Set in a small Quebec town in the late-1920′s, this emotional drama follows the life and exploits of Celeste Beaumont, a talented young pianist who gains local celebrity at the town movie theater for her gifts as a silent film pianist. Awkward Pierre Blaudell is her biggest fan and eventually marries her. Shortly after this she bears his son, Pierre, who joins the army. She insists on joining him at the base and his meddlesome, snooty parents insist she give them her son. Pierre is killed in the war, and Celeste flees to New York where she finds steady employment as a jazz pianist. She finds a life-long companion with a black musician and chronicles her experiences in a diary that she passes on to her son after he grows up. Her son becomes a painter and once his own son, Antoine, is grown, reads him the story of Celeste, the youth’s grandmother. Intrigued, Antoine heads to the Big Apple in hopes of finding her.
This movie is an emotional drama about how Antoine, played beautifully by François Méthé, discovers the details of his heritage. This film won many awards in Canada and at Cannes in 1988. François Méthé, who was about 11-years-old, never acted again after this movie.
From IMDb:
A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn’t seen since infancy. He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents. The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her youth, her first job as a pianist at a cinema, the coming of talkies, her marriage, and how he came to live with his grandparents. As he reads through the materials and her story comes to life, his son Antoine, who’s about 10 or 12, tries to break through his father’s silence and sorrow by taking matters into his own hands.
老爷子是不是就想过一下戏瘾？不管怎样，希望继续拍下去吧。
首先不得不感叹老东木身体之强健、精力之旺盛，音乐品味也一如既往的好。但到了这个年纪，也不能要求他部部精品，何况还是自导自演，这次剧本实话说有点随意和敷衍了，片中并没有一场真正意义上的危机场面，当然也无法寄希望一个90高龄老人上演出格的演出（只是坐马上的镜头就让人心惊胆战），缺少戏剧冲突也更突显出温柔如水。而一些明显是在跟自己做道别的细节，挺感慨的，并且再让自己置身西部世界和来上一段浪漫的黄昏之恋，对他一辈子的西部情结也是最好的谢幕方式了。
电影很工整，美墨边境完全成了老爷子大片的背景板，特别是有些部分是直接能拿去当广告的程度，在这方面东木还是游刃有余，故事上就偏平淡了，每次危机来临就瞬间结束，加上年事已高，驯马镜头也用了替身，不过老爷子的状态是真的好啊！
电影本身两星都够呛，但是还能看到老东木，就不敢再做奢求。
一星是给这个年纪还奋斗在电影圈子的东木爷子
老爷子很起范儿，尽管动作缓慢，但一看就知道很强大，老少配的公路片就有点平庸，挺美好的，没有什么紧张气氛。Macho，是对硬汉片的反思。
看多了爽片，偶尔看一下这么温馨的电影还真不太习惯，老爷子今年都九十多了，还拍片，真是热爱啊，居然还在电影里谈了场恋爱。
情节偏简单，小男主演技也青涩，老爷子精神矍铄
舒适小品，多一星给我的英雄，东木jo太郎。
真佩服东木大叔，91岁的高龄了还在大屏幕上奋战，开头的镜头掌控太拿人了，我必须珍惜，看一部少一部了。墨西哥人民的正义感也很强烈嘛，看到虐待孩子的人，上来就按在那群殴，孩子妈的二货手下叫人帮忙反而坑了自己，笑死我了。不过喜欢东木是一回事，但就这个片子而言，像一杯非常淡的柠檬水，固然说东木和小男主的演技都没问题，但剧情确实太单调了，即使我认真的看完了，这片子也没必要再看了。我给3星6.7分，删掉了！
HboMax首发。总体来说是很平稳的公路片。一条线路讲怎样接受变老，另一边讲怎样长大。风格很平淡，想讲的东西也很平淡。会继续支持Eastwood的下一部电影。
战战兢兢瞅着东木的一举一动，生怕他闪着腰。能导能演还能说什么？挥了一次拳，骑了马，在公鸡帮助下抢了一次枪。
因为是东木才能为这片子赋予更多的韵味，那些台词从这个百岁老人口中缓慢模糊的说出来的时候，有强大的治愈和力量。
跟完美世界和老爷车比，不在一个水准。无论是故事还是人物都过于单薄了。看到九十岁的他还在电影里调情，怎么都会出戏的。他已经不能骑马了，看到替身在马背上翻腾，也没法不出戏。他已经没法再演一个牛仔了，哪怕是演一个苍老落寞的牛仔。
2.5/5.0 剧本太古朴加上有心无力感的表演，东木面子给三星。
东木一部比一部温润，甚至都懒得为主角设置外部的障碍。黑衣小哥os：我送车来了。
老头没了年轻的锐气，好在脾气仍在。macho表演满分。
前两天我看了一条关于国产电影的评论。意思差不多是喜剧恐怖片另外特别说了国产片都要低人一等。正好我昨天看了《扬名立万》和《误杀1》。两部都是国产片，有一部是翻拍。两部都7分以上（20222.2.8豆瓣评分），而《哭泣的男人》6分（时间同上）。咱们不要拘泥于小数点后。我真心请问，国产片在演技，设计，剧本，运镜，对白，连贯性，观赏性甚至调色真的低人一等吗？我觉得没错，国产电影就是低人一等，凭什么上述两部电影7分，《哭泣的男人》6分？而我因为豆瓣5星规则我打4星，平均下来我打8分。认识到差距才能进步，我不知道国产电影有多用力，也不知道好莱坞电影多不用力。事实是：国产电影确实低人一等。求骂求草，不要吝你卑鄙的语言，来吧。
三星半。老爷子出手质量还是能保证的，一老一少一只战斗鸡，一段穿越边界线的旅程，这部片子里善良的人比较多。
老爷子依旧审视着，却无力辨析或施加什么，看看挺好。愿他平安。
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