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.
分了好几天磕磕绊绊地看完，期间看完了N个cut，n部电影，太破碎了。
3.5星，是枝裕和童话的又一次重复，但是韩国演员们给我的感觉就是要揭露阴谋了，直到最后都是温暖的，这太不韩了，别扭。
emmm no comments 是枝裕和这个风格和类似题材已经熟练到可以流水线生产 韩国篇 法国篇 不知道下一次会在哪个国家
看似宋康昊姜东元是掮客，其实里面的每个角色都是掮客，于是大家又互相救赎了一次~
我们变了的部分，是因为过去四年发生的种种；而是枝裕和的变化，是他基本将残忍剥离了这个世界。如果说他从前的电影是在拍一个残酷的世界突然变得温暖的瞬间——也只是那么一瞬间——那么这部电影则在拍，世界只是看起来残忍，实际无比温暖。这不免让人怀疑，是否真的如此。
是枝裕和有个强项，能把小场景对手戏拍的既有张力又十分细腻，这次的洗车间、忽明忽暗的火车隧道、摩天轮，都是角色转变的关键场景，而且他听不懂韩语，拍摄时的注意力应该会降低听觉权重，提高视觉权重，也就是盯表演。但是演员们表演都很游离，宋康昊也没什么发挥空间，怎么拿的戛纳影帝？当然，故事内核还是很好。
什么乱七八糟的，梗确实不少，但还是改变不了是个烂片的本质啊😂
虽然还有两部是枝裕和电影长片未看，但足以确认本片是是枝裕和生涯最差。大半时间都难看到让人如坐针毡。温吞鸡汤大集合，主题先行故作架势，强行煽情尴尬无比，非血缘家庭的戏不是随便凑几个人物就能成立的，小男孩虽然演得好但本身就是个生硬加进来的角色，宋康昊其他代表作的表演都胜过他在本片中对角色的诠释，李知恩虽然美但真的看不出有演技，裴斗娜的警察线完全是虚浮无谓浪费时间，片中人物都薄如纸片，根本立不起来，所谓的破碎人生不幸前史也都一望而知根本不需要煞有介事地铺陈揭示。视听上也只是及格并无出彩之处。结尾更是无趣“团圆”到以为在看xx主旋律片。摩天轮场景算是唯一称得上亮点的段落。（5.0/10）
抛去迷影元素和致敬梗，其实就是一个演员执行特工任务的老套故事，不过如果换成别人演可能就没有这个效果了。凯奇叔终于还完债，可得好好拍电影了，这部电影属于自嘲了一下那段当“烂片之王”的日子
一位叫做凯奇的中年大叔过气演员写给自己的情书，难得将中年危机拍得这么好玩儿，过程如此欢乐，充满自黑和黑色幽默，让懂的观众不断会心微笑或开怀大笑，结局还是不能免俗地回归到漂亮国家庭至上主义的主流价值观的大团圆结局上，个人觉得既然踏上了让凯奇自己演自己，还有个年轻版的虚拟自己跟自己不断对话，整部影片还可以玩得在“飞”一点，脑洞还可以再大一点，自嘲和反讽还可以再辛辣一点。总之算是近期难得一见的一部构思颇有创意、也充满致敬情怀的欢乐片。
解构拍电影，解构凯奇大叔看似日薄西山的演艺事业，没想到还凑出了不错的可看性。
小偷家族混三度目嫌疑人，我最不喜欢的两部是枝裕和加成，当之无愧的差劲。当创作者处心积虑要去谈论一个东西之后，就很鸡贼，很无聊，很中年男。
一些典型日式台词让韩风人物略感水土不服，故事里的角色走向都过于理想化，对买卖行为本身的辩解有些许暧昧。素英在剧中有三次眼前一黑的场景，特别是摩天轮场景，李知恩木讷粗糙的演绎可以说是毫无亮点，如果是裴斗娜演绎这个角色，一定会留下很深的记忆点。
1.每个角色都拼命堆苦情设定，套进公路片的类型里，强行组建无血缘家庭互相救赎，这么俗套狗血的剧情硬是被是枝裕和拍得清汤寡水，也算种作者性吧（bushi。2.人物功能重叠、叙事视角混乱、凶案副线完全是硬塞进来，崩得让人瞠目结舌。更不用提对堕胎的微妙态度。生生给我看出了一种晕车感：头昏、疲惫、想吐。3.摩天轮那场只让人悟出刁亦男的好。4.看过宋康昊最乏善可陈的表演，居然拿了金棕榈，戛纳近年真是各种反向颁奖。5.前作《真相》也是烂片一部，是枝可能没法看了。
本以为，冲着情怀，这部片子应该也在7.6左右
接拍不知所谓的外语片，应该是电影节系导演创造力枯竭的典型症状。
1，求求是枝裕和了，你还是回到『步履不停』『比海更深』的家庭群戏路线上来吧，社会问题你就别玩了，难看死了。
其实没必要加入侦查犯罪那条线，纯粹的公路之旅就好，同时也更能聚焦在他们几个的过去。另外，我很钟情于将镜头静静地对着人脸拍，那些真情实感的流露，简单而有效。★★★☆/7.5
故事并不新鲜，小偷家族的味道，只是更平淡漫长
男性导演还是不够懂女性心理，电影中的这个孩子出生的说服力太低，看到最后也没太看出来文素英对于孩子有多大的爱，比起“很感谢你出生在这个世界上”更现实的是“如果生下来不能保证好好养大成人就别生”。世界暗黑得不像话，但不代表就要一味相信童话，尤其是关于生育的童话。
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