Flowers and Death of Alice —— The absurdity and eccentricity of youth

"The moment I met you again, I killed another myself in my mind. This is the smallest murder in the world. "

? In the journey of youth and lush years, some people love to fantasize about some strange stories and substitute themselves into them, firmly believing that their owls are just lost and Hogwarts will never graduate; Some people will be moved to tears by a line of a film and television character, and that sentence "I love you three thousand" hurts many people's hearts; While others, although living in the Milky Way between people, have been longing for the unreachable distance, and the stars and the sea are their direction.

? However, in the anime film "The Killing of Flowers and Alice", it is an easy and funny adventure for flowers and Alice's youth.

"Arisugawa Cherko, a junior high school girl, transferred to the Shisen Academy because of her parents' divorce. To her annoyance, her classmates looked at her with strange eyes and even gave her a wide berth. From my classmate Kiichigo's mouth, I learned that the former owner of the table where Cheko sat had participated in the so-called' murder of Judas and his four wives'. There is a desk behind that desk. Its owner, Xinjinghua, has been absent from school for a long time, and Huahua is now a neighbor of Celko. In order to find out the truth of the murder, Dorothy, who calls herself Alice, boldly entered the Chinese home to learn about all kinds of past events about Judah. Taking this as an opportunity, these two strange but smart and lovely girls began their great friendship ... "(from the plot introduction of the Douban movie" The Killing of Flowers and Alice ")

This is a slow-paced, warm and healing youth movie. Because the first half of the film is a little scattered, the picture lacks fluency, and its unique painting style may make some viewers unacceptable.

But it is just like Love Letter, which makes me enjoy the faint and hazy beauty of youth. One lazy afternoon, the sun was warm, and the breeze brushed my face and touched my nerves. Movie pictures suddenly appeared in front of us, cherry blossoms and ballet, music and running, grandpa's concern, and strangers' help. These warmth make the film too beautiful to know that it is not reality.

The picture of Cheko and grandpa swinging together makes people feel sour. On one side is a white-haired, gaunt and emaciated old man, and on the other side is a young and energetic girl.

"How many years have you not played on the swing?"

"About two years. Uncle, how old are you? "

"Well ... forty years."

"Forty years, it's amazing."

"When my daughter went to elementary school, it was already forty years, and it was only such a short time."

"A long time, too long."

"Yes, maybe."

The greatest charm of this film is to use a leisurely style to freeze the absurdity and eccentricity of youth in a frame-by-frame shot, sometimes funny, sometimes moving, and sometimes melancholy. A simple, small and misunderstood "murder incident" reflects the delicate feelings and colorful inner world of the girl and promotes the in-depth development of the story.

It is not easy for this film to describe such a trivial event in such a gorgeous way. The implicit expression of friendship, love, affection and other emotions in the film gives the audience more emotional space to recall the encounter, companionship and madness in youth.

? Among them, the plot that impressed me the most was the protagonist's running and their ballet under the night sky. Under the collision of light and shadow, the running of characters makes the audience feel the vitality and tension of youth, mixed with beautiful music, which reminds people of the good wishes of those who have left, left or disappeared in life. Some people say that ballerinas are elves on their toes. When two girls stood on tiptoe with trembling arms, an elegant ballet ended perfectly in the night sky, and their youth was no longer a lonely journey.

Life is rolling forward, youth still stays in the same place, and we are no longer 14 years old.