I came across these two films by accident. I seldom watch foreign film and television works, but I am attracted by the beautiful poster cover pictures of these two films. Of course, even if I watch a good movie, I won't write comments or anything like that until I see the movie. It seems like a beautiful surprise to me, so I suddenly want to write some words.
Movies are divided into summer and autumn movies and winter and spring movies, so at first they were mistaken for documentaries about food. It was not until I saw the word movie at the beginning of the movie that I thought it was a movie with a grain of salt.
It is precisely because the film unfolds slowly like a scroll that the countryside is almost a myth. The scenery in the film is quiet and beautiful, and there is almost no plot spread, which is a natural expression of life feelings. It gives me the illusion that I am watching a documentary.
As the background of the story, the film briefly introduces Komori in a narrative way from the beginning. Although the opening of the four parts of the film is all about the same passage, the four seasons change and the scenery changes along the way, giving people a completely different feeling.
"Komori is a small village located in the northeast village. There are no shops here. If you want to buy something, go to the village center that is officially open. There are several small shops and a farmer cooperative supermarket. The journey is basically downhill. It takes 30 minutes by bike, but I don't know how long it will take to get back. In winter, you have to walk because of the snow. It takes an hour and a half to walk slowly. But it seems that most people go shopping in the big supermarkets in the suburbs of the city next door. If I want to go there, it will take almost a whole day. "
The hostess rode a bicycle and slowly entered the center of vision. The camera followed her all the way, looking at the scenery of the tree-lined path at four o'clock, as if she had entered a fairyland on earth. Komori is quietly waiting to meet us.
The summer sun slowly pours down, scattering mottled light and shadow through the cracks in the trees, and the vegetation grows happily; On the empty mountain after the rain, fresh air comes to my face, as if the fog in the mountain is full of green; Springs jingle, mountains and streams gurgle, and fish enjoy themselves; The endless rice fields fluctuate with the wind, and the intoxicating greenery spreads infinitely; The afterglow of the setting sun spread all over the earth, as if the whole summer had become quiet; The full moon is in the sky, the nebula is vast, and there are endless tourists in the forest; Firefly night is lonely, but it is also romantic.
Autumn is getting stronger, the full ears of wheat dance with the wind, and the golden waves of wheat are beautiful; On the frosty morning, Komori, shrouded in smoke, is full of vague and hazy beauty; The sky is always different from last season, with colorful leaves rendering branches and lovely squirrels foraging in the forest; At dusk, there is the most gorgeous flaming cloud on the horizon; When the first snow came, persimmon trees became more beautiful.
The snow greeted the long winter, and the whole Komori was covered with a silver wedding dress; Falling branches are like white buds, competing for spring; The undercurrent under the ice also glows with a different kind of vitality, glowing with a little silver light under the refraction of sunlight; The snow-covered roof is lined with smoke and looks like a fairy tale hut in the forest; When the curtain falls in the dead of winter, the scene of alternating snowstorm and sunshine is irresistible.
In the season of melting ice and snow, the breath of spring becomes more and more intense; Clear trickle flows slowly, and wild flowers and weeds grow with the wind; When it is warm and cold, the bright spring scenery masks the brilliance of the branches; Cherry blossoms are flying all over the trees, and the air is pale pink; Breeze blowing, bamboo rustling, pheasants leisurely foraging in the glade; The dusk is getting thicker and thicker, and the clouds on the horizon are changing colorful, which is beautiful.
The stars are moving, belonging to Komori's four seasons.
The camera turned to the pastoral life of an acre of square pond. The grass is bearing its seeds, the wind is shaking its leaves, and the pure and sweet city is sitting quietly in front of the door.
Feeding chickens, chopping wood, transplanting rice seedlings and weeding, caring about food and vegetables, picking game and nuts, guarding this silence and beauty.
Although I feel that this film intentionally downplays the hardships of Dai Yue, it highlights the simple adaptation of rural life. However, the quiet countryside, intact forests and the upbringing of people who are close to each other but reserve space for each other are convincing.
It does have a rare silence, just like breathing fresh oxygen in this noisy world. It has built a shore that we may never reach, a life that we can never live, but it is not empty, because the medium for building all this is food.
The following movies are introduced: Mori women cooking pastoral food to cure people's hearts, Japan on the tip of the tongue, Japan's high-profile food movies and so on. So, this is my second attraction.
Shizi, an idyllic girl, followed the taste bud memory of a meal when she was young, full of thoughts and waiting for her mother, and returned to nature from the city, slowly telling the changes of Komori's four seasons in food.
Summer flower (movie episode)
The heat after weeding in summer can only be preserved by refreshing and delicious sour rice wine; Hand-baked bread with sour jam or rich chocolate sauce can have a good mood all day; After doing odd jobs, I wolfed down delicious salted grilled fish as a reward for myself; Eating an iced tomato on a hot day will refresh the whole person, and the boring mood will be swept away by canned tomatoes.
Autumn flowers (movie episode)
When harvesting, walnut rice can easily satisfy the hungry stomach; In my spare time, I go fishing with my friends and cook delicious food. In the autumn afternoon, it is also pleasant to share some baked sweet potatoes with neighbors; Chestnuts bring cold weather and sweet happiness; In the harvest season, greedy hearts and gluttons will certainly not let go of the obese western ducks.
Winter flowers (movie episode)
In the cold and headache season, recalling the experience of making natto dumplings with childhood friends makes the whole winter sweet; I have nothing to do, make friends and bake sweet potatoes to make more warmth; After shoveling snow, a bowl of noodle soup is enough. It turns out that cold salad is also an important seasoning, white radish can also be made delicious, and hot fruit tea and persimmon really match.
Spring flowers (movie episode)
When the transplanting season comes, the wild vegetables in the mountains are also delicious; Occasionally, Chun Xue plummeted and the taste of flowers increased in winter, which became commonplace; The game in spring is varied, matched at will, fresh and elegant, and the lips and teeth are fragrant; Occasionally, in my spare time, I will also invent my own food and enjoy the joy and surprise in the creative process.
"The ingredients themselves are cold and rational, but you can wear simple ingredients by hand to show your persistence and enthusiasm for life itself."
My mother left suddenly five years ago. Ran away from home and never heard from her, as if she didn't care if she could live alone in Komori.
There is probably still resentment, so the Christmas cake baked in winter will change from red and green to yellow and purple; No matter what you do, you can't taste the potato bread that tastes like your mother, so you can only wait for your mother quietly; Including the thoughts of my mother, I followed my mother's way step by step and made Worcester soy sauce and chocolate hazelnut sauce. After repeated trials and failures, when I finally made cooking with the same taste as my mother, I also understood my mother's thoughts when cooking.
Finally, in late autumn, I received a letter from my mother.
"Movies have tripled human life and shaped our world."
Through a lot of pen and ink, "Little Forest" carefully shaped the image of a city girl, with a delicate face, a shallow smile and clear eyes. She grew up stubbornly and let her vitality be released at will.
Since childhood, lions have been surrounded by green mountains and green waters, with blue sky and white clouds, cicadas singing and birds singing. With the passage of time, under the influence of natural scenery, she gradually formed an eternal attachment to nature, and her character was also cast imperceptibly, casting the massiness and sureness of the countryside, as well as the agility and elegance of the flowing clouds.
She believes that she can pick ripe wild fruits on tiptoe, and always believes in the principle of living, and everything must be experienced by herself. I plant and harvest by myself every day, make my own food, then enjoy it quietly by myself, and often share delicious food with my good friend Kiko.
The days passed quietly in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
In the silent forest, she arranged herself to live independently, not soft and delicate, but as strong as a tree.
"If there is an afterlife, be a tree, very silent, very proud, never rely on it, never look for it." I think this will probably be her portrayal.
People in this village surrounded by large forests make a living by farming. This film focuses on ordinary fruits and vegetables in rural areas, but it shows the concept of taking them naturally and being self-sufficient.
People in Komori pass on the practice of cooking chestnuts with sugar, but everyone has the same taste. Elegant and quiet mountains and rivers nourish the kindness and simplicity of the villagers. They swim in the blue sky and clear water every day, work at sunrise, rest at sunset, and are handed down from generation to generation, and their ancestors are dependent on each other. It seems that they don't understand Wei and Jin Dynasties.
On the other hand, the accustomed city life is mechanically monotonous. Under the cover of fast-paced traffic, people are indifferent and emotionally alienated. Both Shizi and Yutai went to the city hopefully, but in the end they crossed the tired sky and returned to the dreamy countryside.
Because Mrs. You didn't want to live a life of "spitting out the killing method after being killed", she was tired of shallow people talking empty words, refused to go back to the countryside, embraced nature, and regained the courage to move forward in the countryside.
Compared with Yutai, he came back to face his own life, but Shizi ran away, even because he had nowhere to go.
Stubbornly insisting on planting tomatoes in the open air, but also willfully lazily not cutting weeds in red bean fields, even if pigeons steal them. In her indecisive attitude, she can't convince herself to stay in Komori, but she can't integrate into the noisy life in Tokyo.
Chengzi is alone, although life is hard, but he avoids the important things, hides and deludes himself. Those who want to live in Komori all the time will try their best to accept everything and take it seriously, so that they can really enjoy life.
"It is disrespectful to stay in Komori because the city can't stand." After her unwillingness and psychological struggle, she decided to choose her position in another positive way.