s religions, which one is the most correct? Is there an afterlife? Are we primarily physical beings or spiritual beings?
I. What did you learn from it? What is the life points in the movie?
II. Can you exemplify such a touching movie by your practical lives?
Thirty-year-old Sandrine (Seigner), the heroine of "The Girl From Paris", is just such a dreamer and at the start of Christian Carion's film, she quits her computer job in the city to become a farmer in south-east France.
Sandrine buys a remote mountain farm in the Rhone-Alpes from elderly widower Adrien (Serrault), who has lost his livelihood to mad cow disease. But the grumpy, childless Adrien plans to remain in the farmhouse as a tenant for a year, which places the newcomer in an awkward situation.
At first, Adrien scoffs at Sandrine's innovations on the farm, which include promoting ecological holidays on the Internet and welcoming coach-loads of schoolchildren. But Adrien's scepticism turns to grudging admiration for Sandrine's pragmatism and resilience, and, as winter comes, the pair's frosty relationship gradually thaws.
Sandrine doesn't find a country idyll, however. First-time director Carion isn't serving up simple escapism. As the son of farmers, he has a clear-eyed and unsentimental view of rural life. True, he does give us soaring shots of beautiful mountain pastures, but he also shows us the harsh realities of farming in unflinching close up.
Veteran actor Serrault and rising newcomer Seigner (last seen in a very different role as the working-class mother in "Betty Fisher and Other Stories") pitch their performances perfectly, skilfully underplaying to match Carion's understated direction. As a result, their characters' evolving, surrogate father-daughter relationship is believable and touching.
After seeing "The Girl from Paris", viewers may well feel the desire to jump on a plane and move to the Rhone-Alpes. But unless you're are made of stern stuff, you'll soon be scurrying back to Blighty. In French with English subtitles.
What is life? Mercy 慈悲/ Wisdom智慧 /Courage 勇氣 What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Is there a God or isn’t there, and if there is a God, what is its nature? Of all the world’s religions, which one is the most correct? Is there an afterlife? Are we primarily physical beings or spiritual beings?
I. What did you learn from it? What is the life points in the movie?
II. Can you exemplify such a touching movie by your practical lives?
張貼者：Happy 於
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1 個意見:
The Girl From Paris 夢想起飛的季節 觀賞心得
一、影片介紹
法文片名"燕子帶來春天"(une hirondelle-a falt le printemps)，在美國上映時改為"來自巴黎的女孩"，中文片名為"夢想起飛的季節"。那不是個童話故事，而是一場血淋淋的人間酷刑。
剛過三十的年輕女孩，她是坐擁高薪的電腦工程師，身邊不乏英俊多金的追求者。寧願捨棄工作、男友以及都市的華麗夢幻，只想在深山裡有座自己的農場。因為都市讓她無法呼吸，只看了阿爾卑斯山的公車美妙廣告就下定決心去做。
農場主人是個古怪老頭，看穿這些都市人只想到農場飲茶聊天，卻看錯了她。或者說兩個人彼此猜測著。她說他是古怪的老頭兒，他說她是虛榮的都市人。
不過，阿爾卑斯山的農場不是花園，是酷刑。美麗的酷刑。擠牛奶、養羊、修整農具，就連冬季來臨也會帶來暴風雪。在山上，女孩兒老是看見坐著藍色滑翔翼飛揚馳騁的男人。那是誰？
那也許是一場征服，透過征服證明自己還能做點什麼之類的。女孩兒使勁的征服著，將農場變成山中旅館；將酷刑變成美夢。
冬天來臨時，怪老頭兒使了個詐，切斷女孩家的電源。時值山中大雪紛飛的季節，無處求援。女孩兒無奈的在雪季中播放著令人歡愉的老唱片，那勾起怪老頭逝去的回憶。告訴她，唱片的正面太過哀傷，應該聽聽唱片反面的華爾滋。一個眼神、一段舞蹈，老頭兒動了凡心，就連做夢都遐想著關於那女孩兒的一切。
一場女性主義的爭論，兩人掀起前所未有的怒火，互相指摘著。女孩兒搬離山中，回到都市，回到男友的懷抱中。老頭兒獨自落寞著。
本片是一部歌詠季節、大地、自然的電影，敘說著對人情、生命、成長的豐富領會，能讓觀眾的心靈煥然一新。
二、心得
都市的生活總是一成不變，這對生於都市，以及成長於都市中的我來說，的確是頗為認同。車水馬龍、五光十色的生活步調，是緊湊的，也是令人焦慮的，對於歐洲的繁華大都會巴黎來說，當然步調是不可能悠閒的，女工程師急欲擺脫緊繃的生活，徜徉在大自然的懷抱中，農場的生活正好可以滿足她的需求。也許是都市生活慣了，對我來說，鄉村的生活的確是令人嚮往，擺脫憂慮，迎向純樸生活，那都是小時的回憶，和現在的生活落差實在太大，也因此當我看到她買下了農場時，即便他還沒準備好要當一名農夫，拋開束縛迎向悠閒的心情不言可喻。
想要做一件事情就要把握當下馬上去做，否則往往徒留遺憾。女主角的行動將理想化作可能，努力學習農村事務並致力於轉型的理念，把營運困難的農莊起死回生，克服一切眼前的難題而正面解決，是我們軍校生做事最需具備的積極態度，結合創新跟冒險犯難的精神，是未來待人接物的不二法則。
夢想起飛，對官校學生正有著巨大的意義，是我們這群學生踏入社會的初試啼聲，也是我們築夢踏實的開始，即使我的未來可能無法像其他同學一樣飛上青天，卻也是即將步上嶄新人生的開端，就讓我們成為羽翼漸豐的雛鷹，在經過嗷嗷待哺之後乘著風，隨著夢想翱翔天際吧！
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