Schultze gets the blues里除了敦厚的Schultze和他的手风琴,还有Keramikzwerger(瓷矮人),真的是很可爱的一部电影。弥漫着一股慢悠悠的田园气息,不慌不忙,对于退休老人来说,他拥有“世界所有的时间”(die Zeit aller Welt)。虽然总是一片灰蒙蒙的天空,错落有致的音乐贯穿始终,观众尽管看不见,却能感受到一角蓝天。外表虽然如德国电影一贯的冷静,却掩盖不了蠢蠢的热情。
比利因性格原因常常遭受霸凌。在他生父留下的一台旧相机中,他感受到失落与连接的复杂情感。比利的母亲已经再婚三次,并和现任丈夫移居到美国。后来,他年轻的妹妹不幸溺水,家庭因此被继父抛弃,不得不返回台湾。
一天,洗完澡后,比利低声对自己说:“我要坚强,”身边放着几瓶药。他坐在马桶上,挣扎于孤独和困惑,试图逃避痛苦的现实。
Billy often faces bullying due to his personality. In an old camera left to him by his biological father, he feels a complex mix of loss and connection. Billy’s mother has remarried three times and moved to the United States with her current husband. Later, after his younger sister tragically drowned, the family was abandoned by her stepfather and had to return to Taiwan.
One day, after taking a bath, Billy whispers to himself, “I need to be strong,” surrounded by several medicine jars. He sits on the toilet, struggling with feelings of loneliness and confusion, trying to escape his painful reality.